Temple Owls NCAA Football News

CLEVELAND, Ohio a ' Rahwaya TMs Andre Neblett, a senior nose tackle for the Temple Owls, was named to the All-Mid-American Conference first team last week.

Temple's 30-year wait for a bowl game is over. The time it took to find out where the Owls will play in the postseason only seemed like it took that long.

SCOTT FEATURED AS IMPACT PLAYER OF THE WEEK ON CBS2 By the time Theo Scott limped to the sideline with an ankle injury, he had already done more than enough to get Ohio University to the Mid-American Conference championship.

Temple's football team received numerous conference honors on Wednesday. Running back Bernard Pierce was named the 2009 Freshman of the Year, sophomore defensive end Adrian Robinson was named the 2009 Defensive Player of the Year by the MAC head coaches.

Ohio quarterback Theo Scott led the Bobcats to the MAC East title. Five Mid-American Conference football teams finished the season bowl eligible, led by the two division champions.

How big is today's Mid American Conference game between Ohio University and Temple at Peden Stadium? Big enough to be nationally televised.

THE OWLS : This is it. The Owls have won nine straight, are bowl-bound, and Al Golden is poised to record Temple's first 10-win season in 30 years.

After Temple's 35-17 loss to Ohio in what was the MAC East Championship game Friday, I've reached one inescapable conclusion: Al Golden is going nowhere.

Scoring Summary FIRST QUARTER TEM OHIO TD 07:58 0 7 SECOND QUARTER TEM OHIO FG 14:52 Brandon McManus 24 Yd 3 7 TD 13:26 3 13 TD 03:03 10 13 THIRD QUARTER TEM OHIO TD 12:15 10 20 TD 07:00 10 26 TD 03:16 17 26 FOURTH QUARTER TEM OHIO TD 10:02 17 32 FG 07:55 Matt Weller 38 Yd 17 35 Photo Wire Temple's Delano Green, left, loses his helmet after he is ...

The media picked Ohio University to finish fourth in the East Division, but Price predicted that the Bobcats would challenge for division and conference championships.

There are three ways to watch the Temple at Ohio game for the MAC East title on Friday .

Under head coach Al Golden, Temple has become one of the more philanthropic football programs in the country, and on Tuesday the team took a break from its preparations for Friday's game against Ohio to deliver boxes and bags of collected canned food items to one of the 12 residencies and shelters in the Bethesda Project in Philadelphia.

Kent State learned just how important true freshman Spencer Keith is to its football hopes during the second-half meltdown of a 47-13 loss to Temple on Saturday at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field.

Temple freshman Bernard Pierce, who has rushed for 1,308 yards and 15 touchdowns on 224 carries, will not play in Friday morning's regular-season finale at Ohio that will determine the Mid-American Conference's East Division champion.

Kent State is not getting the battle for first place it wanted, but the hopes and dreams of 2009 will still be on the line today when the Golden Flashes face Mid-American Conference East Division-leading Temple at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field.

If you are one who believes in possession being nine-tenths of the law and the home-field advantage, then look for Ohio to win the East Division football title this Friday vs.

Matt Brown ran for 156 yards and two touchdowns, and Delano Green had two scores to lead Temple to a 47-13 win over Kent State, keeping the Owls on course for a Mid-American Conference title game appearance.

With two regular-season football games remaining, Temple would move a step closer to the Mid-American Conference's Eastern Division title - and perhaps win it - by defeating Kent State today at Lincoln Financial Field.

This was a game that every University of Akron player, coach and fan would like to dismiss from their memories as soon as possible.

It's been a big year for Temple senior defensive back Dominique Harris. Harris has played extremely well for the Owls.