Last donations: William B., Phoenixville (12/9/25, thanks William, our first contribution since Oct.) Ed S., New Hope, and Joe S., Drexel Hill thanks to both Ed and Joe; David N., Silver Spring, Md. 10/10/25 (thanks so much, Dave) Brian C., North Philly 9/27/25 ; John from Landenberg (who we sat next to when Temple beat Maryland, 38-7) at the game today 9/6/25 (thanks, John); Jon E., Cincinnati (8/30/25), thanks, Jon; David K., Glen Mills, 8/25/25; Eric B., San Diego 8/23/25; Jay M., Salem Ore. 8/15/25 (proving that Temple Owls are everywhere. Thanks, Jay). Another anonymous donation from the same source (thanks a bunch), 8/10/2025; Anonymous (your generosity is greatly appreciated, much thanks) and Joe F., Nashville, Tenn,, 8/5//25 (thanks, Joe, our first contribution in over a month); Steve B., Rose Valley, Pa., a Temple fan (thanks, Steve, that goes in the pot for a backup laptop if this one goes down Only $300 away), 7/6/25:
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6/15/25 (Ed S., New Hope–thanks Ed!!!)
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Michael A., Havertown, PA (thanks, Mike); 5/14/25 Anoymous (thanks, much appreciated) 4/25/25, David B., Delaware (owner of the most photogenic dog on the internet and someone who I and the late Phil M. had a great conversation with at the 2012 UConn game… can’t believe how time flies, thanks, Dave!!! will definitely meet up again at the next Temple at Delaware game); Matt P. (former Temple player under Al Golden), 4/21/2025 (thanks, Matt, could not have come at a better time because we have a bill for this site coming 4/30 and did not know how we were going to pay it); Brian, Philadelphia (thanks, Brian for being a long-time reader, sorry I missed you at C&W this year) 4/15/25; Ed S., New Hope, PA (4/6/25; thanks Ed, our first donation in nearly two months);
2/8/25: Anonymous.
Robert G., Quakertown, 12/17/24 and Joe F., Philadelphia, 12/16/24.. thanks for taking some of the sting out of paying to fix this laptop. Much appreciated.
Others:
Brian C., Philadelphia.
Anonymous, Anywhere USA (thanks for the generous donation), 9/2/24; David B., Delaware (8/24/24), thanks, David!) Ed P., Yardley, Pa. (6/20/24) …. thanks, Ed!!
David E., Philadelphia, Pa., 6/19/24 (thanks David); Zamani F., Philadelphia, Pa. June 7 (thanks, Z) Michael A., Havertown, Pa, May 9; John J., South Bloomingville, Ohio May 5; Hill Studios, Paulsboro, N.J. (thanks for breaking the longest time between contributions in TFF history), May 1, 2024 (the three May contributions will keep us afloat through the summer, thanks, Mike, John and Hill Studios it’s great to know people care); Jon E., Cincinnati, 10/11/23 (thanks, Jon); John from Landenburg at the Miami game (in the parking lot no less), 9/23/23. Thanks, John. Great conversation as always.
Two donations on opening day against Akron, one at the game from Ed of Perkasie and one from the greatest punter in Temple history, Eddie L., of the same hometown of Bruce Springsteen (our first contributions since April and they keep this site going; much appreciated); Heriberto S., McDonough, GA, 4/24/23 (thanks, Heriberto!!) Two on 4/14/23 (thanks to Joe F. and Ross M. ); Tom W., Palm Coast, Fla. 2/18/23 (thanks, Tom!!!)Ed P., Yardley, Pa. (1/9/23; thanks, Ed,) Lawrence S., West Chester, Pa., 12/28/22, our first contribution in over a month (thanks Larry, this will help in having to replace the printer we purchased in the summer that went on the fritz); Bob C., Chadds Ford, Pa., 11/27/22 (thanks Bob, our first contribution since September) Ed P., Perkasie, Pa. who donated 9/24/22 at the UMass game and Ed and I both remember and love Pennridge coach Wayne Helman; Joe S. (Delaware County), 9/3/22 (thanks Joe, hope to see you at Lafayette or RU); James G. (thanks James and for all the great posts you make on this site),, 7/29/22: Matt P. (former Al Golden player, thank you Matt for the generous donation it will be put to good use as we will explain in Monday’s post), 6/9/22; Matt F., Horsham, Pa. (thanks, Matt!!), June 6, 2022; David, B., Milton, DE (thanks, Dave), April 11, 2022: Andy