The official twitter of the University of Wisconsin-Madison retweeted a picture of a Twinkie eating contest held in an economics class today.
OxfordStudent.com reports that a promotional video for a burrito eating contest held at Mission Burrito in Oxford, England was found to contain pornographic imagery.
Krystal will hold a "Square Off for Square Meals" eating contest at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga tomorrow. The winner will be the first to eat 6 Krystal burgers.
Tim Ryan from Allendale, NJ ran 5 miles and ate 12 donuts in 30:10 to win yesterday's Krispy Kreme Challenge in Raleigh, NC. The female runner-up, Brenda Wilson, was 56.
Official Wing Bowl 22 odds
The official list of odds for Wing Bowl 22 has been posted. The favorites
Molly Schuyler 2-1
Pat Bertoletti 2-1
Jamie McDonald 4-1
Jon Squibb 5-1
Dave Goldstein 15-1
Jon Squibb is the favorite for the local contest at 1-2 followed by Dave Goldstein at 3-1.
update Some more Wing Bowl 22 links
- USA Today College article on the collegiate eaters in the Wing Bowl
- Barstool Sports video of “Skin & Bones” BBQ practice session
- Philly.com article about Spike Eskin using the Heimlich maneuver on Angelo Cataldi to prevent him from choking on a cheesesteak.
Takeru Kobayashi's appearance at Seton Hall in October is mentioned in an article about marketing techniques used by New Jersey college basketball programs.
Lawry's in Beverly Hills is also holding a Beef Bowl in conjunction with Monday's national championship game. Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston served the first cut of meat at Florida State's meal today.
Stanford wins 2013 Lawry’s Beef Bowl
update Dec 30
Articles: New York Times | Scout.com
Facebook galleries: Stanford | Michigan State
Lansing State Journal “scouting report”
Football card with picture of Seattle Seahawks QB Russ Wilson from Beef Bowl for 2012 Rose Bowl
Stanford has been announced as the winner of the 2013 Beef Bowl, outeating Michigan State by 15 pounds of prime rib at Lawry’s in Beverly Hills. Patch.com has a history of the pre-Rose Bowl event, which was called the Beef Scrimmage from 1970 to 1972. Michigan State lost despite having a twitter devoted to its “Meat Squad”.
The Kansas State newspaper has a listing of the best wing eaters on the University of Michigan football team in advance of the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl tomorrow. (It does not appear that an actual wing eating contest will be held in conjunction with that event.)
The Mountain West Conference has a video of yesterday's pie eating contest where members of the Fresno State football team defeated USC Trojans as part of pre-game festivities for the Las Vegas Bowl.
Registration is now open for the 2014 Krispy Kreme Challenge which will take place at the NC State University bell tower on February 8. 8,000 people participated and $127,000 was raised for charity in the 2013 edition of the event, which entails running 2.5 miles to a Krispy Kreme, eating a dozen donuts and returning.
GoViks.com has more information about Takeru Kobayashi's appearances at Portland (Oregon) State basketball games this weekend. He will compete against media members on Friday and against a student champion on Saturday.
Takeru Kobayashi will appear at Portland (OR) State's basketball tournament on November 22 and 23 and take on students in eating contests. This might be Kobayashi's first appearance in the Pacific Northwest.
Barrio will hold the Super Spicy Chili Pepper College Bowl on November 14 awarding $1000 and a 50 inch TV. Qualifiers will be held for students and alumni from 10 Boston area universities starting on November 3.
Seton Hall Athletics is seeking a competitor to take on Takeru Kobayashi at the Big East Tip Off Party on Friday.
A Swiss roll eating was held in a Penn State economics class today. Students who selected the winner will reportedly receive a 2% bonus on their final grade.
Barrio Cantina in Boston is holding the Super Spicy College Bowl. Qualifiers for students from Boston-area colleges will be held from September 22-26 and the finals on October 3 will award $1,000, a 50 inch TV and free tacos for a year.
The student newspaper for Concordia University of Montreal has an article about the "chompionship" for Canadian college students. Takeru Kobayashi will be a guest competitor in the finals in Toronto on October 28. update http://chompchompchomp.ca/challengers accepts votes for entrants who have submitted videos.
Bates College in Lewiston, Maine has started a competitive eating club called the FatCats. The club is billed as the second collegiate competitive eating club in the USA (the University of Maryland was the first).
ESPN has a blog entry about the pizza eating contest held for Wake Forest football players won by offensive tackle Steven Chase.
The Utah State student newspaper reports that the NCAA prevented members of the football and basketball teams from competing in a charity event at Angie's in Logan, UT where they would attempt to eat the "Kitchen Sink" ice cream challenge.
The University of The Phillipines Geology Majors Society is holding a "Starve Wars" eating contest in Quezon City Thursday.
Tim Ryan of Madison, WI won yesterday's Krispy Kreme Challenge in Raleigh, NC, taking 31:31 to run about five miles and eat 12 donuts. Almost 8,000 people participated in the event, which raised $127,000 for the UNC Childrens Hospital.
The Binghamton University student newspaper has an article about competitive eater / bodybuilder Jerry Yang.
2012-13 college football bowl eating contests
Several college football bowls held eating contests as part of their pre-game activities:
- Rose Bowl (Pasadena, CA) Wisconsin defended their Lawry’s Beef Bowl title by eating a total of 619 pounds of prime rib to defeat Stanford by 17 pounds. Joshua Garnett and Dallas Lewallen of Wisconsin were reportedly the individual winners with 7 24-ounce steaks eaten.
- Chick-fil-A Bowl (Atlanta) LSU outate Clemson at Sal Grosso’s Brazillian Steakhouse by 624 pounds to 454
- Music City Bowl (Nashville) NC State outate Vanderbilt by 19 ribs. NC State’s Rogers Clark ate 21 ribs in 2 minutes to win the individual contest.
- Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl (Tempe, AZ) Michigan State ate an average of 33 wings per player to defeat TCU by a margin of 13. MSU’s Shawn Kamm was the individual winner with 65 wings.
- Outback Bowl (Tampa) Ashton Tate of South Carolina ate 8 mini key lime pies to defeat Michigan’s Ben Braden by 3 pies.
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