![]() ![]() It is absolutely, categorically unsafe for high school kids to play two games of football in three days. announcers identify them by name) and worse a lot of them are playing both ways. They are are 100% using the same players (same qb started. I have watched extended clips from Bishop Sycamore's games from Friday night and their game yesterday on ESPN vs IMG academy. A highlight was posted from the game of a player, which was retweeted by the Bishop Sycamore Twitter account. On Friday Bishop Sycamore played Sto-Rox High School in Pennsylvania, losing 19-7. Where this really became alarming is when people began digging into the school more. We know the team exists, we know it played last season and this was the start of its second year - the rest is all mystifying. The school is not listed in the directory of the Ohio High School Athletic Association. So, while technically listed as a “school,” almost nothing is known about Bishop Sycamore. that’s basically a recipe for football players to get noticed by recruiters. The school’s “website,” which deserves mocking quotations, has a blank page in its “about us” section, makes zero mention of education whatsoever, but does have a blog. Max Preps shows Bishop Sycamore as being based out of Columbus, Ohio. Now, all signs point to Bishop Sycamore completely fabricating its roster to get on TV, and even ESPN’s own announcers were slamming what was unfolding before their eyes.ĮSPN’s commendations WENT IN on Bishop Sycamore /RCJv46gOA3- Kirk Barton August 29, 2021 This was not only to promote good TV with the promise of seeing future college stars, but also ensure the game was played with a modicum of safety, at least being between two teams of good players. It appears from reports and the network’s own commentary team that the top requirement was to field a number of Division I players. It’s only got weirder from there.ĮSPN has not made an official statement at this time why Bishop Sycamore was approved for this Sunday showcase game. Most people don’t know about a variety of high schools around the United States, but when you get obliterated 58-0 it’s only natural people are going to start wondering why this Ohio high school was chosen to be in a televised showcase game. Now, that’s not exactly a new phenomenon. Their football future doesn’t seem as bright as Te’o’s career was.If you tuned in and watched high school football on ESPN this weekend you may have noticed the prestigious IMG Academy, the established, Florida-based incubator of college athletes and future NFL pros, play against the clearly outmatched Bishop Sycamore - a school almost nobody had ever heard of. But he will never let the fake girlfriend story down.Īnd we’ll come to see whether people keep getting duped by Bishop Sycamore in the future. Now 30, Te’o hasn’t played in an NFL game since 2019. The two biggest stories in football this weekend, Bishop Sycamore and Nebraska, both involved teams pretending to play football. ![]() Gonna tell my kids this was Bishop Sycamore /HghJoMCrbW I heard Manti Te’o’s girlfriend won homecoming queen at Bishop SycamoreĪnd here are some of the other cracks about them: Nearly a decade after the fact, Manti Te'o is trending on Twitter because of something imaginary in football. The hoax nature of the Te’o story and Bishop Sycamore’s story led Manti to trend on Twitter. Well, you probably recall that the former Notre Dame linebacker made national headlines in 20 after his girlfriend was exposed to be a hoax. They lied their way into the game and are allegedly run by a bunch of scammers. Upon further examination, we have come to learn that Bishop Sycamore is not a real school and doesn’t have a real program. ![]()
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