Temple 14, Ohio 10: The Aftermath



John Haley, Alex Joseph bring violence to the football.
Daily News photo

By Mike Gibson
Often you, get a better perspective on Temple games by reading the out-of-town papers.
Here’s one take, out of The Post.
My take on the game:
Just an incredibly courageous performance by quarterback Adam DiMichele, who Eagles’ announcer Merrill Reese called the best quarterback in college football.

Get Bruce Francis
the ball, please.
If you don’t
know who he is,
he’s No. 82
and he’s being
single-covered
by these MAC corners.
He’s wide open. …
Nobody can cover him.
Nobody.

Adam wasn’t his best, but my question is:
Would you be your best coming off what is basically a separated shoulder?
The bottom line is he won the game for Temple at crunch time. Survive and advance. That’s what it’s all about at this point.
Also, memo to offensive coordinator Matt Rhule and head coach Al Golden:
Get Bruce Francis the ball, please. If you don’t know who he is, he’s No. 82 and he’s being single-covered by these MAC corners. He’s wide open. A simple pitch and catch and he shakes the guy and is gone.
Nobody can cover him.
Nobody.
The guy yelling to get Bruce Francis the ball during the entire game was me.
Do me a favor. Watch the film. One guy on him, playing 15 yards off the ball 90 percent of the time.
If Navy does it, a simple pitch and catch to a guy who will be playing in the NFL next year would be the best play in the arsenal and open so much else up.

One thought on “Temple 14, Ohio 10: The Aftermath

  1. DiMichele did not look 100% but gutted it out and didn’t turn the ball over. At times he looked really bad, even to the point where an ESPN commentator kept calling for Al Golden to replace him. Having DiMichele play gave us the best shot at winning and we were very fortunate to receive a gift from Ohio. We’ve got to make chip shot field goals but at least a crucial break (Ohio gift wrapping the ball on about their 20) went our way this time. Hats off to the defense for playing another stellar game. The game was extremely painful to watch, but the fourth quarter makes you think how good this team could be with a possession offense that could score points and allow this tremendous defense to play with a lead.

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