Kit-Cat Wrote:

axeme Wrote:Temple will never join the MAC for basketball.

A recent article on the Temple situation said the deal with the MAC was going to be FB Only to start with the other sports moving into the MAC at a later date.

Hell may just freeze over.

Well, if it was in a recent article, then it must be true. Of course, it would help to have the source of the article, who wrote it, when was it written (I know, I know, it was written recently). Your credibility is so low that the credibility of anonymously quoted articles is nonexistent.

DexterEagle Wrote:

Kit-Cat Wrote:

axeme Wrote:Temple will never join the MAC for basketball.

A recent article on the Temple situation said the deal with the MAC was going to be FB Only to start with the other sports moving into the MAC at a later date.

Hell may just freeze over.

Well, if it was in a recent article, then it must be true. Of course, it would help to have the source of the article, who wrote it, when was it written (I know, I know, it was written recently). Your credibility is so low that the credibility of anonymously quoted articles is nonexistent.

Don't give me that lack of credibility line. I don't flame realignment rumors on message boards. I've finally been able to track down the article for you now make peace.


Temple was ousted from the Big East Conference in 2001, effective after this season. There has been little movement since on plans for a new affiliation, though recent indications are the Owls are considering an offer to join the up-and-coming Mid-American Conference initially for football only, perhaps as early as next season.

The vibes seem to be that the task force is leaning towards going to the MAC, a deal which wasn't as concrete several months ago after the Owls gave up 70 points to Bowling Green and appeared close to extinction. At that point, the future was so cloudy you had to wear bifocals.

Since the loss to the Falcons, the Owls have played better and last week upset Syracuse, 34-24. Since then, joining the MAC has looked like an attractive and viable option not only for 2005 or 2006 but for the future.

The expected announcement in the next month or so that Temple will be joining the MAC will mark the beginning of a new era. It will take a couple years to overcome the talent drain the uncertainty caused, but success looks attainable down the road.

<a href='http://www.nj.com/sports/sunbeam/index.ssf?/base/sports-3/1101028834275990.xml' target='_blank'>http://www.nj.com/sports/sunbeam/index.ssf...28834275990.xml</a>

The scenario that article lays out -- which resembles one said to have been spelled out by the editor of a Temple sports publication -- seems to make sense for both parties.

Temple gets a temporary home immediately. If it settles in and likes the surroundings, then it eventually needs to face up to the tough decision of whether to join in all sports. It could either find another home or -- if things are going badly, pull the plug or head for I-AA.

The only real sacrifice for us is figuring out how to work a 13-team schedule. The benefit is obvious: We may eventually bring in Temple basketball, which all seem to agree would be very nice. And if this works, and Temple starts winning, we would have a foothold in a very big market.

I think that's as good a deal as we are going to get right now. And I'd take it. There isn't much harm. All of us Internet geeks put far more stock into what geeks like Jeff Sagarin thinks than most people do. Let's give Temple a try. It might work... and if it doesn't, it doesn't.

The very worst that can happen is that Buffalo gets a cheap win annually for the next few years before Temple finally gives up on I-A. If so, yay for Buffalo.