Al Golden took over a Temple football program that struggled to compete in the Big East Conference and was embarrassingly booted out of the league for not meeting attendance and stadium requirements.
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Coach Al Golden's Temple football team has won five straight games.
Naval Academy athletics beat writer Bill Wagner and host Dave Broughton, both of The Capital sports department, take a look at the Wake Forest game on Saturday, October 24. They also discuss this Saturdays game against Temple.
Former head coach Bobby Wallace had tried the quick-fix method toward the end of his tenure and brought in a slew of transfers from junior college or other Division I schools.
Incidents of bad behavior plagued the Owls program.
Golden, who arrived at the Philadelphia school in December, 2005 after having served five seasons as defensive coordinator at Virginia, sent a strong message by basically clearing house. Golden...
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