Proud of the connection to Temple football and coach Arians and coach Bowles.

What is mentioned sometimes around Philadelphia is the many Temple players in the NFL but the fact that Temple is the only NCAA school to have two former head coaches as head coaches in the NFL should be broadcast all over.

We should have a great episode of The Scoop for you all this week. In addition to what we're hoping will be a great interview with former Temple great Marc Jackson, we'll also be talking some football as well. Sam Neumann got some interesting stuff today from linebacker Kobe Wilson for a story we'll have out soon, and we'll talk more about the roster as the program looks ahead to spring ball.

If you have mailbag questions, please post them here and we'll answer them on the podcast. Thank you as always for listening!

Pick'em

You have $15 to build your Temple basketball dream team. Let us know who you're running with!
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Whether in the classroom or in a remote learning situation, our student athletes sure delivered the mail in the just concluded fall semester, as reported today in owlsports.com.

It marks the fifth straight semester Temple student-athletes have earned over a 3.20 combined GPA, while being enrolled in 87 different academic majors. It is also the 18th straight semester grade point average above a 3.00. The combined grade point average: 3.39 . . . . . the number with a perfect 4.0. . . . . 52!

Spectacular! Congrats, all!

This was one of the names we were keeping an eye on. Looks like Christian Braswell will be leaving Temple.

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Great job by a couple Temple students getting an in depth interview with AAC Commisioner Mike Aresco. They discuss multiple topics but at about 46 minutes, they ask about Boise/expansion. While Aresco acknowledges he can’t get into specifics, he does say the AAC wants to get back to 12 (which isn’t new) but also mentions possibly looking at 14 in the future (which is news as that is the first time he said this publicly).

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What stands out most to me is that there are no Dunphy game changers on this team. It relies on 2 freshman to keep the game close.

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Congrats to Coach Doc Desai!

Coach John Chaney is 89
tomorrow

so many great memories

In case you missed it out on the front page, this week's podcast is out now. As Chris Clark did two weeks ago, Jimmy Fenerty gave us a detailed breakdown of the entire roster and offered a glimpse of the potential of Hysier Miller and Zach Hicks. He also talked about Temple's modest two-game win streak and what's changed since the last time Temple faced Houston, Saturday's opponent.

If you have mailbag questions for this week's podcast, please drop them in here and we'll answer them on the show. We're taking questions up until 4 p.m. tomorrow. There are a few roster updates to discuss, and we're happy to talk as much or as little football as you want depending upon where you want to take the conversation with your questions.

Here's your friendly reminder to please subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you access your podcasts.

Thanks so much for listening!

Temple assistant coach Jimmy Fenerty will join us this week on The Scoop for an exclusive interview, so if you have mailbag questions for him or for us as a staff, please drop them in here and we'll answer them on the show. We're taking mailbag questions up until 4 p.m. tomorrow.

Here's your friendly reminder to please subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you access your podcasts. Thanks so much for listening. We appreciate it!

Not expecting a great result.

Owls -9

It's finally ****ing game day.

Name the following season leaders:

Leading scorer
Leading rebounder
Leading assister (?)
Leading stealer

# of wins, assuming we play all scheduled games, 21 plus any postseason (we aren't scheduling any games not already on the schedule)

Also, feel free to make a bold prediction.

Who would have guessed ?

He was fired despite a 64% winning percentage. Had great success at Houston. Maybe his ceiling is the AAC? Could Temple be a landing place?

What say ye all?

The game is on ESPN+, and @Sam Cohn will have our coverage today.

If you're on Twitter, follow him at @samdcohn.

Here's some pregame stuff from him to get you started for the day:

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Have at it.

Hi, everyone. We're talking mailbag questions up until 4 p.m. today for this week's episode of The Scoop, our weekly OwlScoop.com podcast. If you haven't already, you can subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you access your podcasts.

We'll have some audio from today's media availability, which will include Aaron McKie and potentially JP Moorman, and we'll be talking more about what we've seen through the Owls' first four games.

So if you have mailbag questions, please drop them in here and we'll look forward to answering them on the podcast. Thank you for listening!

Hi, everyone. We're talking mailbag questions up until 4 p.m. today for this week's episode of The Scoop, our weekly OwlScoop.com podcast. If you haven't already, you can subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you access your podcasts.

We'll be talking more about the transfer portal and the roster and anything else you'd like to put on the agenda with the mailbag. So if you have questions, please drop them in here and we'll look forward to answering them on the podcast. Thank you for listening!

Mills (a redshirt sophmore) was the preseason AAC player of the year....

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Per a source, Temple is expected to receive the commitment of UNC Defensive Tackle transfer Xach Gill soon. Gill was originally a 4-star prospect out of Wake Forest HS in 2017 and chose North Carolina over Penn State, Miami (FL), Pitt and Virginia Tech. Rivals had Gill as the No. 17 defensive tackle in the 2017 class. Gill was an All-State selection in North Carolina after posting 84 tackles, 34 TFL and 18 sacks as a senior.

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At UNC, Gill recorded 17 tackles, 2.5 TFL and two sacks. In 2019, Gill played 137 defensive snaps and graded out, according to Pro Football Focus, as UNC's third best DT. Gill started against Wake that season as a redshirt-sophomore and led the Tar Heels with two QB pressures en route to being rated as UNC's second best defensive player by PFF. In 2020, Gill's role diminished as former 4-star prospect Myles Murphy surpassed him on the depth chart.

Gill will have two years of eligibility left at Temple.