Benedictine Academy GA....

[GardenStateBaller]

....are the biggest cowards in the state of Georgia if not the entire HSFB world! 

https://www.ajc.com/sports/high-school/company-threatens-to-sue-benedictine-for-pulling-out-of-ohio-game/YCS26C7R6ZHTRA4TQWIAVPMQKY/

[Nolebull813]

Wow. This is peak Georgia. I remember when Milton’s Freedom Bowl was ruined by Alpharetta because they didn’t want to play an OOS team. Brentwood Academy, Hoover and Pickerington Central all came to GA and didn’t play a GA team. 
 

AHP and state champ St Joes,NJ went to Georgia and played each other because GA wanted to protect the myth. 
 

Plant,FL was tied with Sandy Creek 27-27 and marching to try and win and the refs just called the game and said curfew! 
 

Not to mention all the pussies who schedule the worst teams they can find. Especially in South Georgia. It makes you shake your head 

[GardenStateBaller]

59 minutes ago, Nolebull813 said:

Wow. This is peak Georgia. I remember when Milton’s Freedom Bowl was ruined by Alpharetta because they didn’t want to play an OOS team. Brentwood Academy, Hoover and Pickerington Central all came to GA and didn’t play a GA team. 
 

AHP and state champ St Joes,NJ went to Georgia and played each other because GA wanted to protect the myth. 
 

Plant,FL was tied with Sandy Creek 27-27 and marching to try and win and the refs just called the game and said curfew! 
 

Not to mention all the pussies who schedule the worst teams they can find. Especially in South Georgia. It makes you shake your head 

They're trying to cancel because they got banged up during the Rabun Gap game, plus they're playing Buford tonight. They scheduled too aggressively to start the season and now they're back pedalling. Keep in mind that this is a military school. What kind of message are they portraying to their cadets. Can you imagine if Army or Navy tried to cancel a football game two weeks prior to the game due to a few injuries? 

[Old_e]

I dont get it. Just take the a$$ whooping and honor the contract.  What's the big deal.

[GardenStateBaller]

6 minutes ago, Old_e said:

I dont get it. Just take the a$$ whooping and honor the contract.  What's the big deal.

I agree. Lack of respect to every party involved (Flo, PGL, Ironton, Moe). We agreed to play the game WHENEVER they want. Friday night, Sat at 1pm, their decision. They're beating Buford as we type, but are afraid to play Moe? Makes no sense whatsoever. #nocowardsallowed 

[GardenStateBaller]

 

[GardenStateBaller]

Update according to SoGa sports personality, Phil Jones: BC is canceling because they feel they won't make the playoffs if they lose three straight games so ealy in the 2024 season. 

Selfish beyond belief. The opposite of the lessons that are supposed to be learned by playing the game of football. 

[BCGOT]

On 8/23/2024 at 11:51 AM, GardenStateBaller said:

....are the biggest cowards in the state of Georgia if not the entire HSFB world! 

https://www.ajc.com/sports/high-school/company-threatens-to-sue-benedictine-for-pulling-out-of-ohio-game/YCS26C7R6ZHTRA4TQWIAVPMQKY/

This would seem to dispute your claim that the time change was made in April/May.  This appears to have been posted 7/15 with the time still appearing as 1 pm.   

[GardenStateBaller]

16 hours ago, BCGOT said:

This would seem to dispute your claim that the time change was made in April/May.  This appears to have been posted 7/15 with the time still appearing as 1 pm.   

Let's start from the beginning: The original line-up was as follows:

1pm  BC at Moe

4pm Manchester GA at Chardon

8pm St Francis NY at Ironton

After one of Manchester's players was shot and killed they decided to pull out of the event, which was fine since it was 3+ months before the game date. At that time all remaining four teams were notified that the revised kickoff times were as follows:

4pm BC at Moe

8pm St Francis at Ironton

Nobody said a peep for months. Then suddenly last week with no advanced notice (and three weeks before the game date) BC canceled on the event organizers. Getting throttled by Rabun Gap and having to play big, bad Moe two weeks after playing Buford was too much to handle for BC. As a military school, it was more than cowardly to take such action. Teaching our country's future cadets to quit and retreat when the going gets tough is the opposite what football and the armed forces is about. 

