Crazy Legs Conti upsets Sonya Thomas & Bob Shoudt in Sweet Corn
update May 2 BeautifulBrian.com has a page about the contest
AmerFitnessNetwork has a trailer for a longer upcoming video
update May 1 The Palm Beach Post has a gallery of the contest. Picture #18 is a picture of Crazy Legs Conti’s post-contest ears with about 75% of the kernels remaining. His pre-deduction score was 48.5 ears, so he might not have received credit for those ears.
update Apr 30 The Sweet Corn Fiesta and thealliebritt have videos
update 6:22 Palm Beach Post has a contest report
update 5:48 Joe LaRue retains the record w/46 ears in 2010
George Shea has posted the results from today’s contest at the Sweet Corn Fiesta in West Palm Beach, FL (Part 1 | Part 2)
1) Crazy Legs Conti 44 ears, new record according go George Shea
2) Sonya Thomas 43.5
3) Bob Shoudt 40.5
4) Erik Denmark 31.5
5) Kyle Nestel 28.75
6) Yasir Salem 23.25
7) Brian Seiken 23
8) Sean Brockert 21.8
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Anonymous said
April 29, 2012 @ 4:29 pm
How can 44 be a new record when Joe Larue ate 46 two years ago?
anonymous said
April 29, 2012 @ 4:45 pm
GREAT JOB BEAUTIFUL BRIAN. YOU GAVE IT YOUR ALL AND PUT UP A PRO-LIKE NUMBER.
Anonymous said
April 29, 2012 @ 6:21 pm
What happened to Wrecking Ball?
Anonymous said
April 29, 2012 @ 6:24 pm
Hey Ginger Dax, you owe someone 5 bucks, your boy Sean is not even in the top 7, 🙁
Anonymous said
April 29, 2012 @ 6:37 pm
BB back in the thick of it… right on! Keep it up!
DaxtheGinger said (Registered April 23, 2011)
April 29, 2012 @ 8:41 pm
Yes I do, good showing BB
Ron Koch said
April 29, 2012 @ 9:37 pm
Way to go Brian..Good Job
Wow said
April 30, 2012 @ 6:13 am
So is this wrecking balls last “wreck”?
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
April 30, 2012 @ 11:55 am
God job Legs and Sonya. Sweet corn is one of those equalizers, whereby a few top 20 eaters can down anyone in the top five, including Joey and Pat. It’s very subjective and any time you have finishers within three or four ears of one another, the results could have been swapped among those finishers.
Whi is this Kyle Nestel? 🙂
Erik Denmark did really well also, and I’m glad to see BB put up nice numbers. I actually expected him to do about 18 or 19. I’m impressed!
beautifulbrian said
April 30, 2012 @ 4:14 pm
Thanks for the kind words. Heartburn was killing me then and right now. Not making excuses but only had one hour of sleep.and that combined with the miserable weather made it a difficult afternoon. 2 minutes of going back and cleaning ears in which i had already consumed cost me 4 or 5 ears right there . My total would have been 27 or 28 but i settled for what they gave me from 25 – 2 deductions. A couple of people who name i wont mention do not believe that Crazy Legs should walk away with the trophy. I did not bother to check out his spot . I was more concerned about walking off the stage in one piece. I dont compete regularly so this was kinda grueling for an old man. Sonya ears were as clean as a whistle but she had a mountain of niblet debris in front of her . Whether she ate them i dont know. Going to try and stay local for the time being. I wanted to try corn for the first time and it was fun. Doubt i will do it again but had a good time anyway
wrong count said
May 1, 2012 @ 12:27 am
Wrecking ball beat someone . There were 9 eaters not 8
anonymous said
May 1, 2012 @ 11:43 am
http://beautifulbrian.com/kernel.html
uneaten corn said
May 1, 2012 @ 12:13 pm
Wow, pictures say a thousand words… pretty telling pics from the link above. I guess at this point we can’t be mad at CLC… CLC is gonna be CLC…
here’s another one of CLC’s greatest hits captured by picture.
http://eatfeats.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/contiplate.jpg
http://eatfeats.com/escondido-nathans-qualifier-preview.html
keep it classy Jason!
Anonymous said
May 1, 2012 @ 12:26 pm
11:43 That about sums up the what to expect with MLE. Weight is the only honest way to decide winners in any eating contest and then you will also need to have that verified by contestants before and after in palin view of all. This is blatant favoritism.
