That puff of white smoke coming from the Edberg-Olson Football Complex today was not exhaust from the train station above, but the rather important annoucement that the Owls' 2009 football schedule has finally been released.
The Mid-American Conference released the schedule at 2:36 p.m. today or about 20 minutes ago.
Last year, they released the schedule on March 11.
Both years, the MAC was the last league to release season schedules.
The holdup?
Waiting for league braintrust to formulate various deals to keep games on national TV.
2009 Temple Football Schedule
Sep.
3 Villanova, 7 p.m.
19 at Penn State
26 Buffalo
Oct.
3 at Eastern Michigan
10 Ball State
17 Army (Homecoming)
24 at Toledo
31 at Navy
Nov.
5 Miami, 7:30 pm (ESPNU*)
13 at Akron, 8 pm (ESPNU)
21 Kent State
27 at Ohio, tbd (ESPNU/ESPN360*)
*ESPN Multiple-Game Selection Date
In one example, Miami was supposed to host Colorado. Kentucky wanted to play a game against Miami in Cincinnati, so that MAC had to find another league opponent for Colorado. They found one in Toledo.
That't the way these things work.
Temple will open its season on Thursday night, Sept. 3, at Lincoln Financial Field against Villanova. That much we knew weeks ago.
What we didn't know until today was exactly who the league opponents will be for the Owls.
They will host Buffalo, Ball State, Miami and Kent State.
They will visit Ohio, Akron, Eastern Michigan and Toledo.
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