We have talked all summer about the uncertainty that the Temple Owls face after winning their first American Athletic Conference championship. Matt Rhule left for Baylor, Phillip Walker will no longer be shredding the record books and Haason Reddick was taken in the first round of the NFL Draft. The foundation of what has made the program reach double-digit wins in back-to-back seasons for the first time in school history is gone.
Defense has been the calling card at Temple in their resurgence from perennial laughingstock of college football to a respected opponent.