Last donation: 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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Temple Football Forever 
I am now very optimistic about this season. Temple’s D is built to stop the spread this year. They looked great. This D is not built to stop the inside run of the triple option. Temple shouldnt play another power running team this year.
I still think 10-2 and winning the Division is a real possibility. Beat PSU next week and it becomes a strong possibility.
Beat PSU with this schedule after it and there is a hole wide enough to drive a truck through to double-digit wins. Must beat PSU. Last game of the series for a LONG while and it would be sweet to go out 2-0. Kent State blows and hung with PSU. Pitt was leading Villanova, 14-7, late into the third quarter. Nova stinks.
I guess I’m a bit dense here Mike but your comparisons above are to indicate that PSU is beatable next weekend? I agree it will be tough tho since they put up a lot of points in a big comback effort and stifled Pitt more and more as the game wore on. McSorely looked pretty good.
What a way to lose for USF. Opens up things for the Owls in conference.
Go Owls, beat PSU.
Pitt struggled with VIllanova (and lost to Navy in the bowl game). Penn State struggled with Kent before scoring a late touchdown to put some lipstick on that pig. Yes, it’s true Temple lost to Army but Temple is a much better team against more conventional offenses. It’s quite possible that where we sit now, Temple is the best team in the state. We will find out on Saturday. With JT back and rolling that pocket to help “Phillip” see the field better, I think Temple can score a lot of points.
I thought USF beat NIU, 48-17. What loss are you talking about?
Haha, I think he’s talking about the Uconn game.
PSU showed much coming back against Pitt…., Barkley scored five time and Joe Moorhead owns Phil Snow…, PSU 37 – Temple 9 as McSorley outplays Walker and Barkley runs for over 135 yards
i respectfully disagree. Temple will win, but it will be closer than 27-10 but not quite as close as the 6.5 spread (PSU favored). Temple 24, Penn State 16. I think a lot of the line is based on historical factors, name recognition, homefield, revenge play and not as much to do with personnel or matchups.
i love it when KJ picks us to lose bcuz it’s usually means we will win. remember he picked us to lose to Penn St last year? He’s r reverse good luck charm.
Nobody will be happier WHEN Temple wins than K.J. I think this prediction of PSU is just his doubling down on his bad last year prediction. A reverse wammy. Last year, he had PSU winning, 34-13. Temple should have won 34-10 if Matt wasn’t such a nice guy and fell on the ball deep in PSU territory. Since this is the last game of the series, no more Mr. Nice Guy. Owls have got to roll it up with a 4-year starter at QB against a rookie.
Yesterday the Owls were dominating. The only flies in the ointment are the increasing number of injuries and the dropped passes. Can’t have drops if the Owls expect to win especially when they result in interceptions. That’s occurred in both games.
I think they will eventually work Wright in as a starter for the guys who drop balls and Kirkwood, who improved his play, will probably win the possession receiver job. Love to see them do funky things with JT if he comes back (reverses, bubble screens, long bombs, regular screens). JT has very underrated hands.
Bring PJ back this guy Phil looks terrible. He’s a 4 year starter and so far he can’t complete 50% of his passes. Without Thomas they are feckless on offense. The other backs have no home run potential. Glenn Thomas’ game plans show no imagination. Lots of runs with short passes outside the hash marks. As for the crowd, really hot day against an overmatched opponent.
generally agree with the GT game plans. The first week was an abomination and there was a little improvement the second week. Do not try to make Russell Wilson (Phil) into Tom Brady and I think he rolled the pocket a bit more. Phil is very accurate on the run, not so much in the pocket where he has 6-5 guys jumping at him that impede his vision.
We are going to learn a lot about Temple this week.
1. If it is the same vanilla Offense that we saw in the first two weeks, then Thomas is not cut out to be an OC. I understand showing nothing the first 2 weeks. Stonybrook put up no fight and Army had the ball so much that it was hard to get into a rhythm. He better show something this week.
2. If this “faster, more athletic” defense is really better than last years.
3. If Temple has taken a step forward where they can go into a hostile stadium and compete, or will they crumble like Temple of old.
No. 3 is a great question. Was Vandy a hostile environment? Probably not because of the the rain delay. ECU certainly was and the Owls got the job done down there. This is ECU times two.
i love it when KJ picks us to lose bcuz it’s usually means we will win. remember he picked us to lose to Penn St last year? He’s r reverse good luck charm.
To be honest, they had to win that game big. Now the real season begins. Let us see what happens.
Oops, I WAS talking about the UConn game – sorry.