TEMPLE 42 , UCF 41 37000

He's coaching tonight, right? This is f***ing embarrassing!

Time to get the discussion going.

I was looking for one to post a comment after the Jones TD.

This defense. No clue.

We recorded from the press box tonight. Colin, Kyle and I talked about what went wrong last week at SMU and what to expect from tonight's game against UCF.

In case you missed it on Twitter:

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Read on ESPN where he asked the Jets to remove Temple from the media guide and replace it with Valencia College. Enough said .......

Watching the game yesterday it was obvious that SMU's receivers were very skilled. They were faster, ran better routes, adjusted to errant throws, were faster and ,of course, caught everything thrown their way. Often, it seems that our receivers don't create much separation and dont cut off their routes when the QB is in trouble. Don't know if this is coaching or a talent disparity.

We really do miss R. Jones, and I am happy to see that our current commitment list includes 5 WR's and several other designated "ATH" that could become WR's. Today's game requires it and it appears our coaches recognize it as well.

https://coachspeak.net/john-chaney-...story-of-college-basketball-by-dan-leibovitz/

Not sure if people have read this story yet by Dan Leibovitz, recalling how John Chaney approached the two matchups versus a Top 10 Xavier squad that year. Some fantastic stuff.

Killins questionable McCrae out for Saturday. Both absolutely killed us in the past.

Temple offered Tristan Maxwell today according to his twitter. He is a 2020 shooting guard from North Carolina. His dad is former NBA player Vernon Maxwell (who played with Aaron briefly on the Sixers).

He has several P5 offers according to his rivals profile....

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This week's podcast is out on the front page in case you missed it. Lots of great stuff from J.P. Moorman, along with lots of football talk and the mailbag, too.

What a sh$t show today.

I thought they both played their best games of the year. Russo should have had at least 300ish yards and at least 3 TDs if not for the crazy amount of near perfect thrown ball drops by the receivers. He was on fire today showing why we were exciting about him in the first place. (Thought putting Centeio in during the 2nd half was dumb.) Barry also had a good game as well, much improved.

Everything else about our Owls was pretty tough to watch so I don’t think we win even if we caught a few more but Russo and Barry definitely gave us a shot with their play. (Realistically SMU actually left about 4 scores on the field).

I think that Memphis win is gonna hold up. They looked crazy good today.

We are all fans and want the best for our team. BUT. Let's be real. Except for the Bucknell game, against a lower division opponent, we've been lucky to win. We have a team that lacks overall speed; we make mistakes galore; we can't tackle we have a QB with a very strong arm --too strong an arm who can't seem to be able to throw a short ball that actually can be caught and won't be dropped; a long ball that needs some air under it that he frequently throws too hard; and our defensive backs seem a bit slow and late. Did I mention mistakes? I'm hoping for the best, but I think we will be lucky to go 3-3 the rest of the way. That would still be a decent year, but I see a lot of flaws in this team that has been masked by some luck, IMHO. OK. Let the vitriol begin.

I really had no idea Villanova would be ranked in Top 10. It's amazing how far that program is above TUMBB. I also see VCU is ranked 25th. No wonder they continue to best Temple in recruiting. I do hope Coach McKie can get the program to T25 status on a regular basis during his tenure. Say what you want, but rankings do matter.

GOTU.

were there any?

If you have mailbag questions for this week's episode of The Scoop (recording tomorrow around 5 p.m.), please send them our way.

We'll dissect what went wrong at SMU and preview this Saturday night's game against UCF at the Linc.

Thank you as always for listening. We greatly appreciate it!

J.P. Moorman, one of Temple's three captains, will be our guest on The Scoop this week.

If you have a mailbag question for him, post it here and I'll try to ask about two or three as I usually do. We're recording the interview at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow.

And if you have a question about the team in general or anything else, you can post that here, too. We'll record the rest of the podcast around 5 p.m.

Thanks as always for listening!

Is back and healthy and had a good showing and standout performance this weekend at the HoopScoop fall showcase.

CBS Sports has Temple at +9.5

https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...le-for-week-9-lsu-a-big-favorite-over-auburn/

Gilbert 538 yards 4 TD
Walker 293 yards 4 TD
Anderson 9 Rec 239 yards
Holman 10 Rec 209 yards
SMU 728 yards
Temple 593 yards
The point is Temple recovered and went on to better things. Gilbert who transferred to SMU from Texas had a mediocre career and is now on the scout team with the Cleveland Browns

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