No. 1 Bishop Gorman confident ‘letdown game’ won’t happen in Florida

Bishop Gorman, now ranked No. 1 nationally by MaxPreps after a 38‑28 victory over previously top‑ranked St. John Bosco, says a letdown game is unlikely as the Gaels prepare to face Columbus in Florida. “It felt large playing the No. 1 squad successful the federation and being capable to instrumentality them down and amusement the satellite what we’re about,” said Gorman elder antiaircraft backmost Kamil Loud, a Cal commit. “But it’s a caller week. Columbus is connected the manager and that’s what we’re looking guardant to next.” The Gaels improved to 2‑0 with the win, in which starting quarterback Ace Amina threw for 212 yards and four touchdowns, including a 54‑yard walk to Corey Hinton in the fourth quarter that proved the game‑winning score. Browner pointed to the program’s national standing as added motivation. “It’s bully that everybody has america similar astatine 15th successful the federation oregon 20th (referring to the Massey Rating of Gorman astatine 15th nationally) oregon whatever. It’s good, it helps maine out,” Browner said. He also addressed the notion of a possible letdown. “Everybody thinks ‘letdown game,’ oregon we’re proceeding each these things they are saying, but the kids chose to play these games. They privation to play these games. They cognize they lone person truthful galore of these games. … Great triumph and each that stuff’s great. That’s over. Now, they’re excited for the adjacent opportunity.” Zyren Menor, a four‑star wide receiver, praised Amina’s performance. “I’m truly arrogant of (Amina) due to the fact that radical were doubting him,” said inferior four-star wide receiver Zyren Menor, who had 4 catches for 95 yards and 2 touchdowns against St. John Bosco. “I’m arrogant of him that helium blocked that sound retired and played his crippled and showed everyone what helium tin do.” Columbus, ranked No. 100 nationally by MaxPreps, defeated Southridge 45‑7 on Aug. 20. The Explorers feature five‑star A’mir Sears, rated the 20th‑overall recruit of 2027 by 247Sports, who plays both wide receiver and cornerback. Along with an influx of transfers, Columbus’ speed will test a Gorman defense that recorded 18 tackles for loss, eight sacks and two interceptions in the win over St. John Bosco. “They’ve got a batch of guys that tin