The Penn State blowhard coach dismissed CB Da’Quan Davis from the team because the kid was caught with weed and alcohol.

Davis played a lot as a freshman, but since then he's been low on the depth chart.

Think Franklin would have cut him if he was a stud? I don't think so.

6'9 225 rising SO PF Abdul Lewis from Newark, NJ is transferring from South Alabama to play closer to home. Lewis averaged 7 and 7 in just over 27.5 MPG as a true freshman.

Had 9 games with 10+ rebounds, and 3 games with 9 rebounds. 10 and 7 against Miami. 17 and 12 against Middle Tenn State. 8 and 9 against Richmond. 9 and 6, and 17 and 13 against GA Southern. 2 and 12, and 5 and 10 against GA State.

Assuming he would rather play at a higher level than start at a Fordham, Iona, Wagner, etc., he could be a good big off the bench after a redshirt season to get stronger.

We seem to have the scholarship flexibility. Just a thought.

6'10 C Jonathan Nwankwo was released from his NLI from Minnesota. Nwankwo took OVs to Temple, Rice, Tennessee, and Minnesota.

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcspo...ss-of-2015-big-man-jonathan-nwankwo-from-loi/

Danielle Nelson just did a story for us on Trey Lowe that's out on the front page right now. In addition to being a Rivals150 recruit, he was also an honor-roll student and a motivational speaker, too.

http://rvls.co/1Pza53k

Some good stuff from Lowe, Dwayne Killings and Lowe's coach at Ewing High School, Shelly Dearden.

A natural in-state rival that we used to play on a regular basis! Want to recruit Western PA? Go out to Heinz Field and paste their ass to the walls of their own stadium in front of all those potential recruits and then watch the flood gates open! Where are you Captain Noah!!

Come on, MR and KC! Get it done!! PSU and PITT should always be on the schedule!! Why the hell are we playing Stony Brook, Delaware State, UNC Charlotte??!! That doesn't get fannies in the seats! Still thinking chump change, small time scheduling! Get rid of the FCS teams on the schedule! Nothing to gain there!!

Anyone out there agree that PITT, Rutgers, Maryland, etc. should be on our schedule?

"We'll play anyone, anywhere, anytime!!" ....John Chaney, HOF Coach and author of WINNING IS AN ATTITUDE

Here's the copy from the release Temple just sent out.

PHILADELPHIA - Temple University President Neil D. Theobald today announced that Dr. Patrick M. Kraft, who currently serves as Temple's Deputy Director of Athletics, would replace Kevin Clark as Athletic Director. Earlier today, the president nominated Clark to the newly created position of executive vice president and chief operating officer.

Kraft and Clark served together at Indiana University where Kraft oversaw marketing and ticketing efforts for all of the Hoosiers' programs. His efforts at Indiana helped increase home football attendance to its highest mark in two decades.

Kraft was appointed to his position at Temple in 2013.

"Pat's expertise, coupled with his enthusiasm for high quality student athletics, is apparent to anyone who has worked with him," said Clark. "I know he is dedicated to producing a student-athlete experience that is every bit on par with the high quality of a Temple education."

Kraft said he was humbled and excited with the appointment.

"Temple is an extraordinary university and its athletics programs are advancing with tremendous support from our students, faculty, coaches, parents and alumni," said Kraft. "Our athletics programs build greater name recognition for Temple around the region and across the country."

As Deputy Director of Athletics, Kraft oversaw the day-to-day operations of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, while working closely with the vice president and director of Athletics on strategic planning, including facility development, Title IX compliance, and student welfare issues. Kraft’s other responsibilities included oversight of several units in the department including marketing and promotions, communications, ticket operations, business office, equipment operations, retail and licensing, and department-wide branding initiatives.

Kraft also served as the sport administrator for the Temple football program, which includes personnel, budgeting, student-athlete conduct and welfare, APR planning, game scheduling, academic monitoring, and student-athlete counseling.

Kraft played football at Indiana, where he earned three degrees from the university: a Ph.D. in sport management (2008), a master's in athletic administration (2005) and a bachelor's in sport marketing in the School of Kinesiology (2000).

He and his wife, Betsy, have a daughter, Annie.

Was talking to a some people I know and it looks like Lenny Williams will be transferring to Robert Morris

I was sorry to read about Adrian Robinson. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends and everyone who knew him and of him in the Temple football community.

http://espn.go.com/college-football...e-football-attendance-hits-worst-average-2003

No surprise. Most have noticed threadbare sections, especially in the student sections, at games across the country. Including Florida Field.

