Daily News | Temple not quite ready for prime time as Stan Drayton era begins
So now we know, a coaching change can not produce miracles for Temple football. A new staff brought in by Stan Drayton could not get much more out of Owls players than the previous coaches – at least not right away. Nothing looked terribly different Friday night in Temple’s opener at Duke.
Let’s also remind that Rod Carey didn’t ultimately fail at Temple because his staff somehow forgot how to game plan or even teach football techniques. The man had won 23 games in his last two years at Northern Illinois, and eight in his first at Temple. Carey failed because of greater sins, deciding he’d do it all his way, which was an insular way. Carey floundered in recruiting, especially locally, and ultimately his own players stopped believing, the greatest sin in sports.
The score could have been way worse. The Blue Devils could have put up 50. Forcing Duke to attempt six field goals is a win for Temple – may as well give that to the Owls, who never got in field goal range themselves. Duke averaged 7.7 yards per play, only punting twice. Temple managed only one first down on its first five drives, and promptly failed to gain a yard before punting after that solo first down.
With the new college football 12-team playoff format headed to the finish line, scheduled to be up and running between 2024 and ‘26 … Temple should be OK if it’s 2026. The Owls might need 2036. Let’s assume the Owls were about 100 teams away from making the top 12 last season. Let’s stipulate Temple needs to have its act completely together to be the one and only Group of 5 representative among the 12 teams. The 2015 and ‘16 Temple teams would have been just misses.
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