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:
Earlier:
6/15/25 (Ed S., New Hope–thanks Ed!!!)
Earlier:
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…,
Also:
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;
Dave, Ocean City, N.J.; James, Chalfont; Ross, Garden City (N.Y.); Schmitty, Ocean City, N.J.; Sarge (via Schmitty);
Broad Street Leon; Martin, Encino (Calif.); John, Boston; Mike, Susannanoa, N.C.; Francis, Lansdale; Tom L., Charlottesville, Va.; Mark, Gilbertsville, Pa.; Frank, Sebastian, Fla.; George, Toms River, N.J.; Tom, Branchburg, N.J.; Chris, Philly (our first Philly donation!); John, Landenberg, Pa.; Tom S. East Norriton, Pa.;
Temple Football Forever 
Temple ticket office charged $45.00 per ticket….., we better not wear anything black on Saturday and throwback TEMPLE helmets would be fitting…, Houston will ring up more than 20, Snow has issues with quick dual threat QBs and Ward is the best dual threat in the conference.., can our offense keep up is the question…, Temple should have marketed TM for the Heisman all year, he would have played up to the hype, it is the weakest field in the last 10 years, great publicity for the school, he is more than deserving, and would have captured an invite to NYC…,
I agree. If we come out in black, I’ll scream. We’ve messed with Karma this year and Navy last year and came up 0-2. We tried to do it against UCF, but they were so bad we just barely survived.
Well Mike, all I can say is UConn beat Houston recently. I hope that comparison holds up. Go Owls.
The UConn game was an outlier for them because they had an immobile qb subbing for Ward. We eat those guys alive. I still think the key is Temple going 5-2 and adding an extremely fast spy (ala Nate L. Smith) to counter Ward’s speed in the open field. I don’t think Finch is fast enough to be that spy. The 5-2 (Reddick or Nate D. lde, Hershey lt, Averee ng, Matt rt, Sharif or Praise rde) puts enough guys in Ward’s face so that he’s ducking and jiving back there and doesn’t have time to look for receivers. When he comes out of the last duck and jive, Nate L. is there to put him down and maybe step on his foot.
Mike, do we have to win this game to win the Lambert Trophy?
they release the poll once a month and wait until after the bowl game. in the last one, Navy was 1, Pitt 2, Temple 3. Pitt and Navy both lost and Temple won, so I assume Temple is No. 1. Probably need a split to keep it because Navy is going to beat Army. Hope we play Pitt in the bowl game if we don’t beat Houston.
http://www.navysports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/111915aae.html
Here is a positive in a similar vein as the black giving out the bad karma. Temple has beaten every school with a cat mascot on the schedule this year a Nittnany Lion, Bearcat and Tiger, so Saturday will be time to add a Cougar pelt to that collection
I like it. 23-20, Temple, then.
I thought a cougar was a mature women who hooks up with younger men.
the cat is in the bag…,
as of this morning, the Athletic Dept’s word to all the boosters “Rhule is staying this year”.., no promises on next year.., and still feel this all helps to explain the lackluster recruiting effort this year.., evidently Rhule feels he can win in 2016 without the help of an incoming freshman class.., we are getting set-up for an empty cupboard when he does leave
100 top-notch recruits at the ND game and we didn’t sign a single one. I have a feeling had we beaten ND, we would have had a nice haul. Oh well.
BY this year do they me from now until after the bowl season or 2016? I think that the admin needs to now focus on the following:
1. As soon as Temple has played in their bowl game have a best and final offer to present to Rhule. To me this is starting to sound like it’s only about the $$ to him and the “he will stick around” stuff was a brilliant smokescreen from “Rhuledazio”.
2. Be in a position to bring in a new coach immediately if Rhule turns it down. I’m leaning on the side of a thread that is on Owlsdaily advocating this.
I don’t follow the ranking but where does Rhules classes rank in relation the Addazzio, who supposedly left the cupboard bare, even though there are 5 offensive starters and 6 on defense that were Daz recruits. More of an apples to apples comparison than to AGs classes I think,
Well Maryland has their coach in DJ Durkin so it looks like that is one more we can cross off the list.
