Spring College Football Update: Temple Owls
It's the first set of spring football practices for the Temple Owls under the leadership of new head coach Steve Addazio, as he gets his first look at his squad on the field.
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It's the first set of spring football practices for the Temple Owls under the leadership of new head coach Steve Addazio, as he gets his first look at his squad on the field.
It's a spring of change for the Villanova Wildcats, as they are beginning life without a senior class that helped them enjoy an incredible run of success the last four years.
Penn is coming off a second-straight Ivy League title in 2010 and the Quakers should be a force to be reckoned with again in 2011.
Addazio says this was the right opportunity at the right time.
Villanova is readying for its National Semifinals showdown with Eastern Washington on Friday night in the 1-AA ("FCS") playoffs.
The Wildcats scored 47 of the game's final 50 points last week in their 54-24 win over the Lumberjacks.
The number of televised football games on Saturday afternoons rose from only 2 in 1983 to 29 last year reports Charles Clotfelter in a commentary piece in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Just a handful of local college football teams are still playing here in mid-November.
Joe Paterno has notched his 400th career victory -- giving the man at the helm of Penn State football more wins than any other major college coach in the country.
Very quietly, senior tailback Aaron Ball has proven to be a vital piston in the Villanova engine.
The Profs are 7-1 after a win over Morrisville State on Saturday, and one of the biggest reasons for their success is the play of senior defensive end Matt Hoffman.
In local college football on Saturday, neighboring schools West Chester and Cheyney will match up at West Chester's John A. Farrell Stadium.
At 3-0, Temple is off to its best start since 1979, and the 6-foot-2, 250-pound Adrian Robinson is one big reason why north Philadelphia is buzzing about football again.
