Anyone know the score of the Sidwell Flint Hill game?

[Anonymous]

STA would never forgo their admission standards to bring in ringers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Didn't Sidwell just have a football player go to Stanford? From my understanding he received full paying offers from every Big 10.

This is true. A wonderful aberration.

But here's the crazy part. When he played high school ball last year, the rest of the team was so checked out that Sidwell lost even more badly than this year! That's why Sidwell now has formal teams made up of homeschooled Christians on its schedule. Have to find someone somewhere to beat. Kind of amazing that injuries don't pile up. Are they all just running away from the ball, for safety?

If you know anything about football, then you know that one stellar player does not a team make. But the beauty of the player being referenced is that his academics and character were so high that he made it easy to receive offers from just about every Power 5 team and Ivy league team in the country. One doesn't need to be a 3rd string TE at St Johns or DeMatha. If they can achieve academically at Sidwell, they can realize whatever college dreams they might have athletically.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:STA would never forgo their admission standards to bring in ringers.

Never? Ever? I can name a former NFL all-pro where this definitely happened. There have been scores over the years. You don't know anything about STA Athletics if you are claiming this seriously. What difference does it make? The kids did well academically, went on to college and had success. That is a school doing its job, own it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:STA would never forgo their admission standards to bring in ringers.

Never? Ever? I can name a former NFL all-pro where this definitely happened. There have been scores over the years. You don't know anything about STA Athletics if you are claiming this seriously. What difference does it make? The kids did well academically, went on to college and had success. That is a school doing its job, own it.

As a classmate of Jonathan Ogden, you are well off base. He was not given preferential treatment by admissions. I assume you are making your ludicrous assertion because Ogden is black.

Ogden's brother wasn't accepted by STA. Considering Ogden is not only an All-Pro, he is an NFL Hall of Famer and one of the greatest athletes in STA history, most schools would have accepted his brother no questions asked.

STA does not compromise its principles unlike Sidwell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Didn't Sidwell just have a football player go to Stanford? From my understanding he received full paying offers from every Big 10.

This is true. A wonderful aberration.

But here's the crazy part. When he played high school ball last year, the rest of the team was so checked out that Sidwell lost even more badly than this year! That's why Sidwell now has formal teams made up of homeschooled Christians on its schedule. Have to find someone somewhere to beat. Kind of amazing that injuries don't pile up. Are they all just running away from the ball, for safety?

I am hearing different things. My daughter has a couple of friends at Sidwell and I hearing their boys basketball team is stacked. They also have some incoming blue chips being considered for next year.

Yes, boys won DC State last year. And basketball is a sport for which Sidwell does some recruiting, not a lot as compared to many area privates, but perhaps 1 or 2 players a year. They lost a lot of talented seniors, but they still have a lot of talent, especially within the sophomore and freshman classes. They also have some terrific players in the middle school coming up in the next couple of years. Look for some outstanding performances this year. The youngsters will be fun to watch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:STA would never forgo their admission standards to bring in ringers.

Never? Ever? I can name a former NFL all-pro where this definitely happened. There have been scores over the years. You don't know anything about STA Athletics if you are claiming this seriously. What difference does it make? The kids did well academically, went on to college and had success. That is a school doing its job, own it.

As a classmate of Jonathan Ogden, you are well off base. He was not given preferential treatment by admissions. I assume you are making your ludicrous assertion because Ogden is black.

Ogden's brother wasn't accepted by STA. Considering Ogden is not only an All-Pro, he is an NFL Hall of Famer and one of the greatest athletes in STA history, most schools would have accepted his brother no questions asked.

STA does not compromise its principles unlike Sidwell.

Ever heard of the the Risk program?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:STA would never forgo their admission standards to bring in ringers.

Never? Ever? I can name a former NFL all-pro where this definitely happened. There have been scores over the years. You don't know anything about STA Athletics if you are claiming this seriously. What difference does it make? The kids did well academically, went on to college and had success. That is a school doing its job, own it.

Just as the NBA Sidwell, and redskins QB have done well. I guess Sidwell and Bullis did their job in those situations too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Didn't Sidwell just have a football player go to Stanford? From my understanding he received full paying offers from every Big 10.

This is true. A wonderful aberration.

But here's the crazy part. When he played high school ball last year, the rest of the team was so checked out that Sidwell lost even more badly than this year! That's why Sidwell now has formal teams made up of homeschooled Christians on its schedule. Have to find someone somewhere to beat. Kind of amazing that injuries don't pile up. Are they all just running away from the ball, for safety?

