ESPN’s cupcake props at Washington Football scheduling earns pie in the face

ESPN cupcake commentary deserves a pie in the face

But the story of the night, amidst all the subplots, was the ESPN use of cupcakes to illustrate the non-conference schedule of the Washington Football team was over the top, even for this broadcast.

And to this, there is only one response. ESPN’s Quint Kessenich deserves this:

PIE IN THE FACE!!!

ESPN broadcasters ignorant about constructing non-conference schedules

Non-confrerence schedules take years to plan and coordinate. In fact,  ESPN’s own senior writer Heather Dinich writes a very informative article about the process.  Here is an extract from that article:

"“Even in the era of the College Football Playoff, when strength of schedule is a critical component of the selection committee’s evaluation process, athletic directors continue to schedule so far in advance that there’s no possible way of knowing how good those opponents will be, let alone who will be coaching them.”"

Now, in light of that information, either ESPN broadcaster Quint Kessenich is completely ignorant of the process, or his point had nothing to do with facts, but rather an adolescent attempt to belittle the Washington Football program to a captive national audience.

The hole in Kessenich’s cupcake theory

In either case, you might think someone would have the authority to say “No, we are not going there!”.

But no one involved in the broadcast stopped the embarrassing moment. FOR THE RECORD, Washington and Rutgers agreed to play one another in 2014.  At that time, Rutgers (2013) was 6-7 and Washington was 9-4. Montana was added to the schedule in 2012.

Fresno State appeared on Alabama’s schedule and put up an early fight in that game. Programs from smaller schools like Fresno State depend heavily upon that game revenue to fund the entire athletic program. All major college football schools include smaller programs for just such a reason.