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Football notes: Nastahowski cut; Spring practice start date announced
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Football notes: Nastahowski cut; Spring practice start date announced

Shane Nastahowski, a 6-foot-1, 221-pound linebacker from Milford Academy, was slated to join the football team as a preferred walk-on. A shoulder injury has put those designs on hold for now. “My shoulder has been hurt for a little while, so I am going to rehab my shoulder before going [...]

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[Updated 10:57a] Temple Football National Signing Day Open Thread

Matt Rhule is making it easy for us this year as he is tweeting out the players who have faxed in their Letter of Intent as he receives them. Can you imagine SMASHMOUTH STEVE doing that? This post will be updated throughout the day as the verbals become official. Keep [...]

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Temple Football Recruiting Roundup: Paul Davis and Akrum Wadley Out, Brian Carter In

Last week, Matt Rhule secured the services of Georgia standout Paul Davis. The powers that be at Georgia Tech must’ve realized that Temple was getting a good one from right under their noses because they offered him and got the 5-foot-10, 210 pound safety to flip his commitment on Saturday. Tech is [...]

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Temple nabs Virginia linebacker Sharif Finch

Another day, another verbal commitment for Matt Rhule and his staff. This time it’s Richmond linebacker Sharif Finch. The 6’4″, 210 pound prospect out of Henrico High School is listed as a two-star recruit by Rivals.com. His final three schools were Temple, Penn State and FCS Old Dominion. According to [...]

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Temple lands Georgia LB/S Paul Davis

Lost in the hubbub of Zaire Williams flipping from West Virginia to Temple is the fact that Matt Rhule landed another verbal commitment in the form of linebacker/safety Paul Davis out of Cairo High School in Cairo, GA. The Owls were his first and only FBS offer as he previously only had interest from the likes of Coastal [...]

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WVU running backs coach Robert Gillespie reacts to Zaire Williams news on Twitter #classy

Not a loss for us. Nothing but gains! #greatclass #gettingbetter #additionbysubtraction #WVU — Robert Gillespie (@Coachg601) January 30, 2013 Above is a tweet from the running backs coach at West Virginia, Robert Gillespie. It was in response to the news of Zaire Williams flipping his commitment from WVU to Temple last [...]

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Temple flips Zaire Williams from West Virginia

Some big time recruiting news came down the line last night when it was announced that three-star South Jersey running back Zaire Williams (Timber Creek) was decommitting from West Virginia and pledging his services to Temple. Yes I’m going to temple , and yes I did love WVU, still do [...]

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Dayshawn Reynolds commits to Temple

According to Michael McGarry of the Press of Atlantic City, Temple has landed the services of Dayshawn Reynolds, a wide receiver/defensive back from Atlantic City High School. “I don’t know why I started liking Temple but that’s been my dream school forever,” Reynolds said Tuesday. “I can’t even explain it.” [...]