Fascinating for the discussion of strategy and technique from Andy Reid.

The Atlantic: Distant Replay: How the greatest game in football history looks 50 years later, through the eyes of a modern NFL head coach:

At this point, Reid had become a rapt spectator.

"This is just simple football right now, man," he said.

By Mike Gibson
Back on Media Day, Temple quarterback Adam DiMichele said, "we're only a couple of days away from starting special."
DiMichele was talking about a season of headlines.
One of those headlines is in, the Hartford Courant's simple "Temple Routs Army" telling the story of the opening-day 35-7 win over the Cadets slightly better than the Philadelphia Daily News' "Temple Football Opens with a 35-7 Win at Army" or the Philadelphia Inquirer's "Owls Storm West Point in Triumphant Opener."
Those are the headlines that were.
These are the headlines that could be in the coming weeks and months:
Sunday, Sept. 7 _ Owls slog out a 6-0 win in torrential rainstorm _ The UConn fans who returned roughly half of the school's ticket allotment must have known something. Hurricane Hanna made a run right up the East Coast and arrived in Philadelphia just in time for the 8 a.m. pre-game tailgate. Temple abandoned its no-huddle offense and went to a pro-set two-back attack. Backup tailback Ahkeem Smith shined, gaining 167 yards and scoring the Owls' touchdown on a 22-yard run in the first quarter. UConn quarterback Tyler Lorenzen was stopped on fourth down at the Temple 2 as the clocked rolled down to zeros in the final quarter, but Big East officials awarded him the touchdown anyway. As several Temple fans headed toward the replay booth with baseball bats in hand, MAC officials quickly overturned the call. "It used to rain like this in Bethlehem all the time," a beaming Smith said afterward. "I love it." Owls' kicker Jake Brownell slips in the mud and misses the extra point.
"Harper killed us again," UConn coach Randy Edsall said, not knowing Jason Harper is no longer No. 34 for the Owls. Surveying the damage to the field post game, Eagles' owner Jeffrey Lurie was rushed to Thomas Jefferson Hospital with chest pains and did not make the opener with the Rams.
Sunday, Sept. 14 _ Owls exact messure of revenge _ The number 12 was lucky for Owls. With the No. 12 on their helmets, the Owls beat host Buffalo by the same score, 26-14. Afterward, reporters found out why No. 12 was on the helmet. It wasn't to honor redshirt quarterback Vaughn Charlton but to help the Owls remember what Buffalo's No. 12, junior defensive back Kendric Hawkins, said after last year's game. "We punched them in the mouth and they quit," Hawkins said then. Owls ran several sweeps in Hawkins' direction and pulling guard Andre Douglas pancaked him on one Marquise Liverpool touchdown run. Defensive coordinator Mark D'Onofrio unleashed the dogs of war on Buffalo quarterback Drew Willy, calling for several blindside blitzes that buried Willy. "I never saw them," Willy said. "I don't know about punching them in the mouth," D'Onofrio said. "But I did see him bleeding a couple of times. This is bigger than UConn. Much bigger."
Sunday, Sept. 21 _ Penn State's Season Goes Down the Toilet _ Penn State coach Joe Paterno was seen running off the field four times during Temple's stunning 28-21 win in State College. Remarkably, the Owls scored all four of their touchdowns during Paterno's bathroom breaks. "Guys, I take Flo-Max, OK," the 81-year-old Paterno said. "I forgot to do that this morning and it came back to bite me. I heard some cheers and a whole lot of moans while I was in the head. I figured something was going on. How did Temple score?" Paterno was later told Travis Shelton took the opening kickoff of the second half for a touchdown and former Penn State recruit Adam DiMichele tossed three more touchdown passes. "We pick up the biggest win in the school's history and I know the headline in the Philadelphia paper is going to be Penn State loses and not us winning," Temple coach Al Golden accurately said afterward.
Sunday, Sept. 28 _ Owls remain unbeaten with 16-3 win over Broncos _ A Homecoming Day crowd of 65,478 greets the Owls after their win over Penn State. Ironically, Jimmy Rollins was honored at halftime for his attendance at Temple basketball games and takes the microphone. Rollins was at the game because he was injured running out a foul ball and could not play for the Phillies. "You guys are front-runners," Rollins said, adding, "just kidding." Everyone laughed. Temple's defense dominated.
