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.);
Mark H., Gilbertsville, Pa.; Lisa M., Hummelstown, Pa.; Johnny Who, West Chester, Pa.; John T., Medford, N.J. (formerly North Catholic, Philly); Jon, SE Ohio; Jay M., Salem, Ore.; Dan M., Moscow, Pa.; Cyrus, Oklahoma City; Jon E., Cincinnati; Chris K., Harrisburg, Pa.; Chip M., Silver Spring, Md.; Dave B., Springfield, Pa.; Kent J., Alexandria, Va.; Ross M., Garden City, N.Y.; Joe S., Primos, Pa.; Ed F., Philadelphia, Pa.; Frank P., Jamison, Pa.; Jon E., Cincinnati, Ohio; Phil E., Lorton, Va.; Matt G., Haddonfield, N.J.; Tom L., Charlottesville, Va.; Thomas S., Landisville, Pa.; Jack D., Haddonfield, N.J.; Heriberto S., McDonough, Ga; Dr. Jim S., Mt. Pleasant, S.C.; Dick White, Milton, Del.; Matt T., Philadelphia; Jerome S., North Caldwell, N.J.; Mike D., Fairview, N.C.; Tim W., Myerstown, Pa.; Edward P., Yardley, Pa.; Tom W., Palm Coast, Fla.; Kurt B., Wyomissing, Pa.; Joe S., Primos, Pa.; Tom S., East Norriton, Pa.; Jon E., Cincinnati, Ohio; Matt T., Yardley, Pa.; Steve C., West Chester, Pa.; Floyd, Blackwood, N.J.; Jim J., Chalfont, Pa.; John, Landenberg, Pa; Jon E., Cincinnati; Ron A., Camp Hill, Pa.; Jay S., Jenkintown, Mr. John H.; Jonathan N., Atlanta, Ga.; Michael E., Levittown, Pa.; Ted D., Media, Pa. Nick and Sharon, Upper Bucks County; Phil E., Lorton, Va.; Todd H., New York City; Alex H., Westport, CT; Joe S., Primos, PA; Kent J., Alexandria, Va.; Ross M., Garden City, N.Y.; Stanley G., Mountain Top, Pa.; David N., Silver Spring, Md.; Micah F., Philadelphia, Pa.; James S., Mt. Pleasant, S.C.; Tom W., Palm Coast, Fla.; Johnny B. at the Hill Studio, Paulsboro, N.J.; Nick C., Philadelphia; Tom C., Birmingham, Ala.; Phil. E. (Fast Phil), Lorton, Va; Jerome S., North Caldwell, N.J.; Kent J., Alexandria, Va.; George P., Downingtown, Pa.; Edward F., Philadelphia; Bryan S., North East, Pa.; Josh P., West Chester, Pa.; Brent Z., Atlanta, Ga.; David B., Springfield (D), Pa; Lisa M., Hummelstown, Pa.; David H., Pottstown, Pa.; Brian O., Ambler, Pa; Frank P., Jamison, Pa.; Brian C., Philadelphia; Mark B., Manlius, N.Y.; Ted D., Media; Scott J., Columbus, Ohio; Thomas H., Mullica Hill, N.J.; George T., Rehoboth Beach, Del.; Rob G., Fleetwood, Pa; Steve C., West Chester, Pa.; Fred A., St. Augustine, Fla.; Michael S., Westfield, N.J.; John, Landenberg, Pa.; Kent J., Alexandria, Va.; Frank P., Jamison, Pa; Matt G., Basking Ridge, N.J.; Joe S., Primos, PA; Nick and Sharon, Upper Bucks County; John T., Medford, N.J.; Cap P., Finksburg, Md; Coolowl, New York City; Michael B., Washington, D.C.; Oakee, Salem, VA; Rob from Fleetwood; John from New Kensington; Kathyrn, Bloomingville, Ohio; Rockland Owl; Matt, Haddonfield, N.J.; Anthony, New York City; Jason F., Berlin (N.J.); Ed, New Hope; Mark B., Manlius, N.Y.; Mike, Lindenwold, N.J.; Tom C., Birmingham, Ala. Jim, Mt. Pleasant, S.C.; Kurt, Wyomissing Hills, PA;
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Since the 10 sacks against Penn State, the Owls have recorded only 17 in the last 9 games. You are right. They need to stop playing so passively and “create havoc”. Time to get the Sack Attack back in gear.
