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TEMPLE TO CONTINUE FOOTBALL AT DIVISION I-A LEVEL

Owls to actively pursue new conference affiliation for football program

PHILADELPHIA (01/20/05) – Temple University announced today that it will continue to play Division I-A football and will actively seek a conference affiliation as soon as possible.

A 12-member athletics task force that has been studying the future of Temple football since last summer made the recommendation to the Chairman of Temple’s Board of Trustees, Howard Gittis.

“I enthusiastically support the Task Force’s recommendation, and I am grateful for the conscientious work of the Task Force. Football will continue to have a place at Temple,
I think we all know which conference...

Tom Boeh hinted that Temple's entry into the MAC might be only a few weeks away, but suggested that decision still has not been made. :eek:
NMBobcat Wrote:I think we all know which conference...

Tom Boeh hinted that Temple's entry into the MAC might be only a few weeks away, but suggested that decision still has not been made. :eek:
Tom said the decision to add Temple was pending their decision to keep football.
By all accounts, it sounds like Temple will soon be a MAC football member. However, is it not true a conference must have a EVEN number of members (12 or more) in order for the NCAA to sanction a league championship?

It seems to reason a 14th member must also join the MAC concurrent with the Owls. But who? Right now that seems to be the best kept secret since the Manhattan project. Will it be an existing I-A school or one jumping from I-AA?

With consideration to reputation and a travel partner for Temple, I'd love to see NAVY, although DELAWARE would be an acceptable second choice. ARMY would also be fine, except they seem to be set on being an Independent.

Another question, of course, is whether one or both schools will join the MAC in all other sports (either next year or in some sort of transition).
thats stupid...

either come in as all sports...or dont come in at all
Okie Chippewa Wrote:By all accounts, it sounds like Temple will soon be a MAC football member. However, is it not true a conference must have a EVEN number of members (12 or more) in order for the NCAA to sanction a league championship?
The MAC had 13 members for three years (1999-2001) before UCF joined in 2002 and still had a conference championship game.
I'd really like to see Navy join the MAC, but I don't know how likely that is. But the Midshipman would provide a close travel game for UB as well as Temple. Plus, both teams would likely be joining the East, and so there likely wouldnt be a need for any divisional re-shuffling. :)
Okie Chippewa Wrote:It seems to reason a 14th member must also join the MAC concurrent with the Owls. But who? Right now that seems to be the best kept secret since the Manhattan project.
I'd like to think the Roosevelt administration wasn't that careless with state secrets.

The MAC is clearly looking at Western Kentucky. The Sporting News dropped Western Kentucky's name -- without a source -- in the context of a blurb talking about how MAC-Temple talks were serious.

I doubt Western Kentucky could have its football program ready for the MAC by 2006. But we can manage a year or two with an odd number of schools. We've done it before.
rocketfootball Wrote:
Okie Chippewa Wrote:By all accounts, it sounds like Temple will soon be a MAC football member.  However, is it not true a conference must have a EVEN number of members (12 or more) in order for the NCAA to sanction a league championship?
The MAC had 13 members for three years (1999-2001) before UCF joined in 2002 and still had a conference championship game.
The NCAA rule is for a minimum of 12 teams to hold a conference championship. The rule says nothing about having to have an even number.
Schadenfreude Wrote:I'd like to think the Roosevelt administration wasn't that careless with state secrets.
Actually the Roosevelt administration didn't do a very good job of protecting the Manhattan Project. In spite of the unusual (for the time) security measures, the Soviets managed to steal the secrets out from under our noses.
instead of WKU how about adding another ohio team Youngstown St. with Temple. It makes more sense. WKU belongs in the sunbelt.
NMBobcat Wrote:Actually the Roosevelt administration didn't do a very good job of protecting the Manhattan Project. In spite of the unusual (for the time) security measures, the Soviets managed to steal the secrets out from under our noses.
The buck stops at Truman :)
footballgod Wrote:instead of WKU how about adding another ohio team Youngstown St. with Temple. It makes more sense. WKU belongs in the sunbelt.
How does it make more sense?
footballgod Wrote:instead of WKU how about adding another ohio team Youngstown St.  with Temple. It makes more sense. WKU belongs in the sunbelt.
Let's see.... Akron, Kent and YSU all within a 30 minute drive of each other... Akron and Kent literally 15 mins apart..

Hey, I know, let's add Mt Union, BW and John Carroll and call it the Ohio Conference. All the schools can share the same bus or get their parents to drive them to the games. Fans can catch the local Metro and get to the stadiums for a couple of tokens... Great Idea!!!


Please no flippin' Penguins!!!

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S'F: you are usually 100% on the mark, but your 13 team post wasn't.

NCAA mandates even number of teams per division. Otherwise, out of division games don't count in conference determination of division winner.

that was a MESS for the MAC. Everyone hated it. Hence, UCF was invited.

'06 would be the year for both Temple and WKU.

Actually, the NCAA forces our hand and WKU would join in '06. Ready or not.

We (EMU) could use an "expansion" team in our division. 03-wink
We (EMU) could use an "expansion" team in our division.

Careful what you wish for.
MrSaturdayMorning Wrote:I'd really like to see Navy join the MAC, but I don't know how likely that is. But the Midshipman would provide a close travel game for UB as well as Temple. Plus, both teams would likely be joining the East, and so there likely wouldnt be a need for any divisional re-shuffling. :)
Annapolis, MD is 482 miles from Buffalo. Only DeKalb (602 miles) is a farther trip for UB in the MAC.
Okay, Hilltopper... Ready for '06??? 03-wink
P.S. to the Navy suggester:

Chance of getting Navy is about the same as frying an egg on a sidewalk in Annapolis yesterday.

Zero.

Temple and WKU are, I'm 99% sure, the only two schools looking at the MAC that we are interested in.

We can summarily dismiss Youngstown State, etc.

As I understand it, M. TN. State wasn't/isn't interested.

Two schools interested in the MAC and MAC interested in those two schools.

good match.
bigjdotcom01, you are right. Some people here need some geography lessons.
On the other end, DeKalb is closer to Kent than it is to WKU, but you wouldn't know it when people here start tossing around realignment ideas.
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