Sunday, Oct. 5 _ Owls move one step closer to MAC East title _ In a repeat performance of last year, Temple beat Miami, 24-17. This time, it was closer as the Owls' Eric Reynolds scored on a 67-yard punt return in the fourth quarter to break a tie. "This is why we practice all over the place," Golden said. "I told the guys we have to learn to win anywhere and they've adopted that mindset."
Sunday, Oct. 12 _ Owls hand Central Michigan first loss _ Long touchdown runs by Joey Jones, Marquise Liverpool and Ahkeem Smith gave Temple a 21-0 halftime lead and the Owls coasted past the defending champions, 35-14, before a stunned crowd of 18,568. "Where did those guys come from?" Central Michigan coach Butch Jones said. "I read MAC Report Online and they never said the Temple runners were that good." After the game, Joe Jones legally changes his first name to Joey. "That's in honor of coach," Jones said, pointing to Golden.
Wednesday, Oct. 21 _ Owls hammer Ohio, 41-0 _ ESPN Game Day makes a special trip to the rare Tuesday night game with Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit throwing bouquets at the Owls as several thousand Temple students ham it up for the cameras in the background. Corso interviews former Temple kicker Cap Poklemba, who arrives to the halftime set in a Dr. Suess hat. "You lead the cheers," Corso said. "I understand you led the cheers when no one was here. It must be sweet."
"Lee, you don't know the half of it," Poklemba said. "It's sweeter than sweet."
Owls go to 8-0 and move into the top 20 for the first time since 1979.
Sunday, Nov. 2 _ Owls sink Navy, 21-14 _ Temple uses experience gained from stopping Army's option to stopping the Middies as well. "I don't know how to say this diplomatically, but I think they found out we're not Towson," Golden said. Owls go to 9-0 and Philadelphia radio station WIP announces that it will now take calls on Temple football.
Thursday, Nov. 13 _ Owls sack Kent State, 21-7 _ Temple's defense finds diminutive quarterback Julian Edelman for nine sacks in the win. "Those guys are so tall I couldn't see over them, so I tried to duck for a view downfield and, by then, they had me," Edelman said. "It's frustrating." D'Onofrio: "We weren't going to let a midget beat us." Temple goes to 10-0 and DiMichele and Golden make the cover of Sports Illustrated.
Sunday, Nov. 23 _ Owls give Eastern Michigan an empty feeling, 28-0 _ Before an announced crowd of 5,234 that looked like 534, the Owls coasted to a routine road win. "We're not used to this," DiMichele said. "It was like playing in library but, like coach says, you need to be prepared to win everywhere. Man, I didn't know it was this cold in Michigan." Owls go to 11-0 and clinch the MAC East title by a full game over Bowling Green.
Saturday, Nov. 29 _ Record crowd sends Owls off to MAC title game _ Temple tunes up for the Dec. 5 MAC title game with a 26-7 win over Akron before a record crowd of 71,222. "It's the beginning of a new tradition in Philadelphia," Golden said. "Everybody goes to a Thanksgiving Day game on Thursday and our game on Friday. I saw a lot of turkey sandwiches in the stands." Owls spend two hours going around the stadium and high-fiving the fans afterward. Owls go to 12-0 and are mentioned as a possible BCS Bowl game foe.
Saturday, Dec. 5 _ Owls beat Central Michigan for MAC title _ Using the no-huddle offense Temple last used in the opening game against Army, Temple befuddles Central Michigan in a 35-25 win. "It's my fault," Central Michigan coach Butch Jones said. "In our game against them earlier, they pounded us running the ball. I thought they'd do the same thing so we practiced using an eight-man line. Then they go no-huddle. We got outcoached." Unbeaten Temple named as foe for once-beaten LSU in 2009 Fiesta Bowl.
Saturday, Jan. 10 _ Tigers topple Temple, 22-17, for National Title _ In an eerie end to the game at the Fiesta Bowl, DiMichele finds Bruce Francis in the back of the end zone for an apparent score but he is ruled out of bounds. Fox Replays from several angles show Francis clearly caught the ball but LSU fans insist Francis bobbled the ball. "If he bobbled the ball, why is there no video anywhere of him bobbling the ball?" Golden asks. On ESPN afterward, Corso rips the officials and says both the BCS refs and the BCS replay officials are corrupt.
"As far as I'm concerned, Temple is the national champion," Corso says.

