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ESPN got taken today for fools
Posted on 8/29/21 at 7:21 pm
Posted on 8/29/21 at 7:21 pm
They showed a high school football game… it was IMG Academy from FL (everyone knows them) vs. an opponent from Ohio named Bishop Sycamore, who was supposedly an online charter school, played at the Hall of Fame game stadium in Canton.
ESPN had been promised that the OH team was super talented and would be competition for IMG. Instead, they looked literally like dudes thrown together to play football. IMG went up 30-0 in the first quarter, and the announcers started apologizing. They admitted they’d been had, and said that they couldn’t confirm that the Ohio teams players were actually recruits. You could hear their disgust on national television. The game itself was delayed by weather a few times.
IMG won 58-0 with a running clock for the whole second half.
ESPN had been promised that the OH team was super talented and would be competition for IMG. Instead, they looked literally like dudes thrown together to play football. IMG went up 30-0 in the first quarter, and the announcers started apologizing. They admitted they’d been had, and said that they couldn’t confirm that the Ohio teams players were actually recruits. You could hear their disgust on national television. The game itself was delayed by weather a few times.
IMG won 58-0 with a running clock for the whole second half.
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Posted on 8/29/21 at 7:24 pm to chalmetteowl
Why would they believe some random Ohio team was equal to IMG?
Posted on 8/29/21 at 7:26 pm to chalmetteowl
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They admitted they’d been had, and said that they couldn’t confirm that the Ohio teams players were actually recruits.
How can you not reach out to a few assistants at some Big Ten schools and a Cincy or something and figure this out? Seems pretty easy
Posted on 8/29/21 at 7:28 pm to chalmetteowl
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ESPN got taken today for fools
Good. frick them.
Posted on 8/29/21 at 7:36 pm to chalmetteowl
Why wouldn't they do their homework? Was it a game ESPN scheduled or is it one that was scheduled and because it was IMG they just assumed it was a legit team?
ESPN is run by idiots anyway.
ESPN is run by idiots anyway.
Posted on 8/29/21 at 7:37 pm to chalmetteowl
Says a lot for espn recruiting rankings
Posted on 8/29/21 at 7:40 pm to OhioLSUfan
Also a good point
Posted on 8/29/21 at 7:48 pm to chalmetteowl
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that they couldn’t confirm that the Ohio teams players were actually recruits
How?
There’s 4 recruiting services that publicly list recruits. Including ESPN themselves.
Get roster, check against the list.
Posted on 8/29/21 at 7:53 pm to Weagle25
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Get roster, check against the list.
They couldn’t get a good roster from the OH school… the rumor is that they played with a lot of kids who should have graduated in ‘20 and ‘21, including transfers from junior college
Posted on 8/29/21 at 8:01 pm to chalmetteowl
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Posted on 8/29/21 at 8:02 pm to chalmetteowl
IMG normally doesn't put gimme games on their schedule, but I guess since they played this at the Hall of Fame stadium, Sycamore has some tie-in for it. Sycamore went 0-6 last year and lost last week to some Archbishop Hoban, 38-0. I think last year was their first year as a school
They played this same Sycamore team last year and beat them 56-6, and make most every team they play look awful, so I don't know why the commentators would apologize. They beat Duncanville last year, 41-14, as well, a Duncanville team that nearly beat Quinn Ewers and Southlake in the 6A semifinals here in Texas.
It's IMG Academy, who normally has over 30 recruits in ESPN's top 300 list, they're going to do this to nearly anyone they face, much less some school that just started running last year.
They played this same Sycamore team last year and beat them 56-6, and make most every team they play look awful, so I don't know why the commentators would apologize. They beat Duncanville last year, 41-14, as well, a Duncanville team that nearly beat Quinn Ewers and Southlake in the 6A semifinals here in Texas.
It's IMG Academy, who normally has over 30 recruits in ESPN's top 300 list, they're going to do this to nearly anyone they face, much less some school that just started running last year.
This post was edited on 8/29/21 at 10:51 pm
Posted on 8/29/21 at 8:08 pm to chalmetteowl
Beaumont Central was in our district back in HS and they were forced to have a golf team every year for the district tournament. They'd get 5 guys with the promise of missing 2 days of school, have them pick some clubs out of a bucket, give them some x-out balls, and send them out.
They all shot double-par on every single hole (the maximum allowed) and 144 for their rounds. ESPN just put the football equivalent of Beaumont Central golf on television.
They all shot double-par on every single hole (the maximum allowed) and 144 for their rounds. ESPN just put the football equivalent of Beaumont Central golf on television.
Posted on 8/29/21 at 8:09 pm to chalmetteowl
This is hilarious, granted even legit teams can’t stay with IMG
Posted on 8/29/21 at 8:30 pm to TheWalrus
Apparently they fooled everyone.
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Remember when Deion Sanders formed Prime Prep Academy? This is what that feels like?
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The schedule-makers responsible for the game, Paragon Marketing Group, reportedly told Awful Announcing they were not aware Bishop Sycamore played Friday and would have canceled the game if they were aware, so ESPN might not have been the only entity duped here.
We're also not talking about a normal high school team, as Bishop Sycamore is apparently an online-only charter school with a football program not affiliated with the Ohio High School Athletic Association that played its first season last year.
If all of this is true, if Bishop Sycamore really lied to ESPN about its roster so it could play its second game in three days against a school of athletic monsters for the sole purpose of getting on television, then there are plenty of ways to describe this situation. Incredible. Ridiculous. Bizarre. But most of all, outrageously dangerous.
Remember when Deion Sanders formed Prime Prep Academy? This is what that feels like?
This post was edited on 8/29/21 at 8:31 pm
Posted on 8/29/21 at 8:31 pm to chalmetteowl
Did Bishop Sycamore not have a longer snapper?
Their punts were just shotgun snaps the the starting QB who would then try to get the punt off. I saw them do it on their own 15 and IMG damn near beat the ball to the QB(resulted in a safety). It looked like NFL players lining up against a random selection of MSBers.
Their punts were just shotgun snaps the the starting QB who would then try to get the punt off. I saw them do it on their own 15 and IMG damn near beat the ball to the QB(resulted in a safety). It looked like NFL players lining up against a random selection of MSBers.
Posted on 8/29/21 at 8:32 pm to Broski
I just watched some of the replay and they actually made a few nice tackles on defense
Posted on 8/29/21 at 8:37 pm to chalmetteowl
This is amazing
Posted on 8/29/21 at 8:38 pm to chalmetteowl
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ESPN got taken today for fools
Well to be fair ESPN is a bunch of fools
Posted on 8/29/21 at 8:45 pm to chalmetteowl
Here’s the kicker, this Bishop Sycamore team played a game two days ago, just a wild story
Posted on 8/29/21 at 8:47 pm to Broski
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Bishop Sycamore is apparently an online-only charter school with a football program not affiliated with the Ohio High School Athletic Association
So it was a game between two fake high schools.
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