The Scoop, OwlScoop.com’s weekly podcast, provides you with the latest information on Temple football, basketball and recruiting.
Episodes
Friday Sep 04, 2020
Friday Sep 04, 2020
Aaron McKie landed his second verbal commitment Friday from the 2021 class in Camden Catholic High School forward Zach Hicks. We talked about what it means for the program and the Owls on this week's episode of The Scoop, and there's plenty to cover with football as Temple continues to prepare for its upcoming season opener Sept. 26 at Navy.
The football portion of the podcast includes audio from Owls head coach Rod Carey, wide receivers coach Thad Ward and Senior Associate Athletic Director Vinny James, who talked about the challenges of filling out a schedule during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Friday Aug 28, 2020
Friday Aug 28, 2020
In the first episode of our sixth season, John DiCarlo, Sam Neumann and Sam Cohn take a look at Temple's offensive line as the Owls continue through preseason camp and prepare for what as of now would be their season opener Sept. 26 at Navy. You'll hear audio from offensive line coach Joe Tripodi, center C.J. Perez, right tackle Adam Klein and guard Vincent Picozzi, as well as answers to football and basketball mailbag questions.
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Temple has landed its first verbal commitment from the 2021 class in Neumann Goretti High School point guard Hysier Miller, and Saints assistant coach John Brennan joined The Scoop this week to provide some insight into Miller's game and what he can bring to the Owls.
We also talk about the status of the 2020 college football season and dove into a loaded mailbag this week that had us talking about everything from recruiting to hoagies.
Thursday Jul 16, 2020
Thursday Jul 16, 2020
With NFL training camps set to kick off later this month, Carolina Panthers tight end Colin Thompson will have the opportunity to compete for a roster spot with his former head coach, Matt Rhule, and be reunited with several of his former Temple teammates. Thompson joined the OwlScoop.com podcast to talk about the challenges awaiting him, the NFL and the NCAA as they try to play football amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and he also weighed in on the returning Owls roster and answered mailbag questions, too.
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Temple guard Damian Dunn joined OwlScoop.com's podcast this week to talk about how he has worked to return from a foot injury that sidelined him for all but one game of his freshman season. Dunn, who played at Georgia's Meadowcreek High School and grew up in Kinston, North Carolina, also talked about returning to campus during a time when the nation is battling racial injustice and navigating the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dunn, who also shared some details about being recruited by Owls head coach and former Sixers and NBA veteran Aaron McKie, will be one of just six returning Temple players that will welcome six more newcomers - four high school players and two transfers - from the 2020 recruiting class. He talked about the relationship he's formed with backcourt mate Tai Strickland and what Owls fans can expect from the Wisconsin transfer after he sat out last season and practiced with the team.
John DiCarlo, Sam Cohn and Sam Neumann also talked about the latest football and basketball recruiting updates and answered some reader mailbag questions as well.
Friday Jun 19, 2020
Friday Jun 19, 2020
Butler transfer and former Trenton Catholic star Khalif Battle joined The Scoop this week to talk about why he decided to transfer to Temple, what he sees for himself and the program moving forward and much more.
And there are recruiting updates, too. Football added two more verbal commitments over the past week in defensive end Jalen Satchell from the Avalon School in Maryland and two-way lineman Rakim Cooper, a 3-star recruit from New Jersey's Mater Dei Prep.
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Temple linebacker Isaiah Graham-Mobley joined us on The Scoop this week to talk about how he helped coordinate and lead a group of student athletes in a Black Lives Matter peaceful protest last Saturday, and the redshirt senior also discussed his return from a season-ending injury and what he expects to see from the Owls' linebacking corps this season.
We also paid tribute to the late Merv Jones, Temple's longtime public address announcer who passed away last week at the age of 54 after a long battle with cancer, through the voice of Carlos Bates. Bates, an athletics consultant who has worked in several roles at Temple for more than 20 years, was a close friend of Jones and worked with him in a number of different capacities at the university for the better part of two decades. Bates also shared anecdotes from his time spent working with Hall of Fame coach John Chaney and former Temple women's basketball coach and current South Carolina women's head coach Dawn Staley, an Olympian who grew up in North Philadelphia.
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Temple assistant football coach and former Owls quarterback Adam DiMichele joined The Scoop this week to talk about his playing and coaching career and share some insight about the Owls' roster heading into the 2020 season.
Thursday May 28, 2020
Thursday May 28, 2020
This week's episode of The Scoop is packed with basketball and football recruiting content and includes clips from our conversation with Temple basketball recruits Jeremiah Williams and Quincy Ademokoya, as well as Neumann-Goretti's Hysier Miller, a point guard from the 2021 class who has garnered interest from the Owls.
Wednesday May 20, 2020
Wednesday May 20, 2020
Temple associate head coach Monté Ross joined OwlScoop.com's podcast this week to round out our interviews with the Owls' basketball staff. In a lengthy interview that covered much of his coaching career, Ross explained the staff's philosophy in assembling Temple's 2020 recruiting class, talked about the progress of players like Tai Strickland, Damian Dunn and Jake Forrester, and shared stories of Aaron McKie's growth and attention to detail as a first-year head coach.