Did you know:

-That Philadelphia's public high school drop out rate is 50%?
-That obesity is an epidemic in teenagers?
-That hundreds of teens are working to win these fights and succeed in life, right here in Philly, by training to run a marathon?

A local non-profit youth program called Students Run Philly Style is currently in the running to win a huge award through the annual American Express Members Project contest (www.membersproject.com), and we need help pulling together some more local support.

Students Run is a mentoring program that takes students from neighborhoods all over the city and prepares them to complete the Philadelphia Marathon. It's not a traditional athletics program -- the kids who participate don't think of themselves as athletes before they begin, and they come from neighborhoods where violence is a problem and access to healthy food is really limited.

Students Run is currently #47 out of 1190 projects located throughout the world, so we actually have a shot at moving on to the next round. Click here to learn more and watch a video about Students Run:

http://www.membersproject.com/project/view/REMW3T

We're trying to get more people in Philly to log-on and support us in this contest. We need lots of people to nominate the project to advance to the next round of judging. If you could help us spread the word, that would be fantastic. The deadline for nominations is September 1. People can vote here: http://www.membersproject.com/project/view/REMW3T

If you have any questions, please let me know. You can also learn more about Students Run on our website: http://www.nncc.us/studentsrun.html

I have been trying to close an intuitive to spend. Shiny crystal dew on the petals and calyx huge. I sometimes think that it will issue a sharp Haojiao. I occasionally think of Ginsberg, a Haojiao men.
But I made it clear this is not the city's chaotic symphony of simulation, it simply does not belong to a group destabilized. In the long banks of two rivers, in a wide green in the blue lights up on the grasslands of the abdomen, you can not follow it. Time of debris easily hit the fragile nerves of people lost in this vast of saline-alkali soil.
It is full of wild flowers in the wilderness, unable to find the footprints, it disappeared in the middle of flowers, sunshine from the old riverbed on the refraction over. In the shadow of this strange new system of intermediate bulk of the language. The river surging, the soul of a spring cleaning utensils Zhangman the air. people also seems to be a golden under the sun in the swimming flowers.
Wildflowers dazzling treasures of the mystery. Your mental and temperament and the Wizard Xiangqu very far, the naked eye you can not identify the family emblem of this family. You lost in the population density, and saying all kinds of beauty among writers.
Jingmu a field, over the river network, the vast, dangerous. With the rich people's ideology of a wild flower constantly changing, there is a corner, and insects are everywhere Hegou Shandong color of the voice of small wings. No one of the wildflowers, earth hot and humid, the wheel has long been abandoned luxury decadent. Gas from the people and to take up the middle, boiling, the people of fuzzy, flower-shaped changes. 成立公司 公司註冊 商務中心

