Two questions:
Why was competitive eating not a sport when I was in college, and how can I get Cablevision to carry CBS College Sports Network (formerly CSTV)?
Click below for a news release that explains all.
CBS College Sports Network has partnered with the Association of Independent Competitive Eaters (AICE) to stage and broadcast the first-ever Collegiate Nationals Eating Championship. The top collegiate eaters will compete in a “picnic style” competition from the Wave House at Mission Beach, San Diego on Saturday, April 19. Competitors will consume plates of “college food,” which include cheeseburgers, hot dogs and french fries. The 2008 Eating Championship will crown the first ever collegiate eating champion, and is part of the third annual Collegiate Nationals, a first-of-its kind event that crowns national champions in 11 events.
Extensive television coverage of the Collegiate Nationals kicks-off with a special one-hour program airing on CBS Sports on Sunday, May 25 (2:00 PM, ET). The show will launch eight consecutive days of Olympic-style programming on CBS College Sports Network, followed by individual sport highlight shows.
“With cheeseburgers, hot dogs and french fries on the plate, eaters will have to decide the most academic and advantageous way to attack the three different food types,” said Arnie Chapman, Chairman, Association of Independent Competitive Eaters. “Students have been challenging each other in food competitions for a long time, and this event will determine the nation’s best collegiate food warrior. We’re thrilled to be part of the Collegiate Nationals and look forward to further showcasing competitive eating to a national audience. The competition will be as big as their appetites.”
The 2008 Collegiate Nationals Eating Championship will adhere to “picnic style” rules that do not allow the competitors to dunk, mush, mash or mutilate the food. The event features eight competitors, including AICE’s top four collegiate eaters: No. 1-seeded Christian “Muscox” McCarthy (University of Kentucky), No. 2-seeded “Iron” Pete Czerwinski, (McMasters University - Hamilton, Ontario), No. 3-seeded Casey “Powerhouse” Poehlmann (Montgomery County Community College - Bluebell, Pa.) and No. 4-seeded Brian “Eaten” Keaton (University of Maryland). The other four participants will be decided on Friday, April 18 during a qualifying competition held at RT’s Longboard Grill in San Diego. Profiles of the top seeded eaters are included below.
To sign up for the qualifying competition, and for more information on the event, rules and competitors, log on to www.thecollegiatenationals.com.
In addition to the eating competition, San Diego will host a collegiate music festival and collegiate Championships in flowboarding and beach volleyball. This year’s Collegiate Nationals competition will again bring together athletes from over 100 different colleges and universities across the country, and will ultimately crown National Champions in 11 categories.
Fans and media are invited to attend the Eating Competition.
Comments (5)
At the risk of sound like a dud, I could do without these gluttonous events. I think it feeds into the Ugly American stereotype, pun intended.
On the other hand, I would like to encourage everyone to make plans to attend this event. It will help to improve my local economy.
I'm guessing your 6 egg omelette at 3AM was at Bookey's (RIP) on Int't Airport Road across from the old Western Airlines Cargo/Res office in Anchorage.
Where the food was so bad they couldn't even qualify for a storefront permit on Spenard Road.
But they were open 24 hours!!
We finally have weather here today like the weather there.
Isles505: I was in Ithaca in 1980, not Anchorage.
Well then you missed out on one helluva 3AM breakfast at Bookey's.
And I have a hard time believing that ANYTHING was open in Ithaca at 3AM in 1980..
In fact...I have a hard time believing that ITHACA was open in 1980.
I thought the entire town shut down and moved up to Lake Placid in 1980?
Something about seasonal jobs that began just after New Year's and extended beyond Mid February after a bunch of goofy college kids (none from Cornell) turned Lake Placid into A Sportsfan's Woodstock by delivering the greatest event of the 20th Century.
(I'm not really sure where I am going with that.....but it started with some promise).