By Mike Gibson
After Temple played Penn State a lot tougher than the 31-0 score indicated, there were mostly two topics of discussion in the parking lot afterward.
“Man, I can’t believe we left 28 points on the field and, damn, did you see the sweatshirt Al Golden was wearing?”
I knew I couldn’t do anything about the touchdowns Alex Joseph and Omar McDonough-Hales and Matt Balasavage let go through their hands or great touchdown catch that D’yonne Crudup made but was taken from the Owls by the refs but I could do something about the sweatshirt so I filed that in the back of my mind.
About a month later, I couldn’t make the football banquet but I talked to about 20 people to get their impressions.
To a man, they said something to this effect:
“I can’t believe Al Golden only spoke for five minutes but, damn, you should have seen that video.”
It took me awhile but now I have the sweatshirt and the video and they both look good.
The video is so good, done by a young man named Fran Duffy (not to be confused to hoop coach Fran DUNPHY), I would do it a disservice if I tried to describe it here.
It keeps Temple football in season for me all year long.
The sweatshirt?
I can’t describe it, either, but, damn, it looks good.
It’s the best Temple sweatshirt I’ve ever seen.
You, too, can have both.
For the sweatshirt, please email Patti Hagel at patti.hagel@temple.edu.
She’ll tell you that it’s $55 and the money goes to the Al and Kelly Golden Fund for Breast Cancer Awareness. If you want it mailed to you, it’s an extra $10-15 or you can arrange to pick it up.
For the video, please send a check for $20 to Fran Duffy at francis.duffy@temple.edu and he’ll hook you up with a DVD.
Make both checks out to “Temple University.”

Send email to Patti Hagel for sweatshirt

Send email to Fran Duffy for video