To almost 12-year-old, gradually began expansion of cities, many of the old alley old building plans to be removed, the residents moved to the edge of the city and new residential areas, urban centres on both sides of the road to stay out of commercial use. Big yard and the roads are in the planning, Jiuzhai removed, the road widening. Sidewalks on both sides of the Indus all Beikan-old, large trees Yi Keke sawing down, towed away. This can double the size of the road.
Now there is a wide flat cars to trucks to the cement road, a small roadside tree species. The summer sun exposure. From high-rise buildings standing on both sides, in addition to traffic strike, very few people walking on the sidewalk. It is no longer a narrow Shuying thick asphalt road, the ancient stout Faguowutong, sparrows, insects, courtyards, flowers, parked in drying racks on the dragonflies, hot soy milk Puzi, intensive bustling crowd, were washed away in the dry Clean net. No one is left of the old photo negatives, I just enough time to look at, it will lose on all the clues. Can only use memory to recall it.
A history of the Tang Dynasty was a small town, as one of the world have experienced many elderly people, own a dignified and solemn, 100 to 1,000 packs of temperament. Age Jianchang leave home, I know it seems gradually. When I can understand it when it had it not old. The moss Youyou, water Chan Chan, its white brick Heiwa, camphor wood aroma, and its Zhaizhang stone alley, dark courtyard, it's all things inadvertently, human feelings. Even an ancient city, people will still manoeuvrable its forms. Quickly overthrown, lightly destroyed, clumsy reconstruction, poor and old.
People living in the history of foam Paper on breathing, home, leaving behind buildings, civilization and our way of life, inner conviction, have been gradually from the dim yellow pages of paper erased, discarded. As the large group of ants to build nests, the greater will be up against all the animals. Create an artificial construction, and all, all these, the end can not hold and live a long time.
New cities. The disappearance of the old city. Some people remember the old look like it, some people still remember a little bit, some people will not know. They were cut off and the city's history, the relationship between it and cut off the elegance and conviction of the association. As if they are orphans, not nutrients, live in a new re-start the city's history. It is rich, clean, decent, just and past broken links. Including its traditional and spiritual support, the relationship between clean break, there is no nostalgia in the gross. Pushed all, reform all, as if everything can start again. Start decisive.
Everything is new. Has nothing to do with the past. They built on a desert. The new face of the new people in the world, only flourish ambition, no Feng Yue mood.depot
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KICKS
(Kiwanis International Charity Kickball Tournament)
These KICKS are for kids!
Saturday, September 13, 2008
12-6 p.m.
Kendrick Recreation Center
Manayunk, PA

Join the fun!
Help to raise money for disadvantaged and physically challenged Philadelphia children by playing kickball! Get a team together (10 person/3 female minimum) and sign up today at http://www.uckiwanis.com The registration deadline is September 5, 2008.

A $12 registration fee (per person) includes at least 2 playoff games, a BBQ, AND an AFTER-PARTY complete with drink specials at Kildare’s in Manayunk!

Prizes will be awarded to the top teams and the team with the most team spirit.
Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Variety Children’s Charity of Philadelphia and the Kendrick Recreation Center.

*Tournament will be held rain or shine.

Theatre Exile presents a return engagement of The Philly Fan by Bruce Graham, starring Tom McCarthy, and directed by Joe Canuso. This one-man hit show is a hilarious romp through fifty years of Philly sports history as seen by a hard core fan used to watching sure-thing victories turn into “oh-my-God-they-blew-it” defeats. June 10-15 at The Playground at the Adrienne, 2030 Sansom Street. Tickets are $25 - $50; call (215)922-4462 or visit www.ThePhillyFan.net.

I just got an anonymous tip that supposedly, a major motion picture will be filming extensively on Penn's campus this summer.

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Eagles Stand Pat With Lito; Draft Laws, Jackson; Aquire Booker; Keep Sheppard
What a busy day of mixed emotions, trades, confusion, releif, and more confusion!

We started out the day with the two Longs, Matt Ryan... and then soon it became pick number 10 and 11 and we were all wondering when the Eagles would move up. That never happened. Its finally the Eagles pick and they have a lot of guys high on their board that are still available but instead they take a 2nd and 4th round pick and a 2009 first rounder.

