Last weekend, Nov. 2-4, 2007, Brian, Georgia and Alex of Awkward Silence Comedy as well as alumni Justin Purcell, participated in the 1st annual College Comedy Championships. The event was an offshoot of the Chicago Improv Festival, which is held in the spring. Sixteen teams from various colleges across America participated in the festival, and ASC came in 2nd place, winning them a cash prize of $500, which they plan to spend on t-shirts for the group’s fans.

The competition included four rounds of elimination, which ASC breezed through before eventually making it to the final championship performance against Northwestern University’s “Old Tom Jar.” Chicago improv big-shots Jeff Griggs, Niki Lindgren and Nick Johne were the judges for the weekend, and except for the championship match between Northwestern and ASC, the judges' votes were always unanimous for the team they wanted to move on in the tournament.

Throughout the course of tournament play, ASC was called by the judges “the weirdest fucking thing I’ve ever seen” as well as “insane.”

Three of ASC’s four total performances will be broadcast by the Open Student Television Network later this year. The performance footage will also be available on the College Comedy Championships’ website within about three months.

Commented Brian M. Frange on the group’s disheartening loss during the championships, “nobody cool ever wins first place.”