Al Golden talks Temple football

Al Golden may be gone, but he has not forgotten Temple.

Read that headline and you might just shrug your shoulders.
Al Golden has spent much of the last five years talking Temple football, so that might not be news.

‘Obviously I think Temple’s a better fit. …I think clearly we began the process of establishing you can recruit, and there’s so many great things that have occurred at Temple University. I think they’re worthy of taking that next step’
Al Golden
on Temple
and the Big East

There was never a more tireless promoter of the program than AG and that was one of his many, many good qualities.
If some kid who had an internet radio podcast wanted to talk Temple football with him, Golden would give the kid five minutes of his valuable time.
Rivals.com radio, scout.com recruiters, Golden would talk to them all.
The reason that headline, though, is news today is that Al Golden is talking Temple football for the first time in five months, basically.
In a 40-minute opening introductory press conference as the head coach at the University of Miami, Al Golden did not mention Temple once.
Not a big deal to some, but a big deal to me.
That’s why I was heartened to read this Golden nugget, courtesy of Octoberproject, a neighbor of our good friend Dave “Fizzy” Weinraub, a former Temple football great.
In it, Golden is asked what he thinks the addition of Villanova would mean to the Big East.
He basically said to forget Villanova, that Temple would add a lot more value to that conference.
From TV ratings to increased attendance to the overall perception of the program, Golden certainly added to that value.
By making comments like those AG made recently, old habits like talking up Temple football seem to be hard for Al Golden to break and that’s a good thing.

6 thoughts on “Al Golden talks Temple football

  1. The best part about that quote is that it's true!VUFB will do NOTHING to help The Big East. Plus it's looks like that deal is going to fall apart anyway.The Big East really should be taking a long look at inviting Temple back. It would be the best fit on many levels.But I'm still holding on to my "Best Case Scenario" of Temple blossoming under Coach A to the point ear they find themselves as a heavy hitter in the ACC in a few short years……Call me a dreamer but I don't thinks it's as far fetched as some might think.

  2. TFF,thanks for posting the web site, we can do better than 5%! encouraging that over 79% don't think Villanova is a good fit. interesting comments reference the ACC….., let's win this year and let the two conferences compete for us. how about that?

  3. As far as Ben goes, I will be following the numbers he puts up at St. John's … hopefully 2 grand yards and 30TD passes. Those are the kinds of numbers a big-time prospect should be putting up in high school.Those are the kinds of numbers Adam DiMichele put up at Sto-Rox and shockingly inferior numbers that both Vaughn Charlton (Avon Grove) and Chester Stewart (DeMatha) were huge red flags to me.We're not going to be getting a comment on Steve until next Feb (NCAA rules).

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