And please don't try to blame Moe for forgetting to update their online schedule. Coach Bethany and their entire admin knew for months that their game was being played at 4pm EST. These selfish and cowardly actions adversely affected too many parties to list. And now the entire event is not being broadcast to the masses because of BC putting its self interests over others. True Leaders never do such. 

Even SoGa HSFB guru, Phil Jones, acknowledged that BC pulled out because of fearing not making the playoffs due to three early season losses. Cowardly to the nth degree. 

PLUS....the minute we found out 4pm may be a problem for BC we offered offered to move the game to either Friday night or Saturday at 1pm without any resistance. 

 

 

[BCGOT]

23 minutes ago, GardenStateBaller said:

Let's start from the beginning: The original line-up was as follows:

1pm  BC at Moe

4pm Manchester GA at Chardon

8pm St Francis NY at Ironton

After one of Manchester's players was shot and killed they decided to pull out of the event, which was fine since it was 4-5 months before the game date. At that time all remaining four teams were notified that the revised kickoff times were as follows:

4pm BC at Moe

8pm St Francis at Ironton

Nobody said a peep for months. Then suddenly last week with no advanced notice (and three weeks before the game date) BC canceled on the event organizers. Getting throttled by Rabun Gap and having to play big, bad Moe two weeks after playing Buford was too much to handle for BC. As a military school, it was more than cowardly to take such action. Teaching our country's future cadets to quit and retreat when the going gets tough is the opposite what football and the armed forces is about. 

And don't try to blame Moe for forgetting to update their online schedule. Coach and their entire admin knew for months that their game was being played at 4pm EST. These selfish and cowardly actions adversely affected too many parties to list. And now the entire event is not being broadcast to the masses because of BC putting its self interests over others. True Leaders never do such. 

Even SoGa HSFB guru, Phil Jones, acknowledged that BC pulled out because of fearing not making the playoffs due to three early season losses. Cowardly to the nth degree. 

PLUS....the minute we found out 4pm may be a problem for BC we offered offered to move the game to either Friday night or Saturday at 1pm without any resistance. 

 

 

I’m very disappointed with the cancellation.  I feel like there is more to it.  Benedictine has not shied away from competition.  There is something else to this decision.  Honestly, I’d like to truthfully know why.  Because I know fear had nothing to do with it 

[GardenStateBaller]

15 minutes ago, BCGOT said:

I’m very disappointed with the cancellation.  I feel like there is more to it.  Benedictine has not shied away from competition.  There is something else to this decision.  Honestly, I’d like to truthfully know why.  Because I know fear had nothing to do with it 

BC was a valued PGL client up until now. They never wavered in the past. I think the fact that so many star players were injured in the RG game spooked Coach Britt. But as you and I know pertaining to the game of football....NEXT MAN UP!

PLUS....Moe has a chance of not making the playoffs now because they may not have enough games to muster up enough power points. 

[GardenStateBaller]

Spoke to the Ironton event organizers last night. He's what they confirmed per their phone records:

On May 27th the Ironton HC had a phone conversation with the BC AD. During that conversation BC AD said the time change would not be an issue. Everything would be 100% fine since it was only a three hour difference. 

The Ironton HC reached out to the BC AD once again in July to confirm all of the game logistics. All was good with no red flags. 

On 8/19 the BC AD contacted the ironton HC saying that 4pm no longer worked for them. At that time everyone associated with the event offered up 7pm Friday and/or 1pm Saturday as approved options. Crickets. 

Then on 8/22 BC sent the cancellation text. 

 

[GardenStateBaller]

[GardenStateBaller]

He used the word "unilateral" twice to try to make a point. He was lyin'. He approved the time change back in May and we have the receipts to prove it. 

[Nolebull813]

I’m a little behind. Why can’t they play at 1? 

[GardenStateBaller]

3 minutes ago, Nolebull813 said:

I’m a little behind. Why can’t they play at 1? 

