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Temple second-year freshman guard Jahlil White joined the OwlScoop.com podcast this week to preview Thursday night's American Athletic Conference game at No. 14 Houston and talk about the evolution of his game, and John DiCarlo, Kyle Gauss and Javon Edmonds also talked about first-year head coach Stan Drayton's squad with Spring Football set to start next week. 

Temple guard Tai Strickland, recently named the American Athletic Conference's Player of the Week, joined The Scoop to talk about the Owls' big road game Thursday at Memphis and how his game and career and have grown and evolved since he transferred to Temple three seasons ago. Strickland also answered several reader mailbag questions and talked about why he's very excited about the depth and potential of a Temple backcourt that also includes Jeremiah Williams and Hysier Miller.

And if you're looking for football talk as spring practice approaches, John DiCarlo, Kyle Gauss and Cayden Steele answered several mailbag questions about Stan Drayton's team, including a way-too-early game-by-game prediction of the 2022 schedule. 

New Temple football coach Stan Drayton talked to OwlScoop.com this week for an extensive interview, including details about his childhood, his playing career, how he got into coaching and some great anecdotes about his wife, Monique, and how she has shaped his life and career. 

You can hear part of that conversation here on this week's podcast, along with questions from the mailbag about Aaron McKie's Temple basketball team that is now 14-9 after Wednesday night's big win over SMU. 

We have answers to your mailbag questions, audio from Temple football coach Stan Drayton's National Signing Day press conference, and a closer look at the Owls' 2022 recruiting class, which will bring several new linebackers to defensive coordinator DJ Eliot's scheme. 

You'll hear Drayton talking about quarterback recruit EJ Waner, the son of Hall of Famer Kurt Warner,a great anecdote about the Owls' recruitment of St. Frances Academy linebacker Darrien Lewis, and audio from Cayden Steele's conversation with Irvington High School defensive end Zamar Grove, who signed with Temple Wednesday. 

And we closed out The Scoop with some basketball talk about Aaron McKie's Owls, who are now 12-7 overall and 5-3 in American Athletic Conference play after Wednesday night's 71-63 win at ECU. 

Carolina Panthers tight end and Temple product Colin Thompson joined this week's episode of The Scoop to talk about the Panthers' tough 2022 season, what it's like to play with players like Christian McCaffrey and Cam Newton and why he believes his head coach Matt Rhule will turn things around.

Thompson also shared his thoughts on new Temple head coach Stan Drayton and why he's excited about the future of the program. 

And John DiCarlo, Kyle Gauss, Sam Cohn, Dante Collinelli and Javon Edmonds talked about Temple's four-game basketball winning streak and why Aaron McKie's team could have a promising future. 

Temple assistant basketball coach Jimmy Fenerty joined this week's OwlScoop.com podcast to talk about the Owls' three-game winning streak and how the team has adapted with leading scorer Khalif Battle out with a season-ending injury,  and he offered a detailed breakdown of a Temple roster that's getting improved performances from players like redshirt freshman guard Damian Dunn and fellow freshmen like Nick Jourdain, Jahlil White, Jeremiah Williams and Zach Hicks. 

John DiCarlo, Kyle Gauss, Sam Cohn, Javon Edmonds and Dante Collinelli also talked more about Stan Drayton's Temple football program and the latest recruiting updates as next month's Feb. 2 National Signing Day approaches. 

Stan Drayton has hired his new Temple football staff, Aaron McKie's basketball team has won three in a row, and we have you covered with all of that and more on this week's OwlScoop.com podcast, which includes some audio from McKie and Nick Jourdain following Temple's 68-64 win at Tulsa Wednesday night. 

Happy New Year! A mailbag-heavy episode of The Scoop offers plenty of detail and insight on several of the members of Stan Drayton's new Temple football staff, and we answered plenty of basketball mailbag questions, too. 

We have audio from the breakout session of new Temple head coach Stan Drayton's press conference, plus more answers to all of your mailbag questions, including insight into what Drayton's staff could look like and much more. 

Temple hired Stan Drayton, Texas' associate head coach and run game coordinator, to become its next head coach, the university announced Wednesday evening. We answered a packed mailbag in this week's episode about the Owls' new head coach, a veteran assistant who has coached players like Brian Westbrook, Ezekiel Elliott and Carlos Hyde in his career.