Unfortunately, those items separately would have cost much more than he could afford on a limited college budget. The Fat Cat however, was only $4.25 at the time, so a quick-thinking Darrell convinced the vendor to make a sandwich that would be similar to The ®Fat Cat (and for the same low price!) but with his own ingredients. After the owner agreed, Darrell rattled off his now infamous order of chicken fingers, mozzarella sticks, French fries, lettuce, tomato and marinara sauce all on a single sub roll. As Darrell ate and celebrated his frugal victory, he watched as the next 10 people in line asked to try his new idea. In fact, the vendors went on to sell 50 ®Fat Darrell sandwiches that first night and it remains among the top selling sandwiches on campus today!