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Dionte Christmas, who scored 2,043 career points and helped lead Temple to consecutive Atlantic 10 championships during his stellar career with the Owls, has been named to the Temple Athletics Hall of Fame, and he joined us on The Scoop this week to share some incredible stories about his time with the Owls that you won't want to miss. 
 
We'll tell you more about Mo Keita, Temple's new 7-foot-1 center who signed with the Owls this week via the transfer portal, and update you on the latest players from the 2025 class who have taken official visits with the Owls following Temple football coach Stan Drayton's first prospect camp of the summer. 
 
And in addition to the mailbag, we have a couple of upsets in the OwlScoop Summertime Madness food bracket to discuss and tell you how you can continue to vote for your favorite food spots on Temple's campus. 
 
Intro: 0:00 - 8:37
Famous No. 41s and On (or around) This Date: 8:37 - 18:21
Dionte Christmas interview:  18:21 - 1:10:25
Mo Keita, Temple's new transfer portal center: 1:10:25 - 1:14:45
Football recruiting updates: 1:14:45 - 1:17:28
The TUFF Fund honors cancer survivors: 1:17:28 - 1:18:40
Mailbag: 1:18:40 - 1:29:07
Scoop Summertime Madness Food Bracket: 1:29:07 - end
 
 

Temple has the help of another NIL collective with the Owl Elite Fund.
 
On this week’s podcast, we talked to its president, Lou Parisi, about how it came together and how it can collaborate with the work that has been done by the TUFF Fund. Parisi, a former mid-distance runner on Temple’s track team, is the director of marketing at Comcast Business, and he has some ambitious goals for the Owl Elite Fund that he shared during our interview.
 
Plus, you’ll hear some of our 1-on-1 interview with Temple Athletic Director Arthur Johnson from Tuesday night’s Temple Takeover event in which Johnson talked about where he feels the athletic department stands now with NIL.
 
There are some football coaching staff changes to discuss, some updates on two of Temple’s top men’s basketball recruiting targets in the 2025 class, and the first round of wins and losses in our Summertime Madness food bracket that matches up the top food spots of yesterday and today on Temple’s campus.
 
And as always, we have answers to your mailbag questions.
 
Intro: 0:00 – 3:46
A tribute to Tom Mudrick: 3:46 – 6:25
Famous No. 40s, On (or around) This Date: 6:25 – 15:25
Lou Parisi interview: 15:25 – 45:55
Arthur Johnson audio and a discussion on where Temple stands with NIL: 45:55 – 58:19
Temple men’s hoops scheduling update: 58:19 – 58:47
Updates on Temple recruiting targets Cam Wallace and Devin Booker: 58:19 – 59:20
Temple’s three new football assistants: 59:20 – 1:00:09
Mailbag: 1:00:09 – 1:15:35
Scoop Summer Madness food bracket first round: 1:15:35 – end

This week’s episode of OwlScoop.com’s podcast is packed with a little bit of everything, so time stamps will be your friend.
 
Temple men’s basketball fans can enjoy the first part of our 1-on-1 interview with Owls forward Steve Settle, who explained how he and his teammates turned around their season in the span of five games to get to the brink of a conference championship and NCAA Tournament berth.
 
If you’re curious about what the latest House v. NCAA settlement will mean for a program like Temple, Philadelphia lawyer Andrew Hope joined us on The Scoop again to lend his legal perspective to the issue and explained while it may not be such a bad thing for the Owls and the landscape of college athletics.
 
And fans of yesterday and today can tune in for the unveiling of our first Summertime Madness bracket that pits former and current Temple food spots against each other in tournament matchups that will be decided by you – the listeners and voters – and the OwlScoop staff. Where do pizza places like Eddie's, Fames and Philly Style check in? Remember the place on campus back in the 90s on Broad Street that served Chines food and donuts? It made the field, too. 
 
What’s the latest on the recruiting front as Adam Fisher and his staff look to fill out their last two scholarship spots? How can the new Owl Elite Fund, a new for-profit NIL collective, complement the TUFF Fund? What are the best-case, worst-case and most realistic scenarios ahead for the men’s and women’s basketball teams? We talked about that in the mailbag, too.
 
Intro: 0:00 – 4:00
 
Famous No. 39s, On (or around) This Date: 4:00 – 10:55
 
Steve Settle interview: 10:55 – 23:30
 
The NCAA settlement explained by Andrew Hope: 23:30 – 56:55
 
Owl Elite Fund: 56:55 – 58:00
 
Mailbag: 58:00 – 1:19:40
 
Summertime Madness food bracket revealed: 1:19:40 – end

The transfer portal has its ups and downs, and Stan Drayton's football program experienced both feelings in the same week.
Just days after getting a verbal commitment from Division II defensive tackle Collin Vaughn, Temple lost Vaughn to Utah State after he changed his mind less than a week later. 
So what's next for Drayton's football program and Adam Fisher's men's basketball program on the recruiting front? What's an early educated guess at Fisher's starting five? Want to hear a story about Allen Iverson and Aaron McKie during their time together with the 76ers? We dove into that and much more on this week's mailbag and talked more about our Scoop Summer Madness field of 34 food bracket, which will be revealed next week. 

Scoop listeners will hear part of John DiCarlo's interview with new transfer defensive tackle Collin Vaughn, who announced his verbal commitment to Temple Sunday night, and we have some summer content ahead that will engage our listeners.

Listeners will hear from Temple's newest transfer portal addition, former Fordham forward Elijah Gray, on this week'e episode of The Scoop. Our 1-on-1 interview with the 6-foot-8, 220-pound rising junior is part of our ongoing Get To Know The Owls series, and you can listen to the first part of it on this week's podcast, along with answers to your mailbag questions.