Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Bernard Pierce demoted?


After having an entire Heisman campaign dedicated to him, Bernard Pierce is suddenly out of Temple’s starting lineup. Now I know that seems impossible to fathom, but Coach Al Golden has declared sophomore running back Matt Brown as the team’s #1 running back on the depth chart… for now.

"Bernard will be the first to tell you that Matt should be first [string] right now," Golden said yesterday at Temple's Edberg-Olson Hall. "Matt hasn't missed a down - not one play the whole training camp."

So is Golden being dead serious when he says that Brown is starting over Pierce?

In my opinion, I don’t believe it for a bit. Although, Pierce has been battling through an apparent head injury (which has not been considered a concussion) suffered two weeks ago, which forced him to miss a couple days of preseason drills, there’s no way Temple can seriously be considering benching him behind Brown.

Maybe Golden is just trying to bring Pierce back down to reality since he’s been the focus of the national media because of his Heisman contention and being dubbed as one of the saviors of Temple football. But in all honesty, Matt Brown is a good looking running back, and he did rush for over 150 yards twice last season against Ohio and Kent State, but he is still not Bernard Pierce.

With 12 days separating the offseason and kickoff against Villanova in week one, something will convince Golden to place Pierce ahead of Brown, but for now, Pierce is Temple’s second-string running back, despite how crazy that may sound.


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