Wrecking Ball said (Registered May 6, 2010)
May 1, 2012 @ 7:45 pm
Dax, I definetly owe you five bucks. BB Did much better than I expected. Good job Brian you beat me without question and yes this was my last event. Thanks to everyone in MLE who have supported me and came to the table looking to have fun. Although I wont be eating in competitions any longer that does not mean I wont remain a fan of the sport and I already have some ideas to keep myself associated with MLE. You guys were some awesome people to get to know and hang out with and most of you have my number so stay in touch, if not email me @ seanbrockert@yahoo.com and we will talk soon. Thanks again friends its been fun!
Matt "Mega Toad" Stonie said (Registered June 22, 2010)
May 1, 2012 @ 9:44 pm
I think for debris contests like wings/ribs/corn that wish to produce quantity numbers, they should establish an average “weight” for what is considered one unit. Using corn as an example, they should get what they consider to to an average sized corn on the cob, cut the kernals off, weight the kernals, and that will determine how many “offical” cobs they ate, no error in judgement there. I think an average corn on the cob yeilds around 125g of corn, so give them preweighed trays, weigh them after, subtract the difference, add the totals, divide by 125g (or whatever is determined). Same thing can be done for wings or ribs.
my heads spinning said
May 2, 2012 @ 12:11 am
OOOORRRRR you can just be honest and clean the cob like any respectful eater should.
Anonymous said
May 2, 2012 @ 12:33 am
Stonie, this whole business of averaging things is unfair too. Sometimes contests are actually decided by 1/100th of a pound. (See: the Big Daddy Burger Eating Contest of 2006, where 1/200th of a pound separated Koch and Janus.) If you’re just averaging trays, the margin of error is too great for a contest to be fairly decided by 1/100th of a pound. In that situation, somebody gets screwed. So you can’t average. Each tray has to be weighed exactly, carefully accounted for, and then weighed exactly again. And the people doing the math have to know how to add and subtract, which has often not been the case at these events. One big problem is that nobody impresses enough upon the judges how important accuracy is. The judges don’t care. They do their job half-heartedly, and the result is the competitors gets screwed.
beautifulbrian said
May 2, 2012 @ 2:13 am
You did well Sean. Dont worry about 5 dollars. Anything past the teens is a good number. The guy next to me Chris finished behind Sean. I only do a few contests per year because comp eating is not only fun but takes my mind off the aggravation i deal with at work
Matt "Mega Toad" Stonie said (Registered June 22, 2010)
May 2, 2012 @ 3:25 am
Anon 12:33, thats exactly what i ment. What i was saying is determine and average for what is considered 1 unit of food. Lets just say one cob of corn is determined to have 1/5lb of kernals on it, the “average”. After then contest, eater #1 eats a total of 40 cobs of corn, but left alot on each and the weight difference was 7lbs. They get credit for 35 cobs. If an eater #2 ate 36 cobs, less then Eater #1, but cleand them completely and the weight came out 7.2lbs then Eater #2 wins even though they visibally ate 4 less.
By creating the average all it does is allow a contest be converted from Lbs and Oz to solid numbers. If they don’t mind doing a debris food Lb for Lb thats fine, but some contests want numbers, such and corn and hooters. Create a standard.
Monkey's Uncle said
May 2, 2012 @ 5:37 am
It is not a matter of eating honestly. If you inspect each ear of corn before you go to the next you will never finish in the top three. This is not a neat eating contest.
anonymous said
May 2, 2012 @ 6:47 am
welcome to the word of the IFOCE. Seems they plainly just don’t give a damn about taking the time pre-contest to weigh each tray for accuracy so the eaters are given a fair competition. Take for instance Crawfish, grits, chili spaghetti & the Buffalo wing and buffet events.
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
May 2, 2012 @ 7:10 am
Matt, your proposal to determine the average weight of an ear beforehand sounds most fair—-like wings. As Matt alluded to, weigh the food before and after and divide the difference (amount eaten) by the precalculated weight of an average ear to come up with a calulation of ears eaten.
This is not perfect, but it is perhaps the most logical procedure to minimize subjectivity. If you don’t do it this way, the placings for any number of people within three or four ears of each other are all subjective, based on the best guess of the judges.
Anonymous said
May 2, 2012 @ 7:44 am
All of these proposals and ideas are great conversation and debate but the main problem is that the whole set-up of the contests requires, for the sake of the sponsors and the fans, fast judging. There is nothing more boring than waiting and waiting for the results. What other sports have such a lag before results are announced? Boxing is one, waiting for the judges, but that is different for many reasons. If everyone, including the judges, were paid employees, that would be quite different. The variables are huge, contest to contest, so all of the discussion is interesting but not practical.
