Temple Football Forever: Temple Football Forever WINS!!!!!

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Temple Football Forever WINS!!!!!

Wow.
Some good competition from some great blogs and we finished No. 1 in the awards announced yesterday.
Hopefully, the road to the MAC title provides enough good reading material for a repeat next year at this time.

5 comments:

Ms. GD said...: Woohoo... congrats :D; 12:22 PM
Temple Football Forever said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 9:39 PM
Aady said...: This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.; 10:52 AM
Temple Football Forever said...: Thanks for checking in, Aady.; 10:10 PM
Admin said...: Very impressive. I just came across this blog because I have a friend that played at Temple.

We can all agree that there are countless college football blogs out there and surely less than .1% of them have won an award like this.; 1:35 PM

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"I can't promise you much but I'm going to promise you one thing as I stand in front of you today: I'm going to give you guys the same commitment, the same trust, the same work ethic that we as a university demand from you.. ... I wanted to sign a 10-year, a 20-year contract here, but Bill wouldn't let me."
_ Matt Rhule, head football coach
Temple University

"After talking with Bill (Bradshaw), I was pumped up about coming back. But then I realized that, for now at least, the NFL is where I want to be. There is no doubt in my mind that you can have a winning program at Temple. No doubt whatsoever. There's no comparison between what they have now and what I had when I was there."
_ Former Temple head coach Bruce Arians, now interim head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, upon withdrawing his name for consideration for the Temple head coaching job on Dec. 1, 2005; a week later, Al Golden was named head coach
Bruce Arians vs. winning MAC teams:
5-0
Temple 35, Toledo 6
Temple 49, Western Michigan 17
Temple 23, Akron 3
Temple 13, Toledo 12
Temple 37, Akron 17
Al Golden vs. winning MAC teams: 0-14

"It's very difficult for us to represent to our students that this is a first-rate University without providing the experiences that are offered elsewhere. A great football team, a great basketball team, a great dance program [among other things] . . . our students are entitled to all of that and we will provide it." _ the late Howard Gittis, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Temple University

"Temple's success in 1A football would clearly help its image. Immediate positive public identification with Temple as a whole is what we're talking about. .... Temple's overall image has been boosted by the success of men's basketball led by Coach Chaney. Success in 1A football would have a far greater impact nationally than basketball (or virtually anything else) in developing the University's overall image. . ...Universities with 1A football programs must invest to succeed ..."
_ Peter J. Liacouras, Chancellor, Temple University

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Quote of the Year ... "It's a cool coincidence that my dad went to Temple, but he could have gone to Florida, USC or Alabama and I'd still be going to Temple. I know that's where I want to be." _ All-American first-team kicker Jim Cooper, Jr.... ...

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