Temple finally getting the monkey off its back Saturday and the 1980 Eagles have something in common and especially to me . Let me explain .
I grew up in the 60's and was a young professional in the 70's after school . For years I would watch the Dallas Cowboys beat the crap out of my hometown team . It never ended and Dallas would almost laugh at us
during the Tom Landry years . On a cold day in 1981 at the Vet , The Philadelphia Eagles beat the friggin' Dallas Cowboys up and down the field in a 20-7 victory in the NFC championship game . Not one single fan left that stadium that day because they wanted to celebrate and just be a part of finally beating and obliterating the Dallas Cowboys .
Saturday was the same for me . Penn State has scheduled us because we were a victory at the beginning of the year and they could put up big numbers against us and satisfy the alumni with another win . We were the proverbial " sacrificial lamb " . Heaven forbid that ever be able to beat them . That was never going to happen and it is the reason why they continued to schedule " Poor old Temple " . We didn't just win by a field goal in a fluke game but we destroyed them .
I remember this in 1981 that Dallas could have played ten more quarters and never scored another touchdown against us and felt the same way Saturday . Temple defense was so good that the they took the heart and guts right out of PSU . PSU was looking for the bus because they were a beaten team .
WOW ..... 34 YEARS LATER AND THE EXACT SAME FEELING
I grew up in the 60's and was a young professional in the 70's after school . For years I would watch the Dallas Cowboys beat the crap out of my hometown team . It never ended and Dallas would almost laugh at us
during the Tom Landry years . On a cold day in 1981 at the Vet , The Philadelphia Eagles beat the friggin' Dallas Cowboys up and down the field in a 20-7 victory in the NFC championship game . Not one single fan left that stadium that day because they wanted to celebrate and just be a part of finally beating and obliterating the Dallas Cowboys .
Saturday was the same for me . Penn State has scheduled us because we were a victory at the beginning of the year and they could put up big numbers against us and satisfy the alumni with another win . We were the proverbial " sacrificial lamb " . Heaven forbid that ever be able to beat them . That was never going to happen and it is the reason why they continued to schedule " Poor old Temple " . We didn't just win by a field goal in a fluke game but we destroyed them .
I remember this in 1981 that Dallas could have played ten more quarters and never scored another touchdown against us and felt the same way Saturday . Temple defense was so good that the they took the heart and guts right out of PSU . PSU was looking for the bus because they were a beaten team .
WOW ..... 34 YEARS LATER AND THE EXACT SAME FEELING