B., Philadelphia, Pa. (our first donation of 2022, thanks Andy), March 3, 2022; Ed P., Yardley, Pa. 12/25/21 (thanks, Ed for the Christmas donation); Matt F., no hometown found (“a celebratory donation for Carey’s firing”), 11/30/21 thanks, Matt; Jon E., Cincinnati, Ohio, 11/29/21 (thanks, Jon for the donation and the great comments on this site); James G., Royersford, Pa. 11/28/21 (thanks, Jim, for the donations and your comments on the website); Anonymous (no home town given but donation really appreciated), 11/20/2021; Roger D., Rehoboth Beach,, Del., 10/24/21; Joe S., Drexel Hill, Pa. 10/3/21 (thanks, Joe) At the BC game (9/18), John from Landenburg (thanks, John for being a great friend of this site for so many years); Three Aug. 21 donations: Eric A (former player), Atlanta, Ga; Anonymous (by request), Cincinnati, Oh; Tim R., Buffalo, N.Y. (sincere thanks to all); David N., Silver Springs, Md (thanks Dave) 7/10/21; former Temple player Matt P., who lives in Columbus, GA now (thanks Matt) 7/9/21; Joe F., Philadelphia (4/7/11, thanks Joe) Matt F., Horsham, Pa., 3/27/21 (thanks, Matt); Jon E., Cincinnati, Ohio (1/31/21, thanks Jon) Ed P.,, Yardley, Pa. (thanks, Ed, much appredicated), 1/16/21; Mitchell S. , 12/21/20, our first contribution since (10/8) earlier, Former Owl Bruce G., Flourtown, Pa, who generously donated $100 in “honor” of the Ambler guy 10/8/20; (if they hate you in Ambler, we love you in Flortown,” BG says). Thanks, BG, we appreciate it; Earlier: James G., Philadelphia (7/21/20, thanks James) Robert B., Philadelphia (7/13/20, thanks, Bob, hope to see you at the tailgates again this fall); Previous: Jon E. from Cincinnati 6/15/20, our first donation this calendar year (thanks, Jon); Earlier, John from Landenberg; Kurt B., Wyomissing Hills, PA (former Temple player, 10-15-19) Earlier: David B. , Springfield, PA (9/26/19 … thanks, Dave!) also John from Landenberg (9/21/19); Tom W., Palm Coast, Fla. (8/22/19, thanks Tom!! Also, 10 days earlier, Bob. C and Joe S. and, on June 26, first bowl MVP Mark B.
Earlier: Matt F., Philadelphia; Matt P. (former Temple player) John from Landenberg and Jon E. from Cincinnati
Jay M. no hometown found ; Earlier: William B. Chicago; John from Landenberg, ; Mark B, South Jersey, Joe S, Springfield, PA…,
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Ed P., Perkasie, Pa; and Richard W. (no hometown given); Phil E., Lorton, Va.; Tim C., no hometown available; Bob C., David B., Springfield (Montco); Mark B., from South Jersey; John from Landenberg, Pa.; Joe S., Primos, PA; Thomas W., Palm Coast Fla; Jon E., Cincinnati; Mike S.,no hometown; Ed P., Yardley; William B., Chicago; Matt M., Philadelphia; Matt T.., Oreland; Kevin H., Philadelphia; John from Landenberg, Pa.; Carl M, Silver Spring, Md.;; Brett K., Swedesboro, N.J.; Joe S., Primos, Pa.; Ed M., Paoli, Pa.; Phil E., Lorton, Va.; Ross M., Garden City, NY; David K., Malvern; Jon E., Cincinnati ; Jon, SE Ohio; Cordalia and Jim S., Eastampton, NJ.; Herb G., Newport News, Va.; Richard W., Royersford; Matt T., Philadelphia, Pa.; MWB, Mechanicsville, Va.; Phil E., Lorton, Va.; K.J., Alexandria, Va.; Jeff D., Philadelphia,; Michael R., Philadelphia,Matt T, Philadelphia, Pa.; Ed M., Paoli, Pa.(8 in a row for 8 in a row, thanks EM); Jake and Diane Gicker, Dunmore, Pa.; Ed M., Paoli, Pa.; Adrian R. Sr., Harrisburg, Pa.; Frank M., Marlton, N.J.; Ernie, Millville, N.J.; ; Jay M., Salem, Ore.; Joe S., Primos, Pa.; Phil E., Lorton, Va; Tom W., Palm Coast, Fla.; Matt M., (five donations in a row); Kevin F., Philadelphia, Pa.;Matt M. (three donations in a row, thanks, Matt); Matt M.; Matt M.; Brian C., Philadelphia, Pa.; Matt M., Hometown ;Unknown; David N., Silver Spring, Md.; Matt M., hometown unknown; Frank K., Horseheads, N.Y.; Mike F., Montauk, N.Y.; John, Landenberg, Pa.; Michael B, D.C.; Joe S., Primos, Pa.; James G., Philadelphia, Pa.; Michael R., Philadelphia, Pa.; David N., Silver Spring (Md.);
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Temple Football Forever 
Matt Brown wouldn’t have thrived in the AAC. These defenses all have plenty of kids who could shut him down.
