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The Temple Owls

Temple University is a university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Temple University was founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell and became known as Temple College in 1888. In 1907, the college became a fully accredited university. Temple University is the 28th largest university in the United States, is the sixth largest provider of professional education in the country and is known for its programs in law, education, media, business and health sciences.

The school's sports teams are called the Owls: this name comes from Temple's early days, when it was a night school. Their football team previously participatesd in the NCAA's Division I-A in the Big East Conference, but was expelled from that conference after the 2004 season, media reports have the Owls joining the Mid-American Conference as soon as the 2006 season with the team playing as a independent for the 2005 season. The Owls are a member of the Atlantic Ten Conference for other sports. It's men's basketball team is part of the Big Five, the traditional designation for the rivalries between the Owls and their Philadelphia rivals: Penn, St. Joseph's, Villanova, and La Salle.

The Temple University Intercollegiate Athletic Program is nationally recognized, not simply because one of the University's most famous alums - worldwide ambassador of goodwill Bill Cosby - was a track and field and football star in the 1960s. The program is well known because of its outstanding achievements over an extended period of time.

Temple University was among the first institutions in the United States to sponsor extracurricular athletic activities for its students. Both the football and basketball programs were inaugurated back in 1894 under the direction of Coach Charles M. Williams.

Big East Football

Starting with the 1991-1992 academic year, the Big East began playing football, and obtained immediate legitimacy as a football conference with the addition of the powerhouse Miami program. The same eight teams competed in the league from its inception until Miami and Virginia Tech joined the ACC and UConn joined the Big East football league, all in 2004. Major realignment will occur in 2005.

The Big East has had two teams play for national championships during its short existence. Miami won seven of the league's first thirteen championships (though 1991 and 1992 were selected by polls, as round-robin play did not begin until 1993) and won national championships in 1991 and 2001, dominating the league at the beginning and end of its run and suffering from NCAA sanctions in the middle years. Virginia Tech may have benefited the most of any team from Big East affiliation; head coach Frank Beamer developed that program from a perennial independent also-ran into a 1995 and 1996 conference champion, then led the team to an undefeated regular season in 1999 with freshman quarterback Michael Vick. Tech appeared in the 2000 Sugar Bowl BCS championship game, where they were defeated 46-29 by Florida State.

Of the six charter members continuing in the conference, four of them have finished first in the league, although two of them did not share in a league title until 2004. Syracuse's Donovan McNabb led the team to back-to-back titles in 1997 and 1998, and West Virginia took the crown with an 11-1 record in 1993. In 2004, there was a four-way tie for the league title between Pittsburgh, WVU, Syracuse, and departing Boston College; Pittsburgh won the tiebreaker to earn the league's BCS bid. BC saw its program collapse after a gambling scandal, but won bowl games in its last five years in the Big East and has been dubbed O-Line-U for its propensity to send offensive linemen to the NFL. Since 1993, neither Temple or Rutgers has finished higher than sixth, which along with low attendance led to the Big East's decision to expel Temple from the conference in 2005.

Big East Football Champions By Year

1991 Miami (FL) (2-0) & Syracuse (5-0)
1992 Miami (FL) (4-0)
1993 West Virginia (7-0)
1994 Miami (FL) (7-0)
1995 Virginia Tech (6-1) & Miami (FL) (6-1)
1996 Virginia Tech (6-1), Miami (FL) (6-1) & Syracuse (6-1)
1997 Syracuse (6-1)
1998 Syracuse (6-1)
1999 Virginia Tech (7-0)
2000 Miami (FL) (7-0)
2001 Miami (FL) (7-0)
2002 Miami (FL) (7-0)
2003 West Virginia (6-1) & Miami (FL) (6-1)
2004 Pittsburgh (earned BCS bid), Boston College, West Virginia, & Syracuse (all 4-2)

 

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