{"id":350,"date":"2010-09-04T14:27:22","date_gmt":"2010-09-04T21:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/professorlarry.com\/?p=350"},"modified":"2010-09-04T14:27:22","modified_gmt":"2010-09-04T21:27:22","slug":"temple-owls-claw-past-villanova-keep-the-rivalry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professorlarry.com\/?p=350","title":{"rendered":"Temple Owls Claw Past Villanova. Keep The Rivalry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a long time Temple football fan, I was disappointed when they decided to renew their rivalry with Villanova a couple of years ago. It seemed like a no-win situation; if Temple wins, they beat a 1-AA, FCS\u00a0team, but if they lose, they lost to a 1-AA team. Last year, Villanova beat Temple on a last second field goal. Things looked bleak last night when Villanova kicked a field goal with around 1:30 to go in the game, but Temple marched down the field and Brandon McManus kicked a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/inquirer\/sports\/20100904_Loss_to_Temple_a_painful_one_for_Villanova.html\">42 yard field goal <\/a>to win the game. (Temple added a fumble return for a touchdown on the subsequent kickoff to win the game 31-24. Now, I&#8217;m a believer that it&#8217;s a good thing for Temple to play Villanova. First of all, it&#8217;s become an exciting rivalry, with down to the minute finishes. Next, it&#8217;s great to see exciting college football in the city of Philadelphia, which is mostly a pro football, Eagles, town. In addition, the attendance for last night&#8217;s game at Lincoln Financial Field was over 32,000 fans, which was the largest non-Penn State game crowd that Temple has had at the Linc. Win or lose, it&#8217;s a game that should be played every year. Please comment on the game or the rivalry below. (Photo from the Philadelphia Inquirer).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/photos\/sports_photos\/Temple_31_Nova_24.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media.philly.com\/images\/018-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a long time Temple football fan, I was disappointed when they decided to renew their rivalry with Villanova a couple of years ago. It seemed like a no-win situation; if Temple wins, they beat a 1-AA, FCS\u00a0team, but if &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/professorlarry.com\/?p=350\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/professorlarry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/professorlarry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/professorlarry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professorlarry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professorlarry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=350"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/professorlarry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353,"href":"https:\/\/professorlarry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350\/revisions\/353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/professorlarry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professorlarry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professorlarry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}