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Top 7 for the 6'5" guard; looks like other articles are saying him and his parents are leaning toward the Ivy education

Training camp was open to reporters for the final 20 minutes of practice on Friday and Matt Rhule, Francis Brown, Derrek Thomas, Artrel Foster and others were made available to the media.

A couple takeaways from practice:

True freshman cornerback Linwood Crump went down with a high ankle sprain and was wearing a boot on his left foot. He was in uniform but did not practice on Friday. He'll be back "soon," according to Brown.

During the 20-minute portion of practice that was open to reporters, redshirt sophomore wide receiver Marshall Ellick stood out and grabbed two touchdown catches - one from Phillip Walker and another from Logan Marchi. Ellick is still a walk-on, but was running with a combination of the one’s and two’s. True freshman quarterback Anthony Russo, who was working with the fourth teamers, connected on two big plays - one to Travon Williams and another to Willie Smith III. Jahad Thomas also broke out for a couple of big runs, including a 35-yard touchdown.

Brown and Matt Rhule both said that Artrel Foster has been the best cornerback on the team through the early parts of camp. They also seem really high on Nate Hairston. Those two seem to be the early favorites to play both boundary corner spots.

Temple picked up its 18th commit of the class of 2017 earlier today.

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Does anyone know what's going on with Nate Blackwell? I see former teammates asking for prayers for Nate on Facebook.

Our OOC schedules are set for this season and next, but how about for the following three years (2018-2020)?

2018 we play at Maryland and home to Buffalo and Villanova.

2019 we host Maryland and Army and go to Buffalo.

2020 at Rutgers and host Idaho

I think we need a P5 school to fill in these open dates and beyond. If especially like to see it be the ACC. Syracuse has openings for each of these years. They are an old rival that is still within our reach to be able to defeat. It has a large alumni base that will help to draw to the Linc in our last full-time season(I think we don't have Tastykake Stadium open until 2019).

Boston College is another possibility for all of those years. Many of the other ACC schools are completely scheduled for OOC games.

Temple comes in at #7.

http://insider.espn.com/college-foo...king-best-special-teams-college-football-2016
http://insider.espn.com/college-foo...king-best-special-teams-college-football-2016
7. Temple Owls

The Owls were No. 11 in my special-teams rankings in 2015. P Alex Starzyk averaged 42.4 per punt and improved his net from 35.6 in 2014 to 37.2 in 2015. K Austin Jones hit 23 of 28 field goals but with a long of just 41 yards. Temple's top two kick returners combined to average 25.3 yards per return, and top punt return man Sean Chandler tallied 12.1 per chance. Everyone is back.

Former Temple target and Oklahoma signee Johncarlo Valentin has enrolled at Lackawanna College (PA), according to a source.

Valentin, a product of Philadelphia's Imhotep Charter School, was ranked by Rivals as a four-star recruit and the No. 20 offense guard in the country. He held offers from Arizona State, Auburn, Michigan, Miami (Fla.), among others.

Camden Courier/post is reporting that TC is being investigated for a number of recruiting violations.

Is this site still functional ?

Story in WSJ regarding the movement of "Millenials" into and growing affluence of center city Philadelphia.

This economic flow doubtless relates to Temple's fortunes in general, and specifically the stadium project under discussion in NB's thread.. It seems the growth and development of Temple would be enhanced by the growth and development of the Broad Street corridor from center city up to and past Temple.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/for-more-cities-downtown-is-a-center-of-economic-strength-1470389405


GO Owls

Campus Insiders writer Pete Fiutak Ranked Penn State 21 and had this to say about Temples win last year.

Fiutak wrote:

A 9-3 record. There won't be a gaffe against Temple again, and the schedule is just light enough with home games against Minnesota and Maryland – and road trips to Purdue, Rutgers and Indiana – to expect more than seven wins. Traveling to Michigan is rough, but Ohio State and Michigan State have to come to Happy Valley. Split those two, and the Franklin era gets its kickstart.

http://campusinsiders.com/news/coll...countdown-penn-state-nittany-lions-08-05-2016

What Football Related Issues Worry You the Most

On the OWLSPORTS roster, freshman DB Isaiah Graham-Mobley is listed as Graham-Mosley.

I hate to be critical, but that needs to be fixed. Does anyone know if there is a way to reach out to someone who runs that site?

Click on the link. (Philly.com - Sports - Colleges) Today (08/06/16), there are 8 headlines on the left column, 1 TU, 1 Nova, 5 PSU

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/colleges

David Murphy must be driving that bus! Hey Dave. This is Philly and the Delaware Valley, not State College.

Temple training camp got underway on Saturday and the Owls hosted three recruits:

2017 Neumann-Goretti (Pa.) WR/DE Emil Moody, who picked up an offer from Temple following last week's Matt Rhule camp. He's a candidate to commit in the coming days.

2017 Virginia dual-threat QB Darriel Mack Jr.

2017 Cherry Hill West (NJ) CB Harrison Hand, who holds offers from Maryland, Virginia Tech, Rutgers, among others.

Kyle Gauss tweeted on Friday 8/5

Tyliek Raynor, the former 3-Star RB and Arizona commit, has finally enrolled at Temple. With Raynor's enrollment, all of Temple's 2016 recruiting class made it through. Fairly uncommon!

GO OWLS!! GO "]["U!!

Does anyone know if a bus, by the Owl Club or anyone else, is making the trip on September 17?

Emil Moody, a class of 2017 defensive end/wide recover from Neumann Goretti High School in Philadelphia, will take an unofficial visit to Temple on Saturday, he told OwlScoop.

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Moody was at Matt Rhule's final camp of the summer last Saturday and was one of the top performers of the day.

I'll have a story up on Moody later today.

Men with vision do extraordinary things! Not really football related but visionary nonetheless. I can imagine that the stadium will be better than expected! Thank you Neil Theobold and Pat Kraft! Doing it the right way! World class facilities attract world class student-athletes!

University News release from earlier in the week! Check the photo spread as well!

GO OWLS!! GO "]["U!!

http://news.temple.edu/news/2016-08-02/temple-sports-complex-construction-be-completed

See linked article:

http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/10825334-74/drill-practice-nix

Temple will get an official visit from 2017 Archbishop Wood (Pa.) wide receiver Mark Webb, according to Ryan Bartow of the 247Sports network.

Webb will push his commitment date back and also take visits to Alabama, Maryland, Penn State and Georgia.

The Owls appear to be the dark horse in this race, according to a couple sources I've talked with. Webb has gone on record stating that both Alabama and Georgia were his leaders, but it appears that things have leveled out a bit.

Temple has put together some recent recruiting success at Wood, landing Colin Thompson (via transfer from Florida), Nate L. Smith, Anthony Russo and 2017 wide receiver commit Raheem Blackshear.

Here's the full story from Bartow: http://georgia.247sports.com/Bolt/Webb-pushes-decision-timetable-back-46611054

The Scoop, our podcast, is back. Kyle, Matt and I are recording today in about 90 minutes, so send us your questions here or on Twitter @OwlScoop_com and we'll answer them on the show.

Does anyone have insight as to where on the radio dial the Owl games will be broadcast this year? Greater Media, which owns 97.5 (WPEN FM) and3 rock stations, has been sold to a Florida group and some personnel moves have already been made. I haven't heard if programming changes are imminent.

The Scoop, our podcast, is back. Kyle, Matt and I are recording today in about 90 minutes, so send us your questions here or on Twitter @OwlScoop_com and we'll answer them on the show.

Plenty to talk about with preseason camp just four days away and the roster getting updated today with the new incoming freshmen.