The people who decide these things are not writing here. If people/eaters are talking to them, to the organizations, then something might change. MLE is not eatfeats. Maybe someone from MLE reads eatfeats from time to time but I doubt that they are focussed on this website. What they do not want, surely, is the negative publicity generated over and over and over on eatfeats. But they have no control over that. Even publicizing via YouTube a drinking contest post contest between two top eaters seems really immature and ill-advised. Imagine professional athletes doing this. MLE is product promotion via entertainment, basically that is it.
Anonymous said
May 2, 2012 @ 8:28 am
Again, the biggest problems with these debris food contests is poor weighing and bad math. If great care isn’t taken to the weigh the food trays before and after a contest and to do the math properly, then everything falls apart, and that’s exactly where and why past weighing contests have fallen apart. Sometimes a lazy employee weighs one tray, and then assigns that weight to all trays (which is currently happening in the Hooters contests) so that some trays weigh less than advertised and some trays weigh more. When contests are being decided by 1/100ths of a pound, how fair is this method? If you’re going to do it this way, then in order to make it fair you have to have statistical margins of error (e.g. if one eater eats 4.1 lbs, and another eats 4.2 pounds, it’s a tie because you’ve introduced that margin of error by not weighing each tray properly.)
anonymous said
May 2, 2012 @ 9:55 am
Its evident from the pics that Conti ate his way through half of each of the 48 ears he was originally credited with before deductions. Without getting into the intricate mathematical theories like Matt provided ,its obvious that Conti should have been deducted a great deal more than the generous 5 ears of corn the judge gave him. Maybe he should have been credited with half the amt he was credited with. Sonya Bob Erik 1 2 3
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
May 2, 2012 @ 11:26 am
7:44 knows what he’s talking about. That’s the reality of it all.
anonymous said
May 2, 2012 @ 11:27 am
Corn is the Shea’s justification to keeping Conti ranked as high as he is. One hand washes the other and everyone is happy.
MOTIF said (Registered September 3, 2011)
May 2, 2012 @ 11:59 am
I really don’t think Matt, nor anyone offering feedback on this site expect anything to happen because of their post here, but just want to push a though on an open fourm. I have to agree with 7:44 on the topic of the post-contest drinking contest, I think that was a bit immature on their parts to post it to youtube, but I think Matt realized that after-the-fact. Maybe he was hungover and posted it not thinking, who knows.
Also about the margin of error thing, that will just make a judgemental process turn into and accurate, even more judgemental process. The numbers are made not for compareison, but to determine a winner, this isnt statistics class. An equivilant would be to say that two olympic sprinters tied even though their time was :02 secones apart because the margin of error in start time.
Its logical said
May 2, 2012 @ 12:06 pm
The margin of error as combined with X2= 1/3 of kernels per ear would justify the imbalance if you divided it by 12.5 grams. However by deciphering each kernel of corn by 1/100th of a pound might balance out the weights if they started at 1/200 per centimeter
Anonymous said
May 2, 2012 @ 12:12 pm
As 7:44, I was not criticizing Matt actually, should have made that clearer. He is the most mature of the three. I was criticizing the eaters who filmed or allowed to be filmed a chugging contest and then posted it. Top eaters get lots of opportunities and should represent MLE well and not act like frat boys. If all eaters acted more maturely, they might get even better opportunities like making commercials etc. Frankly, if I were MLE, I would be not pleased at their behaviors. Private parties are where those things should take place, and they should not be publicized.
KevinRoss said
May 2, 2012 @ 12:18 pm
I don’t think there is anything wrong with Stonie posting the post contest pitcher chug. . .Pat himself posted it on his public youtube channel, so obviously nothing to hide!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T68D46FOGkk
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
May 2, 2012 @ 12:37 pm
It’s logical’s comments X 1,000 makes about a third of a kernel of sense.
I loved watching Legs eat in the video. He was workin’ on that corn, buddy! He was the CE version of Alex Ovechkin moving a puck up the ice on a breakaway!
Huh? said
May 2, 2012 @ 12:38 pm
I agree the chugging and posting of the video is fine.