Remember when we played UCLA and the same linebacker tackled Brown on 3 consecutive downs? Picture that all game long for 6-8 games.
Mike, don’t think a full back was on Rhule’s Christmas list, which is sad because one would help the offense immensely. I do hope he received a couple of stud offensive linemen for Christmas.
here’s the deal with the OL. his best recruit was a 4star named aaron ruff, who is a product of one of the worst high school football leagues in the entire state. give me a 3-star from the catholic league over a 4-star from the pub any day of the week.
Aaron Ruff is a beast. u will c next year.
Mike, do you really think this coaching staff has what it takes to make any moves like you lay out. Dvoracek, will stay a backup LB, the offense will still be Spread Lite and I really doubt any back next season will have many more yards rushing than this year.
Joshua, actually Matt Brown’s 37 yards per game as the number 2 back in 2012 would have topped any of the back’s on this year’s team and that was against an equivalent level of opposition as the current AAC lineup. I agree he wouldn’t have been a feature back.
Apples and oranges. We all know the run game was practically ignored this season, and Matt Brown was part of the ill-advised run-happy philosophy that led to the current ill-advised pass-happy philosophy. I’d lay odds that almost any of the backs we have now could eclipse those numbers even as the backup given the same number of snaps.
Also, you’re kidding yourself if you think the MAC was the same level of competition. Unless we’re talking NIU and Toledo, of which we only ever had to play one per year. There is no Akron in this conference. There’s no Miami (OH), there’s no BGSU. Could one of those teams beat USF or Tulsa? Maybe. But they wouldn’t get the better of the series in that hypothetical, mark my words.
A 5’5″ frame is a two-edged sword. A lot of those big plays he made with his feet (damn impressive, don’t get me wrong) were a direct result of being a small target (and admittedly a blur). At the same time, if an opposing team got a defender in front of him that was it.
Whenever we play superior competition they break our tackles like nothing and our guys are put down by the first contact they take. Can’t go to the next level with Matt Brown-type players.
Actually, since I said those were his numbers during the 2012 season Temple wasn’t playing MAC teams, so level of competition was no different than this season. 2012 team played UCONN, USF, Rutgers (19), Louisville (12), Cincinnati, Syracuse, etc so I do think it’s a fair comparison. As I said someone like Brown is not your primary back, also this seasons leading rusher outside of Walker, Thomas had 20 more carries than Brown in 2012 and only gained 13 more yards than Brown in 2012. So I disagree, you can move to the next level if a Matt Brown type player is just one of several weapons you have in the arsenal and more importantly you have a coaching staff that knows how to use them,
I do agree with your point about the current offense using an ill-advised pass happy offense. I don’t know Addazio’s run happy offense looks pretty effective against Penn State so far.
no, and that is probably why we are headed to a mass firing in 2017. by then, it will way too late.
temple was playing essentially the cusa this season which is basically the top half of the mac. the fact the owls could break even against that was not a ringing endorsement of this coaching staff. remember, another coaching staff representing temple beat a fiesta bowl-bound team. that one did not have an eastern mich. or tenn-chatt. coordinator,,though.
it is a ringing endorsement if u remember we were playing in the MAC a few seasons ago.
cusa=mac … same thing. what we’re in now is the old cusa. should be doing better than even against that competition.
Have to agree with your assessment of playing CUSA this season, and a version of the CUSA that really isn’t all that much stronger than the MAC, just look at the AAC’s bowl performance so far. People keep mentioning the bad MAC teams, well for what they are worth the AAC had the same number of teams in the various bottom 25 and bottom 10 lists all season as the MAC. The one difference I see is that the MAC has more middle of the road 5 and 6 win teams then the AAC. So more accurately the AAC is the top and bottom of the MAC without the middle. Yes there is no Akron or Miami(OH) in the conference, we have UCONN and Tulsa and SMU.