I am hearing different things. My daughter has a couple of friends at Sidwell and I hearing their boys basketball team is stacked. They also have some incoming blue chips being considered for next year.

Yes, boys won DC State last year. And basketball is a sport for which Sidwell does some recruiting, not a lot as compared to many area privates, but perhaps 1 or 2 players a year. They lost a lot of talented seniors, but they still have a lot of talent, especially within the sophomore and freshman classes. They also have some terrific players in the middle school coming up in the next couple of years. Look for some outstanding performances this year. The youngsters will be fun to watch.

Nobody cares who wins "dc state". It's not a real title.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Didn't Sidwell just have a football player go to Stanford? From my understanding he received full paying offers from every Big 10.

This is true. A wonderful aberration.

But here's the crazy part. When he played high school ball last year, the rest of the team was so checked out that Sidwell lost even more badly than this year! That's why Sidwell now has formal teams made up of homeschooled Christians on its schedule. Have to find someone somewhere to beat. Kind of amazing that injuries don't pile up. Are they all just running away from the ball, for safety?

I am hearing different things. My daughter has a couple of friends at Sidwell and I hearing their boys basketball team is stacked. They also have some incoming blue chips being considered for next year.

Yes, boys won DC State last year. And basketball is a sport for which Sidwell does some recruiting, not a lot as compared to many area privates, but perhaps 1 or 2 players a year. They lost a lot of talented seniors, but they still have a lot of talent, especially within the sophomore and freshman classes. They also have some terrific players in the middle school coming up in the next couple of years. Look for some outstanding performances this year. The youngsters will be fun to watch.

Nobody cares who wins "dc state". It's not a real title.

That fact that you said that let’s me know you know nothing about basketball in the DMV. The DC title is known nationally to be one of the hardest tournaments. DC is known as the Mecca of D1 basketball players who play for DC schools or privates. Stick to crew or whatever you know, basketball is definitely not it. You have to be a suburbanite. A section is quartered off for DC state finals for recruiters from Georgetown, UMD, Villanova and etc. stay in the burbs

[Anonymous]

so what was the score?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Didn't Sidwell just have a football player go to Stanford? From my understanding he received full paying offers from every Big 10.

This is true. A wonderful aberration.

But here's the crazy part. When he played high school ball last year, the rest of the team was so checked out that Sidwell lost even more badly than this year! That's why Sidwell now has formal teams made up of homeschooled Christians on its schedule. Have to find someone somewhere to beat. Kind of amazing that injuries don't pile up. Are they all just running away from the ball, for safety?

If you know anything about football, then you know that one stellar player does not a team make. But the beauty of the player being referenced is that his academics and character were so high that he made it easy to receive offers from just about every Power 5 team and Ivy league team in the country. One doesn't need to be a 3rd string TE at St Johns or DeMatha. If they can achieve academically at Sidwell, they can realize whatever college dreams they might have athletically.

Another example of Sidwell advocates talking nonsense. I wonder if it's the same person over and over or multiple people. It's particularly egregious because a simple internet search would show exactly where he received offers. And for the record he was a 3 star recruit and the 470th highest ranked player in his class.

https://247sports.com/Player/Walter-Rouse-46053801/

Yes he did receive offers from many Ivy League schools but besides Ohio State and ND no big time football schools recruited him. Not a single SEC school was interested besides Vanderbilt (and they are by FAR the worst team in the conference.) Schools like Duke, Wake Forrest, Rutgers, Maryland, Indiana, Northwestern and yes the #42 RPI ranked Stanford were at his level. Normally I wouldn't even bother with this kind of posts but these delusional Sidwell parents need a bit of perspective.

http://www.espn.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/player/_/id/233832/walter-rouse

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Didn't Sidwell just have a football player go to Stanford? From my understanding he received full paying offers from every Big 10.

This is true. A wonderful aberration.

But here's the crazy part. When he played high school ball last year, the rest of the team was so checked out that Sidwell lost even more badly than this year! That's why Sidwell now has formal teams made up of homeschooled Christians on its schedule. Have to find someone somewhere to beat. Kind of amazing that injuries don't pile up. Are they all just running away from the ball, for safety?

If you know anything about football, then you know that one stellar player does not a team make. But the beauty of the player being referenced is that his academics and character were so high that he made it easy to receive offers from just about every Power 5 team and Ivy league team in the country. One doesn't need to be a 3rd string TE at St Johns or DeMatha. If they can achieve academically at Sidwell, they can realize whatever college dreams they might have athletically.

