The most puzzling sports story of the past few weeks has been the saga of Bishop Sycamore.
For the uninitiated, Sycamore, which says it is based in Columbus, Ohio, faced powerhouse football factory IMG Academy in a game broadcast on ESPN on Aug. 29 and got blown out 58–0. During the game, ESPN’s Anish Shroff and Tom Luginbill openly questioned the veracity of Sycamore’s claim that it had numerous top recruits on its roster. In the days after the game, the school was exposed as having no physical address, not being registered with the Ohio High School Athletic Association and having a coach who was part of a federal fraud investigation tied to allegations of misconduct at the last school he tried to start.