Before I knew what we got, like all fans I was pissed. What the hell? We lose ANOTHER first round pick?!? But it looks like it worked out in our favor. According to an Andy Reid press conference, Jeff Otah was who we were probably going to pick if we didn't make that trade.

So then our 2nd round pick is coming up and oh no we traded it again. We get the Vikings 2nd and 4th rounders. Basically this was my initial reaction: "What the hell are you thinking, Andy?" but in retrospect, all of the players who we were eyeing up were still available in our later 2nd round pick, which means we basically got a free 4th round pick. Works for me.

We trade a 4th round pick for a 3rd round pick from last year, Lorenzo Booker - a running back out of Miami. This guy averaged 4.5 yards per carry last year and supposedly has a LOT of potential. I like the trade because instead of going after a guy like Felix Jones (who I can't remember if he was available at the time) we just trade a crappy free 4th rounder for a good future running back. Check out the video of him at the bottom of this post, he looks pretty good.

So its finally our third allotted selection of the day, which turned out to be our first pick, and Devin Thomas was off the board which left a consderable amount of fans mad. Malcom Kelly, Limas Sweed, and DeSean Jackson are still left and we figured to get one. Instead we get DT Trevor Laws out of ND. Laws seems to be a good pick; Mel Kiper likes him. Andy Reid also likes him, obviously. Two picks later and we had DeSean Jackson.

I sort of wish we got Limas Sweed instead. Jackson is more of a kick and punt returner than a reciever- think in terms of Ted Ginn, Jr. Sweed seems to be more of a natural wideout because he is more sized for the position although word about him is that he is a big hit or miss and with the Eagles luck he would be a big miss.

Most of us were thinking there would be a big trade in the works because the Eagles had 13 draft picks at one time but unfortunatly no Ocho Cinco, no Roy, no Anquan. Yet. Lito is still on the Eagles. Why? I don't know if we can get rid of him tomorrow. I don't know what were going to do. We basically have to get rid of him. So I guess the idea tomorrow is package him with a few late picks.. but don't forget we do have DeSean Jackson now. So what is the plan for Sheppard?

The reason for all of the trades? Reid was trying to stall. He knew we needed a receiver and he didn't want to pick one if we could trade for one but we couldn't put anything together. I don't think Reid really went into this prepared and I'm disapointed in a way. I think we did good but not great and we needed to do great. Tomorrow Reid needs to go all in like he said. He needs to package Lito and our first rounder for 2009 for something. We need something. Give us something, Andy!

Trevor Laws

DeSean Jackson

Lorenzo Booker

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Eagles Stand Pat With Lito; Draft Laws, Jackson; Aquire Booker; Keep Sheppard
What a busy day of mixed emotions, trades, confusion, releif, and more confusion!

We started out the day with the two Longs, Matt Ryan... and then soon it became pick number 10 and 11 and we were all wondering when the Eagles would move up. That never happened. Its finally the Eagles pick and they have a lot of guys high on their board that are still available but instead they take a 2nd and 4th round pick and a 2009 first rounder.

Before I knew what we got, like all fans I was pissed. What the hell? We lose ANOTHER first round pick?!? But it looks like it worked out in our favor. According to an Andy Reid press conference, Jeff Otah was who we were probably going to pick if we didn't make that trade.

So then our 2nd round pick is coming up and oh no we traded it again. We get the Vikings 2nd and 4th rounders. Basically this was my initial reaction: "What the hell are you thinking, Andy?" but in retrospect, all of the players who we were eyeing up were still available in our later 2nd round pick, which means we basically got a free 4th round pick. Works for me.

We trade a 4th round pick for a 3rd round pick from last year, Lorenzo Booker - a running back out of Miami. This guy averaged 4.5 yards per carry last year and supposedly has a LOT of potential. I like the trade because instead of going after a guy like Felix Jones (who I can't remember if he was available at the time) we just trade a crappy free 4th rounder for a good future running back. Check out the video of him at the bottom of this post, he looks pretty good.

