The football team entered this season with a goal, which was to win the Mid-American Conference.
Some might have thought the goal was a lofty one, being this was the Owls’ first season as full-fledged members of the conference. They were coming off of an 1-11 campaign the previous year.
But coach Al Golden did not flinch.
“The […]

Al Golden was introduced as Temple’s 24th football coach nearly two years ago and quickly made it known that he planned to turn the Owls into a championship-caliber team.
I laughed. You laughed. Anyone who knew an iota about Temple football laughed.
A cast of characters had failed to reverse Temple’s fortune and the overly optimistic Golden […]

The leading receiver in the football team’s 24-14 win over Kent State Saturday wasn’t even a receiver during his high school career.
Sophomore Dy’Onne Crudup was a quarterback and running back at Hyde Leadership School, in Hamden, Conn., leading his team to back-to-back state titles under center.
But Crudup did his thing against Kent State, catching seven […]

If the men’s basketball team’s loss to Providence Thursday was a bad dream, its defeat to Charleston Friday was nothing short of a nightmare.
Temple blew a 25-point halftime lead, allowing the Cougers to shoot 68 percent in the second half to win the game, 79-76, at the Puerto Rico Tip-Off Classic. This came one day […]

The football team was blown out last year when it traveled to Penn State and on the surface, Saturday’s 31-0 loss doesn’t look much better than the 47-0 beating they took one year ago.
But what a difference a year makes.
The Owls stood toe-to-toe with the No. 25 team in the country for the entire first […]