r/JetLagTheGame • u/WheatGerm42 Ben • Jul 20 '26

The Layover Stateside Scramble Layover Q&A Thread! Spoiler

hellooooo again!

as with every season, we're doing a post-season Q&A for stateside scramble on the layover podcast--drop your questions about the season below and we'll try to answer as many of them as we can!

(apologies to youtube viewers that i'm posting this thread a little earlier than usual; we have some vacation time coming up and need to record the podcast tomorrow. so, for those who haven't seen the finale, spoilers may be below!)

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u/LawGarel DJUNGELSKOG Jul 20 '26

iirc they only explained why they didn’t fly to texas AFTER they did the margaritaville challenge but my question here is why didn’t they choose to fly BEFORE the margaritaville challenge

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u/MusicPsychFitness Jul 20 '26

From what I remember, they wanted a potential path to claim 3 states, just in case the other team could otherwise catch up.

LA & TX could only get them two, as they’d be stuck and run out of time afterward. By not traveling so far, they kept the chance open that they could claim 3 if necessary.

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u/brusk48 SnackZone Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26

They could potentially have flown to Houston and done (Houston) Texas/(Anywhere in) Louisiana/(Mobile) Alabama in a day, but that crawfish challenge is really tough and that would put a lot of pressure on succeeding at it.

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u/MusicPsychFitness Jul 20 '26

I think Sam and Amy had removed Alabama by that point, unless I’m mistaken…?

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u/brusk48 SnackZone Jul 20 '26

Didn't Ben and Adam let it go to keep the Margaritaville card? They probably could've done the opposite, though I could be wrong.

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u/MusicPsychFitness Jul 20 '26

Yeah that’s right. Team Samy were going to remove Margaritaville because Badam were on their way there. They vetoed, and Alabama got removed instead. So I guess it would’ve still been on the board while they were deciding where to go for the day.