The University of Pennsylvania student paper has an article about yesterday’s “Pol Off” pierogie eating contest to determine a slot in Wing Bowl 16. The photographer from the Daily Pennsylvanian winds up saving the day for the qualifier.

There is also an article about Dave “US Male” Goldstein which appears to be a rehash of an earlier article.

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The new poll asks how many IFOCE members from outside the Philadelphia area will compete in the 2008 Wing Bowl. In Angelo Cataldi’s latest blog entry, he says that negotiations between the Wing Bowl and the IFOCE to allow Joey Chestnut to defend his title have not been completed.

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US Male became the first competitor from a previous Wing Bowl to qualify for Wing Bowl 16 by eating 4 pounds of sloppy joes and a can of dog food – Gallery

Videos will be posted on philly.com’s Wing Bowl page later today

It will be interesting to see if Don “Moses” Lerman views the dog food portion of US Male’s stunt as homage to his dog food stunt or mockery.

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In a philly.com column, Joey Chestnut says he will exceed 200 wings at Wing Bowl 16. Joey plans to travel to Philadelphia later this month to practice on P. J. Whelihan’s wings. Whelihan’s is the new official Wing Bowl supplier, replacing the Rib Ranch.

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Angelo Cataldi answers some questions about Wing Bowl 16 in his blog. There will be 6 Wing Off qualifiers, with the first being held on Dec. 12 at P.J. Whelihan’s in Cherry Hill, N.J. Cataldi reports that negotiations between WIP and the IFOCE to allow Joey Chestnut to defend his title are still in progress. but they expect to reach an agreement.

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Philadelphia sportblog The 700 Level reports that rumors exist that the 2008 Wing Bowl will be the final Wing Bowl. PhillyMag.com received a response from WIP about the rumours:

We asked WIP morning man and wing maestro Angelo Cataldi if Wing Bowl 16, slated for February 1st, really is the final one. “Absolutely, A.J.,” he replied by e-mail. “Of course, we’ve been saying that for the past five years. I’m pretty sure that Wing Bowl will outlive our show, and us …”

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Video from the first Wing Bowl qualification stunt is available on philly.com’s Wing Bowl page. The “Reincarnation of Smarty Jones” attempts to eat three cheesesteak sandwiches from three different restaurants.

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Philly.com has a press release announcing Wing Bowl 16 which states that Joey Chestnut and Bill “El Wingador” Simmons are expected to compete. The top prizes will be Toyotas.

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The WIP home page has an announcement that Wing Bowl tickets will go on sale December 12 at 9 am and can be purchased at ComCastTix.com

update Philly.com’s Wing Bowl page has been updated with Wing Bowl 16 information.

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The home page of 610wip.com says that there will be an announcement about the upcoming Wing Bowl tomorrow during Angelo Cataldi’s show. No details are provided.

An article about Dave “US Male” Goldstein reports that tickets for Wing Bowl 16 will go on sale November 26 at 10 am eastern.

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ZWire.com has a report on a “Wing Bowl” held at Wissahickon High School. David “Dr. Wing Love” Interbitzin, a teacher at the school and a competitor in the main Wing Bowl, won the contest the previous two years but did not participate this year. The event raised $14,000 before expenses.

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The following results were announced after the first fourteen minutes of this year’s Wing Bowl:

1. Gentleman Jerry, 112 wings
2. Beast from the Northeast, 91
3. Dave “US Male” Goldstein, 89
4. Sonya Thomas, 84
5. Pat Bertoletti, 83
6. Damaging Doug, 81
7. Bulldog, 78
8. Curly von Burly, 77
9. Joey Chestnut, 75
10. Dr. WingLove, 73
? Micah “Wing Kong” Collins
? Rich LeFevre
? Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston
? Bob Shoudt
? Chip Simpson

Seven local eaters were reported as having defeated 3 top 8 IFOCE members (Bob Shoudt, Rich LeFevre, Chip Simpson), but Dave “US Male” Goldstein is the only local finishing in the top 10 who entered an IFOCE or AICE contest following the Wing Bowl.

If “Gentleman” Jerry can repeat the 49% advantage he had over Joey Chestnut in other contests lasting less than 14 minutes, that would correspond to him eating 98.5 hot dogs or 154 Krystals.

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Don “Moses” Lerman has a blog entry about his history in the Wing Bowl and his negative experience in Wing Bowl 13. Lerman’s difficulty in entering the arena in that event is mentioned on page 185 of “Horsemen of the Esophagus” by Jason Fagone:

The media-door supplicants aren’t all pretenders. Some are even participants, like Mr. IFOCE himself, George Shea, his neatly slicked hair and sharp suit putting the Philly mooks to shame. Butter champ Don Lerman is here, too. I’m standing right next to him. I know it’s Don Lerman because it says so on his wool hat.

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NJ.com reports on Bill “El Wingador” Simmons’ preparations to win his sixth Wing Bowl crown at Wing Bowl 16:

“A lot of people in the Delaware Valley are ticked off somebody from San Jose won Wing Bowl,” says Wingador. “Many have asked me to come back and keep the title local. So I am.”

Simmons is warming to the task by eating 10-15 pounds of food a day, wings three times a week. He feels he balances the scales by working out on a regular basis and drinking three gallons of water daily. He currently weighs 332.

