YOU CAN'T SPELL "MEAL" WITHOUT M.L.E.

This Saturday is the St. Patrick's Day Chowdown on Spike TV. It also marks one full month without a contest on the MLE "Future Events" calendar. Unless you count the Nathan's qualifiers, but since Nathan's is coordinating that on their website, I guess technically that leaves the MLE calendar at IFOCE.com still bare. A stomach growls in the distance.

Speaking of the IFOCE, as of Friday those five clumsy letters that we've grown to love (some of you, not so much) will be cast aside and the organization will officially become known as Major League Eating (MLE). No longer will eaters wear their t-shirts publicly and face the inevitable question, "What's Eye-Foose?" MLE.com will also launch on that day. In an age where organizations can live or die based on their online presence, I'm hoping really, really hard (others, feel free to pray) that the new website kicks ass.