So its finally our third allotted selection of the day, which turned out to be our first pick, and Devin Thomas was off the board which left a consderable amount of fans mad. Malcom Kelly, Limas Sweed, and DeSean Jackson are still left and we figured to get one. Instead we get DT Trevor Laws out of ND. Laws seems to be a good pick; Mel Kiper likes him. Andy Reid also likes him, obviously. Two picks later and we had DeSean Jackson.

I sort of wish we got Limas Sweed instead. Jackson is more of a kick and punt returner than a reciever- think in terms of Ted Ginn, Jr. Sweed seems to be more of a natural wideout because he is more sized for the position although word about him is that he is a big hit or miss and with the Eagles luck he would be a big miss.

Most of us were thinking there would be a big trade in the works because the Eagles had 13 draft picks at one time but unfortunatly no Ocho Cinco, no Roy, no Anquan. Yet. Lito is still on the Eagles. Why? I don't know if we can get rid of him tomorrow. I don't know what were going to do. We basically have to get rid of him. So I guess the idea tomorrow is package him with a few late picks.. but don't forget we do have DeSean Jackson now. So what is the plan for Sheppard?

The reason for all of the trades? Reid was trying to stall. He knew we needed a receiver and he didn't want to pick one if we could trade for one but we couldn't put anything together. I don't think Reid really went into this prepared and I'm disapointed in a way. I think we did good but not great and we needed to do great. Tomorrow Reid needs to go all in like he said. He needs to package Lito and our first rounder for 2009 for something. We need something. Give us something, Andy!

Trevor Laws

DeSean Jackson

Lorenzo Booker

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The South Jersey Vikings are a semi-professional football team based in Gibbsboro, New Jersey. The Vikings are currently looking for coaches, players and volunteers to fill their roster for the 2008 season.

The Vikings compete in the Colonial Football Alliance, which currently has teams from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The regular season runs from July 2008 to October 2008.

Open tryouts will be held on the following two dates:
Sunday, March 16th, 2008 from 10:00AM to 2:00PM
Sunday, March 30th, 2008 from 10:00AM to 2:00PM

Location of tryouts will be at the Viking’s home field (Giangiulio Field) on Victor Blvd in Gibbsboro, New Jersey (08026). This field is located between Route 73 and Route 561 in the Voorhees, New Jersey area. This field is an ; artificial turf field.

Tryouts are open to anyone 18 years of age or older. Bring cleats or shoes and dress for the weather. Water will be provided but it is also recommended you bring your own water.

Tryouts will consist of the following drills: 40-yard dash, shuttle run, bench press, position specific drills, physical measurements and player interviews.

If you can not make the above tryout dates contact us and you will still be able to tryout for the team at a future date.

Please call Head Coach Jim MacNeill at 856-373-8520 or e-mail him at info@southjerseyvikings. com to confirm your attendance at tryouts or if you have any questions. More information can also be found at the team’s official website: www.southjerseyvikings.com.

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In my line of work,I meet a wide range of people. Some tell me their profession and others don't when I try to keep the small talk going as I fix their computer. Tonite I hit the jackpot because he was a high school referee. They must have a club or something because when he spoke he seemed to represent the professional refs too. We discussed the Eagles and how Horse collar tackles are only illegal in the NFL. He also touched on how focused they have to be because if they turned to hear the athlete's plead their case,vital plays could be missed. That's why you see on TV the players talking to the refs but never getting eye contact. Funny enough he said he doesn't even pay attention to the coaches unless they call "time out" or call him names other than "SIR", LOL. Now that's being focused. Another good point came up when I asked him why does the refereeing seem different when playoffs roll around? He answered by mentioning how at that phase,only the good teams remain and usually they reached that level because they don't commit too many penalties to begin with. Good Point...