One of the biggest edges in Survivor is being able to project what the field is doing. This year, we have a cheat code.
Every Saturday evening, Circa releases the team ownership for their massive Circa Survivor contest. The structure is slightly different but for most weeks, it'll be a pretty decent indication of how we can expect people in the Splash Sports Survivor contest to behave.
This article breaks down what we can learn from Week 1.
Circa vs Splash
Circa had 78.9% of its entries on three teams. Splash had only 68.6% of its entries on the same three. That leaves Splash with 31.4% of its field spread across the rest of the board against Circa's 21.1%.
Count the teams that drew real support and the gap widens. Eleven teams got at least 1% of the Splash field. Circa had seven. Outside each contest's top six, Splash has…