OldTerrapin Posted July 28, 2021 Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 Surprised one of you fervent high school football fans haven't posted this yet. IMG seems pretty stacked Seniors and Juniors. No 5th or 6th year players though. Bishop Sycamore should be able to take them. https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2021/07/the-geico-espn-high-school-football-kickoff-returns-for-12th-year-august-26-29/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTerrapin Posted July 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 2021 ESPN GEICO High School Football Kickoff Schedule*All times are ET.*Player rankings from ESPN 300 (seniors in the Class of 2022) and ESPN Junior 300 (Class of 2023) Thursday, August 26Southlake Carroll (Texas) vs. Highland Park (Texas) 8 p.m. on ESPNU from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas Carroll has eight previous state titles and will look to get over the hump again after a runner-up finish in the 6A Division I finals last season. Ohio State commit Quinn Ewers is the No. 1 ranked QB in the country. Highland Park has the most all-time wins in the state of Texas. The Scots have won six state titles, including three straight from 2016-2018. Last season their only loss was to eventual 5A state champ Denton Ryan Friday, August 27Milton (Ga.) vs. North Cobb (Ga.) 7 p.m. on ESPN2 from North Cobb High School in Kennesaw, Ga. Milton is led on defense by No. 1 ranked junior Lebbeus Overton. The Eagles were 11-1 in 2020 and look to push past their third round 7A playoff appearance last season. North Cobb is also coming off a strong 2020 season, going 10-2 in the second round of the 7A playoffs. The Warrior’s offense will look to the connection between No. 292 senior De’Nylon Morrissette – WR (Georgia commit) and No. 275 junior Malachi Singleton – QB to lead the way on offense. Saturday, August 28St. Frances (Md.) vs. St Thomas Aquinas (Fla.) Noon on ESPN from St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Defending state champion St. Thomas Aquinas is a national contender every year. No. 176 senior Julian Armella – OT will set the tone on offense up front, while No. 201 junior King Mack – S will sure up the defensive backfield for the Raiders Frances’ defense is deep on talent with four ESPN 300 ranked seniors: No. 22 Derrick Moore – DE (OU commit), No. 71 Jaishawn Barham – OLB, No. 150 Cam Johnson – CB and No. 262 Nasir Pearce -DT. Oakland (Tenn.) vs. Madison-Ridgeland (Miss.) 3 p.m. on ESPN2 from Madison-Ridgeland Academy Madison, Miss. Oakland is coming off a 15-0 state championship season with no signs of slowing down. Their offensive firepower comes from No. 203 senior Jordan James – RB (Georgia commit) and No. 273 senior Isaiah Horton – WR, while No. 227 junior Robby Washington – ATH adds depth. Madison Ridgeland was also undefeated last season, claiming its second straight Mississippi 6A title. No. 219 senior Stone Blanton – LB anchors the defense. Pace Academy (Ga.) vs. Rabun County (Ga.) 6 p.m. on ESPN2 from Rabun County High School in Tiger, Ga. Rabun County was 12-2 last season and will look to improve on a 2A semifinal appearance behind the play of No. 100 senior Gunner Stockton – QB (Georgia commit). Pace Academy’s season ended last year in the first round of the 2A playoffs. Xavier Agostino (Harvard commit), will try to put the pressure on Stockton up front. Bridgeland (Texas) vs. Klein Cain (Texas) 9 p.m. on ESPNU from Klein Memorial Stadium in Spring, Texas Bridgeland survived this season-opening meeting last year 47-42 on their way to a third round 6A playoff appearance with only one loss. No. 36 senior Conner Weigman (Texas A&M commit) is the No. 2 ranked pocket passer in the nation. Klein Cain suffered only two other losses after the Bridgeland opener last season, advancing to the second round of the 6A playoffs. No. 257 senior Mathew Golden – WR (TCU commit) returns as their top offensive weapon. Sunday, August 29IMG Academy (Fla.) vs Bishop Sycamore (Ohio) 1:30 p.m. on ESPN from Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio IMG reloads as one of the top teams in the country, with an incredible 20 players ranked in the ESPN 300 and ESPN Junior 300 player rankings. Bishop Sycamore is a new program with young talent and several players on both sides of the ball have multiple Division 1 offers including QB Trillian Harris and OL Justin Daniel. ESPN 300 Participants Rank Player Pos. High School College Commitment* 2 Quinn Ewers QB-PP Southlake Carroll (TX) Ohio State 7 Tyler Booker OT IMG Academy (FL) 22 Derrick More DE St. Frances (MD) Oklahoma 23 Kamari Wilson S IMG Academy (FL) Ohio State 36 Conner Weigman QB-PP Bridgeland (TX) Texas A&M 39 AJ Duffy QB-PP IMG Academy (FL) Florida State 48 Daylen Everette CB IMG Academy (FL) 61 Drew Shelton OT IMG Academy (FL) Penn State 71 Jaishawn Barham OLB St. Frances (MD) 100 Gunner Stockton QB-DT Rabun County (GA) Georgia 124 Jihaad Campbell OLB IMG Academy (FL) Clemson 149 Keon Sabb S IMG Academy (FL) 150 Cam Johnson CB St. Frances (MD) 154 Kaytron Allen RB IMG Academy (FL) 165 Jack Pedersen TE-Y IMG Academy (FL) UCLA 176 Julian Armella OT St. Thomas Aquinas (FL) 203 Jordan James RB Oakland (TN) Georgia 219 Stone Blanton ILB Madison Ridgeland (MS) 232 Dominick James DT IMG Academy (FL) 257 Matthew Golden WR Klein Cain (TX) TCU 262 Nasir Pearce DT St. Frances (MD) 273 Isaiah Horton WR Oakland (TN) 292 De’ Nylon Morrissette WR North Cobb (GA) Georgia ESPN Junior 300 Participants Rank Player Pos. High School 1 Lebbeus Overton DE Milton (GA) 7 Malik Bryant OLB IMG Academy (FL) 8 Francis Mauigoa OT IMG Academy (FL) 19 Samuel M’Pemba ATH IMG Academy (FL) 22 Joenel Aguero ATH IMG Academy (FL) 78 Carnell Tate WR IMG Academy (FL) 107 Malik Muhammad CB IMG Academy (FL) 118 Cameron Lenhardt DE IMG Academy (FL) 143 Knijeah Harris OC IMG Academy (FL) 199 Justin Benton DE IMG Academy (FL) 201 King Mack S St. Thomas Aquinas (FL) 214 Jordan Hall ILB IMG Academy (FL) 227 Robby Washington ATH Oakland (TN) 275 Malachi Singleton QB-DT North Cobb (GA) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atticus Finch Posted July 28, 2021 Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 ESPN is just trolling us with Bridgeland vs. Klein Cain. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTerrapin Posted July 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 Bishop Sycamore is a new program with young talent and several players on both sides of the ball have multiple Division 1 offers including QB Trillian Harris and OL Justin Daniel. Poor Kimberly, people taking advantage of her inexperience like that. Shameful, in truth they are probably the oldest team in the history of high school football. Neither of the 2 players she listed have current offers and the second one is the one who went to JUCO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GardenStateBaller Posted July 28, 2021 Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 PGL is a proud corporate partner of @rashid@paragon and ESPN. We put together the SFA/STA and IMG/BS games for them. The best is yet to come! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTerrapin Posted July 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, GardenStateBaller said: PGL is a proud corporate partner of @rashid@paragon and ESPN. We put together the SFA/STA and IMG/BS games for them. The best is yet to come! So what. It's a joke game and ESPN will look like fools showing that team and trying to explain what they are. I am sure you didn't tell them the truth 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GardenStateBaller Posted July 28, 2021 Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 22 minutes ago, OldTerrapin said: Bishop Sycamore is a new program with young talent and several players on both sides of the ball have multiple Division 1 offers including QB Trillian Harris and OL Justin Daniel. Poor Kimberly, people taking advantage of her inexperience like that. Shameful, in truth they are probably the oldest team in the history of high school football. Neither of the 2 players she listed have current offers and the second one is the one who went to JUCO. Trillian has offers from UNLV, Nevada and Washington State, ULM and Tulsa Justin has offers from Georgia, Georgia Tech, South Carolina and UNC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTerrapin Posted July 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 5 minutes ago, GardenStateBaller said: Trillian has offers from UNLV, Nevada and Washington State Justin has offers from Georgia, Georgia Tech, South Carolina and UNC offers for class of 2021 and 2020 don't count or they would be there and not playing with high school kids. If they have current offers for 2022 let's see some proof. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GardenStateBaller Posted July 28, 2021 Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 5 minutes ago, OldTerrapin said: So what. It's a joke game and ESPN will look like fools showing that team and trying to explain what they are. I am sure you didn't tell them the truth We had several conference calls with ESPN re BS. Introduced them, educated them, enlightened them, closed them. #PGL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTerrapin Posted July 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 2 minutes ago, GardenStateBaller said: We had several conference calls with ESPN re BS. Introduced them, educated them, enlightened them, closed them. #PGL right 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gametyme Posted July 28, 2021 Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 28 minutes ago, OldTerrapin said: Bishop Sycamore is a new program with young talent and several players on both sides of the ball have multiple Division 1 offers including QB Trillian Harris and OL Justin Daniel. Poor Kimberly, people taking advantage of her inexperience like that. Shameful, in truth they are probably the oldest team in the history of high school football. Neither of the 2 players she listed have current offers and the second one is the one who went to JUCO. IMG is going to pick the score vs BS. I don't think anyone could beat IMG this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GardenStateBaller Posted July 28, 2021 Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 1 minute ago, Gametyme said: IMG is going to pick the score vs BS. I don't think anyone could beat IMG this year. Agree, but it's phenomenal exposure for BS regardless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severino Posted July 28, 2021 Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 We finally have some video of Bishop Sycamore's training camp at their very own state-of-the-art facility. The park-like setting evokes memories of bygone days playing shirts and skins in the backyard, and eases some of the pressure from the high-stakes world of elite prep football, D1 recruiting and national television exposure. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTerrapin Posted July 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 6 minutes ago, GardenStateBaller said: Agree, but it's phenomenal exposure for BS regardless. We agree there. They will be exposed that is for sure. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawgGoneIt Posted July 28, 2021 Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 Looked through ESPN's featured players list in those games. Saw no BS players listed. Closed the page. #29D1s 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GardenStateBaller Posted July 28, 2021 Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 1 minute ago, HawgGoneIt said: Looked through ESPN's featured players list in those games. Saw no BS players listed. Closed the page. #29D1s 27. Two recently left the program to enter college early. I have the actual list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GardenStateBaller Posted July 28, 2021 Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 12 minutes ago, Severino said: We finally have some video of Bishop Sycamore's training camp at their very own state-of-the-art facility. The park-like setting evokes memories of bygone days playing shirts and skins in the backyard, and eases some of the pressure from the high-stakes world of elite prep football, D1 recruiting and national television exposure. Most of these kids come from nothing. #LifeIsGood You're witnessing the Power of PGL. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted July 28, 2021 Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 8 minutes ago, Severino said: We finally have some video of Bishop Sycamore's training camp at their very own state-of-the-art facility. The park-like setting evokes memories of bygone days playing shirts and skins in the backyard, and eases some of the pressure from the high-stakes world of elite prep football, D1 recruiting and national television exposure. Using trees and bushes for extra players is brilliant.... That's SO sad in so many ways. I've had enough of this. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTerrapin Posted July 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 1 minute ago, GardenStateBaller said: 27. Two recently left the program to enter college early. I have the actual list. I am sure you meant to say two that already graduated on time and went to college on time 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Las Vegas_JC Posted July 28, 2021 Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 59 minutes ago, OldTerrapin said: Surprised one of you fervent high school football fans haven't posted this yet. IMG seems pretty stacked Seniors and Juniors. No 5th or 6th year players though. Bishop Sycamore should be able to take them. https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2021/07/the-geico-espn-high-school-football-kickoff-returns-for-12th-year-august-26-29/ Yikes! There is only one game of interest on this list. And for me that game is SFA at STA. IMO the Raiders should win this one comfortably. The other games are just regional. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GardenStateBaller Posted July 28, 2021 Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 1 minute ago, RedZone said: Using trees and bushes for extra players is brilliant.... That's SO sad in so many ways. I've had enough of this. Yet, look what PGL is doing for them!! ESPN game, top schedule in America, globally streamed games, etc. #PowerOfPGL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTerrapin Posted July 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 1 minute ago, GardenStateBaller said: Most of kids come from nothing. #LifeIsGood You're witnessing the Power of PGL. Enjoy! That is not true either. Some sure but that is the narrative we get that. It is also why our editor is passing on this story and why they will be able to go about their business with impunity. No one will touch it with the current racial climate. The juice ain't worth the squeeze 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GardenStateBaller Posted July 28, 2021 Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, OldTerrapin said: That is not true either. Some sure but that is the narrative we get that. It is also why our editor is passing on this story and why they will be able to go about their business with impunity. No one will touch it with the current racial climate. The juice ain't worth the squeeze HSFBA and MP are all we need. And they're 110% All In. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTerrapin Posted July 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 4 minutes ago, GardenStateBaller said: HSFBA and MP are all we need. And they're 110% All In. They do them. High School football isn't really our thing anyway other than the recruits Maryland is interested in and players from the DMV area. It is potentially a juicy story but like I said not worth the land mines. Evident in no one locally in Ohio taking it on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severino Posted July 28, 2021 Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210728005927/en/HOFV-Announces-GEICO-ESPN-High-School-KickOff-Game-at-Tom-Benson-Hall-of-Fame-Stadium "... the GEICO ESPN High School Kickoff game between the world-renowned IMG Academy, based in Bradenton, Florida, and Bishop Sycamore High School, a local high school in the northeast suburbs of Columbus." "With all of the homegrown football talent that Ohio has to offer, seeing one of our local schools compete against IMG Academy will be incredibly memorable." Somehow the Hall of Fame has been misinformed about Bishop Sycamore. How did that happen? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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