Jeff Persi wins hot dog eating contest
Coach Harbaugh and the team enjoyed a Washington Nationals game yesterday while in DC. It’s great to read how much fun the team is having on their trip.
Relevant hot dog details from article:
As they have throughout their Spring Trip, the team received VIP treatment. That included a private pregame picnic with traditional stadium fare, and when you combine offensive linemen with a near-unlimited amount of hot dogs, the result is a competition. More specifically, a hot dog eating contest.
With all due respect to the Washington Nationals, they are eight games under .500 and it's only May 1. The most entertaining athletic (?) endeavor of the evening was Jeff Persi against Andrew Gentry.
The two contestants sat at a table, their teammates packed around them for the best possible view. (Some came to regret their proximity a few moments later; hot dog contests are a bit messy.) After a countdown, the drama began with Gentry jumping to an early lead by slamming an entire hot dog — bun and all — in a verified time of 10.54 seconds. The crowd roared its approval.
Joey Chestnut they are not, and their pace slowed as they neared their fifth and final hot dogs. Both poured water bottles onto the buns to make them go down easier. Persi, slower at the beginning but more measured in his approach, took a narrow lead and held everything down to win.
After a countdown, the drama began with Gentry jumping to an early lead by slamming an entire hot dog — bun and all — in a verified time of 10.54 seconds.
I give this 0 fakes out of 5.
It was laser timed...
The first time the team was glad Olu has moved on.
This is the hard hitting news I expect to see here, but how many would Coach Prime eat?
Even if he got quite a few down, I bet several of them would transfer back out.
....out of which portal???
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Today's winner.
Five hot dogs?!? That seems pretty low. When I was their age, I ate 5 Reuben sandwiches on a dare. I have to believe there are guys on the team who could hammer down more snout pickles than that.
snout pickle
not to brag but i kill four cheesy dogs on the regular. And that's with restraint. sherrone moore should hit me up
It does seem low, my 13 year old daughter can eat 4 and she’s not even big
Five is not many at all. My 12 year old can eat5 hot dogs. I remember seeing a kid on YouTube eat 4 chipotle burritos then run a six minute mile
.....or do you mean he had the runs for six minute???
Arby's 5 roast beef for $5, baby!
5 Reubens? I bet the dog wouldn't sleep in your room that night.
There is a bar in Rockford, MI (called the Corner Bar) and the chic there is that if you eat 12 chili dogs in 3 hours, they put your name on a plaque and put it on their wall of fame....
Many decades ago at the tender age of 15, I got my name on there wall...
I mean Mark Hoppus’s grandpa ate seven hot dogs on Labor Day
So we found our starting center.
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Money quote from Persi:
“It was a great battle, formidable opponent,” Persi told me. “I’m glad my formal training and skills that I’ve built up over the years could help me in this victory today.”
Sounds like something Harbaugh would say.
No, Harbaugh would have shoved a random player at the reporter, said "here's the guy you want to talk to!", and sprinted into the tunnel.
Those better not be chicken dogs, as those are nervous dogs.
"Just like Coach Harbaugh says: 'hotdog sharpens hotdog'"
....just make sure it is not from the Brown Jug!
Damn. I wish I knew they were in town.
My friends and I once each put $20 into a pot. We bought a ton of hotdogs from Costco. We then had a contest where the winner received the money left over after purchases and the runner up got their money back. We set a time limit of 6 minutes.
I jumped to an early lead, removing the dog from the bun, and dunking the bun in coca cola. But by dog 4, my jaws tired. By dog 5 my throat muscles were seizing. I finished dog 6 still in the lead. But one bite into dog 7, my jaw stopped. I lost 7.5 dogs to 7.25. It took me another 6 minutes to chew and swallow the remaining bite to be eligible for my money back.
I didn't eat processed meat for another 6 months.
Without a time limit, these OL could probably put down 15 dogs. But it's really hard to eat fast even if using professional techniques. Jaws and throat muscles aren't used to the pace.
