Villanova talking a lot of trash

Hell is Coming for Villanova fans 9/3 and they don't even know it.


By Mike Gibson
Smfh.
That's tweet talk for shaking my f-ing head.
(I just learned that yesterday, but we won't go into how.)
Well, smfh is what I was doing after reading some postings by Villanova football fans over on their Rivals.com board recently.
If I were Villanova, I would be respectful of Temple, say only nice things about the Owls and then talk after the game if I was lucky enough to pull off the upset.
But nooooooooooo, as John Belushi liked to say.
They are just doing a lot of talking. If the Wildcats are working on trick plays over at Villanova Stadium as much as their fans are working their jaws, we might be in trouble.
But I don't think that's possible.
Here are just some of my favorites:
"Remember #71 Ben Ijalana who will spend the night pancakeing your D linemen." _ Villanova fan Uncle Ed (I left the misspelling of the word pancaking in for effect).

"Will Coach Talley pass the ball 76 times vs Owls? NO, because the Cats will be running the ball down your throats."
_ Villanova fan Uncle Ed (Ed Rideout, pictured) on Rivals.com board

I guess the lineman Uncle Ed was referring to might be Outland Trophy candidate Andre Neblett but, unlike the Outland committee, I doubt if that grumpy old uncle even knows who Neblett is. He'll find out in two weeks, though.
Or more Uncle Ed:
"Will Coach Talley pass the ball 76 times vs Owls? NO, because the Cats will be running the ball down your throats."
Yeah, I guess a 1AA (or FCS) team can run the ball down the throats of a team that shut out Big East power UConn and NFL first-round running back pick Donald Brown for all but 3:39 of last year's game.
Yeah, right.
Or 3rd General Wildcat:
"Villanova has two QB's that could start on your team ..."
In that context, it's who, not that, General but I will let you slide because you were presumably educated at Villanova. Oh. Our third-string quarterback got offered (not just interest) from Ohio State, so I assume your top two guys could play at Ohio State.
Yeah, right.

"... outside your little Temple bubble, you guys are nothing but a joke." _ Villanova fan wideright82 on Rivals.com board

Or Wideright82:"Step up on the 3rd and maybe you'll get some respect, because as of now, outside your little Temple bubble, you guys are nothing but a joke."
I have a funny (pun intended) feeling there are going to be a lot of guys wearing Cherry and White with Temple caps bouncing down the Lincoln Financial Field steps laughing at that joke come 10 p.m. or so Sept. 3.
This trash talking won't hurt Temple's cause at all because it will only help fill stronger, quicker athletes with a terrible resolve.
But that's why they play the game on the field and that's why I like having guys like Andre Neblett and Dominique Harris and Vaughn Carraway and Jason Harper and Steve Maneri and Adrian Robinson and Alex Joseph on my side.
To name a few.
We'll give you Ben Ijalana, whoever he is.
Do the neighborly thing and spare Villanova fans three hours of hell by purchasing all of the available tickets ...