Where can you find a good cupcake?
We recommend Jilly’s Cupcake Bar on Delmar at the Inner Belt in U. City.
But one of the “Page 2″ comedians at ESPN.com says Faurot Field is the place to get your fix.
“Tuesday Morning Quarterback” Gregg Easterbrook writes:
“The winner for Cupcake Schedule of the Year is Missouri. Not only does Mizzou enjoy a soft sked of eight games at home, four away; not only does the school play five of its first six at home; Missouri boldly scheduled three consecutive home dates against cupcakes: Division I-AA Southeast Missouri; Nevada, which lost 52-10 last year at Nebraska and lost 52-21 the year before at Arizona State; and Buffalo, which has 15 total wins since joining Division I-A in 1999. Hand out cupcakes at halftime! Tell the marching band to form a giant cupcake! Missouri has pretenses about top-10 status — but several of its W’s will be garnered via one of the phoniest schedules in college football history.”
Never mind that “TMQ” overlooks the fact that the opener is on a neutral field against the nation’s No. 20 team, and that the Tigers actually have only six games at Faurot. When he starts taking shots at Marching Mizzou, that’s when Tiger Tracker pounces! (We’ve got your number, Easterbrook … and we know somebody who can play the Missouri Waltz on his trumpet … over and over and over.)
If TMQ’s analysis wasn’t sufficiently irritating, be sure to dial up the Joe Strauss Live chat at 1 p.m. Wednesday, when BoCoMo’s Public Enemy No. 1 takes his shots and makes his Mizzou-Illini prediction.
Or, you could get your mind off it completely and order the Carmelita from Jilly’s.
I sent him an email. I understand if that’s his opinion, but at least use accurate information.