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An anti-Joey Chestnut website has been made at http://cluckujoeychestnut.com/ which makes the following prediction:

2008 Wing Bowl February 1, 2008, Wachovia Center. Watch as El Wingador beats last years Champion Joey Chestnut..

The logo can be found at http://cluckujoeychestnut.com/wing_bowl

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The Philadelphia Flyers website reports on two spectators at a recent exhibition:

When it comes to competitive eating, Bill “El Wingador” Simmons and Dave “U.S. Male” Goldstein sure know how to pack it in. These top dogs enjoyed Comcast-Spectacor’s “All-You-Can-Eat” section on Tuesday, September 24, at the Philadelphia Flyers game against the New Jersey Devils. The “All-You-Can-Eat” package features hot dogs, soft drinks, popcorn and nacho chips and salsa. These two Wing Bowl wieners ate a combined total of 62 hot dogs, 8 nachos, 10 popcorns and 20 sodas.

The “All-You-Can-Eat” tickets for Philadelphia Flyers games can be purchased exclusively here, by calling 1-800-298-4200 and at Wachovia Complex Box Office.

This philly.com article has more information on the Flyers & 76ers tickets which include all you can eat food.

Philly.com reported on El Wingador’s current activities in August:

El Wingador, the five-time champion of 610 WIP’s Wing Bowl, opened and closed his El Wingador’s to Go (4th & Girard) restaurant earlier this year.

He’s brought his special wing sauce to Just Sports Bar & Grill (600 Route 413) in Bristol, where he’s now a minority partner. Main owner is Sandy Fischer, who by day runs a company called Mortgage Discounters.

Wingador, aka Bill Simmons, hosts at the bar on Mondays and on “Wingador Wednesdays.”

He’s training to return to Wing Bowl next year to battle current champ and eating machine Joey Chestnut. Wingador will hold wing contests at Just Sports, with winners getting a spot in his Wing Bowl entourage.

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(From Carey Poehlmann) Philly news reports on a fictional eating contest to determine the mayor of Philadelphia:

Thanks to D-Mac at Philly Will Do for covering Al Taubenberger and Michael Nutter’s latest idea to settle the choice for mayor: eating contest.

Taubenberger bested Nutter 3/4 hoagie to 1/2 hoagie. The contest got out of hand, however, when suprise mayoral challenger, El Wingador, jumped in and ate 11 hoagies. All hail, Mayor Wingador.

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A video of Thursday’s Nathan’s qualifier at the QVC studio can be seen at http://youtube.com/watch?v=aaYPM12UizE

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From a Sean Gordon email:

1. 32 Bob Shoudt (21 halfway)
2. 26 Brad Sciullo
3. 19 Chris “the Mad greek” Abatsas

Paul s, russ keeler, justin mih, wild bill also in attendance.

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(From Steakbellie) a one minute news clip about Saturday’s Philadelphia qualifier from Reuters video can be viewed at http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=54562&videoChannel=4

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An article about the Philadelphia Nathan’s qualifier video on MLE appears CompetitveEatingNews.com. Apparently IFOCE is standing by its original results:

Nonetheless, several viewers have reported watched the video and claimed that it shows that Shoudt’s hot dogs were closely counted and that, to support claims of a mis-count, Shoudt would have had to eat five additional hot dogs during one of the 10-second periods when the camera pans away. These viewers claim that it is possible to follow Bob’s consumption throughout the contest, if one allows for the missed moments when the camera pans away.

They also claim that the video reveals the MLE host repeatedly alerting the Nathan’s judge to the multiple plate issue and conscientiously following the count.

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(from Erik Denmark comment) Videos from the Philadelphia and Hartford Nathan’s qualifiers can be found on the MLE videos page.

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A report on yesterday’s Nathan’s qualifier in Philadelphia appears on competitiveeatingnews.com.

Shoudt ate 33, and one viewer claimed that an entire Shoudt plate was missed and that Bob actually ate five more HDBs. However, this claimed was dismissed by a veteran Nathan’s judge who counted Bob’s dogs throughout the event.

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(From Beautiful Brian & Philly Guy & Steakbellie & Wild Bill & anonymous commenter )

Nathan’s Philadelphia qualifier results, Independence Center

1.) Sonya Thomas 36
2.) “Humble” Bob Shoudt 33 or 34
3.) “Big” Brian Subich 27
4.) “Wing Kong” Collins 23 1/2
5.) Steakbellie 17.25
6.) Wild Bill 16.5
7.) Pete “Philly Guy” Miernicki, 13.75
8.) Paul “Buffet Buster” Sakelarides, 12
9.) Mike Isco, 10 (tie)
9.) Sean Verma, 10 (tie)
11.) Adam Dewalt, 9

update NBC10.com has a brief article about the contest

update #2 MegaMunch has a post about his thoughts on the judging controversy

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CityPaper.net has a paragraph about Saturday’s Nathan’s qualifier in Philadelphia with some of the expected entrants:

The winner of this qualifier will earn a spot at the big table — the Nathan’s Famous championship, held at Coney Island every Fourth of July. Come cheer on last year’s winner, Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas, as well as Yellowcake, Wing Kong, Steakbellie and Philly’s own “Humble” Bob Shoudt, who put away 28 in 2006. “It’s the same thing as any contest — you need to find a rhythm,” says Shoudt. “You can’t listen to your body telling you to slow down.”

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