exactly. this game shows it's not just the talent. stop complaining about talent. coaching is far more important.
Come on Temple!! I am rooting for you guys
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exactly. this game shows it's not just the talent. stop complaining about talent. coaching is far more important.
wow. That was fun! ND pulls it out again.
I think Temple should seriously consider Kyle Flood in 2016.
I think Temple should seriously consider Kyle Flood in 2016.
Go Irish...Temple fans you can return to your moms basement for the next decade
You seem awfully threatened by Temple. I thought we were big time?
It was a fun game and they have nothing to be ashamed of.
Always fun to see guys from Elizabeth and Highland Park NJ give the #9 Irish a game... a Saturday filled with NJ players making plays for everyone else but Rutgers.
In the end Temple did nothing that Rutgers didnt do against Michigan State. Playing close and losing doesnt count
I was rooting for ND just so Rhule's stock doesn't go through the roof.
At least he has some energy to him and his team plays like it.
Flood couldn't fire up kindling wood
At least he has some energy to him and his team plays like it.
Flood couldn't fire up kindling wood
So if your girl Julie able to straighten out this department, make some hires and raise cash we have nothing to worry about when it comes to a team down the turnpike in the AAC.
You act so scared of Temple being a threat to us and then you say they can have South Jersey, as if that isn't part of the State of New Jersey and fertile recruiting grounds for Rutgers.
You make no sense. Hope you enjoyed eating Halloween candy all day by yourself in your moms basement.
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Didn't watch the game since I was at a party, but I'm happy to find out that the Shirley's lost.
I wouldn't agree with that. Playing a close game against a conference opponent that hasn't dominated anyone all year in a breather game for the ranked team, and played on channel 5000-something isn't quite the same thing as going toe-to-toe in the national game of the week when everyone in the country is paying attention, where one team is a traditional bottom-feeder in a conference that's one the outside looking in, but hosting a top-10 college football blue blood. The contexts if the two games couldn't be more different.
um wrong....okay breather game when they didn't get the winning score until 50 seconds left...some breather.
the contexts of the game were different, never said they weren't. Outcomes were the same. A loss is a loss. The difference of course is Temple goes back to obsecurity in the AAC and most likely loses their coach soon. If you think losing close to Notre Dame moves the needle for them you don't know college football...a win and maybe it was different,
This isn't entirely fair.
Last night at Temple is exactly something that this board would have creamed its pants over in 2004/5.
Be objective.
Well, I'm not gonna get involved with that particular argument.
But as this program was being built, and quality wins were in relatively short supply, we clung to all sorts of things.
This board would have been awash with posts of how "we turned out for Gameday" the stadium atmosphere and how close the score was against a Top 5 program of all time. There is no way it wouldn't have.
So why are you so scared of their success? You make no sense once again. Are you ever going to answer this question?
the thing is while perhaps not the national importance of a game...if it really was and no Temple wasn't an national title contender so how important was it....Rutgers has this atmosphere anyway against the Michigans, Penn States, Michigan States of the world so our friend from smurfville can take veiled digs at us but cannot help ignorance
Very simple and I have explained this about a dozen times alread....because we have a crapfest as head coach...so Temple's temporary rise coinciding with the stinkfest we currently have and may have to endure for another season its not something that's beneficial to our program short term. I can give one dump about Temple long term, I am talking here and now. The potential to lose recruits this year or next because we are stuck with a guy that doesn't belong here and Barchi doesn't want to be bothered by having to make a change. I would feel the same way if UConn, Syracuse or Pitt were off to an unbeaten starts and having gameday.
1. It's not Barchi's job to make a change. It's Hermans. Do you realize the responsibilities of a BIG10 college President? It doesn't involve hiring/raising money for coaches.
2. Our biggest threat to losing recruits to Temple is the South Jersey/Philly area. According to you in another post Temple can "have South Jersey". So why are you worried about losing recruits to a part of the state you look down upon in your little Central Jersey bubble?
3. Temple is in the AAC and will lose their coach and will return to irrelevancy in the college football world. We have bigger things and threats to worry about.
1. are you naïve...she is NOT ABLE to spend the $$$. Barchi will block spending above a certain level if he even okays a firing. I mean how many threads do you need to read this in. As for her job to raise it...we have NO big donors, and we never have.
2. I could care one dump about that south jersey, there may be recruits there and they may switch that's all I am worried about, don't be such a girl because I insulted south jersey
3. that's true, I agree and that's why longterm I don't care about them, even if they got into the ACC by some miracle. We have a lot of things to be worried about. We don't need anything extra
1. No I think you're NAIVE as to the role of a president of a BIG10 university is. It's not to make coaching decisions and raise money - that's the ADs job. Barchi may not let her borrow money for a new coach but he would never stop her from spending money she raises from donors. Herman has had a full year to prepare and raise funds since she almost fired Flood but couldn't raise adequate money - no excuses. We're in the BIG10 now expectations for the AD need to be higher.
2. Keep living in your Central Jersey bubble you clown. You're provincial thinking is exactly what's wrong with our administration and alumni. Do you think PSU backers and alumni from Western PA have that kind of attitude towards those in Eastern PA and vice versa?
3. If you don't care about Temple long term then you should have been rooting for them to beat Notre Dame last night because that's the type of school that we should worry about stealing top NJ recruits. O wait they already do this.
In a nutshell you're a bumbling tool. Hope you're enjoying all of that Halloween candy in your moms Central NJ basement while fantasizing about Julie Herman.
I mean MSU approached the game as a breather. Rutgers was ready to play, and the stadium had a lot of energy, I'm sure, but this was not one that the Spartans came out of the gates for with a lot of energy, and it showed in the way the game played out. In the case of Temple-Notre Dame, Temple gave ND their best shot, but Notre Dame didn't exactly sleepwalk their way into the Linc. Saturday night on ABC, the Gameday game, against an undefeated (if not brand-name) team, and they were there for a game. That's what I mean about the difference.
And it does move the needle. Casual and clueless football fans looked at the names and figured Temple was going to get smoked, but if you've watched them the past two seasons, could tell they were ready to play this kind of game - only Clemson held them to less points in a game (by two, in Death Valley). It was also the highest-rated regular season college football game ever in Philadelphia, and the hype around the game all week in the regional media was like nothing I've ever seen. So once the game lived up to the hype, that leaves an impression in the minds of fans and recruits. Temple has to shake it off now and get back to winning the AAC, but if they do and land in a legit bowl (Fiesta or Peach, and I know Toledo is also out there to content with, rankings-wise), that isn't just going to go away. As for Rhule, he may or may not be back (I'll maintain he'll be very selective about picking the right job if he's going to leave; he won't just jump on the first pile of money), but he's got incentive to stay. They have a lot of talent either red-shirting or not starting, and it's all younger, so while I won't discount the important of a senior-led team (though these guys are not all seniors at all), it's not like there is a big drop-off after this year. If Rhule stays, he's going to keep winning, and if he leaves and they make a smart hire, they will still keep winning.
There's always going to be a lid on what a Group of 5 school can do, but we've seen other such schools become large national factors.
