Competitive Eating: January 2007 Archives
Update: The full Fantasy Eating League website and group can be found here. Download the score card and keep up on your favorite team members!
Welcome to the 2007 Fantasy Eating League! We decided that it would be fun to have teams made up of the top IFOCE eaters that would compete against one another throughout the year. The IFOCE recently announced that they would be using a new scoring system to award points to the top 10 finishers in every competition. While this doesn't necessarily mean that judging will be more objective, it DOES mean that they're at least dedicated to scoring the top ten finishers, which is a big improvement.
Teams will accrue points throughout the year by competing in competitions. Teams will get points for every point a team member earns from the IFOCE. Additionally, points can be earned and deducted in the following way:
Positive Points
Setting a new record: +5 points
Setting a personal best record: +1 point
Breaking an established record: +10 points
For every five competitions an eater competes in: +10 points
For every 20 pounds or 100 units of food consumed: +5 points
Negative points
Reversal of fortune: -5 points
Finishing outside the top 10: -1 points
Teams!
After submitting their top 45 competitive eater team wish list, the captains had their choices narrowed down to the following teams. The lowest-ranked captain, Dave "Mega Munch" Shoffner, was given his first choice. He chose Pat Bertoletti, who was then crossed off all the other wish lists. The next highest-ranked captain, Steakbellie, then got his first choice after Pat, and so on until all five captains had a team of 10 eaters. They now have the opportunity to trade any team members amongst themselves. This first open trading session will end on Friday, February 2nd, at which point the teams will be set until the next trading session (TBD). Teams may also be allowed trades later on if a team member retires or new rookies emerge.
Trading will take place over at our Google group page, so feel free to check in on the progress.
Once teams are set, team names, logos, shirts, and websites may emerge! (I mean, one can only hope.)
Mega Munch (Captain)
Patrick Bertoletti
ChipBurger Simpson
Arturo Rios, Jr.
Frank Wach
Jim Hammer Hamrick
Chris Abatsas
Jim Reeves
El Toro Jimenez
Paul Barlow
Kevin Ross
Eric Steakbellie Livingston (Captain)
Timothy Janus
Sonya Thomas
Seaver Miller
Micah Collins
Yellowcake Subich
William Myers
Andrew "Skinnyboy" Lane
Russ Keeler
Pete Davekos
Brian Seiken
Hall Hunt (Captain)
Joey Chestnut
Crazy Legs
Pat Philbin
Ron Koch
Larry The Legend McNeil
Marco Marquez
Brickhouse Braunstein
Kevin Carr
Kevin Lipsitz
Todd Yeates
Erik the Red (Captain)
Takeru Kobayashi
Rich LeFevre
Joe LaRue
Jed Donahue
Jason Erb
Tim Brown
Juris Shibiyama
Sam Vise
Molly Zakarian
Pat Bruss
Justin Mih (Captain)
Bob Shoudt
Juliet Lee
Dale Boone
Loren Yarbrough
Allen Goldstein
Mongo Federighi
Don Lerman
Paul Sakelarides
Pete Miernicki
Donovan Busta
Note: if anyone is included here that doesn't wish to participate, please let us know and we'll remove you from the game. Also, let us know if we spelled your name wrong or there are any other changes to be made.