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Mark Sanchez Sorry For Hot Dog Snack During Jets Blowout
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Jen Chung
Published Oct 26, 2009
Modified Oct 26, 2009
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Just because you're the 22-year-old quarterback of the New York Jets and your team is dominating the (terrible) Oakland Raiders, it doesn't mean you can eat a hot dog because you're HUNGRY! Mark Sanchez found out yesterday when he was caught sitting on the sidelines eating a hot dog during the fourth quarter. Critics said he was being disrespectful to the Raiders as well as his teammates who were out on the field playing. So Sanchez addressed the matter during the post-game press conference:
"I want to apologize for that. I wasn't feeling very good and didn't eat much before the game, so I was feeling a little queasy. Toward the end of the game, I probably should have eaten one of those bars or something, but someone offered (a hot dog), so I grabbed it and tried to be discreet about it, but obviously not discreet enough. So I shouldn't have done that, and it won't happen again."
And here's his (tacit) admission that he likes mustard on hot dogs—plus admitting it was stupid to eat during the game:
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