When Temple came out of the tunnel, I looked around and thought there was actually a pretty healthy number of Owls fans in the stands. But then Penn State took the field, the decibel level (as such in an enclosed press box) just about tripled, and that was that.
Welcome to Lincoln Financial Field, which is sold out but not nearly full yet. It's cold, overcast and quite windy, which means it's perfect football weather.
The Owls just put together a pretty nice drive: nine plays and 69 yards in 3:28. But after Dan Connor chased Vaughn Charlton into a sack, Jake Brunell hooked a 23-yard field goal halfway to the Spectrum (seriously, it was that far left) and we remain scoreless.
I'm not going to be liveblogging this thing, even though it's on ESPNU and most people around here don't get that channel. But I'll chime in every once in a while.
For now, here are some photos I took of tailgaters in the parking lot before the game:
The Temple fans were definitely outnumbered, but I found more than a few groups of people dressed in cherry and white.
Some Temple fans strike a pose.
Penn State flags in the parking lot.
And a Temple flag. Though I don't get the "PHETE Team" reference. If someone does, please let me know.
There was even some mingling between the two fan sets.
Now this I thought was funny. Not least because I thought Penn was the place to find the most anti-Penn State stuff around here.
Comments (1)
Sounded like the game was a total wire-to-wire job by PSU, and we aren't that good this season. That tells me how far the gap really is between us and Temple.
Glad I didnt make the drive down and sit out in the cold for a 31-0 lopsided ballgame.
Posted by Andy | November 10, 2007 4:09 PM
Posted on November 10, 2007 16:09