Saturday would be good game for the TEMPLE throwback helmets
I love the Cherry helmets with TEMPLE. Absolutely hate the black ones and any black uniform combination. Fight, fight, fight for the CHERRY AND THE WHITE ! (No black in song.)
Wee are the cherry and the white. we are blessed with a beautiful uniform color scheme. messing with it is just not good business, let alone Karma or luck factors.
good point, Stan. i think rhule said the goal was 40 sacks in a 12 game season. after the first game, I laughed, and said, “Hell, we’re going to get 40 by midseason.” Now it doesn’t seem funny anymore. I think we try to get too cute defensively by mixing up looks. Play to the special advantages of your players. You’ve got five good pass rushers on the line, plus Tyler. I’d rather have Tyler rushing the passer than having him sit back in pass coverage.
Not only don’t we get pressure on the quarterback with the three man rush, we have no containment. If the quarterback has any running ability and can’t find a target, he simply takes off and gets the yards he needs with his feet.
First, what a great press conference especially compared to the drivel we’ve heard from Pro coaches. Love the way Coach Rule thinks and speaks. Agreed, the defense must apply pressure, also need to have better safety play. Looking forward to rockin’ Linc. Go Owls!
Agreed. Matt and Bruce Arians give by far the greatest press conferences of Temple coaches. I keep thinking about how Eagles’ fans would fall in love with this guy after his a steady diet of Andy Reid and Chip Kelly (although diet wouldn’t be a word I’d use for either of those guys).
They never do well with the 3 man rush. I just don’t get it how they can drop so many guys back and still the other team makes completions or their QB gains nice yardage. Aren’t linebackers supposed to stop those QB rushes? Another thing lately is Matakevich covering receivers when he could be rushing the QB, which he sure did against PSU. I could be wrong about all this but it’s up to the coaches to develop these schemes.
we should have learned this lesson against cincy. we had a 34-12 lead and instead of putting the defensive pedal to the metal and getting out of there 49-17, we let off the gas and tried to drive like an old lady to church on a Sunday afternoon and got out of there alive. Three-men rushes, with rare exceptions (see Hackenberg’s 9th sack but that was a great effort by NDS), simply do not work with this personnel group.
The coaches are brain dead at times. A sign of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Snow loves the prevent. Look at Memphis and Cincy last year and Cincy, SMU, and SFU this season. Rush the qb and put him under pressure. That will result in errant throws. By the way just read the TJ Simmons left the program. So much for that recruiting coup. His loss drops last year’s recruiting class to the bottom third of the AAC.
just received this email from the ticket office asking to express interest in the nine bowl games
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I couldn’t believe what I was seeing live, so I watched the game again on Tuesday and it confirmed my feeling that we used the three-man rush more than even the four and five man rush. As far as T.J., I think he was the kind of high-risk, high-reward, guy we needed. His best high school season was his sophomore one. His hammies are strung as tight as Bernard Pierce’s were. I hope he goes somewhere and has a great career. I think Jager has a far better upside than T.J., though. Would be a lot more upset if Jager left and he’s not doing that.
as far as bowl games go, it looks like we are locked into a cusa or mac foe unless we win the aac. to me, that would not be a satisfying conclusion to a great season. the perfect capper, for me, would be to knock off a power 5 foe in a bowl game. So let’s go out, beat Memphis, and win the aac.
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If we don’t win the AAC the second best scenario would be for Navy to win the conference, go to the NY6 bowl and open up the Military Bowl for Temple which at least will have an ACC team as the opponent
Bingo. I was kinda hoping for AG to hang around enough to bring a 6-6 team into that bowl. so many potential Temple storylines, some gone. Love a rematch with UCLA or ND (not happening). Probably in the minority, but wouldn’t mind the chance to beat PSU or Pitt again. Unfortunately, Daz won’t be around for us to beat him. If we play Pitt in a bowl, Gov. Wolf should call it the championship of Pennsylvania and give us the gov. cup. Most likely scenario now is Temple vs. a Marshall or Western Kentucky or Western Michigan type. While I respect the hell out of those coaches, it doesn’t do much to advance the Temple brand by playing them.
