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espn2 - what have you turned into?

· Networking · 17 posts · Jul 4, 2004 — Jul 6, 2004 View original thread ↗

#1 Sun, 4 Jul 2004 - 15:38

okay i am watching tv, espn2 is currently airing the 2004 Hot Dog Eating Contest. must be a slow sports day. i can handle having the poker championships on espn but hot dog eating..what the hell

#2 Sun, 4 Jul 2004 - 15:40

Ah, the ol' hot dog eating sport.

I like the poker tournaments. Only sport I really watch is boxing late at night. Or the UFC. Those are fun.

#3 Sun, 4 Jul 2004 - 15:50

ESPN 8: "The Ocho" is showing the ADAA championship...

#4 Sun, 4 Jul 2004 - 16:10

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Originally posted by gorickey:
ESPN 8: "The Ocho" is showing the ADAA championship...

The American Dodgeball Association of America!

I love that game!

#5 Sun, 4 Jul 2004 - 16:27

Hot dog eating is a sport - more of a sport than 'cup stacking' IMO.

#6 Sun, 4 Jul 2004 - 17:53

The Deuce hasn't been the same since Kiana's Flex Appeal went off the air.

However, World's Strongest Man competition is teh win.

#7 Mon, 5 Jul 2004 - 07:34

This happens to all networks when they try to broaden their appeal and increase viewership. What they really do is alienate the viewers who gave the network a reason for existence. Sometimes I wonder if ESPN even knows it's a sports network (National Spelling Bee championships anyone? I rest my case.)

Oh well, I'll still watch the ice hockey games, but I'll be watching 30 minutes less each day as they axed NHL2NIGHT.

#8 Mon, 5 Jul 2004 - 12:17

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Originally posted by nredman:
okay i am watching tv, espn2 is currently airing the 2004 Hot Dog Eating Contest. must be a slow sports day. i can handle having the poker championships on espn but hot dog eating..what the hell

kobyashi is a ****ing machine. 53 goddamned hotdogs? thats ****ing insane.

i remember watching his first appearance at that hotdog eating competition. they only had signs made up to like 25 (for keeping track of who had eaten how many dogs). he blew past that in a few minutes so they started making handmade numbers on paper. its just insane. the other competitors pretty much stopped and just stared at him as he plowed through hotdogs.

sidenote: ESPN 8 "the ocho" almost made me shoot sour patch kids out my nose when i was watching dodgeball.

#9 Mon, 5 Jul 2004 - 13:28

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Originally posted by scaught:
kobyashi is a ****ing machine. 53 goddamned hotdogs? thats ****ing insane.

i remember watching his first appearance at that hotdog eating competition. they only had signs made up to like 25 (for keeping track of who had eaten how many dogs). he blew past that in a few minutes so they started making handmade numbers on paper. its just insane. the other competitors pretty much stopped and just stared at him as he plowed through hotdogs.

sidenote: ESPN 8 "the ocho" almost made me shoot sour patch kids out my nose when i was watching dodgeball.

How many did that Thomas woman wind up eating?

#10 Mon, 5 Jul 2004 - 15:06

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Originally posted by TailsToo:
How many did that Thomas woman wind up eating?

she came in 3rd with 32.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...dog_contest&e=1

insane.

#11 Mon, 5 Jul 2004 - 15:16

I guess you don't remember the early days of ESPN and the crap that used to air on it.

#12 Mon, 5 Jul 2004 - 15:19

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Originally posted by Randman:
I guess you don't remember the early days of ESPN and the crap that used to air on it.

Even the crap back then wasn't as bad as "Cold Pizza" on the Deuce nowadays...

#13 Tue, 6 Jul 2004 - 15:15

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That boy's getting thicker... damn..4+ hot dogs a minute...crazy.

#14 Tue, 6 Jul 2004 - 15:24

Hot dog eating contest...

#15 Tue, 6 Jul 2004 - 22:54

Geez, and with no hockey this fall, we can look forward to this kind of programming for a while.

#16 Tue, 6 Jul 2004 - 23:13

I was surprised there was no Euro 2004 games on ESPN2. Damn I wish Houston had a soccer team.

#17 Tue, 6 Jul 2004 - 23:32

I thought I was dreaming when i saw that **** on there...