Umm, the top eaters are in no way role models or whatever that pro athletes are. Sure, that would be a bad move for Kobe or Peyton doing that kind of thing but a dude named Pat or Joey, for one the public doesn’t know who the hell they are, and two they couldn’t care less.
Anonymous said
May 2, 2012 @ 12:57 pm
It’s logical writes like he or she is on crack. And Kevin Ross, no, there was nothing wrong with Stonie posting the video since Pat did so, but he took it down which showed maturity. Pat should never have posted it, and I disagree completely. Yes, maybe they could not care less, but they should. With all of the money they are making compared to most eaters who make almost nothing or it costs them money to compete, they should care very much. This is not middle or high school. The public doesn’t know who they are? Followers of CE know very well who they are as well as all those who watch ESPN etc. If MLE has a problem with eater behaviors away from the table, you will not find out about it on eatfeats. It isn’t about loyalty but no wonder some eaters like Badlands get more perks than others. He does not embarrass MLE publicly, supports the organization and other eaters just as Sonya does. Boys behaving badly might be tolerated because they are top dogs but surely MLE does not like this behavior.
Referee said
May 2, 2012 @ 1:52 pm
Actually, the most mature people regarding this whole string are Sonya, Bob, Eric and Jason. The judges ruled, an eater may have discretely appealed as is appropriate, ruling was final, and they lived with it. If they can live with it, I can’t see why those wannabes, who it’s really none of their business, shouldn’t live with it. Bad calls, good calls, close calls, are made in any sport by the ref/ump/judge/etc. That’s never going to change and championships may be won or lost on such decisions. That’s just the way it is, and the league in charge will either back up or reverse the decision. When that league decision is made it’s time to move on like the eaters involved did and get ready for the next table. I not only salute Sonya, Bob, Eric and Jason for their incredible eating talents, but more so for having an incredible sense doing what’s right for the good of sport by being a Professional Eaters with a capital “P.” So, if you are not Sonya, Bob, Eric and Jason, I’m sorry but you’re opinion in these specific matters are worthless as is most likely your class and abilities as a competitive eater.
Anonymous said
May 2, 2012 @ 2:16 pm
MOTIF, that’s not equivalent example. Saying that two vastly different things are equal doesn’t make them equal.
uneaten corn said
May 2, 2012 @ 2:47 pm
Referee said
May 2, 2012 @ 1:52 pm
Actually, the most mature people regarding this whole string are Sonya, Bob, Eric and Jason. The judges ruled, an eater may have discretely appealed as is appropriate, ruling was final, and they lived with it
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Jason showed real maturity last year after he lost to Subich… Maturity indeed.
I wonder how CLC would have acted if A-Train was awared the win.
Anonymous said
May 2, 2012 @ 3:32 pm
uneaten corn is BS just stirring up trouble. what is with the Jason? Just more trouble. some things never change.
uneaten corn said
May 2, 2012 @ 3:43 pm
If i were BS or not, the proof is in the pudding. when CLC gets away with screweing others he satys mum, when he feels he gets the short end of the stick he storms off like a 8 year child who’s mom didn’t buy him a candy bar at the grocery store.
Joe said
May 2, 2012 @ 4:52 pm
I’ve just been sitting back, but I must say something, I do not believe Fred Seigal was the judge this year. If so he has dropped his standards completely. I really have to laugh at the “high standards” many say mle has, what a joke. The only honest thing can say is that is the sweet corn fiesta paid big dollars for entertainment and that’s what they got. @ referee I’m not Sonya, Bob, Eric or any of the eaters that participated in Sundays event ( and I’m really glad about that) but I would say I’m not worthless as a corn eater and my opinion does matter. That’s not a bad call, its plain dishonest and disrespectful to the others involved. If it were a real league and not a side show there would be an investigation. Instead jason will be applauded and paraded in front of prospective clients while being touted as a great eater, TOTAL BULLSHIT. You’re a douche bag and anything surrounding Jasons competitive eating prowness is a joke.
anonymous said
May 2, 2012 @ 4:59 pm
Seiiken or subich?
Anonymous said
May 2, 2012 @ 8:47 pm
What’s the weather supposed to be like tomorrow in NYC?
