RIP Poundcake
Nicknamed Poundcake because of this:
http://www.espn.com/blog/arizona-cardina...pound-cake
Being an Atlanta native, Arizona Cardinals inside linebacker Edwin Jackson knows a little Southern hospitality can go a long way.
So, he knew what might help him when he missed a flight to Arizona for a pre-draft workout with the Cardinals: Pound cake, of course.
Here’s the story: He was supposed to take a weekend flight to Phoenix from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport, notorious for being one of the busiest in the country. After missing his flight by just a few minutes because the inter-terminal tram took too long, Jackson did the only thing he could think of: He called his mom, Mary Ellen Powell Jackson. She calmed the former Georgia Southern star down and told him to call the Cardinals coaches. He did and the team booked him a new flight later in the day.
But panic set in as his Southern upbringing started to shine through.
"I can’t go empty-handed," he said was one of his first thoughts. "It’s disrespectful to show up late and not have anything."
So, Jackson’s mother made a fresh batch of her now-famous pound cake from scratch and brought it to the airport.