We're still waiting for that answer 😉 That excuse was a "get out of dodge" one. And when we agreed to move the game to anytime they desired you could hear a pin drop then a huge gulp. #nocowardsallowed 

[Omaha Vol]

On 8/26/2024 at 5:25 PM, GardenStateBaller said:

Even SoGa HSFB guru, Phil Jones, acknowledged that BC pulled out because of fearing not making the playoffs due to three early season losses. Cowardly to the nth degree. 

 

I thought Georgia's playoffs were decided by regional rankings. The top 2 or 4 teams in each region advance. Only their region record would count toward the playoffs. Is this not true about Georgia? If not, I apologize. 

Tennessee does this. I've seen teams get in the playoffs with a 3-1 region record, but lost every single out of region game and finish the regular season with a 3-7 record.  Meaning ONLY the region record is what counts for playoff seeding. 

[Sportsnut]

On 8/24/2024 at 2:59 PM, GardenStateBaller said:

Update according to SoGa sports personality, Phil Jones: BC is canceling because they feel they won't make the playoffs if they lose three straight games so ealy in the 2024 season. 

Selfish beyond belief. The opposite of the lessons that are supposed to be learned by playing the game of football. 

To take his word is the equivalent of spotting a unicorn.

 

[Sportsnut]

8 hours ago, Omaha Vol said:

I thought Georgia's playoffs were decided by regional rankings. The top 2 or 4 teams in each region advance. Only their region record would count toward the playoffs. Is this not true about Georgia? If not, I apologize. 

Tennessee does this. I've seen teams get in the playoffs with a 3-1 region record, but lost every single out of region game and finish the regular season with a 3-7 record.  Meaning ONLY the region record is what counts for playoff seeding. 

You are correct. The top 4 from each region make the playoffs.

A team can go 4-6 overall with the four wins being in region.....to the playoffs they go.

[GardenStateBaller]

56 minutes ago, Sportsnut said:

You are correct. The top 4 from each region make the playoffs.

A team can go 4-6 overall with the four wins being in region.....to the playoffs they go.

Now we know for sure that it was used as an excuse!! 

[BCGOT]

4 hours ago, GardenStateBaller said:

Now we know for sure that it was used as an excuse!! 

Just the opposite.  This would not have been a region game.  You’d have to go a few layers deep down the tie breaker chain for this game to have impacted play-off potential or seeding 

Edited August 28 by BCGOT
Misspelling

[GardenStateBaller]

2 minutes ago, BCGOT said:

Just the opposite.  This would not have been a region game.  You’d have to go a few layers deep down the tie breaker chain fro this game to have impacted play-off potential or seeding 

All I can say is that Britt told Phil Jones he was canceling because he was afraid of missing the playoffs due to a potential three early season losses. 

[BCGOT]

11 minutes ago, GardenStateBaller said:

All I can say is that Britt told Phil Jones he was canceling because he was afraid of missing the playoffs due to a potential three early season losses. 

Well.  I’m disappointed the game was cancelled.  But, at the same time, I’m sure Coach Britt is as aware as any of us,  of how playoffs and seedings are determined With that being said, I certainly doubt that any such conversation ever took place.  If I were to be proven wrong, and find that this game was cancelled last minute for fear of a loss, I would certainly be extremely disappointed in the program 

[GardenStateBaller]

3 hours ago, BCGOT said:

Well.  I’m disappointed the game was cancelled.  But, at the same time, I’m sure Coach Britt is as aware as any of us,  of how playoffs and seedings are determined With that being said, I certainly doubt that any such conversation ever took place.  If I were to be proven wrong, and find that this game was cancelled last minute for fear of a loss, I would certainly be extremely disappointed in the program 

Phil Jones told us that. Unfortunately, I don't record phone conversations with friends. 

[JCGIII]

On 8/28/2024 at 5:47 PM, GardenStateBaller said:

All I can say is that Britt told Phil Jones he was canceling because he was afraid of missing the playoffs due to a potential three early season losses. 

Says Phil,  who is either lying or doesn't know anything about how the GHSA playoffs are seeded. If you decide to sue Benedictine, make sure that your attorney does not call him to introduce any hearsay evidence.

The Harbin System may still take into consideration OOS competition.  Faust recognized this and arranged, for the time, some great games. Big Drop can confirm that they went off without a hitch. And minus input from a team of outside consultants.