College Football
Photo: Stan Drayton Twitter/@StanDraytonUT By Michael Lipinski, Sports Talk Philly Contributor The Temple Owls have reportedly found their next head football coach. University of Texas running backs/run game coordinator Stan Drayton has been tasked with rebuilding the program. Drayton, 50, has been a fixture in coaching circles since 1993. The Cleveland, OH native has […]
Embed from Getty Images By Michael Lipinski, Sports Talk Philly Contributor Former University of Miami head coach Manny Diaz has been announced as Penn State’s new defensive coordinator. He takes over for Brent Fry who took the head coaching job at Virginia Tech. Diaz, 47, is coming off of a disappoint stint as head coach […]
Photo: Wikimedia Commons By Michael Lipinski, Sports Talk Philly Contributor One of James Franklin’s in-house options to replace former defensive coordinator Brent Fry, now the head coach at Virginia Tech, looks to be hitting the road to Virginia as well. Jerry Ratcliffe is reporting that co-defensive coordinator Anthony Poindexter will be named the next […]
Photo: Penn State/@PennState_FB Penn State (7-5, 4-5 Big Ten) is headed to Tampa, FL to face the Arkansas Razorbacks (8-4, 4-4 SEC) in the annual Outback Bowl on January 1, 2022. It will be the Nittany Lions fourth trip the Outback Bowl and first since 2011. IT’S OFFICIAL!!! @RazorbackFB and @PennStateFball are heading to the […]
Embed from Getty Images By Michael Lipinski, Sports Talk Philly Contributor Penn State will be sending six players, or more, to the prestigious Senior Bowl on February 5 in Mobile, AL. Nittany Lions’ place kicker/punter Jordan Stout, a first-team All-Big Ten selection, accepted an invite to play in the game on Thursday. Stout will join […]
Embed from Getty Images By Michael Lipinski, Sports Talk Philly Contributor Penn State safety Jaquan Brisker and defensive end Arnold Ebiketie had themselves quite a day. Both were selected as consensus first-team All-Big Ten selections by the Big Ten media and coaches. The duo were among ten Nittany Lions defensive players to take home All-Big […]
Embed from Getty Images By Michael Lipinski, Sports Talk Philly Contributor Penn State wide receiver Jahan Dotson can add another accolade to his impressive 2021 season, first team All-Big Ten selection. Dotson was the only Penn State offensive player to take home first team honors as selected by the Big Ten media. He was selected […]
Photo: Temple Football/@Temple_FB By Michael Lipinski, Sports Talk Philly Contributor The Temple Owls once again need a head football coach after firing Rod Carey three-years into a six-year contract. The college coaching carousel has already begun and it’s been a wild ride so far. Do the Owls jump into the craziness and find a coach […]
Embed from Getty Images By Michael Lipinski, Sports Talk Philly Contributor The Athletic’s Matt Fortuna is reporting that Temple has fired head football coach Rod Carey after three blowout riddled season on North Broad Street. The Owls closed out a tumultuous 3-9 season with 38-14 loss this past weekend to Navy. Carey compiled a 12-20 […]
Embed from Getty Images By Michael Lipinski, Sports Talk Philly Contributor The 2021 season is mercifully over for head coach Rod Carey and the Temple Owls football team. The Owls were on the receiving end of another blowout loss, this one a 38-14 beatdown by the then 2-8 Navy Midshipmen. The Owls finished the season […]
