Bowl Preview: EagleBank Bowl

EagleBank Bowl
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Temple vs. UCLA
Date: Dec. 29
Time: 4:30 p.m.
TV: ESPN
Line: UCLA -4.5

About Temple (9-3): A perennial powerhouse, the Owls...oh wait, Temple? In a bowl game? Get the hell out of here. That coach deserves a raise from the $18,000 they're paying him.

Intangibles:
John Chaney: +2
John Chaney angry: -4
Bill Cosby: -1

About UCLA (6-6): I'm not sure what's lower - not going to a bowl game or flying across the country to play freaking Temple in the EagleBank Bowl. Criminy, Slick Rick, does not seem to have things going in the right direction for the Bruins.

Intangibles:
Fight song: +2
Cade McNown: -3
the cojones to hire Slick Rick: -1

Impact player: Temple RB Bernard Pierce averages almost six yards a carry and 118 yards a game - and get this - he plays for TEMPLE.

Bowl slogan: "There's nothing like RFK in the winter. Really, who would want this?"

Little Known fact: Temple's bowl history (which has five pages dedicated to it in the postseason media guide) consists of the 1935 Sugar Bowl and the 1979 Garden State Bowl. That's it.

Watchability (1-5): -3 in lieu of watching rip eyes out of sockets with BBQ tongs.

The Pick: Temple 21, UCLA 17 (what the hell)

Nice video, weak schedule

I guess if you have this weak of a home slate you have to put together a video to promote it. I guess Iowa and clearly Ohio State are good games. But some of these other ones are embarrassing.

Don't stretch yourself too much to start the season ... Akron (Sept. 5), Syracuse (Sept. 12) and Temple (Sept. 19) Really Penn State. You can't fit Pitt into the schedule Pitt? It would be a much better match up and rebuild the rivalry.