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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 
Fizzy is right but I’ll say it a million times
Gimme two TE’s and two backs
One WR, be he Wright, Blue, or Mack
Tons of bodies for the power run game, and still 5 eligible receivers on the field
Imagine that offense
Make em wonder which back they’re facing
Mess with em; our TE’s are good for yards after the catch
And imagine if our best receivers were fresh on every snap because we rotated them into the one receiver spot
Old school became old school because it worked
We’ve got four good tight ends, two who can move like WRs and block like guards. No reason to have at least two of them on the field to kick-start what has been a sick running game for the last two weeks. If we can’t run to set up the pass, we’re as doomed as those 63-21 and 45-21 scores indicate.
Did you mean “no reason not to have at least two of them on the field”?
Yes. Trying to avoid the double negative took away the meaning. Coaches should look at last year’s Maryland game film and that’s exactly what I mean; big, strong fast tight ends in motion ahead of the tailback and leading the way for runs of 4-5-6 yards at a time. That puts more blockers at the point of attack than there are defenders in that specific area to ward off those blocks.
Rod Carey has a choice to make. Is he going to be a sheep and follow the herd and continue the RPO offense? Or is he going to a lead dog and throw out the RPO in favor of a power offense? There is no doubt that such an offense works. Quite well in fact, so much so that even Doug Peterson used it Sunday. Defenses are geared to stopping RPO offenses. As the Inquirer wrote last week, there are no more prototypical linebackers anymore, just beefed up safeties. That opens the door to a power offense. Becasue so many teams play RPO, defensive coordinators can’t afford to stock the team with guys who can stop the run. This will only change when enough teams realize that the key to success is running over the smaller defenses, Til then, a power running game will succeed, Just ask Rhule and peterson.
Also, this team still has more of the players in place to run that kind of offense successfully. Less ‘pieces’ have to be added to the rooster especially if a couple of impact players can be brought in via the transfer portal. As I’ve said before the biggest thing missing is have a QB who is really suited to run the RPO. I don’t know about Beatty but Russo is certainly not an RPO QB and I have my doubts regarding Centeio as well. The more I see of him the more he looks more like a Walker style QB, good mobility to escape a rush, make yardage on a broken play, etc but not a QB you want running the ball a dozen times a game.
Nice comments. Power O with tight-ends and H-backs would’ve juiced the run and set up passes. Injuries played a significant role in the last two debacles: Fair, Hennessy, Walls, etc. Will be fun to see if the Owls can turn it around vs USF.
Fun if they do. Not so much fun if they don’t.
This is from a weekly post in the Athletic Webpage. From a weekly column on the G5 schools. Temple is sinking like a rock and this is a sad comment on the state of the program. Which direction are we going in here??
Power Rankings
1. SMU (8-0)
2. Appalachian State (7-0)
3. Cincinnati (6-1)
4. Memphis (7-1)
5. Boise State (6-1)
6. Navy (6-1)
7. UCF (6-2)
8. Air Force (6-2)
9. San Diego State (7-1)
10. Hawaii (5-3)
11. Wyoming (6-2)
12. Tulane (5-3)
13. Louisiana Tech (7-1)
14. Temple (5-3)
15. Louisiana Lafayette (5-2)
South
Game day Saturday night ESPN is going to be there for the SMU Memphis game . Temple is heading way way way south .
The AAC is really, really good. Bottomline: UCF, Cincy, SMU, Memphis, Tulane, USF, and Navy have more talent and deeper rosters than Temple. And, five of those teams could easily wind up in the Coaches Poll Top 25.
Stats below are telling..,
https://www.underdogdynasty.com/2019/10/30/20934356/aac-graphs-and-charts-stats-numbers-never-lie-p6-american (last bullet comment under the last chart nails it)
Can you imagine a fired up UConn team with a chance to keep Temple from becoming bowl eligible?
So far, the incoming 2020 recruiting class is shaping up to be another bottom half class. That will make four years in a row. It is IMPOSSIBLE to be one of the top teams in the conference with bottom half talent.
https://247sports.com/college/temple/Season/2020-Football/Commits/
MR had it right. First priority, out-recruit your conference. Two, establish and maintain your identity. Three, win your conference and good things will happen.
Carey is a good man. I just don’t believe he will ever accomplish one or more of the three above.
They can keep it. I’m out until this Indiana connection moves out of No Philly.
I’m with you kj , this coaching staff has a lot to prove to me before I get back in with this team . Too much talent to be getting blown out like this in games. One of the worst offense of teams in the country coaching . Defense not too good either coaching . Special-teams one of the worst in the country coaching .
I hate to bring it up but this team could easily be 4-4 if not 3-5. Against Memphis it took a reversal of what surely looked like a catch but luckily wasn’t and against Maryland the Owls almost gave the game away several times. I think the fact that they won those games requires a little credit be given Carey’s way. I can’t imagine how vitriolic the comments would be had they lost those games.
Dominating Georgia Tech (which beat Miami, which beat Pitt, which beat UCF) was a big feather in Carey’s cap. These last two weeks have been a nuclear-type implosion and cannot be traced to the loss of three players, no matter how good they are. Carey’s got to right this ship and beat USF and Tulane. He doesn’t have to beat Cincy, but that would be nice.