Temple's quest for national recognition

'Mid-Major schools don't deserve national recognition', however, a new dawn is upon us, and the mid majors are quietly rising to the occasion.

When you think of Mid-Major schools, teams like Boise State, TCU, BYU, and even Utah come to mind. Not so fast. There's another team quickly joining the ranks of those schools, the Temple Owls.

The national media and fans of college football are quick to point out that Temple never gets quality wins, and being stuck in the Mid American Conference gives them no legitimate conference wins.

Though this may have been true at one point, the Owls have strung together three QUALITY wins this season, and are sitting pretty at 3-0.

They opened their season with a huge victory over inner-city rival Villanova, who was coming up off a FCS National Championship run. The Wildcats returned nearly all of their starters from a year ago, which means that Temple defeated a championship team. Also, don't forget that the Big East is trying to bring 'Nova into their conference in the coming years. Well, what about Temple?

Following their win over the Wildcats, Temple knocked off the "Kings of the MAC", Central Michigan. The Chippewas dominated the conference for the past several years under the reigns of Dan LeFevour. So Temple knocked off a conference champ, not too shabby.

Then came September 18, the day that Temple finally knocked off a BCS-school. The UCONN Huskies, belonging to the Big East, were lit up the Owls on all cylinders.

Wait, so Temple defeated the following:

• Reigning FCS National Champions
• MAC Champions
• Big East school

Sounds to me that Boise State, TCU, BYU, and Utah have some competition.