One down, about a dozen to go. I don’t think he goes to Rutgers because that place is a dumpster fire and the administration is a joke. ‘cuse, too cold. virginia, I’m slightly worried about. others make no sense from a recruiting footprint.
i asked about the UVA job and was told it is not on the radar.., they truly believe he’ll stay through 2016… I’m more worried about 2017 and beyond, our recruiting pipeline is very, very thin.., lowest in the last five years IMHO
The championship has been moved to ABC!
It’s been on ABC all week. Channel 6 has been heavily promoting it as the ABC noon game of the week since Sunday.
How did I miss that? Here I thought it was supposed to be on ESPN. I don’t watch broadcast TV so that probably has something to do with it.
yeah, jim gardner is all over it. I think the ratings will probably be the highest noon rating game of the year in the Philly area and the Houston area. Now that’s the 4th and 10th largest markets, respectively, and since the other aac teams are in large markets as well, this should blow away any P5 noon rating nationally.
After reading all of the forum and blog posts, Philly.com, etc is it safe to assume at this point we have nothing definitive from Matt Rhule himself that he will even be HC for the bowl game? All I get out of all the news this week is that he is either not a candidate anymore or not interested in Missouri. Aside from that a lot of none comment comments. I keep getting this vision of Rhule overseeing practice at EO along with him constantly checking his phone for messages from his agent
Me,too, JD. I hear all the noise from the EO (“we won’t let this be a distraction”) but if it means no 5-2 defense, no “spy” of Greg Ward, no trick plays,etc.,you’ll know we’re on auto pilot with the same game plan we had for immobile qbs like we had last week. .. and that will point to distractions like phone calls from agents. One team has no distractions and one team is saying they have no distractions. I’d rather be the team with no distractions.
the standard line of, “it is all about the players, it is not about me, so don’t focus on me” is disingenuous..,
it’s about the team and TUFB of which he is the central figure.., i wish he would stop using “they” all the time and use “we” more often.., it is as if he is trying to distance himself from TUFB.., maybe his subconscious mind has kicked in
The worst part is I never understood the rabid support for his hire from a group of people who were adamant that Temple wouldn’t be in the coaching uncertainty we are apparently in today when he was successful. I’ll admit, I wasn’t too impressed his first year as I’m not one who felt Addazio left the cupboard as bare as some would like to believe. Also, his recruiting to me, and I don’t follow this like some, while it seemed good never seemed to live up to the hype this same group pitched. After last season, I came around, saw an improving and more stable program. Plus, no denying how good of a year this was and given the current insane state of affairs in FBS college football he probably warranted some kind of salary increase. What really gets me and this is only based on the information available to us, is that the University seemed to be acting in good faith over the summer with the contract extension and salary increase but there really isn’t the same level of reciprocity coming form the coach.
That last sentence says it all. I like the use of the word reciprocity.
My comments have not been posting. ???
the above looks like a posted comment.
Don’t leave the site until you see you comment post out of the comment box. When posting from my iPhone I has sometimes had to hit Post Comment twice and wait a bit for it to actually post.
Everybody has been praising how well the Houston coach has handled the similar situation. Unless I missed something, he hasnt digned his new contract. Why not? If he is definitely staying, the contract would be signed, sealed, and delivered.
I don’t mind how this situation has been handled. He listened to an offer from Missouri. Maybe he used the opportunity to see how an SEC program was being run. Maybe he was interested. It doesn’t matter. He didn’t get/take the job. This is the coaching landscape in 2015. Hell, even Nick Saban flirted with Texas and he has one of the best jobs in college football.
This is Temple. No on campus stadium. No P-5 benefits. 1/3 of the salary he could be making. Houston had vision. They saw this situation coming and came up with a 3+ million offer minths ago. The crickets that are coming out of E-O are the same crickets coming from the AD right now as well. Maybe these guys have been secretly negotiating. I hope so, but if he leaves, he leaves. Just have to find the next siamond in the rough.