Archive: September, 2012
Only nine freshmen started on offense and defense for Big East Conference football teams last week. Temple had five of them.
That statistic emphasizes the challenge that Owls coach Steve Addazio faces this season.
“But that investment is going to come back,” Addazio said. “It might not come back next week or next month. But it’s going to come back. That’s what it is. We are building this thing for the long haul here.”
Former Temple standouts Lance Johnstone and Marc Jackson are the headliners of the 2012 Temple Athletic Hall of Fame class.
The group of six individuals and the Owls 1988 NCAA women’s lacrosse championship team will be inducted during Temple’s homecoming game against South Florida on Oct. 6.
Johnstone was a standout linebacker on Temple's football team in the mid 1990s. He holds the school record for career solo tackles (288) and is second in career total stops (429). The Philadelphia native went on play eight seasons in the NFL with the Oakland Raiders and Minnesota Vikings.
ABC will televise Temple's noon homecoming game and Big East opener against South Florida on Oct. 6.
WPVI (ABC/Philadelphia) will serve as the local affiliate for the Big East Newtork, which is promoting this game as next week's game of the week. The Owls (1-2) are on their second of two bye weeks before entertaining the Bulls (2-2, 0-1 Big East) at Lincoln Financial Field.
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Temple placekicker/punter Brandon McManus was named the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference specialist of the week on Tuesday.
This comes one day after the senior was named the Big East specialist of the week for the second time this season.
McManus made two field goals (33 and 42 yards) in Saturday’s 24-13 setback to Penn State. He also averaged 48.5 yards on six punts.
The start time for Temple's homecoming game and Big East opener against South Florida on Oct. 6 has been set for 12 p.m.
The Big East Network will televise the game as its game of the week. The local affiliate will be announced at a later date.
The Owls (1-2) begin their second of two bye weeks before entertaining the Bulls (2-2, 0-1 Big East) at Lincoln Financial Field.
Big East Power Rankings: Week 5
This could be a long, long season for Temple.
The Owls (1-2) can’t catch the ball and give up too many big plays on defense. Unless things change, they’ll be lucky to win five games. That’s why Temple dropped to last place in my Big East Power Rankings.
Temple placekicker/punter, Brandon McManus, was named the Big East specialist of the week on Monday.
The senior made two field goals (33 and 42 yards) in Saturday’s 24-13 setback to Penn State. He also averaged 48.5 yards on six punts.
This is McManus’ second conference specialist-of-the-week award this season.
Temple placekicker/punterBrandon McManus received College Football Performance Awards honorable-mention honors as a specialist and punter on Sunday.
The senior made two field goals (33 and 42 yards) in Saturday’s 24-13 setback to Penn State. He also averaged 48.5 yards on six punts.
Best and Worst awards for Temple vs. Penn State game
STATE COLLEGE -- My look at some of the best and worst performances from Penn State’s 24-13 victory over Temple on Saturday at Beaver Stadium:
Player in the game: Matt McGloin didn’t look like someone who came to Penn State as a walk-on. The fifth-year senior played like a Heisman Trophy candidate. He completed 24 of 36 passes for 318 yards and a touchdown. Eleven of his passes went for 12 yards or more. McGloin also scored on touchdowns runs from 1 and 2 yards out.
John Mitchell is in his first year covering Temple after two seasons covering the 76ers for the Inquirer, after joining the paper in November 2011. He covered the Washington Wizards for the Washington Times from 1998 to 2008. He's also worked at the Philadelphia Tribune, the Wilmington News Journal, Courier-Post, Trenton Times and Elmira Star-Gazette. He graduated from Overbrook High School in 1983, and he's a graduate of Howard University in Washington DC. Follow him on Twitter @jmitchinquirer or reach him at jmitchell@philly.com.