Another example of Sidwell advocates talking nonsense. I wonder if it's the same person over and over or multiple people. It's particularly egregious because a simple internet search would show exactly where he received offers. And for the record he was a 3 star recruit and the 470th highest ranked player in his class.

https://247sports.com/Player/Walter-Rouse-46053801/

Yes he did receive offers from many Ivy League schools but besides Ohio State and ND no big time football schools recruited him. Not a single SEC school was interested besides Vanderbilt (and they are by FAR the worst team in the conference.) Schools like Duke, Wake Forrest, Rutgers, Maryland, Indiana, Northwestern and yes the #42 RPI ranked Stanford were at his level. Normally I wouldn't even bother with this kind of posts but these delusional Sidwell parents need a bit of perspective.

http://www.espn.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/player/_/id/233832/walter-rouse

Your list of schools is truncated. I guess Notre Dame is not a good football school either. Your efforts to minimize this student is beyond rediculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Didn't Sidwell just have a football player go to Stanford? From my understanding he received full paying offers from every Big 10.

This is true. A wonderful aberration.

But here's the crazy part. When he played high school ball last year, the rest of the team was so checked out that Sidwell lost even more badly than this year! That's why Sidwell now has formal teams made up of homeschooled Christians on its schedule. Have to find someone somewhere to beat. Kind of amazing that injuries don't pile up. Are they all just running away from the ball, for safety?

I am hearing different things. My daughter has a couple of friends at Sidwell and I hearing their boys basketball team is stacked. They also have some incoming blue chips being considered for next year.

Yes, boys won DC State last year. And basketball is a sport for which Sidwell does some recruiting, not a lot as compared to many area privates, but perhaps 1 or 2 players a year. They lost a lot of talented seniors, but they still have a lot of talent, especially within the sophomore and freshman classes. They also have some terrific players in the middle school coming up in the next couple of years. Look for some outstanding performances this year. The youngsters will be fun to watch.

Nobody cares who wins "dc state". It's not a real title.

Says the parent of a student who has never won a DC State Championship.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:STA would never forgo their admission standards to bring in ringers.

Never? Ever? I can name a former NFL all-pro where this definitely happened. There have been scores over the years. You don't know anything about STA Athletics if you are claiming this seriously. What difference does it make? The kids did well academically, went on to college and had success. That is a school doing its job, own it.

As a classmate of Jonathan Ogden, you are well off base. He was not given preferential treatment by admissions. I assume you are making your ludicrous assertion because Ogden is black.

Ogden's brother wasn't accepted by STA. Considering Ogden is not only an All-Pro, he is an NFL Hall of Famer and one of the greatest athletes in STA history, most schools would have accepted his brother no questions asked.

STA does not compromise its principles unlike Sidwell.

Ogden is in his late 40s. This is a ridiculous argument at this point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Didn't Sidwell just have a football player go to Stanford? From my understanding he received full paying offers from every Big 10.

This is true. A wonderful aberration.

But here's the crazy part. When he played high school ball last year, the rest of the team was so checked out that Sidwell lost even more badly than this year! That's why Sidwell now has formal teams made up of homeschooled Christians on its schedule. Have to find someone somewhere to beat. Kind of amazing that injuries don't pile up. Are they all just running away from the ball, for safety?

If you know anything about football, then you know that one stellar player does not a team make. But the beauty of the player being referenced is that his academics and character were so high that he made it easy to receive offers from just about every Power 5 team and Ivy league team in the country. One doesn't need to be a 3rd string TE at St Johns or DeMatha. If they can achieve academically at Sidwell, they can realize whatever college dreams they might have athletically.

Another example of Sidwell advocates talking nonsense. I wonder if it's the same person over and over or multiple people. It's particularly egregious because a simple internet search would show exactly where he received offers. And for the record he was a 3 star recruit and the 470th highest ranked player in his class.

https://247sports.com/Player/Walter-Rouse-46053801/

Yes he did receive offers from many Ivy League schools but besides Ohio State and ND no big time football schools recruited him. Not a single SEC school was interested besides Vanderbilt (and they are by FAR the worst team in the conference.) Schools like Duke, Wake Forrest, Rutgers, Maryland, Indiana, Northwestern and yes the #42 RPI ranked Stanford were at his level. Normally I wouldn't even bother with this kind of posts but these delusional Sidwell parents need a bit of perspective.

http://www.espn.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/player/_/id/233832/walter-rouse

He had committable offers from Ohio State and Alabama. The rest of the SEC was in touch with him but knew he was too high of an academic kid to consider their schools. He had an offer from Notre Dame which was he visited before he committed to Stanford. The P5 schools know where kids fall academically and from a football perspective. Any academic school worth its salt offered the kid.