Not a fan of the Temple writing on the jerseys. Do we have to live with it all year? It looks kinda dinky and small. Just not very relevant.

A typical block font is easier to read… kinda like what’s on their warm ups. Why doesn’t it match? I know I’m complaining! But branding matters.

Ari is very high on both Dillon Battie and Aiden Tobiason. He believes Battie would come in and be one of the best athletes in The American right away.

You can listen to the full pod here.

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Let's try and get a good crowd for the start of the Fisher era! -14.5 point favorites last time I checked... predictions?

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We're taking mailbag questions for this week's podcast until 2:30 p.m. today. We'll recap the first win of the Adam Fisher era, preview the Navy game and hear from Elite High School Scouting's Ari Rosenfeld to talk about Temple's two 2024 verbal commits, Dillon Battie and Aiden Tobiason.

If you have something for us or for Ari, drop it in here and we'll answer it on the podcast.

Thanks as always for your support! As I mentioned on the football board, our listenership continues to grow and is up more than 20 percent from where we were last year, and we could not do it without you.

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We're taking mailbag questions for this week's podcast until 2:30 p.m. today. We'll preview the USF game and talk about anything you all want to put on the agenda.

Thanks as always for your support! Our listenership continues to grow and is up more than 20 percent from where we were last year, and we could not do it without you.

If you haven't subscribed already, you can find us here on Apple Podcasts or any of the major platforms.

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Re-do from the canceled COVID trip.

Let’s just get it started 😂😂😂

1. PSU, 6-0
2. JMU, 6-0
3. RU, 5-2
4. UM, 5-2
5. WVU, 4-2
6. SYR, 4-3
7. Navy, 3-3
8. VaTech, 3-4
9. Pitt, 2-4
10. Army, 2-4

• PSU is thinking CFP
• JMU is thinking NY6, they are the favorite in every remaining game
• RU goes bowling w/a win over Carey and Indy next week. Everyone on this site loves to throw shade on RU, but they have quietly arrived in the Big10
• UCan't, UMess, and TU have played the season like "hot garbage"

Alright, let's do this.

PPG (let's do top 3 for this one):
RPG:
APG:
SPG:
BPG:
Total wins:
Starting lineup for the first game of the AAC tourney:
Surprise player:
One hot take/bold prediction:

And then the fun ones:

Big 5 wins:
Average attendance:
Date of the first Fire Fish thread:
Date of the first suggestion to "play the young guys":
Will Fish get a tech this year?

Temple women's basketball coach Diane Richardson will be joining us on The Scoop this week, so we're taking mailbag questions for her and for the podcast as a whole.

In addition to talking to Diane, we'll talk about the Dillon Battie verbal commitment and any other recruiting news that might break tomorrow, so we'll have plenty of hoops talk to go around.

So if you have something for us or for Diane, please drop it in here by noon tomorrow and we'll get to as many questions as we can on the podcast.

Thanks as always for listening!

It was one game. The opponents will certainly get tougher, and Temple is still a few pieces away from where Adam Fisher wants the Owls to be.

But the vibe around the program was tangibly different last night.

at USF - noon on ESPN+
at UAB - 3 p.m. on ESPN+
Memphis - noon on ESPN

Today's win vs Navy was well-earned by a gritty team.

Was it flawless? No, but these Owls got back off the mat after the turnovers and executed.

There still are many areas that need work, but I am proud of how these guys played today.

GO OWLS!

Per a source familiar with his recruitment, Jalen Rougier-Roane, a class of 2025 guard who plays at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., will be on campus today for an unofficial visit. He picked up an offer from Temple back in September and also has offers from programs like Penn State, Xavier and Providence.

Jalen's mother, Margarete Rougier, played basketball at Temple from 1989 to 1993 and was later inducted into the Big 5 Hall of Fame in 2000.

Rougier-Roane, one of the top players in the DMV, was part of a Sidwell program that won the D.C. State Athletic Association Class AA championship. He dislocated his patella in the closing moments of that game but has since recovered and played AAU for Team Takeover this past summer.

Anyone have ideas, promotions or new ways to get more people out to games (or people from the parking lot to actually go in)? I know money is always an issue, Temple tickets are cheap already and the Eagles may have a say in what can or can not be done. And obviously Temple winning games would help.

But there has to be ways (outside Homecoming) to get larger crowds in the lower bowl (and then hopefully building from there).

As an aside, single tickets do not go on sale until August per the website which is how most sport tickets are sold. I (and others) have said repeatedly that while season tickets are very important I don’t see some huge number of new season tickets happening before the season. Can single tickets be put on sale sooner and focus on getting people into the stadium?

JDC's article on the front page. Good get!!

... a very good week on the recruiting front for Adam Fisher and his staff, from what we've been told through several sources.

Stay tuned ...

Ryan Mack, who will have our coverage of tonight's game, tells me E.J. Warner is not dressed as of now. He's waiting on confirmation just to make sure Warner isn't suiting up tonight, so we'll have more for you when we know for sure.

You can listen to my interview with Dillon Battie here.

Good afternoon, everyone!

We're taking mailbag questions for this week's podcast until 3 p.m. tomorrow. Although it will be more of a basketball-centric episode, we will talk about the upcoming Navy game, so we're of course happy to take football mailbag questions.

How about this one?