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John DiCarlo, Sam Cohn and Dante Collinelli take a closer look at Temple's 72-68 road win at Vanderbilt, talk more about the Owls' head football coaching search and answer questions from a full and fun mailbag. 

Temple fired head coach Rod Carey Monday morning after three seasons on North Broad Street. OwlScoop.com Editor John DiCarlo, Assistant Editor Kyle Gauss and reporters Sam Cohn and Dante Collinelli break down what went wrong during Carey's tenure and what's next for the program, including a list of potential candidates. 

Aaron McKie's 1-1 Temple basketball team takes on Clemson Thursday in its first game of the Charleston Classic. Clemson Insider reporter and former OwlScoop.com staff member Sam Neumann joined The Scoop this week to give us a closer look at what the Owls will be facing when they play the Tigers, and Sam will be in Charleston to cover the game for us. 

We also talked more about Temple's struggling 3-7 football team that has now lost five in a row heading into Saturday's game at Tulsa. There's a full mailbag with questions about Rod Carey's future and much more. 

Third-year head coach Aaron McKie's Temple basketball squad opened its season Wednesday night with a 72-49 win over Maryland Eastern Shore, and Sam Cohn has our report from the Liacouras Center. Plus, more conversation about the football team's downward spiral after last Saturday's 45-3 loss at ECU, a daunting task ahead with Houston coming to town, and another full mailbag. 

After a 49-7 loss to UCF last Saturday, Temple has lost three games in a now to drop to 3-5 overall and has been outscored by 135-24 in that span. Can the Owls save their season? Is third-year head coach Rod Carey on the hot seat? We answer those questions, including those in a full mailbag, and talk some Temple basketball as well. 

After having a bye week to prepare for a 1-5 USF team, Temple missed plenty of tackles and allowed 426 rushing yards in a 34-14 loss to the Bulls. John DiCarlo, Kyle Gauss, Sam Cohn and Dante Collinelli assess the damage from the loss, preview this Saturday's game against UCF and answer several questions from a full mailbag. 

A 3-3 Temple team moves into the second half of its season Saturday night at USF, and John DiCarlo, Sam Cohn and Dante Collinelli bring you everything you'll need to know to prepare for the game. 

And this week's mailbag features plenty of questions about the Owls' struggling offensive line and the American Athletic Conference's six newest additions - Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, North Texas, Rice, UAB and UTSA.

Temple assistant basketball coach Jimmy Fenerty joined The Scoop, OwlScoop.com's weekly podcast, to discuss how the Owls have improved over the offseason, what the team's identity is and more.

The OwlScoop.com staff also discussed Temple's loss to Cincinnati, where the Owls are at the halfway mark of the season and what needs to be done for the program to compete against The American's best. Plus, as always the staff answered questions from the mailbag.

We have an audio clip from new Temple Athletic Director Arthur Johnson's press conference, a recap of the Owls' Homecoming win over Memphis, a preview of Friday night's nationally-televised game at No. 5 Cincinnati and answers to your mailbag questions in this week's episode of The Scoop, OwlScoop.com's podcast. 

John DiCarlo, Kyle Gauss and Dante Collinelli wrap up conversation about Temple's 41-7 win over Wagner, preview the Owls' American Athletic Conference opener and Homecoming game against Memphis set for a noon kickoff Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field, and answer mailbag questions about possible AAC expansion and more. 

And we have a clip of our interview with former Temple head coach Al Golden, who is set to be inducted into Temple's Athletics Hall of Fame Friday night and honored at halftime of Saturday's game.