For what it's worth Temple will be wearing new uniforms tomorrow for the AAC home opener against UCF. Was told my Deputy AD Pat Kraft, no idea what they will look like but they are not the winged shorts with yellow accent from Texas game last season.

No question in my mind he will be a worthy successor to Will running the point. Terrific game today. Talk about a huge jump from Fr to Soph year...
Monumental in all facets othe game for JB. Credit to hard work by JB with help from staffers.

Go Owls !

From watching the bowl games, it is apparent what Temple lacks to be a big-time football school.
1. A rabid fan base that will travel.
2. A fast running back over 6 feet and 200 pounds.
3. A DE who drops back in coverage, makes an INT, and outruns the WRs and RBs.
4. Speed at all positions
5. A WR and a QB who can play pitch and catch whenever necessary.
6. WRs who can make tough catches in traffic and have breakaway speed.
7. A placekicker who is money anywhere on the field.

What is the most glaring thing is our lack of team speed that was magnified by these bowl games. I've one 200 pound plus RB after another outrun everyone. I've seen DLs and LBs who can run down QBs and RBs and make TFLs. It makes me shake my head that we get none of these players.

I don't live in the area and happen to be in Philly this weekend. Always try to catch the Owls when in town so I will be at the UCF game. Any chance the bars on campus will be open before the game? It starts at noon - so didn't know if anyone pre-games for a nooner tip off.

Looks like he's playing safety for the East squad in the Army All-America Bowl. He just made a hit on a short pass play that ended up being ruled a fumble.

Watching the UA All-America game and this WR was listed as considering us, Baylor, Louisville, and LA Tech. Came up on an on-screen graphic after he made a really nice catch. Goes to Prime Prep.

Rivals page

Houston not looking good. The coach said at half time that his team was not matching up physically to Pitt. I don't think I would have let my team hear that.

Great kid!! Great family!!
http://youtu.be/rI7zeWcoBZk
This post was edited on 12/27 9:33 PM by dcdisco

Top PA dual threat QB (2016) from council Rock north chose South Carolina yesterday over PSU. I was kinda upset we didn't even make his top 6, but as long as we don't have to play against him Im happy for him and his decision.

My daughter goes to U of O, they have never won a NC, FSU wins all the time (29 straight) - so I was rooting for Oregon. But I hate the way they do offense. It makes the game like a track meet with a football. I just cannot watch it, so I turned it off at halftime and checked back periodically.
Glad Ducks won and want them to win the NC, but I just can't watch them.

Watched the Eagles but I'm not here to debate them. They are another story. I did notice the number of times they used the TE. Ertz had a career day. I would like to see Temple's become a real offensive weapon not just a blocker. Remember Rod.

Here's proof of it:

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/12/boston-college-head-coach-knocks-over-chain-crew-member-then-slaps-him

Jim Harbaugh got $8M/yr. from Michigan. Now we see what it takes to compete with the big boys. Now I'll take my $2 and add them to your $2, etc. See, we're in the big time in no time!

New top 5 list... Temple is eliminated. Good riddance, for now. Im Sure it will change 400 more times

Since PSU is our first game next year, I saw they just lost their second player (Deion Barnes) to the draft that still had eligibility to play next year. Offensive lineman Donovan Smith was the other. It also looks like defensive lineman Anthony Zettel has requested a draft evaluation as well but plans to return (for now at least).

This is perhaps the only game I've watched where I wanted both teams to lose. Hackenberg looked like the QB we saw as a freshman, as his OL gave him time to throw. PSU looked like a far different team than they were against Temple, at least on the offensive side of the ball. BTW, PSU won in OT having converted an extra point after BC missed theirs.

This post was edited on 12/29 7:45 AM by jeffmd49

Indiana's Tevin Coleman declared for the draft, so I would think that opens things up for Chestnut to commit to the Hoosiers, although I'm hoping the Owls are still in it.

Per a source I spoke with today, it doesn't look like Temple will be taking Rutgers transfer Savon Huggins.

Good read on his weight loss and red-shirt year.

http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2014/12/26/booth-lloyd-learns-control-love-holiday-food/20770023/

When is the recruiting dead period?

If you stick with PJ , then this team needs to run the football . This will be a tall task because it looked like there were very few kids on the offensive line that can get you where you want to go . That will be project #1 . Finding lineman that can help run the football .

Temple then needs to get better running backs . Three were hurt this year so maybe there is somebody there better than what we had . Would be nice we also had some backs that can catch out of the backfield .

Fix the kicking game . The coverage's were good but Temple needs to get a lot better in the punt and field goal area . When you take a step up next year then we will be in closer games and the kicking game becomes even more important . We need to find lick and punt returner that can go the distance but also be reliable .

Time management has to be much better than it was this year . The use of timeouts will also hurt in close games . The coaches and players are both involved in this area .

PJ can only throw the ball max of 25 times and it has to be passes he completes. PJ certainly has to learn " touch " because most of his passes are too flat . Needs to put air under the ball at times .

Defense has to get better at getting off the field on third down . They should be a great defense next year but have to improve on third down .
This post was edited on 12/8 4:58 PM by MOOSEJAC008

Allowed to go to a bowl game with seven losses . . . and looked terrible last night. Surely Rodney Dangerfield University woiuld have performed better than that.

Watched the Eagles but I'm not here to debate them. They are another story. I did notice the number of times they used the TE. Ertz had a career day. I would like to see Temple's become a real offensive weapon not just a blocker. Remember Rod.

As many of you know, JUCO DT Greg Webb, a Rutgers commit, came to Temple for an official visit over the weekend. I reached out to ScarletNation, the Rutgers Rivals site, to get a general idea of how Webb's visit went. This is what I was told...

"Webb made it to campus and the visit went well. But he is still committed to Rutgers and he's Rutgers to lose. There are 40 schools still recruiting him, including one SEC school that is pushing for an official in January. But other than that, as long as Rutgers does its part and he improves academically, he'll end up Rutgers. These things are fluid, especially since he wants to be close to home and has a lot of ties to the Owls. Rutgers wasn't happy about the visit but isn't going to drop him or anything like that."

So, it seems like Webb will remain committed to Rutgers, at least for now.

Here it is
2015-- Home (UCF, UCONN, Tulane, Memphis) Away (ECU, Cincy, USF, SMU)
2016-- Home (ECU, Cincy, USF, SMU) Away (UCF, UCONN, Tulane, Memphis)
2017--Home (UCF, Uconn, Houston, Navy) Away (ECU, Cincy, USF, Tulsa)
2018-- Home (ECU, Cincy, USF, Tulsa) Away (UCF, Uconn, Houston, Navy)



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