Delvon Randall – Temple Update

SportsDesk Practice Report: 11/14

Wed, 15 Nov 2017 17:15:57 +0000

One win away are the Temple Owls from becoming bowl eligible as they head into week 12 and with it brings the Owl’s toughest matchup yet. Temple (5-5,3-3) will take on the 14th ranked UCF Golden Knights (9-0,6-0) at Lincoln Financial Field this Saturday afternoon. Last Friday night, the Owls went into Cincinnati, Ohio, and took care of business earning their second straight win…

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SportsDesk Preview: Temple @ Cincinnati

Thu, 09 Nov 2017 22:09:38 +0000

An idea that many thought was well out of reach after a devastating overtime loss to Army, is now coming into fruition for Temple in Geoff Collin’s first season. The Owls must win two of the final three games to make a bowl game, and two of which come against teams in Cincinnati and Tulsa, each with a losing record this season. First up is the aforementioned Cincinnati Bearcats…

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SportsDesk Spotlight: Temple Football’s Delvon Randall

Mon, 16 Oct 2017 16:13:41 +0000

When you think of safeties that are known as the heart and soul of their defense, names that come to mind are Ed Reed, Brian Dawkins, etc.. On the 2017 Temple Owls defense, when it comes to heart and soul, Junior strong safety Delvon Randall comes to mind immediately. This past summer during training camp, Randall was awarded a single digit jersey as he converted from 23 to 2 which is a huge honor…

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SportsDesk Preview: Temple vs. ECU

Thu, 05 Oct 2017 15:55:45 +0000

A 2-3 record through its first five games, and an 0-2 start in conference play is certainly not the first quarter of the season that Geoff Collins has in mind, but he still believes he has a good football team. The Owls will head to East Carolina this saturday to take on the Pirates in what has become a must win game. Matchups Saturday turned into another shaky outing for quarterback Marchi…

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SportsDesk Preview: UMass vs Temple

Thu, 14 Sep 2017 17:29:26 +0000

Week three is upon us and the Owls (1-1) will host the UMass Minutemen (0-3) this Friday night. This will be the last non-conference game for Temple until late October, as next week, they open up their inter-conference play. The last time these two teams squared off was back in the 2015 season at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. The Owls won the matchup 25-23. It was quite the nail biter…

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Recap, Takeaways From Temple Football Loss to Notre Dame

Mon, 04 Sep 2017 16:33:03 +0000

In a 49-16 blowout loss, Temple football started the Geoff Collins era on the wrong foot, and Collins after the game admitted to reporters he “coached like a rookie at times” in the season opener. Notre Dame proved to be heavily overbearing for the Owls, and the matchup discussed in the SportsDesk pregame report of Temple’s young linebackers against the Irish’s stout offensive line…

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Impact Player #3: Delvon Randall & The Secondary

Thu, 17 Aug 2017 17:40:08 +0000

Moving on to number three in our impact players list for Temple football in 2017- we look at strong safety Delvon Randall. There is definitely controversy on this pick- not from the position group, but which of the players in the secondary to choose. My take is, you can choose any of the four, probably starting with Sean Chandler, and you can’t go wrong. Corners Artrel Foster and new transfer Mike…

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Temple Football Honorable Mentions for Top-5 Impact Players

Wed, 02 Aug 2017 17:40:42 +0000

Alas. We’ve made it. The start of a heaping helping of football coverage in coach Geoff Collins’ first season from the SportsDesk. Since we will be counting down the top-5 impact players for the season, it is only fair we include our honorable mention players who didn’t make the cut. Remember, these are the players we project to have the most impact, not the top-5 best. HONORABLE MENTION…

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Delvon Randall: Temple’s Newest Tough Guy

Sat, 22 Apr 2017 17:17:19 +0000

In the midst of a head coaching change, a coaching staff overhaul, and a new group of young freshmen coming in, one thing remains the same in this new era of Temple football; single digit “tough guys”. Numbers 1-9 are not easily earned as a Temple football player, as the team votes for the nine toughest players on the team who will don a single digit jersey. The tough guy tradition was…

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Owls use dominant rushing attack to defeat Cincinnati 34-13.

Sat, 29 Oct 2016 23:02:37 +0000

Temple’s rushing game was the difference maker for the second straight week as the Owls took down Cincinnati 34-13 to remain atop the standings in the American Conference East division. As a team, the Owls rushed for 275 yards, led by Jahad Thomas who ran for 151 yards on 17 carries, for an average of 8.9 yards per carry. Redshirt Sophomore Ryquell Armstead followed up his career performance…

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