-The group football date is up next with 10 guys playing football, although only one is a real football player while the rest pretend to be. They are joined by two players from the LFL, the Legends Football League. It used to be the Lingerie Football League and I can’t imagine why that name possibly got changed. They play football in lingerie. Leave the name. During the warmups portion, you can see that Clay knows exactly what he’s doing since he’s in his element. Lincoln was struggling and Becca noticed it. “C’mon Lincoln, pick it up” which is a line I’m sure us viewers who are aware of his bathroom habits all got a good chuckle at. I know I did. You’re never gonna believe this, but John the guy who created the Venmo app, says he’s never played football before. Next thing you’re gonna tell me is pigs can’t fly. Or that the sun is hot. John never having played football before this date might be the least surprising thing all episode.
-The teams were Christon, Garrett, Leo, Connor, and Ryan vs. Mike, John, Lincoln, Clay, and Blake. The crowd they had invited in was going wild for this game of 5-on-5 football where rules really didn’t seem to matter. And some of the clips we saw really didn’t match up in sequence with what was happening, but then again, they never do on these sports/athletic group dates. They show you the highlights of what happened and never in correct order. Like they show Garrett throwing a long pass, but then on the receiving end someone’s catching a pass clearly from a shorter distance. Like if Clay really wanted to try hard, he could’ve gotten the ball every time, run through everybody, and scored 400 touchdowns. He should’ve. That would’ve been like a “Bachelorette” record. Instead he played…quarterback? Huh? What was the point of that?
-Clay did start doing more when he realized he was on a team that had Lincoln and John on it, two guys that probably didn’t even know what a football was before that day. Safe to say, Lincoln and John were on my bench for the “Bachelorette Fantasy Football League.” I started Garrett, Clay, Blake, Christon, and Leo. Leo only for the fact he’s a “stuntman.” He’s using the word stunt quite loosely in his profession I might add. So down 21-14 and sick of how crappy his team is, Clay decides he’s going to just make his own rules. He gets the snap and just takes off running, barreling through fools, stiff arming chumps, and gets to the endzone on one final stiff arm, but in the process, breaks his wrist. Game ends in a 21-21 tie, Clay needs an ambulance to the hospital, and all of us at home never want to see those 10 play street football ever again.
-The after party only showed Becca’s time with Garrett. Sure, we got short clips of the other guys, but the most significant time was with Garrett. He went with the ol’ “let me show you some football moves when in reality, they are moves for me to grope and make out with you.” And by golly, it worked. Who would’ve ever thought that? He showed her tackling form, he picked her up, she picked him up, they made out, and then she went back to talk to the others probably not caring for a second what they had to say about anything. As I say every season, even if you didn’t know the spoilers, it’s not really hard to tell who lasts long in these things. After party alone time is something that’s usually a key. Because when there’s 8-10 guys on a date, they aren’t going to show you each guy’s time with her. The ones they focus on are the ones who either: A) are lasting long B) are the one that gets the rose for that particular date since they need to justify why they got it or C) the person who is involved in drama. Christon, Leo, Connor, Ryan, Mike, John, and Lincoln don’t fit any of those criteria, that’s why we don’t see significant time of theirs shown with Becca.
-Blake did get time because he fit into category A. He had the 1-on-1 date last week, and just like every previous recipient of the first 1-on-1 of the season, Blake tells her how tough it was to be on the group date this week. There are 3 guarantees in life: death, taxes, and the first 1-on-1 date of the season person will have a hard time dealing with being on a group date after that. Or say that they hope the lead didn’t forget how great their date was. That was Blake. He’s in his own head now and admits it was difficult. He calls Becca his girlfriend, which she totally takes to, and they make out. The rest of the season basically you watch Blake to see if he is someone you can see in the lead role next season. Some will say definitely, some will say no way. One thing he has going for him over every other candidate? The strongest backstory since he’ll be the guy Becca fell for but didn’t choose in the end. That’s always worth something. Of course, ABC can pull a rabbit out of their ass like they have the past two seasons with Nick and Arie, and Blake gets screwed. Always a possibility. We’ll see.
