I got a lot of grief on this site last year when I wrote that, in my mind, Adam DiMichele is a better quarterback than Donovan McNabb.
By my mind, I meant for my team.
We're talking about a young quarterback with a fresh set of legs and a world of moxie against an old quarterback with tired legs and questionable moxie
I had more confidence in DiMichele getting the job done in a big spot for my primary team (Owls) than I had McNabb getting the job done in a big spot for my secondary team (Eagles).That's based on close observations of both over the last three years.
Is the 22-year-old DiMichele better than the 32-year-old McNabb?
That's for the Eagles to decide, since they have now invited him to a preseason mini-camp for rookies.
We're talking about a young quarterback with a fresh set of legs and a world of moxie against an old quarterback with tired legs and questionable moxie.
You can say that Reid did this out of a professional courtesy to the local team, but leaving the door ajar for DiMichele might just been good enough for him to find a permanent home there.
The Eagles will find out a few things about my favorite quarterback at the upcoming mini-camp:
- He can make throws on the run;
- He won't throw balls at the feet of receivers;
- He can still scramble;
- He has a knack of making the big play at the big time;
- He can throw an accurate deep ball;
- He doesn't wear a flak jacket that limits his mobility in the open field;
- He won't throw up on the field like a certain other quarterback has done twice at crunch time.
My admiration for this tough-as-nails young man is well-documented here.
I wish he would have had the opportunity, for example, to go up against Penn State for four full quarters, that game would have been a lot closer than a 42-point spread, I really believe.
Maybe 10-15 tops.
Maybe Adam could have made enough plays to keep them in the game to the end.
There are 22 guys on a football field at any given time but, for Temple, it's been a long time since one man has made such a difference.
That man was (I have to use was now, unfortunately) Adam DiMichele.
Football is a funny game.
The Eagles have had one quarterback who has mostly infuriated me for the last three years. They now have another who has never let me down
Had ADM been fully healthy for the last two seasons, I have no doubt that the Owls would be going for their third-straight winning season.No doubt.
Adam now has a blog on Owlsports.com and he's shown a nice ability to express himself on paper. Heck, I even like his blog better than McNabb's.
The Eagles have had one quarterback who has mostly infuriated me for the last three years. They now have another who has never let me down.
All he has to do is be himself and Andy Reid will love him. So will Eagles' fans.
Fortunately, I was able to channel hop over to John Clark for the 11:30 sports at Channel 10. 
I have a love/hate relationship with 
I love the best day in the world in the best place in the world to do one-stop shopping for some inexpensive and quality Temple stuff, including game-worn jerseys.
FLIP THE MAC _ A takeoff on last year's "Flip The Switch" Flip the MAC refers to the constant barrage of negative messages about Temple football on the MAC bulletin boards. One guy keeps saying Temple=Bad Football when two teams he trumpets, Miami and Akron, were beaten two years in a row by the Owls. Another guy from Kent State keeps bringing up Temple attendance problems when there were maybe 400 folks, tops, at Kent State for the Temple game last year. The slogan can be accompanied by a logo that shows the familiar Styrofoam No. 1 finger given out at Temple basketball games. In this case, the finger is switched one digit over and a MAC logo appears on the back of the hand.
"Really the surprise has been Mike Gerardi. He's really come in. Every time he's gotten in, he's led us down and scored or played really well. So he's getting a lot of reps now." Matt Rhule
