Temple Owls NCAA Football News

IT TOOK several decades, but Temple football is finally flying high with a 7-2 record.

Week 10 was kind to all three bettors, who covered their picks with ease. Stanford beat Oregon to give James Manos his second win in as many weeks, while Lee Sterling bounced back with Miami and Jorge Gonzalez did the same with Northern Illinois.

BERNARD PIERCE doesn't like to bring himself back to those days when everything around him seemed to be collapsing.

A very wise man ,A once told me that a good offensive coordinator is like a magician.

Temple's Bernard Pierce is nation's best collegiate athlete you've maybe never heard of.

After his team finished off a dramatic win over visiting Miami of Ohio on Thursday night, Temple football coach Al Golden said the victory was even more significant than the Owls' come-from-behind conquest of Navy five days earlier on the road.

The NCAA rejected a final appeal to reinstate Dez Bryant and Oklahoma State has probably seen the last of its All-America receiver.

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Temple football coach Al Golden said of his true freshman running back Bernard Pierce, "I think he's starting to hit his stride." That is not shocking news.

Based on records available to sports information director Scott Strasemeier, the 267 yards rushing by Temple tailback Bernard Pierce are believed to be the most against Navy in the history of the program.

It appears the 267 yards rushing by Temple tailback Bernard Pierce is the second-highest total ever recorded against Navy.

The question was posed to a young Bernard Pierce in the locker room at Lincoln Financial Field a couple of weeks ago.

Al Golden took over a Temple football program that struggled to compete in the Big East Conference and was embarrassingly booted out of the league for not meeting attendance and stadium requirements.

Posted by ESPN.com's Graham Watson Temple is bowl eligible for the first time since 1990.

Four nominees for the AT&T All-America Player of the Week award have been announced after the ninth week of college football action, and AT&T* is relying on fans to determine who rules the gridiron.

Bernard Pierce rushed for 267 yards, including a 41-yard touchdown with 2:41 left, and James Nixon returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown as Temple became bowl eligible Saturday with a 27-24 victory over Navy.

A year ago, Temple lost its best shot at a bowl game when it blew a 20-point lead and lost to Navy in overtime.

Alabama's Terrence "Mount" Cody blocked a Tennessee field goal on the last play, his second block in the fourth quarter, to preserve a 12-10 win and the Tide's unbeaten record.

Highland Park's star running back, Nate Smith, has a dream of playing in the NFL.

Highland Park High School's outstanding running back Nate Smith has made a non-binding, verbal commitment to attend Temple University.