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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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 
Maybe I’m just being a curmudgeon over the stadium and I totally get the cost issues with Lurie, but dang is it nice to play at the Linc (I sit at the 45-47 yd line) with all of the stadium’s amenities. Plus, I’ve always wondered how much it helped Kraft to set up big time opponents at home because we are one of the few that use an NFL stadium. I’m sure it helped with scouting too. Finally, I’ve always expressed concern over the ~35k stadium idea. Sure, it meets the needs of today, but does it meet the needs of a NYE game team? Not suggesting we’re going to hit that mark tomorrow. The last decade of this team has shown methodical improvement (read, the slope trends up). Being at the Penn State and ND game a couple years back was magical and PACKED. I’d like to see that again, and we don’t have the land to “build now and plan for growth”. What we get is what we will have.
They better still have those sausage sandwiches at TU Stadium….
It’s a hard call either way but I certainly hope it doesn’t look anything like that stadium in the drawing. Give me the FAU stadium over that any day of the week. They can fit it into that shoehorn but making it three decks and putting the seats a lot closer to the field.
Maybe it’s less expensive to build it the way it’s shown in the drawing instead of multiple decks over each other. And maybe all the “multi-use” things like stores, restaurants, class rooms, etc. would be built under the seating as shown, altho seating doesn’t have to cover the other facilities so stacked deck seating could be done. And maybe (hopefully) it allows for future expansion upward adding decks later. Seems like the upper seating shown could be moved forward over the lower seats to achieve the stacked deck effect you refer to Mike. All in all tho, I’ll bet cost probably has a lot to do with the design.
I’ll say the same thing here , that I said to my ex mother in law, who didn’t like the way I designed my house.
“Pay for the house, and you can have it built anyway you’d like”. The same goes to you, Mr. Gibson.
To me, one of the main reasons to build a stadium is to give Temple such a homefield advantage that conference opponents fear coming here. That design defeats the purpose. I don’t see much more of an advantage with this design than what we currently have at the Linc in terms of sound. Hate to build something that our fans regret when we have models like the BC one and the Georgia Tech one that put the fans closer to the action for essentially the same price tag.
So your basing your opinion on the project based on an artist rendition of the stadium ?
And you can really tell from that conception that the seats are going to be sloped and not on top of the field ? The details in that artist rendition of the proposed stadium aren’t that clear to me.
The Temple home field advantage will be having home field on campus . Imagine thousands of screaming fans cheering , as the temple diamond band leads the team out of the EO complex Saturday morning, down Norris Street towards the stadium .
That scenario you described is no different than what Temple has at the Linc now. Mike is right. Maximize the noise inside the stadium DURING THE ACTUAL GAME by keeping the sound inside and not letting it escape. A more enclosed stadium with fans right on top of the action does that. (Anyway, hasn’t Englert said that he will look at ways at reducing the noise for the neighbors? Keeping it in the box accomplishes that.)
The Linc helps with recruiting Ben? What high school kid comes to what looks like an empty stadium (25K in a stadium that holds 70k looks like a ghost town). Not only will a Temple Stadium improve recruiting efforts, it will help build on the academic progress by drawing more students and increasing admissions competition. This could be another model….looks like that project was a year and a half, but this is Philly
Forgot this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yulman_Stadium
*What high school kid comes to what looks like an empty stadium (25K in a stadium that holds 70k looks like a ghost town) and is excited to play there?
Pro recruiting. Never meant HS.
Biggest concern is the budget numbers that have been put out there, $130 million. In this market, I think you get something close to a high school stadium on steroids, which is kind of what that rendering looks like. Don’t know how much that helps the program move forward. The other question I have, do students currently get tickets to the game for free / minimal cost? I ask this because one of the “selling” points of the OCS is that students “can just roll out of bed” to a game, but will that really be the case if the cost of tickets is considerably higher than the current set up?
Yes, looks like a glorified Northeast High Field. As far as the students, all students get into football and basketball games for free (not really free, part of their “student activities fee) and we have 12.5 kids living on campus and still have a hard time drawing 4K total fans to our beautiful on-campus hoop facility. If we keep winning like we have the last three years, maybe that won’t apply to football. Lose, though, and it’s going to be the same Mausoleum the LC has turned into now.
The poor basketball attendance has always been my devil’s advocate argument in my head. BUT. When you think about it they are apples and oranges. Though Temple is referred to as a ‘basketball school’, we’re not UCONN. Students would much rather drink and carry on before and after a football game than a basketball game. Rather than 15 games that you know you’ll make eventually, football has 6 set games. If you don’t make it you missed your shot. With any luck Temple football will keep on the up-and-up and home games at 330 will pull close to 10k hammered, proud, TUFF, students.
KJ has posted on this site that he has seen several artists renderings of the field. My question to KJ if he has seen something different than the rendering released to the public yesterday?
more pictures
https://imgur.com/a/5AXfq
I only see one picture of the stadium. There’s another drawing of the street and a map. I’m kind of hoping to see other conceptions of the stadium.
“Multi-purpose” really is a good strategy/plan. For one thing, it underscores what college should be all about – classrooms, research, community outreach (in the inner city), retail and sports combined. It’s not just another sports facility, but combines the stadium (seating, a field, concessions and sports related gathering places) with all those other educational/retail uses.
BTW, 35K is a bit more than a glorified HS stadium. The exterior multi-purpose appearance will go a long way to bolster more-than-just-a-stadium concept and blend into, even enhance, the bordering neighborhood. I’ve been to Temple games at several Mid American (not Atlantic, Mike) Conference schools (Ohio, Miami, Kent, Ball St.) and, while empty seats prevail, the stadiums are nicely designed. This Temple design is as nice or nicer than those, IMO. But a really significant main stadium entrance with owl motifs would be an appealing addition. As I’ve said before, it’s too bad no one had the forethought to save some of the owl sculptures from old Temple Stadium.
Just for the record, I’ve been to Bowling Green also…..