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Why has Temple so thoroughly struggled with quality MAC opponents? They've held their own with Penn State, beaten the crap out of Maryland, etc... Yet, they play Toledo and get absolutely WORKED. Then, they lose to a mid-ranking BG team and can barely put points on the board. It is all so perplexing. And that's just this year! We know this pattern played out during the Golden Era as well.  Any theories? Back to Top Pataskala General User Member Since: 7/8/2010 Location: At least six feet away from anybody else Post Count: 9,365 Status: Offline     RE: Temple and "Quality" MAC Opponents    Posted: 10/27/2011 8:51:34 AM  Temps is still an East Coast team with aspirations to be in eastern Big 6 conferences, so they get jacked playing Jo Pa, MD, Navy, Army, Syracuse, Rutgers, etc.  The motivation isn't there when they play MAC teams.  That may let them get past the Akrons and Buffalos, but they can't get away with it when they play the better ones (and BGSUCKS appears to be a better one this year). We will get by. We will get by. We will get by. We will survive. Back to Top Paul Graham General User Member Since: 1/18/2005 Location: The Plains, OH Post Count: 1,424 Status: Offline     RE: Temple and "Quality" MAC Opponents    Posted: 10/27/2011 11:46:02 AM  I think that theory is pretty reasonable. However, that seems sensible for year one in the MAC, or perhaps year two. But you would think that after a while that the coaches would figure this out and put an end to it. I mean, they were beaten pretty easily by us last year and then were demolished by Miami on national TV. It just seems unusual for that pattern to continue, several years into their MAC existence.  Back to Top ClevelandCat '11 General User Member Since: 12/8/2010 Location: Cleveland, OH Post Count: 436 Status: Offline     RE: Temple and "Quality" MAC Opponents    Posted: 10/27/2011 12:01:29 PM  Maybe they are just not a quality MAC program, and the only reason they get all the attention and publicity that they do is that they are in a big urban area? Back to Top Bobcatbob General User Member Since: 12/21/2004 Location: Coolville, OH Post Count: 1,347 Status: Offline     RE: Temple and "Quality" MAC Opponents    Posted: 10/27/2011 2:19:15 PM  Many of my contemporaries will remember the former Beast of the East that was the pre B1G Penn State.  Beat the crap out of Syracuse, Temple, BC and Pitt occasionally and no one could figure out why they weren't national champs every year.  So, finally, they agree to enter the B1G with much fanfare and to my best recollection have yet to win a conference title, much less a national championship. History repeating itself on the MAC level, maybe? Back to Top Deciduous Forest Cat General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Ohio Post Count: 4,474 Status: Offline     RE: Temple and "Quality" MAC Opponents    Posted: 10/27/2011 3:19:15 PM  Penn State won the Big 10 outright in their 2nd season with Kerry Collins and Kijana Carter, on their way to an undefeated season (which included a 63-14 win over osu) and Rose Bowl victory over Oregon. They never played Nebraska, which was the National title game everyone wanted but no one got.They also tied for the conference title just a few seasons ago and played USC in the Rose Bowl. I think they may have one other shared conf title in there somewhere, but not sure. Back to Top Pataskala General User Member Since: 7/8/2010 Location: At least six feet away from anybody else Post Count: 9,365 Status: Offline     RE: Temple and "Quality" MAC Opponents    Posted: 10/27/2011 4:05:17 PM  Paul Graham wrote: I think that theory is pretty reasonable. However, that seems sensible for year one in the MAC, or perhaps year two. But you would think that after a while that the coaches would figure this out and put an end to it. I mean, they were beaten pretty easily by us last year and then were demolished by Miami on national TV. It just seems unusual for that pattern to continue, several years into their MAC existence.  Maybe not, given that they apparently have been recruiting kids using the notion that they'll be playing in the ACC or the Big Least sometime in the next four years. We will get by. We will get by. We will get by. We will survive. Back to Top LoganElm_grad09 General User Member Since: 9/9/2010 Location: South Bloomingville, OH Post Count: 934 Status: Offline     RE: Temple and "Quality" MAC Opponents    Posted: 10/27/2011 4:26:05 PM  Pataskala wrote: Temps is still an East Coast team with aspirations to be in eastern Big 6 conferences, so they get jacked playing Jo Pa, MD, Navy, Army, Syracuse, Rutgers, etc.  The motivation isn't there when they play MAC teams.  That may let them get past the Akrons and Buffalos, but they can't get away with it when they play the better ones (and BGSUCKS appears to be a better one this year). I'd put money on this.  It's not like we're so different;  look at us vs Marshall and then the Ball State games Back to Top perimeterpost General User Member Since: 7/6/2010 Post Count: 3,165 Status: Offline     RE: Temple and "Quality" MAC Opponents    Posted: 10/27/2011 10:08:45 PM  Its the same story every year- Temple gets WAY too much hype in the pre-season, they play decent in the OOC with "respectable losses" to Penn State and maybe upset a low level BCS team, then they get into MAC play and waltz through the bottom of the MAC. At this point they feel like they've arrived and begin to think that all MAC teams are on the same level as Akron, all the while spouting off about how they're too good for the MAC, and how their attendance sucks because of their MAC opponents, and how this is the year the BE asks them to go steady, and then BAM- OHIO ends their season. Look at their message board, all their threads area about conf realignement. They have more threads about Villanova then about OHIO. Different year, same result. MY STATE. MY TEAM. Back to Top Showing Replies:   1 - 9  of 9 Posts Jump to Page:   1 View Other 'Ohio Football' Topics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               WHO'S ONLINE There are 242 Active Visitors on BobcatAttack.com 242 Guests 0 Registered Users There are no other users looking at this page.

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