Anonymous said
May 2, 2012 @ 9:19 pm
Joe your a Schmo.
beautifulbrian said
May 2, 2012 @ 11:18 pm
I’ve known Conti for 10 yrs. In conversation prior to the contest he told me he does not visit this site or my site any longer. It’s obvious why. I told him I don’t hold that against him and moved on to topics other than competitive eating. The guy that judged the event is pretty tight with him . He also joined in on our conversation. After George announced the winner, Bob and Erik were extremely upset. Bob went up on stage after the dust settled and took pics of my bucket legs and his. He congratulated me later for eating more ears than crazy legs. I don’t know about that but Bob is not a happy camper. Erik just sat on the stage in bewilderment. Just thought I would fill in the rest of what I might have left out in a previous statement. Most of what I said is on bits and pieces or the recap but I thought i would share for those that don’t visit my site.
Joe said
May 3, 2012 @ 5:40 am
yea I’m a schmo, among other things but I know how Bob and Eric feel.
Screwed and Loving It! said
May 3, 2012 @ 7:52 am
Year after year the same bitching comes up, regardless of who wins. Yet some of the main people who complain year after year continue to show up. Things must not be too bad. If you think so stay away but stop whining like children.
anonymous said
May 3, 2012 @ 10:29 am
bitching does nothing to alleviate the situation. MLE will never reverse a decision based on bitching and complaining. Matter fact they will never reverse a decision no matter what. If the objective is to ridicule and tear down the winner integrity as a human being , then you have succeeded. I think that was the idea all along
The shit list said
May 3, 2012 @ 10:31 am
So here is a running list of fellow competitiors CLC has screwed over… feel free to add anybody I’ve left off
Adrian Morgan – Escondido Nathans qualifier
A-Train – Wings
Bob – Corn
Sonya – Corn
Denmark -Corn
Sweet Corn Soured said
May 3, 2012 @ 10:54 am
12:37 Rhonda will you finally admit from what is now known about this contest that CLC was given the win and did not eat the most corn? I bet you will not… As far as your “I loved watching Legs eat in the video. He was workin’ on that corn, buddy!” comment. Over animated theatrics do not ad up to eating the most corn (or any food) in fact has just the opposite effect. He knew he could not legitimately win so he acted as if he was “workin” it in a ridiculous exagerated display of nonsense that only a amatuer would believe. MLE has no problem screwing who ever they need to to make a buck.
As far as all of the Referee post, you apparently are an idiot. You position is to salute the folks who don’t dare rock the MLE boat even when its obvious there is a problem? Sure just put up with getting screwed out of prize money over and over again… that is what you respect? I’m proud of anyone who has the self respect and courage to question a injustice done to themselves or to others. In other words don’t be a coward if you are getting screwed stand up for yourself.
This web site is awesome! Kudos to OJ.
Referee said
May 3, 2012 @ 11:17 am
Joe, you say you know how Bob and Eric feel, then let Bob and Eric speak for themselves, instead of publically making them look like sore losers, and a pain in the ass for any sponsors and the MLE. You’re not in their level competitive eating wise, have no understanding what it takes to be at that level of competive eating, nor are you their spokesperson. I’m sure Sonya feels the same and she was the only eater with a legit spot at winning this particular event.
anonymous said
May 3, 2012 @ 12:07 pm
Bob Erik Sonya etc wont say anything because there is no other organization to jump ship. I don’t count that wloce and ape joke that offer $200 in prize money. Without MLE Sonya becomes another Kobe competing in eating exhibitions hoping that the sponsors that need her have enough $$$ to keep her haopy. Eventually that will run out and then where does she go? Erik the Red and Not BOB don’t have the media savvy if they went independent. I am sure charitable organizations would grab Erik because he is a great spokesperson in that regard but where is the $$$ in his pocket going to come from ? There is your answer in a nutshell
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
May 3, 2012 @ 12:22 pm
SCS 10:54: What are you (and anyone else) hoping to achieve with continued rants about this, and do you even know? Everyone knows this is a subjective contest going in. So other people cleaned their ears much, much better? Okay. So what? It’s about eating enough of the ear to get credit for it.
CLC is far from being a dummy, and he understands how much of the ear he needs to eat to get credit. If you don’t like the rules don’t bring your arses year after year! The rules have been the same each year, and each year people cry the blues about the same, boring issue!
I’m convinced that some people will purposely eat as cleanly as they can, knowing full well that they will not win, only to complain and cause strife among other eaters, with the latter actually being the primary purpose in the first place. I very much concur with the remarks of 7:52 and 10:29. They’re on target.
SL 10:31: I think a more appropriate question is how many competitive eaters are you trying to make trouble for?
