SB Nation’s Black Shoe Diaries looks at the history and ramifications of Saturday’s Penn State-Temple tilt:
Penn State Vs. Temple: A History Of Violence
When the Temple Owls come to Happy Valley to play the Penn State Nittany Lions this Saturday, it will mark the 40th meeting between the two in-state rivals. I use the term "rival" loosely, because frankly it's not much of a rivalry. Penn State owns the series by a tally of 35-3-1. Temple's three wins came in the first four games of the series, with the last win coming in 1941 about a month and a half before the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Joe Paterno was just 15 years old.
Penn State will be welcoming home wayward son Al Golden who is in his fifth year as coach of the Owls. His work in Philadelphia is almost as legendary as Benjamin Franklin.
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