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Temple Paid Homage to the Phillies and Eagles with an Appalling Choke Job of Their Own
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Here’s the situation –
Temple, a 10-point home dog to undefeated Navy, took a 31-24 lead over the Midshipmen with 1:16 left on the clock. Navy got the ball back on the 25, pushed close to midfield, and then this happened on 4th and 1 with the game on the line:
QB keeper and a house call. A backbreaker. Five plays, 75 yards, TD. No clue what that defensive alignment was. Everybody knew Horvath was running it there.
Did Navy kick the extra point and play for overtime? No, they did not. They went for two to win the game and pulled off a beautiful play action rollout and pick play to their fullback, of all players, and converted on a tremendously-gutsy call.
Temple did get a shot with 39 seconds left on the clock but struggled to get a Hail Mary attempt off.
They saw what the Eagles and Phillies did and said “not so fast, my friends!” Then they choked away a touchdown lead with less than a minute-thirty remaining. Absolute horror show at the Linc after K.C. Keeler’s boys battled all day long against an undefeated team. They put up 518 yards of offense! Controlled the clock for 34 minutes! Converted half their third downs and two fourth downs as well!
And they lost.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com