So 2 Things to touch on everything just said.
1) When pola texted me about the hockey games, I was already 4 hours into my research. I was going sport by sport, and I already had done the college basketball and NBA, which I thought were the keys to the challenge, and was working on NFL. I actually made a spreadsheet of every college player playing in three-game tournaments and what their averages would equate to points wise. I thought the key to me winning was to beat pola where he was best, at challenges. I probably spent a total of seven hours working on that challenge.
2) The single biggest reason, other than the loyalty Dan showed me at four, that I took him instead of pola, was Arfy. I was convinced katz would vote against me either way. Pola texted me and guaranteed that tsut would vote for me and Arfy would vote for him before the challenge was over. I thought I had a chance of Arfy's vote against redraider, because of playing enough with Arfy to know he would respect blindsiding him. I knew I could not get his vote against pola. I had no clue I would get every vote besides katz',