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One of the things about getting older is having pains in places where you've never had them before. Because I had a pain in my leg I couldn't identify other than it being nerve related, I mentioned that to my physician and he referred me to a neurologist. That was way back in April.
Something Temple offensive coordinator Tyler Walker said about quarterbacks and getting them up to game speed stood out like a (not so) sore thumb. Or leg. Or shoulder.
The more one hears K.C. Keeler talk, the more impressed you have to be with the guy. That goes both for his opening day press conference a week ago and his talk with Temple grad Zach Gelb (above). Take the saga of defensive lineman Sekou Kromah, who committed to Rutgers on Sunday.
In an interview in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 2009, Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz threw in this casual remark about Bruce Arians: "Firing Bruce Arians was the biggest mistake Temple football ever made."
To hear K.C. Keeler tell it at American Conference Media Day, the Temple quarterback starting job is not settled law as practice starts in earnest this week. In fact, it looks like a two-man battle between Cherry and White game star Jaxon Smolik and a guy who might fit offensive coordinator Tyler Walker's scheme even better--Ajani Sheppard.
Everything is a lot more expensive these days. I learned that the hard way this week. Having been an automotive AAA member for more than 25 years, I was shocked when my $125 yearly stipend gave me the "privilege" of having a new battery dropped into my car on Sunday for the princely sum (at least for me) of $247.
An unexpected question led to an unexpected answer from second-year Temple head coach K.C. Keeler during one of the many media day side interviews. Someone asked Keeler about "taking back" arguably his top defensive lineman of a year ago, Sekou Kromah, if a court challenge the player had against the NCAA succeeded. The expected answer was that the Owls were supporting Kromah in his effort to play…
When Astronauts first landed on the moon, the phrase of the day was: "Tranquility base here, the Eagle has landed." That referred to the lunar module, which was The Eagle, and the spokesman was the first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong. (And to you skeptics, yes, it was real and we did it 57 years ahead of the current technology.)
Took a week off to recharge the batteries. That was the plan. Little did I know that would be literally. In this case, not recharge but replace.
The morning after arguably the greatest win in Temple football history, there are no words. Literally no words are coming out of my mouth, at least in the sense of being able to talk this morning.
