I gave a full recap of the two-hour finale with some thoughts in the video above.
-Ria played a fantastic game and was an extremely deserving winner.
Safe to say she did that and is now $250,000 richer for it.
She played the almost exact game that I would’ve tried to play myself.
-While Dave didn’t win, this game probably couldn’t have gone any better for him.
Getting to rub it in all their faces while wearing a Will Compton jersey was a vintage Dave performance.
99 on the black as they say!
This isn’t Survivor.
This is Surviving Barstool.
It was overall a great 15 episodes to be a card carrying Team Portnoy member.
But that’s the game!
Sure, is it more exciting Survivor when there are constantly shifting voting blocs and nonstop blindsides?
This isn’t unforeseen by any means.
It wasn’t like it was Ria, Dave, and 22 infants.
Rone binged a ton of Survivor beforehand and had some very good game moves.
Kirk was in a great position in the game up until the chaos of the Pink Wedding.
Yes, people like Biz, Megan and Moobie were not exactly strategic masterminds.
And I’m sure they’d admit that themselves.
Should he and others have ganged up early on the Pizza tribe and got out Dave and Ria?
Sure, it’s easy to say that in hindsight knowing they got to the end.
But it’s easy to play Monday Morning QB when you’re watching the finished product.
but it wasn’t nearly as much as you’d think.
-My god, I just can’t get enough of Ben Mintz.
Anyone who thinks he shouldn’t have been on this cast is eating crow now.
In my mind, he’s a must cast for all Barstool reality shows going forward.
-How awesome was that fucking Pink Wedding?
I wish I could take credit for that idea, but that would be a complete and utter lie.
-Overall, I had a blast being a part of the production team with all these insanely talented people.
Here’s the full credits list so I don’t forget anyone.
Sure, did I look like his disabled gimp at times?
But it was still fun getting to be involved.
We have so many smart behind the scenes people and watching them make this show first-hand was fascinating.
Rob and his entire team are some of the most talent producers in the game.
So to see it all come to life 9 years later in this huge fashion is truly surreal.
And that’s a wrap on Surviving Barstool Season 4.