I just think this whole “Temple is playing so much better competition than the MAC” is just another in the line of excuses for the blind faith people have for some unknown reason in this coaching staff. One which has shown itself to be medicre at best in 2 seasons. From the stand point of money received, TV contract and having all sports in one conference, especially basketball the AAC is a no brainer compared to the MAC/A-10 combo. From a football competitiveness standpoint this conference is behind the MWC in the G5. How the other 4 conferences stack up, I would rank the AAC ahead of the current incarnation of CUSA and the Sun Belt and at best marginally better than the MAC. First looking at the I know debatable rankings like Sagarin (MAC-West 14th, AAC – 16th, MAC – East 19th). He actually has CUSA ranked ahead of the AAC. If you look at competition versus P5 conference teams, the AAC had 3 wins in 24 games in 2014 while the lowly MAC had 4 wins in 24 games. So I think you are spot on Mike when you say that going .500 against conference opponents is no ringing endorsement of the staff.
marshall could win this conference. so could niu. by now, temple should be up to marshall//niu level in talent …difference is coaching on gameday and, heck, during the week.
Sticking with my prediction that football is done by 2018. There simply is not enough support from the students fans for it or for sports in general. There are only 1200 members of the Owl Club and that is a travesty for a school with 40,000 students and many more alumni. BB attendance, but for the “big” games, is atrocious for the 6th “winningest” program in NCAA history. As far as football goes, the Conference is second rate this year both in FB and BB. The additions especially weaken BB. FB has to win at least 8 next year to be relevant. That means winning six conference games because we are not going to beat PSU or ND with this coaching staff.
Right now I think that will be tough, looking at conference games Temple HAS to beat UCONN, Tulane, USF and SMU. After that do you really see this team picking up 2 wins out of Memphis, USF, ECU or Cincinnati. They regressed against Memphis and USF this year, haven’t beaten Cincinnati since the 80’s and I doubt ECU will lose to Temple at home. I agree no way PSU and ND aren’t anything but bad home losses with this staff so with that I think the 2015 team is looking at another 6-6 season.
a simple change of offensive philosophy would get them to 6 conference wins and that would be the same offensive philosophy golden had for an OC named rhule. wonder if rhule is trying to prove he re-invented the wheel with this offense or, worse yet, he’s afraid of offending his tenn.-chatt. buddy by dictating a change? either way, it dooms temple football to a dead end after 3 more years … and I do mean dead.
Well maybe the BOT has set things up for failure so they can drop football. But then, why would they spend (waste) millions on facility upgrades, hefty coaches salaries, stadium rental fees, drop 5 sports, etc. if they plan to consider dropping football? It’s this kind of waffling, contradictory decision making that has become the Temple habit for mediocrity (or less). This goes higher than the coaches or even the AD. It’s time for the president and BOT to step in and make some decisive decisions that will truly improve the football program for a sustainably successful future. Older fans like me have had it. Other schools know how to get it done. C’mon Temple, if you really think football is the key to bringing in money (even in the face of almost all schools losing money on football) and giving the school a face of success, not abject failure, then start by looking at your coaches and demanding better results. You always taste a bit of success and then let it slide away, down the drain. Enough!
It’s amazing. The people making the decisions do not have the benefit of the same hindsight the long-suffering fans have. This is Ron Dickerson all over again. Nice guy, great recruiter, hires his friends instead of the best available candidates for coaches, not short in the wanting to win department but plenty short in the how-to win department and totally (and i mean TOTALLY) lost on game day. The only thing that will save Matt Rhule now is to hire top professional lieutenants like Tom Bradley for the defense and Ralph Freidgen for the offense but that rather large Fridge boat has left for the Big 10 and is not coming back. Bradley could be talked into running the defense (one year doesn’t sell me on Snow) and helping Adam DiMichele with the Western Pennsylvania recruiting. Surely, there is a young hot great offensive mind who believes in a balanced running/passing game out there who will come to Temple.
The thing to watch with Snow next year is if he follows his EMU pattern where from his first to second year the defense improved then slid back in the third. Unlike at UCLA and Washington where his defenses just started getting worse after year one. If this team has any chance for 6 or more wins next season this defense can’t take a single step back. I kind of wonder if jonohio isn’t onto something about for whatever strange reason the BOT doesn’t care if the FB program succeeds.
I think joninohio is probably coming to a logical conclusion based on the activity/inactivity and silence of the athletic director and BOT on these matters. Don’t think like a lot of the pro-stadium people that the silence is because they are getting their ducks in a row. There are no ducks. There might have been ducks with a winning season and a bowl win but even that wasn’t a certainty.