-Clay returned from the hospital with his arm in a sling, but didn’t want to miss out on the after party with a bunch of fools he smoked during the game. We see his time with Becca (example B) and Becca appreciates him coming back and making an effort to be at the party. He says he wouldn’t have come back for anyone but her, and you really want to believe him, until you see him rocking that black mock turtleneck from his bio picture that went out of style in the late 90’s. Either way, Becca is able to overlook his fashion faux pas and gives him the rose any way for being basically Bo Jackson in a football game vs middle schoolers. Kinda hard to be a one man show in a football game, but Clay did it. All while knowing he would be stealing Dwayne Johnson’s look from his early days later that night:
-Once we had less than 15 minutes to go and the cocktail party was just starting, I knew we were headed for a “To Be Continued…” episode and not getting the rose ceremony til next week. And all we got of the rose ceremony was Connor showing Becca how to hit a baseball since he admittedly sucks at football, then Clay pulling Becca aside and basically saying, “Look, my career is in the NFL. The fact I even got talked into coming on this show is a miracle in and of itself. To make matters even worse, I broke my wrist again playing against these candy asses, which will set back my training for this summer and possibly hurt my chances of getting on a roster this season. So with that said, I gotta bounce honey. It’s been real. Peace.” And with that, Clay walks down the driveway to…I’m not sure where since we’ve never really seen someone leave that way. Was he walking home? Can the guy get a car service waiting for him? Becca cries, and we end with her being very upset Clay left her high and dry with a bunch of dudes who cannot play football to save their lives. Clay, come back!
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pdxkg
June 12, 2018 at 8:01 AM
My guess is that Tia asked Becca to keep Colton around long enough for the audience to become attatched to him. This way when he couples with Tia in Paradies they can establish their brand and use their Bachelor fame for sponsored instagram posts. This would also work fo the Producers who have a genuine relationship to promote in Paradise and provides a story line on the Bachelor.
On another note, David and Olivia Caridi would be a great match.
jenk
June 12, 2018 at 9:08 AM
Regarding David falling off the bunk, my guess is that he probably had a seizure. It is very consistent with his injury and answers the ‘why and how’ questions. He might not even realize he had one or he might not have chosen to share that with the show.
rob22
June 12, 2018 at 9:28 AM
@jenk: good point. I didn’t think David was overly drunk, but that could be the other reason. Otherwise, who falls off a bunk when they’re sober and healthy? Plus if it’s a real bunk bed, most top bunks have a side rail. That said, I did read about a college student that fell off a bunk and got a severe concussion. I don’t remember if drinking or a medical event were involved. The concussion was so severe that he had to drop out of college. So it does happen.
supersparklyday
June 12, 2018 at 10:08 AM
Poor David fell off the top bunk bed, which does not have a safety rail, because he is used to sleeping on a king size bed and just rolled over and fell approx 5ft to the ground, face first. That explains it. Weren’t you listening during his phone call with Becca, Steve?
corn29
June 12, 2018 at 1:59 PM
“Paradies”. Man that would suck.
unicorn2020
June 12, 2018 at 2:06 PM
Steve & others in the comments,
David explained to Becca on the phone that he sleeps on a king size bed, at home and hence rolled off the bunk bed because he wasn’t used to the smaller size.
LOL. For reals. He actually said that !
justa_viewer
June 12, 2018 at 3:23 PM
“Got some interesting information sent to me yesterday which involves a very serious matter regarding one of Becca’s guys this season.”
I’m guessing he’s talking about that guy I thought was cute, but who was booted off a week ago or so–Alex Templeman. After Becca let him go, I googled him.
Just google “Alex Templeman” and “battery”.
Of course, we don’t know if this lawsuit was filed before or after filming started,so we can’t (yet) blame the crackerjack Bachelor casting team for another disappointing casting choice. And again, I don’t want to jump to conclusions based on the skimpy info available on the web, especially since Templeman’s response to the lawsuit was that he hit back in self defense. Maybe RS has more details.
…Or maybe RS is talking about someone else.
adelina
June 12, 2018 at 4:03 PM
Steve honey….it’s a ‘faux pas’ NOT a ‘faux paux.’
ladyjane747
June 12, 2018 at 6:59 PM
Serious allegation? Did the guy like a Trump tweet? LOL
kiracannon
June 12, 2018 at 10:26 PM
Jordan seems like he’s the voice inside Trumps head.
rob22
June 13, 2018 at 7:12 AM
Jordan is a caricature of what we imagine models are like. A self absorbed douche clown. I don’t think it was a good idea for David to rat him out to Becca, because we know what always happens to THAT guy. On the other hand, David was never going to go far. So, why not go out in a blaze of glory & ride that horse right over to the Mexican beaches for round 2? But I think the stuff David was doing to tweak Jordan was pretty darned funny. I could definitely see myself doing that kind of stuff, especially after realizing (as David probably did) that I had no shot at the F4. It would be too hard to resist, especially the way Jordan was unable to come up with any kind of decent comeback & got all flustered.
upmyalley
June 13, 2018 at 3:25 PM
dsb567 Tell us how you really feel. I’m not at all shocked or offended by what you said, I just really feel sorry for you.
adelina
June 13, 2018 at 5:36 PM
FYI all – I’ve reported to Steve to remove comment by @dsb567.
ladyjane747
June 13, 2018 at 5:44 PM
What is Ashley, The Bachelor SPY-vey? LOL See what I did there? She’s an annoying buttinsky!
ladyjane747
June 13, 2018 at 5:45 PM
P.S. I think Jordan’s hilarious!