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If you have mailbag questions for this week's podcast, please drop them in here by 3 p.m. today and we'll answer them on the show. Although this week's pod might be a little more football heavy as we approach the season opener, we're of course open to talking hoops, recruiting and anything else you'd like to put on the agenda.

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I have been a season ticket holder for TU football and an Owl Club member and financial supporter for many years. I graduated from Temple in 1970, yes I am going on 77 years of age. I came very close to not renewing my football season tickets this year, but my wife and friends who utilize my four seats convinced me to give it one more year. My reason for frustration with Temple athletics are obvious - extremely poor performance on the football field and the basketball court; lack of support from both the student body and alumni; an athletic office that seems two steps behind the rest of the conference. Add to this things beyond Temple's control like the NIL and the transfer portal makes the outlook poor. Support from the Owlclub and the athletic office are very lacking. At one point I had a great Account Rep (Dave Leach), Dave was deservedly promoted. I have heard from my new rep twice in a year and a half. I have cut my donations by 80% as there is no return on investment. As much as I am sorry to say, the current situation in not sustainable. Perhaps its time to put energies and monies to other endevours. Even getting paid for tickets is a challenge. The electronic ticketing system is not made for someone my age!

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In case you missed it out on the front page, you can listen to the audio from Stan Drayton's preseason press conference that just wrapped up.


Looks like South Carolina transfer Grayson Mains is the favorite to start at center. Drayton said it's "his job to lose" when I asked him about the position.

Are games done on local radio - 97.5 (football) and 1210 (basketball)? I don’t listen to much traditional radio these days but occasionally would still put them on if in the car.

Just saw a preseason ranking for all 134 fbs school. Boise st is the highest rank G5 team at 29 ( menphis 31) can you imagine if this was the final poll and Boise st when to the CFP. The p4's would have a fit.

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With SMU leaving, the AAC updated our opponents for next year.


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We're taking mailbag questions for this week's podcast until 3 p.m. today. We'll have a lot of fun basketball recruiting coverage to talk about, and not just the Cam Wallace commitment. So if you have something you'd like to put on the agenda, please drop it in here and we'll answer it on the show.

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We're taking mailbag questions for this week's podcast until 3 p.m. today. If you have one, drop it in here and we'll talk about it on The Scoop.

We'll obviously have a lot of preseason camp football to discuss. Is Stan Drayton any closer to making a starting quarterback and single-digit decisions? Do the Owls have the best placekicker on their roster since Brandon McManus?

We'll get to that and anything else you'd like to put on the agenda! Please subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts if you haven't already and thank you as always for listening!

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We're taking mailbag questions for this week's podcast until noon tomorrow if you have them. As always, happy to talk about the roster, recruiting or anything else you'd like to put on the agenda.

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Wow, John! Just listened to your full length interview with Jamal Mashburn Jr.. There was a level of maturity and focus in that young man that I have not heard from a Temple player in a very long time and that bodes well for this team and the coaching staff. It's a lot more than 'he got game'! His overall outlook on balancing basketball and life especially how you and he talked about his Dad in the conversation- the man, the Dad, the leader- and his faith speaks volumes way beyond basketball. And your questions were so on point that there was a mutual dialog and such great comfort and respect, it was a joy to listen to as the comments that flowed with such natural ease. John, this interview was most certainly one of my top 10 Owlscoop interviews you've done since I've been on this board. Thank you and GO OWLS MAN!

I know we love calling out Temple when they do things poorly (which happens a lot more than we’d hope) and rightfully so. But I wanted to say the season ticket holder event today was a job well done. Getting to see the practice, the food and drinks, guys like Dave Gerson, Ed Stoner, Katie Colbridge talking to people, Arthur Johnson showed up. Nice talking to other fans, Andy Carl was there chatting with everyone. This kid “icyvert” who has kind of gone viral on twitter playing as Temple in the new college video game was invited by the Tuff Fund and he showed up talking to people. The players looked like they were having fun but trying hard. Yes some work needed to be done and I still couldn’t tell you who our starting QB will be. Brock had a nice pass for a Td. Douglas had a nice scramble out of the pocket for a good run. I’d say the defense looks a little faster as of now. But overall the team looked bigger, stronger and deeper than last year. And people keep saying it looks like they’re having more fun as a team. After practice a bunch of them were dancing, having fun, getting pics with icyvert, signing autographs and even throwing passes with some kids. So the event was great and i great job to football and athletics for putting it together. Would definitely like them to do it again this way next year.

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Good morning, everyone! We're taking Scoop mailbag questions until noon today for this week's episode.

We'll be reacting to what Stan Drayton has to say at today's 11:30 a.m. presser and happy to talk about anything else you'd like to put on the agenda.

Thanks as always for listening!

With questions at nearly every position on the field, OwlScoop.com will tackle three of them as camp kicks off this week, starting with the offensive line.


Stay tuned for more on the quarterback position and the defense on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Stan Drayton is set to talk to reporters tomorrow on Zoom, and we're slated to get Danny Langsdorf, Everett Withers and Adam Scheirer on Thursday.

It is still early but it looks like Temple will not be landing a top 40 recruit from PA or NJ. TU best teams and the teams that brought the program back from brink had a good number of NJ players. Recruiting of high school kids at Temple seems very slow. Does anyone have any insight if this is the plan to save room for more transfer portal players or are we just not landing kids or getting put bid with NIL?

Couple this with the sports books and media picking TU to be last in the conference and its hard to get excited.

This team while unproven looks better in terms of depth with the exception of LB and QB IMO. Granted those are two areas that are crucial for success.

Winning cures all things. This team have any shot of getting to .500?

With the court settlement of house vs ncaa does each school have to put aside 22 million each year to pay their athletes.

I'm going to California (Central Coast) in a couple of weeks to visit some friends. Today the wife sent me information on a massage therapist she highly recommends I see during my visit.

The therapist's last name is Brunson.

I'm wondering what name I should use to book the appointment?

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If you have a mailbag question for us for this week's episode of The Scoop, please drop it in here by 10 a.m. tomorrow.

We'll talk about recruiting, the schedule, the roster and anything else you'd like to put on the agenda and look forward to hearing from you!

Good afternoon, everyone.

If you have a mailbag question for this week's episode of The Scoop, please drop it in here by 10 a.m. tomorrow morning.

We'll tell you about the preseason practice and media availability schedule so you can know what to expect from our coverage, and we'll look at some of the top storylines coming out of preseason camp.