The article resorts to the common wisdom that it's easier to watch the game on huge SHDTV sets. The conventional response is to improve game transmission there and via portable media while still trying to attract student and other fans.

I'm not so sure that is the end of it. Have a sense that something deeper is going on, that younger would-be fans are not as interested in college football as many of us older. That their attention is transferring to social media and all the time it takes to stay in constant touch with 300 friends. That they might not be as interested in sweating or freezing to death, or hassling with the commute, to watch the team live. That they simply are not as interested in football as tastes change with generations, that some are from soccer backgrounds, some would rather hang out with foodie friends or just do other things.

If there is some validity to this, then it would affect decision making regarding a stadium -- not to forego the idea, because as the article states there is plenty of interest in football still and at some schools it is increasing. But the concept and size of the stadium might be affected.

GO Owls, beat Penn State

http://www.owlsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3686
Also passed away. Was the victim of a house fire in Jacksonville

He has Temple as one of his five underrated teams for 2015. See link for his mailbag....

http://www.foxsports.com/college-fo...s-am-nebraska-underrated-teams-mailbag-051315

Larry, formerly at Saint Joseph's and son of long time Hawk Sports Information Director Andy Dougherty has earned CoSIDA Hall of Fame recognition as a Temple Owl! He is one of the really good guys in Philly sports!

http://cosida.com/news/2015/5/11/GEN_0511150235.aspx

Per The Recruit Scoop's Alex Kline, Seton Hall guard Sterling Gibbs WILL transfer and will be immediately eligible. It was previously up in the air regarding whether or not he would be able to graduate on time.

Temple's going to have its work cut out in securing Gibbs' services.

Kline Tweet

Guy I work with who went to Temple was talking about Temple with someone. That guy says something to the effect of are you excited about the on campus football stadium? Guy I work with says how do you know it's happening? Guy says because I'm on the Board of Trustees.

Hope we hear something sooner than later. Go Owls!

Nicely done, John. Sounds like a terrific kid. I certainly hope his kind words for TU turn into a commitment.

As stated on Owlscoop Twitter, a whole lot of firepower was added to the TUFB arsenal yesterday as Adonis Jennings, Delvon Randall, and Ryquell Armstead all enrolled at TU yesterday!

Welcome, Gentlemen to the most dynamic university in America!

GO OWLS and GO "]["U!!

http://www.fbschedules.com/2015/05/four-steps-fairness-college-football-scheduling/

A thoughtful, if long article on revamping how college football schedules, so that it might be fair to all parties concerned.

I like the suggestion of mandating the P5 conferences all play 9 conference games and that they play one other P5 game, plus 2 vs. G6teams. FCS games would no longer be allowed for the P5 under this proposal.

This guy...

Trial pushed again

Could be a good short yardage back for them if he manages to stick with the team.

Rasheed Suliamon may be the last piece for Maryland to potentially cut down the nets. This is an amazing transformation for Turgeon, who was on the hot seat before Melo arrived to save his ass! I question whether Dunphy could catch similar lightning in a bottle, primarily because of his age. Does this happen to 67 year olds (before next season)?
Also, how does Giannini keep getting transfers to come to LaSalle with nothing to sell? Pookie Powell is coming from Memphis,a former Top 100 guy out of high school, like Jordan Price. He can't coach to save his life (except for 5 glorious days in 2013), but he can really sell.

https://temple.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1764273

Again, I think you guys will enjoy this if you give it a listen. Fran is a great interview, and he offered up a detailed, anecdotal account of how he helped convince Kareem Ali to come to Temple.

Anyone hear him speak on 97.5 this morning?

Amongst other things, he said he'd like to see the PSU-TU game be a long term commitment. He said it's good to keep the money in state. He also went on to say that he recruits the heck out of Philadelphia. He made it sound like Penn State was doing the series as a charity for Temple, mentioning selling out the Linc.

I'd rather go 1-11 and beat them over 11-1 and lose to them. I just need one against them.

Mark Williams, I'm told, will be staying at Temple. I'm posting this because there was a lot of speculation about his status with the team. He did consider leaving but has decided to stay.

So with Williams still in the fold, the Owls have two scholarships open for next year if they choose to use them. Simeon Carter is off the board and headed to SMU, Georgios Papagiannis is still in play - but whether he stays in Greece or comes to the States to play in college is still anyone's guess - and Temple is working on trying to get Sterling Gibbs in for a visit.

Saw this posted on the Cherry White Forum and thought I would move it here.