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Temple will be a good game to measure where we are

Postby SMU 86 » Sun Sep 25, 2016 1:43 pm

I know I used to be in pre season to real season mindset set by the previous staff but as conference play begins I think this is just about the perfect game to see where we are with the injuries that we have. Temple lost some good players to graduation and we lost some good players to injury (QB being the main one for us). Temple will probably be a 4 maybe 5 win team this year so they would be consider kind of a middle of the road AAC team by most. Can't wait to see how we do. Get'em Stangs.
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Postby PG Pony » Sun Sep 25, 2016 1:51 pm

A winnable game for us. Temple played Penn St close but the Nittany Lions aren't what they used to be.
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Postby Stallion » Sun Sep 25, 2016 2:03 pm

Temple is a very likely bowl team-don't know where you are getting 4-5 wins

Just about every preseason prediction has them easily making a bowl
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Re: Temple will be a good game to measure where we are

Postby SMU 86 » Sun Sep 25, 2016 2:28 pm

Stallion wrote:Temple is a very likely bowl team-don't know where you are getting 4-5 wins

Just about every preseason prediction has them easily making a bowl


Okay, 5 to 6 wins then. Just said that because they lost a lot of good players to graduation. But their coach has recruited pretty well though.
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Postby ALEX LIFESON » Sun Sep 25, 2016 4:17 pm

Temple lost a lot of their defensive studs from last season. They gave up 231 yards rushing and a 5.5 ypc against UNCCharlotte. Most of their starters were pulled early in the 3rd, so I don't know how much of this was against the backups.
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Re: Temple will be a good game to measure where we are

Postby Stallion » Sun Sep 25, 2016 4:23 pm

They played UNCCharlotte
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Postby JasonB » Sun Sep 25, 2016 4:27 pm

Temple isn't the team they were last year, but they are a 6-7 win team. Solid bowl team.

I think the refrain from now to the end of the season is going to be if we score 25 points, we are going win. If not, we will lose. Temple will be a good indicator if our offense can score against a midlevel conference team.
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Re: Temple will be a good game to measure where we are

Postby ALEX LIFESON » Sun Sep 25, 2016 4:29 pm

Stallion wrote:They played UNCCharlotte


My bad, I'll correct.
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Re: Temple will be a good game to measure where we are

Postby mrydel » Sun Sep 25, 2016 4:32 pm

25 points!! That's over 8 field goals!!
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Re: Temple will be a good game to measure where we are

Postby sbsmith » Sun Sep 25, 2016 4:42 pm

JasonB wrote:I think the refrain from now to the end of the season is going to be if we score 25 points, we are going win. If not, we will lose.



Make that 45 points.
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Postby mtrout » Sun Sep 25, 2016 4:47 pm

Do we know what's wrong with colbert? Is he out for the year?
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Postby Pony81 » Sun Sep 25, 2016 4:59 pm

Broken hand. Out until the end of October
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Re: Temple will be a good game to measure where we are

Postby SMU 86 » Sun Sep 25, 2016 5:29 pm

While 25 is a decent number we will probably need more than that against Houston, USF, Memphis, and maybe a couple of others.
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Postby Arkpony » Sun Sep 25, 2016 5:32 pm

"Probably"????
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Re: Temple will be a good game to measure where we are

Postby mrydel » Sun Sep 25, 2016 5:43 pm

I think we will find any total easier with TDs rather than FGs.
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