After a disastrous loss to Charlotte dropped Temple to 2-5 before a listless crowd at Lincoln Financial Field, K.C. Keeler stripped Brian L. Smith of his defensive coordinator title, promoted cornerbacks coach Henry Baker to interim defensive coordinator and fired defensive line coach Cedric Calhoun. Will it be enough to save the Owls’ season? We talked about that and discussed the news of Temple’s newest verbal commitment, JUCO offensive lineman Card’a Thompson.

With the men’s basketball opener less than two weeks away, we talked to South Carolina transfer Cam Scott about what he’s seen from his new teammates during the preseason and how he fits into what appears to be a very deep guard rotation.

And in answering a mailbag question this week, we dropped the news of a new project from OwlScoop.com Editor John DiCarlo and Michael Einbinder-Schatz called The Chaney Pod, an oral history about the life and legacy of the late former Hall of Fame coach John Chaney.

Intro: 0:00 – 2:24

Will the football staff changes work?: 2:24 – 16:20

Card’a Thompson commits to Temple: 16:20 – 20:11

Cam Scott joins The Scoop: 20:11 – 34:19

Mailbag: 34:19 – end

* Timestamsps are approximate due to advertisements.

Changes are coming for a 2-4 Temple football team ahead of Saturday’s game at winless Charlotte. We’ll tell you whyK.C. Keeler was sending midnight texts to his coordinators and why Jaxon Smolik’s days as the Owls’ quarterback are far from over.

Intro: 0:00 – 2:12

Questions remain after the UConn loss: 2:12 – 12:02

Changes are coming ahead of Charlotte: 12:02 – 25:34

JMU is joining The American: 25:34 – 32:46

All-conference hoops honors and scrimmage news: 32:46 – 33:55

Mailbag: 33:55 – end

With a chance to turn around its season, Temple went down to Tampa and knocked off previously undefeated USF 17-13 Saturday night to improve to 2-3 ahead of this weekend’s Homecoming game against UConn. Speaking of the Huskies, we were joined on this week’s show by former OwlScoop reporter Javon Edmonds, who now covers Syracuse football for the Syracuse Post-Standard. The Orange beat UConn 42-41 in overtime last weekend in East Hartford, and Javon got a good look at the Huskies at Rentschler Field and passed along what fans can expect from UConn when they take on Temple Saturday at 3:45 p.m. at Lincoln Financial Field.

We also talked about Neumann-Goretti guard Reginna Baker, Diane Richardson’s newest class of 2027 verbal commitment, and answered several mailbag questions about quarterback Ajani Sheppard and the Owls.

Intro: 0:00 – 6:12

Did Temple turn around its season at USF?: 6:12 – 17:09

Scouting Saturday’s opponent – UConn: 17:09 – 24:48

Neumann-Goretti star Reginna Baker commits to Diane Richardson: 24:48 – 25:46

A look at how former Temple assistant Fran Brown is coaching Syracuse: 25:46 – 30:36

Mailbag: 30:36 – end

Timestamps are approximate due to advertisements.