If you like hearing from Dionte Christmas, you'll enjoy the second part of my conversation with him. Among other things, he talked to me about what's good and not good about the portal and NIL, about his time in the NBA, and about the time he regrettably trash talked LeBron James.

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We're taking mailbag questions for this week's podcast until noon tomorrow if you have them. As always, happy to talk about the roster, recruiting or anything else you'd like to put on the agenda.

as the day that Temple officially became a have not.

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I just skimmed the Yahoo article but it appears "the big split" between Power 4 and the rest of NCAA's 28 D1 conferences is imminent. I'm inclined to think this might ultimately be favorable for Temple.

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Yesterday north broad posted that Mitch Morgan and Fry have been working together for weeks.on may 11th NB posted the lease at the linc has been extended. I don't think they would sign extension without Fry input.

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Apologies for the quick turnaround, but we're taking mailbag questions for this week's episode of The Scoop until 5 p.m. today. We'll talk about Temple's two verbal commitments (and keep your eyes peeled for a third on the way), the roster and anything else you'd like to put on the agenda.

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I talked Saturday to Romelo Tables, the quarterback from Shabazz High School who recently took an official visit to Temple.

He told me that he wanted to commit, but that Stan Drayton told him he would have to wait to do so.

"On the visit, I had a conversation with Coach Drayton, and as of right now, they have five quarterbacks on their roster," Tables told me, "and a spot isn't really open right now, so we have to wait a little bit closer to season time, to see if somebody leaves or if anything changes in that room.

"So as of right now, I couldn't really commit, unfortunately, because I really wanted to find a spot there and make it home. But it is what it is. I appreciate them having a conversation with me because they kept it honest with me. But it's still an open opportunity. So I still want to see my options, but they're still high on my board, if not No. 1."

So, yes, Temple does have five quarterbacks on its roster, if you count walk-on Patrick Keller, whom I think the staff legitimately does like. But aside from him, you have the four scholarship guys in Evan Simon, Forrest Brock, Tyler Douglas and incoming freshman Chris Dietrich.

The educated/logical guess here is that the coaches were waiting on Camren Boykin's decision when they talked to Tables. With Boykin announcing his verbal commitment today, you now have five scholarship QBs on the board.

Could someone leave? Perhaps. Simon has two years left, as does Brock, and Douglas has four. I've also been told that the staff thinks highly enough of Dietrich to give him a long look this summer in preseason camp and that it's not a foregone conclusion that he'll just be brought along slowly and buried on the depth chart.

But it appears Temple is comfortable with a maximum of five QBs and, unless something changes, that means they don’t have a spot for Tables. None of the current quarterbacks could enter the portal until December. If they wanted to leave, they would have to go the JUCO route or just leave football for a year.

Pretty interesting development here as Ashton Allen, a member of USC's 2022 National Champion 4x100 team and a First Team All-American in the 4x100 and 4x400, has joined Temple's football team as a wide receiver.

... includes my interview with Owl Elite Fund President Lou Parisi and part of Jacob Smedley's interview with Arthur Johnson.

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Andy Carl, the executive director of the TUFF Fund, will join us for this week's episode of The Scoop. If you have a mailbag question for him or for us, please drop it in here by 2 p.m. today and we'll answer it on the podcast.

Thanks so much for listening!

Good morning, everyone.

Andy Carl, the executive director of the TUFF Fund, will join us for this week's episode of The Scoop. If you have a mailbag question for him or for us, please drop it in here by 2 p.m. today and we'll answer it on the podcast.

Thanks so much for listening!

Just in case you missed it out on the front page.

At last week's Temple Takeover event, Stan Drayton told Jake Gabel that Forrest Brock and Evan Simon are the top competitors in the starting quarterback battle, but he wouldn't rule out Tyler Douglas.

In the settlement in the court case house vs ncaa. If a school opt out would they have to drop all their athletics it would be hard to compete again school paying their players or do you hope enough school opt out and start a new conference?

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If you have mailbag questions for The Scoop, please drop them in here by 2 p.m. Wednesday (tomorrow) and we'll answer them on the show.

As you can see, the Owls have extended some offers and hosted some players on official visits recently. We can talk about the roster, Stan Drayton's recent interview with us and anything else you'd like to put on the agenda.

Good morning, everyone!

If you have mailbag questions for The Scoop, please drop them in here by 2 p.m. Wednesday and we'll answer them on the show.

This week's episode will include part of my 1-on-1 interview with Dionte Christmas, who was recently named to this year's Temple Athletics Hall of Fame class. Dionte, as many of you know, is a great storyteller, so I have almost two hours recorded with him. I'll have some of it for the pod and then break out the rest of it later this month or next month just for subscribers.

For the portion you'll hear in the pod, he talked about his time at Temple, shared some funny stories about Juan Fernandez, fistfights at practice and how Fran Dunphy and the staff would sort them out, and about his friendship with Ben Simmons.

So let us know what's on your mind, be it recruiting updates, roster questions or anything else you'd like to put on the agenda.

Temple hosted its first official visit weekend of the summer and some highly-touted recruits were on campus.

DeCarlos Young is listed as a 3-star linebacker by Rivals but is likely to end up on the offensive side of the ball in college. The 5-foot-11, 220-pound Young rushed for 1,395 yards and 25 touchdowns for Wise (MD) last year and has collected offers from schools like Michigan, Boston College and West Virginia.

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Defensive end DeAngelo Bowden had 18 sacks for St. John's College (DC) last year, a performance that garnered him offers from schools like Arkansas, Pitt, USF, and Memphis.

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Oregon safety transfer Collin Gill, originally a 3-star prospect from the DMV, is currently on campus for an official visit, OwlScoop.com has learned.

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Gill redshirted this season but originally chose Oregon over offers from schools like Michigan, Missouri and Ole Miss.

Maybe this makes more sense than the current set up?

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Good evening, everyone!

I'll be talking to Lou Parisi from the newly-established Owl Elite Fund collective for this week's podcast. If you have a mailbag question you'd like to ask him, please drop it in here by 9:30 a.m. tomorrow morning.

If you have one that's not NIL-related for Lou, you can post one here by 2 p.m. Wednesday.

Thanks as always for listening!

Good evening, everyone!

I'll be talking to Lou Parisi from the newly-established Owl Elite Fund collective for this week's podcast. If you have a mailbag question you'd like to ask him, please drop it in here by 9:30 a.m. tomorrow morning.

If you have one that's not NIL-related for Lou, you can post one here by 2 p.m. Wednesday.

Thanks as always for listening!