Rob and Amber-- OK, mainly Rob-- are by far the best players ever to appear on The Amazing Race. I don't think quitting the eating challenge was the right decision-- in four hours, it should have been possible for Rob to pace himself and get all four pounds of meat down. Easy for me to say from my couch, of course. But the canniness of convincing other teams to quit also was inspired. Completely logical, but inspired nonetheless. Never has a player worked the angles so thoroughly. The odds are stacked against Rob and Amber-- at the next two yields, the other teams are sure to penalize them if they have the chance. It doesn't matter that they've already won a million bucks-- nobody deserves to win this million more than Rob. My cap is off to you, sir.
Posted by Peter at March 16, 2005 02:00 AMI think even Phil was impressed.
BTW, was there no prize for winning the leg last night? I don't think Phil said anything about one when Lynn & Alex checked in. What's up with that?
Posted by: Eddie on March 16, 2005 12:13 PMMy thoughts exactly. Maybe Travelocity dropped the ball.
Debbie/Bianca really had it coming. 2 hours? Yikes.
Any deep thoughts on the nature of the eating challenge?
Posted by: Matt J. on March 16, 2005 01:04 PMFunny I was thinking just the opposite. As he was on Survivor, Rob is lazy. He even talks slowly, and this week it was more of a cop-out than opt-out. I'm hoping that the four hour delay screws them in the equalizer that they always have at the beginning of the day as in "Hours of Operation 8 am to 5pm".
Posted by: Dave on March 16, 2005 01:49 PMI did think four pounds of meat was a bit excessive. I know it ain't supposed to be easy and all, but man...
Posted by: Eddie on March 16, 2005 03:40 PM