There’s a post on social media circulating about a daytime talk show host named Ana Navarro and people are falling into a couple of separate camps.

Evidently she dropped a few pounds recently and almost all of the comments from the women are: “She looks fabulous” or “gorgeous” or “stunning” or “beautiful.”

That’s one team. Team Women.

Team Men are not seeing it. Almost all of the comments from the guys are a little more objective.

Lost a few pounds, yes. Gorgeous, no. Nothing mean, just calling balls and strikes and she is high and outside the box.

Ironically, there are women on that same daytime show who could be objectively considered fabulous, stunning, gorgeous and beautiful and Sunny Hostin, Sarah Haines and Alyssa Farrah-Griffin would certainly fall into that category. Definitely strikes as in striking.

Closer to 10 than six.

Navarro most definitely not.

Closer to a four than a 10.

Depends on which team you support, I guess.

There are certain Temple fans who look at this 2023 version of the Owls through Cherry-colored glasses and see the Owls as a 10.

You could count me in that group after the end of last season when I saw real momentum and thought if the Owls just added a big-time running back via the portal they could be beautiful this year.

They did not and, if they struggle in the running game like they did a year ago, it has a trickle-down effect on the rest of the team. Clock isn’t eaten. The defense stays on the field more than it should. Wins are harder to come by.

That’s why stepping back and taking off the Cherry-and-White colored glasses is important when breaking down the coming season game-by-game.

I think the Owls are closer to a six than a 10.

Here is my game-by-game prediction for the Owls. My fervent hope is that Temple wins every game I pick them to win and adds at least a couple more.

Temple 33, Akron 29 _ Like a lot of these games you will see below, Temple can just as easily lose this game as it can win it. Joe Moorhead has beaten Temple before and he can again. His offense will give Everett Withers fits but Akron had one of the worst defenses in the FBS and the edge in this game goes to Temple’s far superior quarterback, E.J. Warner, and some Power 5 level receivers in Amad Anderson (Purdue transfer), Dante Wright (FBS freshman of the year in 2019), Zae Baines, and true freshman Richard Dandridge. Plus, don’t sleep on Temple’s real strength this season, the TE combo of Jordan Smith and David Martin-Robinson.

Temple 21, Rutgers 17 _ Going with the upset in this one simply because as explosive as Temple’s offense looked in the last six games of the season, someone diffused the RU offense that finished with a 37-0 loss at Maryland (a team Temple beat in consecutive seasons as recently as 2019).

Temple 44, Norfolk State 14 _ Norfolk State lost to Marshall 55-3 last season. Temple won’t duplicate that but it will be a thrashing nonetheless.

Miami 35, Temple 21 _ If Miami plays the way it did in a 44-27 home loss to Middle Tennessee, Temple can win this game but if the Hurricanes play the way they played in their five wins, this could get away from Temple really quick.

Temple 29, Tulsa 27 _ One of the more disappointing losses of the Temple season from my point of view was last year’s 29-16 one at the Linc to Tulsa. The Owls were able to take Navy into overtime and that was the same Navy team that hammered Tulsa, 59-27. Owls get revenge on the road this season. Gotta think games against Washington and Oklahoma will take a physical toll on Tulsa, who are under a first-year head coach (former Indiana HC Kevin Wilson).

USTA 35, Temple 33 _ Temple’s biggest game of the season will be Homecoming. Last year, the Owls sent a large crowd home heartbroken with a 16-14 loss to Rutgers. This one is shaping up as the same way. Don’t like the matchup between future NFL quarterback Frank Walker and Everett Withers’ defense.

North Texas 34, Temple 31 _ Probably asking Temple to win this game on the road is a stretch but if the Owls fall to, say, RU, they need to make up for it with a later win and this qualifies.

SMU 41, Temple 35 _ SMU has been ahead of the Owls since Rod Carey stepped on campus and Drayton has made strides but probably not enough.

Temple 17, Navy 14 _ Navy fired one of the best coaches in college football, Ken Niumatalolo, and will pay for it with a one- or two-win season. The Owls won’t be one of those wins.

Temple 31, USF 30 _ Temple beat this team 54-28 last season. It will be a lot closer under a new coach.

UAB 32, Temple 24 _ UAB has been one of the best stories in college football, dropping the sport in 2014 only to come back and win three championships. New coach Trent Dilfer hit the portal hard.

Memphis 36, Temple 35 _ Temple has won the last two games in Philadelphia but don’t trust the Owls’ defense in this one.

It’s not a perfect 10, but it’s not the ugly three we’ve seen for the last couple of years so there is some beauty in that.

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