They're playing angry.

@Javon Edmonds talked to the former 4-star recruit this weekend about why he chose Temple out of the transfer portal. Wilcoxson wasn't shy about setting the bar high this season.

“The best thing I can say,” Wilcoxson said, “is watch me work and watch me earn a single-digit number.”
https://temple.rivals.com/news/florida-transfer-kamar-wilcoxson-has-big-plans-for-temple

They are #21 in the country and now 12-2 by beating #23 Iowa 89-86 at the Palestra (in a pretty raucous environment).

Tough to watch (especially after Temple’s play last night).

I talked to Aaron McKie, Damian Dunn and Nick Jourdain after yesterday's practice. Aaron gave me an update on Jamille Reynolds, Dame talked about the the birth of his son Nolan and what's clicking for the team, and Nick talked about finding his role as a small-ball five in the starting lineup.

Turnovers

Pretty impressive. Can’t remember a better Tulane team.

Happy New Year, everyone!

If you have mailbag questions for this week's episode of The Scoop, please drop them in here by 4 p.m. today and we'll answer them on the podcast. If you want to talk more about Temple's 2023 class, the recent addition of Florida transfer Kamar Wilcoxson or anything else you'd like to put on the agenda, let us know.

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College of San Mateo kicker Gabriel Plascencia was in on an official visit to Temple earlier this week, OwlScoop.com has learned.

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Plascencia originally signed with Mississippi State last spring as a scholarship kicker but transferred back to San Mateo for a second JUCO season.

Over two years at San Mateo, Plascencia went 26-of-39 field goals, including a 51-yarder, and 117-of-118 extra points. I think Temple is particularly interested in his kickoff ability. While I haven't been able to find stats, his highlight reel shows a big leg on kickoffs.

Plascencia, who has also received offers from schools like Kentucky, San Diego State and San Jose State will have three years to play two seasons at his next college.

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Happy New Year, everyone!

If you have mailbag questions for this week's episode of The Scoop, please drop them in here by 4 p.m. today and we'll answer them on the podcast. We'll talk about last night's win over USF, the three-game winning streak or anything else you'd like to put on the agenda.

And if you haven't already, you can subscribe to The Scoop on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts.

Thank you as always for listening.

Go Temple, beat Dook!

Nebraska hanging tough

Long time season ticket holder, sorry for the rant but here goes!

Sunday, January 1st at 3:00?? You can’t be serious!?!

New Year’s Day, family and friends, the Eagles vs Saints at 1:00 and the parade!!

Move the game to 11:00am and hopefully someone shows up!

Battle not starting? Hmmm

Anybody know anything? Is he injured? If so, how badly?

Two things we learned:
Those who said we should hire Mike Elko were prescient
Our 30-0 loss to Duke was no fluke. They were much better than anyone thought.

To Owl fans everywhere! May you have a blessed day with family and friends.

We have audio from Stan Drayton, Danny Langsdorf and D.J. Eliot on this week's podcast, which you can listen to here.


Plus, stay tuned over the holiday weekend for our 1-on-1 interviews with Langsdorf and Eliot.

A happy, healthy and joyous holiday season to you all! Thanks so much for your readership, listenership and continued support of OwlScoop.com!

Hopeful to see a revitalized team effort tonight.

We're recording a football recruiting-heavy episode of The Scoop today. If you have mailbag questions for us, please send them in here by 2 p.m. and we'll answer them on the podcast. We'll be talking about Temple's 2023 class, the roster and anything else you all want to put on the agenda.

Thanks so much for listening and I hope you're all having a happy and healthy holiday season!

I'm only starting this to shout out Harry's attempt at "AHAMADOU FOFANA"