Bishop Sycamore is back, but under very different circumstances.
A Virginia high school football coach told the Richmond Times-Dispatch that his team will play the infamous Ohio-based Bishop Sycamore.
Life Christian Academy coach David Fitzgerald relayed the message that his squad and the Ohio-based program will meet at Virginia State, where LCA plays all its home games.
BS High, an HBO documentary, tells the tale of Bishop Sycamore, the Ohio high school that played a football game on ESPN two years ago. It was revealed that Bishop Sycamore wasn’t a real school after they lost a game 58-0 on National TV.
Former Bishop Sycamore coach Roy Johnson is alleged to have fabricated everything and it ultimately led to an investigation by the Ohio Department of Education that found that the school did not meet state requirements.
Athletes were drawn in by Johnson’s promises of Netflix specials and becoming Division I-caliber athletes, but in the end, it turned out to be one big lie.
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Fitzgerald added:
“They’re looking to rebound and possibly enter into a league we play in,” Fitzgerald said. “We needed to fill a game, and we were presented with the opportunity. We spoke with their coaching staff and felt comfortable that they were legitimately moving forward in the right direction. We’re a Christian school, we believe in second chances and we wanted to make this happen.”
Fitzgerald’s Eagles play in a league called East Coast Power Prep, an eight-team group of private schools from New York, Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. He said Bishop Sycamore is hoping to join that league.
