Owls favored by 3.5 tonight...doubt they can shoot any worse than yesterday.

Have to get this win...

Matt Rhule showed everyone you could win here…. Can we ever get back to that?

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We're taking a break from The Scoop this week to celebrate the holidays. Thank you all so much for your support of the podcast and for submitting mailbag questions that help us set the agenda for the show and continue its growth. As I just shared on Twitter, our listenership has grown by almost 30% over the last year, and we couldn't do it without you.

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...looks fantastic.

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I talked to the Owls' offensive coordinator yesterday afternoon.

In case you missed it out on the front page, you can listen to the full interview here.

For those who don't check the Basketball Board, we've opened an online apparel shop to provide exclusive Nike gear. All proceeds go to the TUFF Fund/NIL.

You can check out the gear HERE.

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Buffalo transfer Cole Snyder canceled his official visit to Temple, and a source familiar with his recruitment said Snyder's decision was tied to Evan Simon's commitment. As of now, Simon, Tyler Douglas and Forrest Brock would be the only scholarship quarterbacks on the Owls' roster heading into spring ball. Temple had been recruiting Johnathan Montague, but he committed to Boston College.

Another source familiar with the situation told me the Temple staff is still actively recruiting Samari Collier, who verbally committed to Arkansas State six days ago. Collier started his college career out of Texas' DeSoto High School at Illinois but eventually wound up at Hutchinson Community College, where he tallied 14 touchdowns and 1,400 passing yards this season for a team that reached the NJCAA semifinals. Programs like Buffalo, Western Michigan, Georgia State and Sam Houston State have been in on his recruitment.

Stan Drayton and his staff are still recruiting some high school quarterbacks, too, although I want to do a little more work on that before I can start putting names out there.

As Kyle Gauss reported earlier, JUCO running back Tyrei Washington has not committed to Temple yet, but two sources familiar with his recruitment told me the Owls look to be in pretty good shape there. If he commits, Washington would enroll in January and be around for spring ball.

Also, Salesianum School defensive end Ahmaad Foster reopened his recruitment last night and decommitted from Temple, I was told by a source I trust down in Delaware. That source told me Foster wants to play somewhere farther away from home.

Temple just announced the addition of Alabama State DB Adrian Maddox.

Maddox, who will have two years of eligibility left, was a Jerry Rice Award Finalist in 2022 and was a Preseason All-SWAC selection this season. This year, Maddox held opponents to just 8.5 yards per catch and gave up just one touchdown.

I'm sure this isn't the first time something like this has happened . . . and it sure won't be the last:

Western Carolina safety Andreas Keaton, Austin Peay kicker Maddox Trujillo and Arkansas redshirt freshman defensive back Jaylen Lewis all committed today, per multiple sources.

Keaton, a 6-foot-2, 200-pound rising senior, had 66 total tackles and three passes defended. Lewis, a former 3-star recruit out of Brownsville, Tennessee with multiple high-major offers from programs like Auburn, Florida State and Michigan State, played sparingly in his first two seasons with the Razorbacks. Ironically enough, the only game in which he recorded stats came in the season opener against Western Carolina, when he had two tackles.

Trujillo went 13 of 15 on field goals this season, with a long of 45 yards. His numbers were improved from a year ago, when he went 11 of 20 on field goals but did hit a 55-yarder. He was named the United Athletic Conference Scholar Athlete of the Year this season.

Rigby declaring for the draft. Wish him luck.

Does anyone know if tonight’s game will be streamed

From what I can gather from a few sources, it sounds like Jahlil White was medically cleared to practice today and should be able to play tomorrow at VCU.

We were hesitant to report that he was definitely going to play because he hadn't been cleared to practice before today.

Meeting with Eagles for second time about their DC position.

I didn't realize he's 0-10 in road games. That is absolutely pathetic.

Linebacker Katin Surprenant just committed today. Zach Silverstein wrote about him earlier this week, and you can catch that story out on the front page.

Also in now on visits:

Michael Phoenix (WR - Kilgore College, TX)

Andreas Keaton (DB - Western Carolina, NC)

Tyrell Reed (RB - Hutchinson CC, KS)

Tyrei Washington (RB - City College of San Francisco, CA)

Commits Sultan Badmus and Ahmad Foster are in as well for their official visits.

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I have no idea if this is credible at all but saw it on the AAC board with the Army news

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Unless you live in NY it’s back to the front row sports days.

Here's the latest.

I don’t give transfers much mind once they leave, but saw this pop up along with his belly aching about NIL.

On the laundry list of things Temple needs to fix, safety should be at the top.

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We're recording this week's podcast tomorrow, so we're taking mailbag questions for this week's episode of The Scoop until 1 p.m. Friday.

We'll recap the St. Joe's and Bloomsburg games and talk about what's ahead for the Owls and anything else you'd like to put on the agenda.

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