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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. 

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. 

 

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. 

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. 

 

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. 

Temple head basketball coach Aaron McKie joined this week's podcast for an exclusive interview with the OwlScoop.com staff in which he broke down the Owls' 2020 recruiting class and the current roster, and he took reader mailbag questions from fans as well. 

Temple assistant basketball coach Jimmy Fenerty joined The Scoop this week to break down the Owls' six-person 2020 recruiting class and give listeners a detailed breakdown of the entire roster and a look at what's ahead for the 2020-21 season. 

Temple assistant basketball coach Chris Clark spent close to an hour with us on this week's podcast to offer a detailed breakdown of just about every player on the Owls roster, including the six newcomers in the 2020 class - Jeremiah Williams, Quincy Ademokoya, Jahlil White, Nick Jourdain and transfers Khalif Battle and Sage Tolbert. 

We also have audio from our exclusive interview and story on Temple center Matt Hennessy, who was selected last week in the third round of the NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons, as well as a clip from Owls head coach Rod Carey talking about Hennessy and linebacker Shaun Bradley, who will stay home in Philadelphia after the Eagles picked him in the sixth round. 

It's a recruiting- and basketball-heavy podcast this week with Delaware Valley Hoops Report and ELITE High School Scouting Director Ari Rosenfeld joining The Scoop to share his evaluation of several of the players Temple head coach Aaron McKie and his staff are recruiting in the 2021 class and beyond, including Wilson High School point guard Stevie Mitchell, Camden Catholic High School forward Zach Hicks, and Phelps School center Sam Onu Ayomide. 

This week's podcast includes a segment from our exclusive interview with Temple Athletic Director Pat Kraft and plenty of mailbag questions as we dissect the football and basketball rosters and provide some recruiting updates as well.