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Midway through the second quarter, as Bishop Sycamore trailed 30-0, commentator Anish Shroff acknowledged that ESPN hadn't been able to find evidence to support Bishop Sycamore's claims that it brought a roster laden with Division I talent. Social media was aflame with questions about how Bishop Sycamore came to be scheduled for the game, when it clearly was not fit to be playing against a team of IMG's caliber. The game quickly caught national attention as it was broadcast on ESPN's main channel. THE LATEST: Coach of Bishop Sycamore high school football team is let go THE LATEST: Opponent drops out of scheduled game THE LATEST: Bishop Sycamore director says program is not a 'scam' 2 team in the country, according to MaxPreps. It didn't take long for it to become clear that one of those teams wasn't what it said it was.īishop Sycamore - which claims to be based in Columbus, though there's no address listed on the website, and the "About Us" and "Staff" pages on the site are blank - was overmatched from the beginning as it took on the No.

When Bishop Sycamore took the field in Canton, Ohio, on Sunday to face IMG Academy (Florida), ESPN's announcers thought they'd be calling a game between two elite high school football teams.

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