They are #21 in the country and now 12-2 by beating #23 Iowa 89-86 at the Palestra (in a pretty raucous environment).

Tough to watch (especially after Temple’s play last night).

Temple should be blitzing all media outlets and promote a part of Philly history and pride. Crickets

We'll talk more about tonight's big win on tomorrow's pod, along with anything else you want to put on the agenda. If you have a question, please send it in by noon tomorrow.

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2000 is an elite figure and it's fun that it came in such a close game.

...into coaching college football. Apparently Norfolk State won the "bidding war".

What caught my eye was that Sacramento State allegedly has $50MM in NIL funding!

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My full 1-on-1 interview with Penn State transfer Jameel Brown is our next installment of our Getting to Know the Owls series.

Anyone have information on why Battie’s minutes have seemingly decreased. I thought the last two games would have been a good time for him to get run.

Anyone have a streaming link? Back to the front row sports days.

Buffalo transfer Cole Snyder canceled his official visit to Temple, and a source familiar with his recruitment said Snyder's decision was tied to Evan Simon's commitment. As of now, Simon, Tyler Douglas and Forrest Brock would be the only scholarship quarterbacks on the Owls' roster heading into spring ball. Temple had been recruiting Johnathan Montague, but he committed to Boston College.

Another source familiar with the situation told me the Temple staff is still actively recruiting Samari Collier, who verbally committed to Arkansas State six days ago. Collier started his college career out of Texas' DeSoto High School at Illinois but eventually wound up at Hutchinson Community College, where he tallied 14 touchdowns and 1,400 passing yards this season for a team that reached the NJCAA semifinals. Programs like Buffalo, Western Michigan, Georgia State and Sam Houston State have been in on his recruitment.

Stan Drayton and his staff are still recruiting some high school quarterbacks, too, although I want to do a little more work on that before I can start putting names out there.

As Kyle Gauss reported earlier, JUCO running back Tyrei Washington has not committed to Temple yet, but two sources familiar with his recruitment told me the Owls look to be in pretty good shape there. If he commits, Washington would enroll in January and be around for spring ball.

Also, Salesianum School defensive end Ahmaad Foster reopened his recruitment last night and decommitted from Temple, I was told by a source I trust down in Delaware. That source told me Foster wants to play somewhere farther away from home.

In case you missed it out on the front page.


Lots of basketball talk and some fun holiday mailbag questions, too. Thanks as always for listening!

Already one of the best players on the team. Long, plays defense, can shoot, hustle.... Play Him

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We're taking mailbag questions until 2:30 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday) for this week's episode of The Scoop. So if you have something for us, drop it in here and we'll answer it on the show.

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Although it was more of a basketball-centric podcast this week, we did talk some football, too.

And keep your eyes peeled for some staff news.

Some surprising balls with this one. Was fry responsible??

We gave up 43 points at half to a D2 school. We are screwed.

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Not the most pressing issue at the present, but we only have 3 non-conference opponents in 2025.

August 30 @ UMass
Sept. 13 Oklahoma
Sept. 20 @ Georgia Tech

That leaves September 6 open for either an AAC contest or my preference a home non-conference game.
Scanning on FB Schedules left me finding only Air Force as a potential D1 opponent on that weekend. There are plenty of FCS possibilities ( no Villanova is otherwise engaged).
Preferences?

What a line. From the betting site;

"The spread is large, but Temple is just not a very good basketball team right now. The Owls floundered last season and are little better — if at all — this season. The Owl program has taken a huge tumble from where it used to be, and there are no real signs of clear-cut improvement. There is no evidence to suggest that the Temple basketball operation is making forward strides."

Yipes.

Well, the women's team did their job, nice win at La Salle. Does anyone know how to buy tickets to the Big 5 Classic championship we will actually be in? This link doesn't seem to work (unless it is actually sold out).

Unless they are sold out, pretty embarrassing that you can't buy tickets to this thing five days out.

Line was -1.5 on DK yesterday...way too short for comfort. Owls HAVE to win today...going to be a significant sweat!

Login to view embedded media Boykin had a tremendous senior season. Very surprised he’s still signed. Thought he’d have other opportunities available. This kid is a stud.

Here's what's wrong in a nutshell, Owlsports, the official website of Temple University Athletics, under the supervision of AD Arthur Johnson mistakenly claims "exclusive" on the main page, has been doing so all football season:


Listen To Owls' Men's/Women's Basketball and Football Exclusively on Owlsports.com/listen



It's not not true, you can listen to live broadcasts by really good announcers on the Temple student radio station WHIP! They have great post game recaps too.



WHIP Sports (@WHIP_Sports)
https://x.com/WHIP_Sports?t=z-y2IXnoWPxqUQD3FX0AEA&s=03

@WHIPRADIO coverage of Temple athletics

WHIP Radio (@WHIPRADIO)
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@TempleUniv's Student Run Radio Station

Hayden Bandel (@HaydendotBandel)
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Sports Director @WHIP_Sports | ? Temple Football and Basketball Beat Reporter



These little things add up to many big things being done wrong including leadership of the Owl Club!

Arthur Johnson hired his buddy Stan Drayton and I hope to hell he is either fired and/or not involved in the hiring of the next head football coach. AJ should be sent packing by new president John Fry! Thank god tomorrow is the last day of this pathetic staff with Everett Withers, he's going back to where he belongs in high school football!

Following the introductory remarks from Temple President John Fry, Athletic Director Arthur Johnson and new head coach K.C. Keeler, Johnson and Keeler spoke with reporters during breakout sessions.

You can read Johnny Zawislak's story on Johnson's breakout session here, which includes the full audio from the interview.

This week's podcast is up on the front page and on all of the major podcast platforms as well. Thanks again for all of the mailbag questions. We appreciate it!