ESPN Fanwiches Contest

by JGuiher on May 11, 2011 2:32 PM EDT

ESPN is running a facebook based contest called Fanwiches. Restaurants or users submit sports themed sandwiches for the contest and the entry with the most votes wins a trip to Bristol, CT. As a huge sports fan who owns a restaurant with all the sandwiches named after Penn State athletes, coaches, professors, presidents, etc, this is something I would really like to win.

Our entry is The Ultimate Hero - Adam Taliaferro. It is an actual sandwich from our restaurants menu in State College.

Please click on the link and give us a vote.

http://bit.ly/mAGJPt

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Good luck!

Small note: There’s a typo on your entry. I think you mean ‘decadent’, not ‘decedent’. Anywho. Take care of the little things, and the big things will take care of themselves.

by Tailgate Shogun on May 11, 2011 6:05 PM EDT reply actions

Well, technically the pig that provided the ham

would be the decedent.

by PSU Mudder on May 12, 2011 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

Have any of the former players

ever come in and ordered the sandwich that was named after them?

This is BSD, the crazy stirs itself.

by Paige2PSU on May 11, 2011 6:20 PM EDT reply actions

that would be so awesome!

or, if two players that didn’t get along, and one really wanted the other one’s named sandwich, would he still order it? yeah, I’m overthinking.

Anyway, I voted! And good luck!

Fire Dan Snyder

by Cari Greene on May 11, 2011 7:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Oops

Yeah, meant decadent…can’t do anything about it now.

I have had people refuse to say a person’s name because they didn’t like that person but nothing too bad. Also, some people have asked us to change their sandwich because they didn’t like it.

Lots of former athletes have come in and tried their food. Too many to list but here are a few of our experiences.

Wally Richardson brought his entire family and they all got Wally Richardson’s.
Pete Lisicky gave us a signed game worn jersey that is now on display.
Robbie Gould was always real nice to us and signed a few menus for me.
Graham Spanier called one day to tell us he loved his sandwich.

@collegiatestdms

by JGuiher on May 11, 2011 9:44 PM EDT reply actions

Next time I'm in State College,

I’ll have to come by and try one of your sandwiches! Of course, I have no idea when that will be!!

This is BSD, the crazy stirs itself.

by Paige2PSU on May 11, 2011 10:33 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

aw, Paige, you should try to come up for Bama!

Fire Dan Snyder

by Cari Greene on May 12, 2011 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions

If anyone wants to give me a place to stay,

I will be there :o)

This is BSD, the crazy stirs itself.

by Paige2PSU on May 12, 2011 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions

unfortunately, I can't help you on that one

I might, just might, be able to get you an extra ticket, though. Prob shouldn’t have brought it up cuz it’s not a definite, but I’m not good at keeping things to myself.

Fire Dan Snyder

by Cari Greene on May 12, 2011 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions

I may stay with a friend's parents who live in State College.

Or I may see if my college roommate in Pittsburgh wants to do the one day trip since it’s probably going to be a 3:30 game, or I may look into getting a hotel in Altoona. I’m playing it by ear!

This is BSD, the crazy stirs itself.

by Paige2PSU on May 12, 2011 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions

You should arbitrarily

raise the price of the Graham Spanier sandwich every year. Just like tuition, AMIRITE?

"He's a beast. But so am I. So let the beasting begin."

by PSUtopia on May 12, 2011 8:57 AM EDT up reply actions 10 recs

It would be more accurate

if the price went up while you were eating it.

by kijana's acl on May 13, 2011 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

OSU all over again!

Except we are trading memorabilia and signatures for delicious sandwiches

by jrock4 on May 12, 2011 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions

I promise

I am in full compliance with the rules.

No player still in school can get a discount or have a sandwich named after them, even if they have used all eligibility. The things we do get checked with a person certified in NCAA compliance.

@collegiatestdms

by JGuiher on May 12, 2011 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs

wow, THIS is awesome!

Fire Dan Snyder

by Cari Greene on May 12, 2011 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions

just to be clear

you own the Fraser Street Deli? Awesome.

by The JuggerNitt on May 12, 2011 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions

also, we are Penn State

with a member of BSD submitting an entry into a contest based off Adam Taliaferro. This thing should have way more than 139 fans for 5th place. First place has 567 fans, we should easily be able to top that.

by The JuggerNitt on May 12, 2011 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Yes and

I would think that as word gets around it will get more votes.

I have already hit up my facebook and fraternity email list to gather votes, plus some friends I have from sports travel and twitter.

Kevin McGuire (CFBExaminer) (PSUExaminer) forwarded it on for me along with
blogger & former UNC player Michael Felder (InTheBleachers) blogger Adam Kramer (kegsneggs)
and Washington Post writer Patrick Stevens (@D1scourse)

Unfortunately that exhausts all my groups of friends. I tried to get @gopsusports1 to send something but they didn’t respond.

If anyone has any ideas or can pass it along, that would be awesome.

I put up some signs at work and a QR code, which generated a few votes but at my age, I’m not the best person to design a viral campaign.

@collegiatestdms

by JGuiher on May 12, 2011 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions

wow so the @ key does odd things @

That is Kevin McGuire – CFBExaminer and PSUExaminer
Blogger & former UNC player Michael Felder – InTheBleachers
Blogger Adam Kramer – kegsneggs
Washington Post sports writer Patrick Stevens – D1scourse

sorry about that

@collegiatestdms

by JGuiher on May 12, 2011 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions

I think it is one of the auto formats

when things are placed in between @ symbols it does that

like this

and when placed between _ symbols

does this

and when placed between – symbols

does ~~this~~

and when placed between * symbols

does this

I wonder what happens if multiple symbols are used

like ~~this~~ (adding the @ didn’t work)

by The JuggerNitt on May 13, 2011 9:48 AM EDT up reply actions

sarcasm font?

nah it'll never work

I’m sorry, but blanket statements are proven false 99% of the time, and if you make a blanket statement about college football, there’s a good chance that one exception will be Joe Paterno. - AdamShell @ BSD

by bconway6 on May 13, 2011 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions