HBO Launches Production On ‘BS High,’ Doc About Football Team From “Fake” School That Got Drubbed On National TV

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Exactly one year ago today, the Bishop Sycamore high school football team took the field in a nationally televised game on ESPN, and proceeded to suffer a horrible 58-0 pounding by elite IMG Academy.

That was just the beginning of the program’s problems. Investigations and dismissals followed, amid allegations Bishop Sycamore wasn’t even a legitimate high school and, indeed, operated more like a scam.HBO announced today it is in production on BS High, a documentary about the scandal-plagued school in Columbus, Ohio, with a premiere expected next year on the cable network and streamer HBO Max.

Filmmakers Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe, who earned Academy Awards last year for their live action short Two Distant Strangers, are directing.Hyperobject Industries’ Adam McKay and NFL Hall of Famer-turned GMA host Michael Strahan are among the project’s executive producers.After the Centurions’ lopsided loss to IMG Academy, a lot of people had egg on their face, including the brass at ESPN, who had been fooled into believing they were set to air a real barn burner.

Journalists and then officials in Ohio began to look into the matter, and whistleblowers came forward, including former Bishop Sycamore players.One ex-Centurion told Complex magazine the school did not have any actual classroom facilities and the team never practiced—it just played games against other high schools, often several times a week.