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Woo! Friday FOOTBAW FOOTBAW FOOTBAW!

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:26:39 -0500

[Happy Football Friday all. -KHD] It's the Friday after Thanksgiving, which means most of you are still stuffed and/or hungover. It also means you've likely figured out that Commercialism Friday is much easier from home - deals and free shipping to be found online! (No, seriously - if you haven't seen some of the deals on Amazon, you need to go check them out.) Digressing, there's college football on today. The Temple Owls have been led by a QB that just flies past def...

CBSSports.com BlogPoll #14

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:00:21 -0500

You know how up to this year Steve Spurrier always cast a vote for Duke in some sort of acknowledgment to the absurdity of preseason polls? I'm doing my version of that this week, not in protest but as an admission to the lack of truly good teams outside the top eight. The benefactor? Your winners of nine straight games the Temple Owls. RankTeamDelta 1 Florida 2 Alabama 3 Texas 4 TCU 5 Cincinnati 6 Boise State 7 Georgia Tech 8 Pittsburgh 9 Oreg...

Temple Athletics' Super Saturday Sweep

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:20:00 -0500

On a busy day for the student body, pep band and PA announcer, the Temple Owls pulled off and impressive football/basketball doubleheader, Saturday, claiming victory at both ends of Broad Street by night’s end. The party started early for fans...

Owls run all over hapless Zips; Akron coughs up early 10-point advantage

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:57:42 -0500

The Temple Owls prepared for a stretch run to a Mid- American Conference East Division title with a resounding 56-17 victory over the Akron Zips on Friday night before a meager announced crowd of 10,927 at InfoCision Stadium.

Temple Football News

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:29:02 -0500

In case you haven’t noticed, the Temple Owls are a pretty daggone good football team. They are 7-2, and winners of 7 straight. They have the best freshman running back in the country, Bernard Pierce, who has rushed for 1,211 already this season with three games left to play. Tonight they face a team that [...]

Temple Men's Hoops Preview: The Year Without Christmas

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:05:35 -0500

With the upcoming NCAA season upon us, we're happy to introduce some in-depth coverage of at least one of the local teams. Nick Menta, a junior at Temple who has been watching the Owls play on North Broad since he was 10 years old, will be discussing the Owls here and there throughout the season, starting with this preview of what we can expect from this year's team, which is in a major transition period as you'll read below. If you'd like to contribute posts on ...

The Temple Owls are 4-2 and Have Their First 4-Game Winning Streak Since the Beginning of Ronald Reagan's Second Term

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:55:00 -0500

Read all about it here.You have to believe that if the Owls have a winning season and even go to a bowl game that head coach Al Golden will get more feelers than he did last year, when he was a serious candidate for the UCLA job. He's working wonders on North Broad Street, and those wonders will get him noticed. From a personal standpoint, it's great to see the revival of Temple football. My father played there generations ago, and I spent a good part of weekend Saturdays going to gam...

Sweet Home Philadelphia: Temple Wins MAC Opener at Home over Buffalo

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:10:54 -0500

Big Owls keep on hootin’ Carry us home to a win Singing songs about the Linc I miss Philly once again And I think it's a sin, yes “Sweet Home Philadelphia,” idiotically rendered from Lynyrd Skynyrd’s much better “Sweet Home Alabama.” Many apologies to Lynyrd Skynyrd and Alabama Crimson Tide fans. Two weeks and two losses later, the Temple Owls have their first win. At home in Philadelphia, the Owls easily defeated the Buffalo Bulls (confusing with the ...

Temple run over by Penn State

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:41:00 -0500

Temple Owls 2009 ... Head Coach: Al Golden

Penn State Handles The Owls 31-6

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:21:43 -0500

More photos » by Carolyn Kaster - AP about 2 hours ago: Penn State running back Evan Royster (22) stretches for a touchdown against Temple defenders Muhammad Wilkerson (96) and John Hayley (46) during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009, in State College, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Browse more photos » Penn State did what they needed to do today in easily hand...

Owls breakdown with Temple Football Forever

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:30:00 -0500

The Temple Owls roll into Beaver Stadium this week, a full two weeks after their shocking upset at the hands of cross-town rival Villanova. Temple had dreams of a bowl bid this year, and it's still attainable, but probably less so now. The Nittany Lions and the Owls have played 39 times, with Penn State owning the series, 34-3-1. Today we'll hear from Mike Gibson, publisher of the outstanding [read:only] Temple Owls football blog Temple Football Forever. ZN: Temple was minus-three in ...

Football Tonight! Temple vs. Villanova at the Linc

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:33:00 -0500

Villanova's football team will take on the Temple Owls this evening at Lincoln Financial Field in what is being dubbed the Mayor's Cup. We asked Mike Gibson of TempleFootballForever for his thoughts on the highly anticipated city rivalry game. Any regular readers going? This game is intriguing on so many levels. One, the game itself, matches a crafty old coach, Andy Talley, against a young guy, Al Golden, who earned a stellar reputation as a recruiter. Usuall...

Temple Football: Promising Season Ahead

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:40:40 -0500

The Temple Owls football program hasn't been successful in a long time. As the losing continued, the Owls dug themselves a deeper and deeper hole. Third year head coach Al Golden is helping the Cherry and White slowly dig out of that hole. Temple has made huge strides in just two years under Golden. In his first year at the helm, the Owls won just one game. After starting '08 with four-straight losses after a season-opening win, Golden’s team won four of its last seven games....

2009 NFP scouting series: Temple

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:32:00 -0500

Owls beginning to develop NFL prospects.

First Look '09: Temple Owls

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:00:00 -0500

Temple will be better this season. And that's saying a lot after a 5-7 campaign in 2008, which included THREE gut-wrenching losses on the last play of the game. That's like three Michigan 2005's in one season. Temple returns a ton of talent, and has even more waiting on the sidelines. When Penn State scheduled Temple for a regular series, fans rolled their eyes, but this year's Owls could turn out to be an unlikely bowl contender, and Penn State's toughest non-conference ...

2009 Temple Owls Football Preview

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:17:19 -0500

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Local & Regional Game Watch Locations Announced

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:31:37 -0500

Want to watch the Temple Owls take on Arizona State with fellow friends and alumni? Click here for a list of local and regional viewing parties.

THE OWLS GO DANCING!!

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:29:27 -0500

For the first time since 2001 when they reached the elite eight, the Temple Owls got an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament by beating the St. Joseph's Hawks 69-64.