What might be the best matchup of the PSU game, we will once again see Kyle Friend flex his muscle against a highly touted DT. After Kyle manhandled the ND lineman 2 years their draft stock seemed decline.

Anthony Zettle is ranked as one of the top 5 NFL DT prospects and is #29 on the list

Unfortunately Kyle didn't make this list, however Tyler Matakevich did at #121.

Look who made the list right under Tyler. Ugh. I still hate him for spurning us 24 hours before he was set to enroll. Imagine him and Alex wells as our starting safeties


http://247sports.com/Season/2015-Football/CollegePlayerRankings

..dumped by PSU signed with UMass...werent we recruiting him in HS? Any reason he didnt come to us?

The 6-4, 260-pound DE from West Catholic, who Temple offered, made a verbal commitment to Rutgers.

Through some pictures on twitter, I thought I noticed a slightly shinier version of the helmets coming from the Matte finish they've had the past few years. Not sure if it was just the angle or glare though. Can anyone confirm or deny this?

Being good fans we are always excited by the next game up, but is there one game in particular that most interests you?

According to this link, Notre Dame is close to signing on to have their own Hard Knocks-style show on Showtime. It wouldn't hurt to have the extra publicity from a Temple upset on Showtime.

According to Twitter, Mosely is supposed to announce today. The Georgetown faithful sound pretty optimistic.....

Do we have a serious shot at beating them this year

Drew Parent and I were down at Owls practice earlier this morning. It was the first practice of preseason camp that saw the team in full pads.

We were able to catch a good portion of the 11-on-11 drill the Owls ran. Some quick observations:

- The standout performer of the day, at least in my opinion, was freshman running back Ryquell Armstead. He was all over the field this morning. At one point, he took a screen pass from P.J. Walker and broke it off for a big gain. Later on, he took a handoff, broke through the left side of the line and scampered into the endzone from about 20 yards out. Needless to say, he was impressive. The running back competition during camp is going to be interesting.

- True freshman Logan Marchi, redshirt freshman Frank Nutile and redshirt sophomore Tim DiGiorgio all rotated in as the second-team quarterback as the battle to be Walker's backup continued. Marchi had a couple of nice runs on draw plays. Nutile underthrew Sam Benjamin on a deep post, but Benjamin adjusted and made the grab for a big gain. Expect that rotation to continue throughout camp.

- The defense laid a few big hits. Nate L. Smith leveled Brandon Shippen with a hit on an out route. Tavon Young also sized up Benjamin with a big hit at one point.

- Redshirt freshman running back David Hood left toward the end of practice with what appeared to be cramping issues. It didn't seem too serious.

- Thanks in part to a Matt Ioannidis recovery of a fumbled snap and an Alex Wells interception of a tipped pass at the goal line, the defense was declared the day's winner.


Today was a defense day for media availability. We were able to catch up with defensive coordinator Phil Snow, Tyler Matakevich, Tavon Young and Praise Martin-Oguike and will have the audio of those interviews up ASAP.

Those of you who have heard a Phil Snow interview before know he can be a great quote. Today was no exception. Very much recommend checking his interview out when we get it posted.

I took the plunge and got season tickets this year (graduated last century). Anyhow never been to the Linc (MetLife guy). Does it matter if I pick the white or cherry lot - thinking more about getting out of the lot than anything else.

Thank you

Is anyone else having problems with the new Windows 10? I upgraded my laptop to W10 a few days ago, and the only problems I've had with it thus far have been on Owlscoop. The first time I logged on here after the upgrade, I got a prompt to re-register. That wasn't particularly surprising. But yesterday when I was on here, after I had read a few threads and posted a couple of comments, I unexpectedly got bounced to the page where I had to re-register again. This time, it came with a request to change my password. I did so, and the screen indicated "password changed", but from that point on, I could not view any threads or post, and logging out and logging back in was unsuccessful, as the system would not accept either the old or the new password. I guess I'm OK now because I'm viewing and posting, but I got in because there was a "reply to watched thread" alert in my e-mail inbox, and I clicked on the "view this thread" link in that e-mail. I don't know if I'll encounter any problems if I try to log in through the "usual" method.

Really interesting to hear Rhule refer to Nate Hairston as having the talent to be an NFL draft pick as a DB.

What a huge compliment/comment.

Also, he specially mentioned Updegrove as a fresh that will definitely be playing.

Nick Sharga's name keeps coming up as well.

Looking forward to seeing an already good D, be better this year.

I can't remember ever being as excited as I am this year for Temple football to start. Does anyone have any thoughts or insight on how effective the tight ends will be (blocking and receiving) in the offense this year? What's Colin Thompsons status? Would love to see a go to tight end receiving threat be a big part of the offense this year.

Nm

Don't know if it's the former Gratz star who was a teammate of Aaron McKie and Rasheed Wallace, but he got busted for fraud in connection with a property on my old street in West Oak Lane. Moore was shot during a drive-by in high school, was arrested for armed robbery back in 2002. He's had a rough go.

6-8 kid who went to St. Bonaventure.

anyone else getting these annoying pop ups? I use my phone to access the site, but it keeps diverting me to the App Store for some stupid advertisement. Driving me nuts

This is not a question of which game you think that we will win, but if we are 1-1, which team would you rather defeat?

http://mobile.philly.com/blogs/?wss=/philly/blogs/rally/&id=320503852&

We were on life support the last 2 years. We officially died today. If you think this is bad, keep your eyes and ears closed during the 2017 recruiting class when the local talent is even stronger than this years crop.

"The pipeline from Broad and Vine to State College continues"

“Pat Chambers is working hard, getting a lot of the area’s top players,” Roman Catholic coach Chris McNesby said.

“Coach Chambers got to know me, my girlfriend, my entire family,” Carr said.

“Coach Dunphy is great,” he said. “I just wanted to get away, expand my horizons a bit, start something new. I think we can do something special at Penn State.”

Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/rally/Roman-Catholics-Carr-commits-to-.html#uK6fPgjet0BP72S6.99

Does anyone know any of the starting times of our home games this year?
I'd like to travel to a game or two combined with seeing my grandson play in his Delaware HS game.
Do they just decide on the day of the game or the night before?
Thanks for your help.
Mark

Running back Jamie Gilmore, I was told today, will look to graduate from Temple and finish his career elsewhere, most likely at an FCS program.

Linebacker Rob Dvoracek has retired from football due to his knee injury and will be with the team as a student assistant coach, like Buddy Brown. It's a tough break for Dvoracek, who dealt with an infection following his knee injury. He's a nice kid and a solid player.

Defensive lineman Brenon Thrift, some of you have seen, is now at Lackawanna. He was dismissed from the program.

ND website has this game listed as 3:30. Is this confirmed?