I believe the Birmingham Bowl matches the SEC and the AAC. That is certainly better than the MAC or CUSA.
Missed that one, so if we don’t win the AAC championship got to pull for getting into the Military or Birmingham bowl
I think that Western Kentucky would beat the Owls. That kind of opponent the Owls do not need.
After a season that included a couple of crowds of 30K-plus Owl fans only (Tulane, UCF), a great home win over PSU before a loud crowd, a great ND prime time experience, these kids deserve to go out with a great win against a P5 team. The regular season is not supposed to trump the post-season, but that’s will be exactly what happens if they don”t win the aac. Beat Memphis.
admire Rhule’s honesty and courage during the press conference.., but did he basically say now it is up to the seniors because I have done everything I could? …., well what happens if they lose, then what? his press conference kind of begs the question…,
this team has the talent to beat Memphis, and agree the Temple D must attack the QB. BEAT MEMPHIS
Matt Rhule has done a great job, but the litmus test of his CEO skills is can he dictate to Snow away from these passive 3-man-rush sets we’ve been seeing these past 2 weeks and put Arob over the nose guard, Hershey and Matt as the tackles, sharif and nate at the ends with a heavy dose of Tyler coming from all sides and tell these guys to pin their ears back and collapse the pocket? That’s more important than saying, “Hey, guys, you are leaders. Don’t let us lose this.” Come with a plan to accentuate your players’ strengths and attack your opponents’ weaknesses.
Rhule said he is not trying to win a championship, he is trying to build a championship caliber program.., the fastest route to building a championship caliber program is to win multiple championships, right? I think it was an attempt to downplay expectations on his part.,
when you start the season at 7-0 and you moan about the lack of championship trophies in the showcase, then winning your conference championship is job #1, it is your top goal.
that goal is still within reach so proclaim it and go after it with everything you got..,
this team has put itself in the position to finish at 12-2. How many times has Temple had a real opportunity to finish at 12-2? Never!
accept the fact this is a blue bird rare occurrence, put everything on the line, roll the dice, put Paxton on his ass, throw the bomb to Anderson off play action…., it has come to this – BEAT MEMPHIS!!!
I just hope we get at least one more win. I’m not expecting much the rest of the way considering how the team looked against SFU. If they can’t turn it up a notch the rest of the way (and that includes coaching), one more win is all we’ll see at best.
a classic match-up going into the game, the two teams share similar type losses.
USF physically beat Temple, and Temple didn’t play well; Navy physically beat Memphis, and Memphis didn’t play a good game;
Temple played their best game, completely sold out their souls, and lost a heart breaker to ND; Memphis played a great game, completely sold out and lost a heart breaker to Houston.
both teams have key starters who are banged up, but both teams have healthy QBs. which team can get significant contributions from the second and third team? can PJ outplay Paxton? can we put Paxton on his ass? can Temple bring the energy and fly to the football? will the Temple fans show up and put >30K in the seats?
Outside of PSU and ND this is the most important game of the year. Don’t think this team will win another game this year if they lose on Saturday. Temple must bring the energy and find a way to finish the season strong.
Only one Temple team in the last 38 years finished the season with four wins in a row, and that was the 2011 team that won the New Mexico bowl.., think about that for a moment.., from 1976 – 2014 only one team finished the season 4-0 in the last four games.., this team has the talent
go for the gusto. the only thing that disappoints me about these great conferences mr gives is that he never blames the coaching staff. it’s always the kids. just once, i’d like to see him get up there and say we as coaches failed the team with all of these three-rush sets and we sat down on saturday on the plane and said we’re going to be more aggressive. the only time i’ve ever heard him questioning what the coaches do/did was the offseason when he said why are we doing all of these crazy 5-wide formations. that’s the only time.