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Subject: Click on this message for a recent article on Temple and the MAC.

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Date Posted: 14:16:15 05/16/05 Mon
In reply to: Rambacker 's message, "Haven't heard that rumor at all. What I have heard is Temple will join the MAC in football only and stay in the A-10 in all other sports. Temple has a lot of leverage to be football only in the MAC because the MAC is ecstatic to have them as a football member due to the fact that Philly will become the largest MAC football market for TV. Temple would never join the MAC in hoops - too weak a league for them." on 12:06:53 05/16/05 Mon

Temple to join MAC in football
To play some members in basketball

By JOHN HARRIS
TOLEDO BLADE SPORTS COLUMNIST

Temple University will join the Mid-American Conference as a full-time member in football, and the Owls are expected to play MAC teams in men's and women's basketball, conference officials confirmed yesterday. A formal announcement of the five-year agreement between Temple and the MAC beginning with the 2005-06 season will come at a press conference next week.

The addition of Temple will increase the number of MAC teams to 13. Marshall and Central Florida left the MAC for Conference USA. With the conference landscape becoming increasingly unpredictable and uncertain as schools switch conferences on a regular basis, MAC officials aggressively pursued Temple, one of only four remaining independents in Division I-A. Temple, no longer affiliated with the Big East Conference, has faced MAC opponents regularly in football in recent years.

The Owls will play a total of four football games against MAC opponents next season, including Toledo and Bowling Green, but those contests won't count as conference games. In 2006, Temple will play six games against MAC opponents.

Temple, which shares its home stadium with the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles, annually has produced one of the weaker Division I football programs in the country. The prevailing opinion among MAC members is that Temple, despite its lack of football success, will enhance the MAC's reputation nationally because it is located in a major media market - the largest market among MAC schools.

Although Temple will retain its basketball affiliation with the Atlantic 10, the Owls' men's and women's teams have agreed to play MAC opponents, conference officials said. The opportunity to face Temple several times a year could help the MAC send more basketball teams to the NCAA tournament, the result of the conference building a higher overall RPI rating by playing the Owls.

Temple's men's basketball program is led by Hall of Fame coach John Chaney. The women are coached by U.S. Olympian Dawn Staley, who coaches her alma mater while also playing in the WNBA.

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