Temple is going to.a gun fight with a bow without the arrow . The one thing I have learned watching chip Kelly is that you need to be balanced and a threat all over the field . You attack weakness in the defense overall and attack a edifice play defense with reads on each play . Temple , without any type of running game is behind the eight ball. . When you take away 50 percent of responsibility from the opposing defense then you odds and play sculling gets very narrow .

This all becomes even more of a serious problem in the red done when the field is very compact . Add that your QB is less than 6 ft still and passes down near the goal line almost always have to be to the sidelines because he can't see over the lineman .

PJ is a big play QB and I font thing will be a great manager of the game . No problem because big plays can win a game . PJ needs to play off something and a running game would be ideal for this kid

I can't believe every week it's the same thing with these time outs.

I expected more of -7 line actually. I'll take that as a positive.

"I'll say it very bluntly," said second-year coach Matt Rhule, who usually does exactly that. "P.J. hasn't played good enough. That's No. 1. No. 2, no one's made a play for P.J., right?

Rhule blunt about Walker

"There was a real focus on recruiting by the staff and not a lot of practice by the team," Rhule said in his recent press conference. I wonder who the staff was recruiting?
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Article on Press Conference

Martin Luther King plays Imhotep Thursday, and the game is being televised at 10:30 a.m. on Comcast. It's a chance to check out DT recruit Dawayne Young.

Plus Imhotep has a slew of talent, including TE/DE Naseir Upshur, as well as RB Tyliek Raynor, both of whom are juniors I believe the Owls have offered. Raynor was hurt and didn't play Saturday against Archbishop Wood, so I'm not sure of his status. Imhotep has a load of OL/DL who are underclassmen, so we'll get to see them, too.

St. Joe's Prep took out Ben Franklin Saturday and Wood took out Imhotep. Watching both games, I was drooling.

Prep's John Reid (WR/DB) is headed to Penn State, and RB/DB Olamide Zaccheaus is going to Virginia. They have a sophomore back named D'Andre Swift who is a stud. Plus several other talented kids. They also feature Jon Runyan's kid, a big OL who is headed to Michigan, where daddy played.

Wood has the Bates kid, the 6-5, 300-pound OL headed to PSU, plus numerous other talented kids.

I'm guessing we offered Reid, Zaccheaus, Bates, etc. It would be nice to make deeper inroads at those schools.
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The noon game pulled a 4 rating and a 10 share winning the day.
Interestingly... the PSU/ Michigan game on ESPN2 at 7pm pulled a 3.5 rating and a 6 share....
Does Temple give the game that much of a bump with higher ratings for a noon game?
Hmm...

Crushed UConn tonight 41-0. I hope we are ready for them Saturday at NOON!

I would expect that PJ Walker would be in a quarterback battle in the off-season, but at the same time do we have anyone that could even challenge him? Is Logan Marchi going to be any good? Ihe was a two star player and is still only 6'1". don't expect Nutile to be ready until he's about a junior based on ACL reconstruction and lack of experience. His high school stats and film never really impressed me anyways. In that recruiting class Ohio, Akron, Tulane, western Michigan, Buffalo Memphis Cincinnati Tulsa, and Old Dominion all recruited higher rated quarterbacks than him. As much as I would like to see a strong showing from DiGiorgio next year, him making a push to be a starter as a walk on shows that our scholarship quarterbacks are not the caliber that we need. Lenny Williams is a dual threat quarterback but at 5'10" I'm not sure if he would have much more successful than PJ.

The "Hurry Up-No Huddle Offense" is anything but that. With the constant stopping and dog staring at the side line I see no advantage whatsoever with this offensive strategy. For the life of me I can not see or detect one edge it gives us, other than allowing the defense to get plenty of time to set up for the next down.

It seems it takes our offense almost the full 35 seconds before getting a play off.

I think we would be better served going back to a huddle.

GO OWLS!!!

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Great to see Delvon Randall and Kenny Randall recommit.

Can always use a giant DT in Randall and a great athlete like Delvon Randall.

And we hire a true WR coach for next season? Thoughts, anyone?

More unfortunate news on the injury front for Temple.

Freshman cornerback Anthony Davis tore his ACL in practice last week prior to the Penn State game and will need season-ending surgery.

Davis, who chose Temple over a number of high-major programs like Pitt, Penn State and West Virginia, had six tackles and two pass breakups this season.

Matt Rhule said today on the AAC call that Jihaad Pretlow and Kenny Harper left Penn State on crutches. With Pretlow, it's a hamstring injury, and Harper reinjured the same ankle that had ailed him earlier this season. I suppose we'll find out more next week about whether they can play against Cincinnati.

JDC: The junior played RG the whole game. Why him over Semaj Reed, Leon Johnson or Brian Carter?

Is it because he's more experienced? Was he injured before and he's healthy now? The other guys just not ready for that type of game?

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Two more wins fellas!

JDC: I heard coach Rhule say that Eaton is RS after getting hurt this season.

Does that mean he is getting a medical RS? He did play early against Vandy and I thought a couple other games.
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As of today, there will be 71 eligible teams with 2 of those being an extra mac team and an extra CUSA team. Those 2 would be above their bowl tie ins. So you can call it 69 teams for 76 spots.

There are 10 still possible to be eligible. In those 11, 2 are sun belt, 1 cusa and we are the one from aac.
If we win 1 more, I would say we are 99% playing a bowl game.

Root for Miami Canes to win. Against Texas. Against UAB. Against michigan. Against Kentucky, Florida, Tennessee and USC. Also against Pitt and UVa

I will look into possibilities of destinations this week.

I know there's a lot of weeping and gnashing of teeth around here, but some things to remember:

Penn State (aka Cow College), has one of the best run defenses in the country. We have a patchwork offensive line with only Dawkins and Friend very good college players. They did exactly what would be expected: Shut our run game down and allow them to pin their ears back and blitz P.J. all afternoon.

I think we're all disappointed that after the ECU and Memphis games where P.J. showed progress in not forcing passes, he seems to have lost some composure. Keep in mind, the kid is 19, he's playing in front of probably the biggest crowd of his life, and he's probably frustrated with the amazing amount of drops. He can make all the throws, he responds to coaching (passing both left and right), and he's a bright kid. He'll continue to progress.

Our defense is MUCH improved from last year with good depth in the secondary and a solid rotation on the DL. We pretty well hung in against a big talented OL. Our reported lack of speed wasn't a major factor. Sean Chandler appears to be the next rising star.

We've got two games where we have a shot to win in Cincy and Tulane, and a bye week to put this in the rear view mirror and hopefully heal up Jalen, Pretlow and Kenny. We're in mid November and playing for Bowl Eligibility whereas last year we'd won ONE game at this point.

We have the second youngest 2 deep in the country, and we're not graduating any key players.

Yeah, it sucks to loose to a Cow College and their smug, self righteous fans. But we're a program on the rise and a couple of years more of Rhule bringing in his players, and times like these will be a memory.

Penn State gets another win to entertain the faithful. Gets to win back the Philly area fans they might have lost from the Sandusky mess. Gets to win over future recruits. It has to stop someday.