A friend didn't believe my story. He said he could beat my mark easy. We went to a coney island and he only managed 4 dogs in the time limit. It's hard.
I once won a tater tot competition by eating 3 lbs in 3 minutes, hence my user name.
Does it matter how the hot dogs enter your body?
Thirteen pickled eggs. 10/10 do not recommend.
I can eat 50 hard-boiled eggs in an hour.
Kudos on the “Cool Hand Luke” quote. Only people my age are going to get it!
My boy Luke can eat 50 eggs.
Once ate so much eucalyptus over such a long period of time that my calories in exceeded my calories out by a vast margin and now I'm fat.
Nothing like stuffing your face with weiners at the ballpark.
Where is Ed Muransky when you need him? For those who don't know this is a great Michigan/ Bo story.
Muransky also set the all-time "Beef Bowl" record by consuming 8 pounds (3.63 kg) of prime rib at Lawry's before the 1979 Rose Bowl. Muransky later recalled: "Bubba Paris and I were two happy freshmen eating together at the Lawry's Beef Bowl event before the 1979 Rose Bowl Game. After we had enjoyed our fourth plate of prime rib, mashed potatoes, corn and Yorkshire pudding, Bubba asked what the record was, and they said 7 cuts. Bubba continued for 3 more cuts, and I continued for four, totally under the Bo Schembechler radar screen. When they delivered the 8th cut to me, the media started to gather around my table, Bo walked by and let me know what he was thinking without ever saying a word. Afterward, a Paris-Muransky night out ended with some pizza. The next morning in practice, Bo made an example of Bubba and me. We never ran so much in our lives as we did that day. We were in every play of scrimmage and then we ran sprints."[7] When the Wolverines returned to Pasadena for the 1981 Rose Bowl, "Bo made it a point to come to the back of the plane and talk to me and Bubba Paris. He wanted to let us know that my record from a couple years earlier would not be in jeopardy because we were going to be sitting with him at the Lawry's Beef Bowl. He said he was going to limit each of us to two cuts of prime rib." Schembechler had his own take on the story: "I let 'em eat because they were freshmen. They weren't gonna play anyway.
Who finished second? Ron Burgundy?
Get the 'Ol 96ers' ready for tonight!
I recently watched an old Western "My Name is Nobody" with Henry Fonda and Terrence Hill. I'd never heard of Terrence Hill, but he had a weird Bugs Bunny-ish character in the movie. I looked him up and it turns out that he's really big in Europe, Italy and Hungry especially. A few days later I saw a Reddit on the great comedy duos of all time and Terrence Hill and Bud Spencer were mentioned over and over. I watched a really bad but sort of funny movie with them called "Watch Out or we'll get mad." Above is a scene where they have a sausage and beer eating contest.
I guess they had some pretty good spaghetti westerns together.
Hope our guys didn't skip the gristle.
No T-shirts until you eat it ALL.
I just hope Harbaugh didn’t pay for anyone’s hotdog or this team may get the death penalty.
We were watching the game on TV (on the Cubs station, Marquee) and the announcers talked about Harbaugh being there with the team for a while. The camera showed him sitting with his daughter, and other coaches and some players, people stopping by for autographs, etc.... They had a good time of it.
I feel bad for their colons.
Processed meat is not great Bob.
Everyone once in a while, you need a half-dozen hotdogs or so to stress the system and activate your hotdogerase metabolic pathway to keep it in working order.
Wish they came down for a weekend trip. Wonder if they let fans take pictures etc with the team? My son would have loved that... though he's shy, so i'd have to push him into it. But.. he'd recognize Donovan, JJ, and some others for sure. Would have been a cool experience. But, at the same time, nice for them to explore without fans mobbing them
I’d rather him win one of the tackle jobs.
Fun read, thanks for posting.
For those MGoBloggers interested in competing in the Major League Eating events, here's a a LINK to a list of some of their world records for consuming edibles.