All of these negatives are based on jealousy, resentment, and mean-spiritedness. Such people are worse than the very people they acccuse of underhandedness at the CE table, and fortunately this site serves your purposes very well; that’s why such people flock here!
anonymous said
May 3, 2012 @ 12:29 pm
This site is the only site where the 1st amendment holds court. Without it where would the voice of the people come from? OJ tried in the past to clean up the negativity but thats like asking Andrew Dice Clay to take the stage but cut the profanity . Ironically Clay tried that at one time and it did not work. OJ you are doing just fine. You need the drama it adds excitement
The shit list said
May 3, 2012 @ 1:02 pm
Make trouble? it’s sad that eaters can’t voice their opinion to MLE, and it’s more sad that they fear doing it against MLE’s golden child CLC…
Even if they did, and I know some who have, the reply from MLE has always been, “We’ll look out for that”. translation – “it is what it is, deal with it!”
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
May 3, 2012 @ 1:15 pm
“This site is the only site where the 1st amendment ‘holds court’.”
Yeah, and it’s a kangaroo court.
Joe said
May 3, 2012 @ 1:18 pm
Dear mr., mrs. (or whatever you are) referee, you are an obvious moron, go crawl back in your hole. I am not and I never said I was in anybody’s level of competitive eating as I no longer participate in contests. YOU compare me to others, I never compared myself to any other eater talent wise, such a thing would be foolish to do EXCEPT when it comes to corn, there I speak from a position of experience and knowledge and ,,oh ,,yea, the mle world record. The Eaters involved have too much class to reply (unlike you) and I’m sure they will take care of things in their own way. George has a way of making things right and it’s done quietly. If an organization is worried about opinions written in a public forum, Said organization should go about business with the highest standards to elevate any options for debate. Now your village is calling they want you back.
Gentleman Joe said (Registered December 8, 2005)
May 3, 2012 @ 1:21 pm
The general rule on corn ear consumption is 90%. In an ifoce contest they want the #’s to be as high as possible, so in theory 75% will probably do. Based upon the past in ifoce contests, you will not be penalized anywhere near as much as the “grey area” you are playing in. If you have 5 mushed buns & or dogs, if you are unlucky, you may be penalized 2 dogs. So, there is no incentive to “eat clean” w/those guys.
In this case, unless Conti was giving his own #’s ala Boone at Pelmeni he didn’t cheat. Just because he is a proven cheater, doesn’t mean he always cheats. Its a calculated gamble that he takes. Based upon pics, etc, he easily could have been awarded 5 ears of corn eaten & gone home w/nothing but whatever stipend the Shea’s may have given him.
I admit some jealousy re: Conti. His education,he’s personable & particularly his speaking abilities are 2nd to none & how he gets by w/essentially just those.
bad way to live said
May 3, 2012 @ 2:39 pm
So basically Conti name is mud in the sport of competitive eating. Everytime he wins a title its a tainted undeserved title that he never earned fairly,. Damn i would hate to go through life that way knowing that the powers that be are the only ones that have his back while he is secretly scorned upon by his peers. Sucks Man!
Riley said
May 3, 2012 @ 3:25 pm
Nope, Conte’s name is great among the eaters. In Sonya’s case, regarding his last victory, she couldn’t of been more happy for Jason. Mad, of course that she lost (she’s such a competitor), but was happy for Jason. In fact, I know she mentioned to him that she’s really seen an improvement in his eating since crayfish and is pretty sure he’ll make Nathan’s this year. In other events, Legs is always the first to be forming a up a party, that Pat, Joey, and of course Tim are always there. Bob’s a self professed “old fart,” but he’s been known to hang out on ocassion. Erik’s partied with him too. All the Nathan’s eaters look to him for the place to go after the eat. LMM, Juliet, I could go on, all think he’s great. Oh, and Conte, and his mother if she’s in town, is always so nice to the friends and families of eaters. I can only think of one or two people that don’t like him, and quite frankly I don’t think he could care less about either. If he’s “secretly scorned” by anyone, well who needs those types of people anyway? Pretty good way to live if you ask me.
Anonymous said
May 3, 2012 @ 4:22 pm
Joe, I do think it’s sad that people try to play in “the grey area.” I hear stories of the old days, not in eating, but in life, and I get the feeling that most people didn’t want to occupy “the grey area.”
anonymous said
May 3, 2012 @ 6:12 pm
Riley you are not only a liar but the response is downright sickening
Anonymous said
May 3, 2012 @ 7:05 pm
anonymous 612 you make me want to reverse and get a life