{"id":41654,"date":"2016-10-10T03:29:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T07:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=41654"},"modified":"2016-10-09T19:12:57","modified_gmt":"2016-10-09T23:12:57","slug":"wingstop-to-host-battle-of-i-75-wing-eating-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/10_10_2016\/wingstop-to-host-battle-of-i-75-wing-eating-contest","title":{"rendered":"WingStop to host Battle of I-75 wing-eating contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University will square off in a Battle of I-75 wing-eating contest at WingStop, 3330 W. Central Ave. in Toledo, Wednesday, Oct. 12, at 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?attachment_id=41709\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41709\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/wing-eating-contest.jpeg\" alt=\"wing-eating contest\" width=\"540\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-41709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/wing-eating-contest.jpeg 540w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/wing-eating-contest-300x201.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a>UT will be represented by Blue Crew alumni; eating for BGSU will be the Falcon Fanatics. The contest will be one-on-one with the fastest to eat eight wings in each match declared the winner. Times for each battle will be added up, and the team with the lowest overall time will win the grand prize of 200 free wings.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who attends WingStop between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. can receive five free wings with any purchase.<\/p>\n<p>The Rockets and Falcons will meet in the real Battle of I-75 at the Glass bowl Saturday, Oct. 15. Kickoff for UT\u2019s Homecoming game is at 3:30 p.m. <\/p>\n<p>Tickets are available at the UT Athletic Ticket Office, <a href=\"http:\/\/utrockets.com\/sports\/2015\/3\/17\/GEN_2014010139.aspx\">online<\/a> or by phone at 419-530-GOLD (4653).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Blue Crew and the Falcon Fanatics will compete in a wing-eating contest Wednesday, Oct. 12, at 5:30 p.m. at WingStop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,5],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41654"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41654"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41710,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41654\/revisions\/41710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}