Time Magazine Ranks Temple Football Seventh Academically in CFP Top-25

American Football Championship Highlights - Houston 24, Temple 13
PHILADELPHIA Time Magazine recently ranked the teams in the College Football Playoff Top 25 by their academic achievement. Of the 25 teams, Temple ranked seventh overall.

Though the work of players, coaches, and the staff of the Nancy & Donald Resnick Academic Support Center for Student-Athletes, Temple football achieved a record grade-point average in spring of 2015. The current Temple football roster also includes 26 college graduates,second most among all 2015 bowl teams.

Time used rankings compiled by New America, beginning with each school"s football graduation success rate (GSR). The GSR is an NCAA mandated number that schools granting aid to student-athletes are required to report.The GSR, unlike the federal graduation rate, doesn"t penalize schools for having players who transfer or leave for the prosas long as those players depart in good academic standing.Schools drop in the rankings if they graduate football players at different rates than their overall male student body.

#24 Temple will play Toledo in the Marmot Boca Raton Bowl on Tuesday, December 22 at 7:00 p.m. on ESPN.

Time Magazine Academic Top 25

Northwestern113Notre Dame28Stanford36Clemson41TCU511Alabama62Temple724Florida State89Michigan914LSU1020Baylor1117Ole Miss1212Utah1322Florida1419Oklahoma154Houston1618Tennessee1723Ohio State187Iowa195Oklahoma State2016Oregon2115Michigan State223USC2325North Carolina2410Navy DQ*21

Source: http://www.owlsports.com/news/2015/12/18/FB_1218155137.aspx

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Kenney blasts "stubborn" Eagles over Temple football issue

Temple Football Beats Penn State, 27-10

The Cardinals aren"t the only ones who blasted the Eagles this week.

On Friday, Mayor-elect Jim Kenney criticized the team for having a "very solid and stubborn attitude" in regards to its relationship with Temple University, the Philadelphia Business Journal reported.

Temple paid $1 million in rent to the Eagles this season to play in Lincoln Financial Field, plus a fee for stadium operations. With Temple"s lease ending in 2017, the Eagles said that they want to increase that rent to $2 million plus $12 million up front for the new 30-year lease, Philly.com reported.

That"s one of the reasons that Temple is considering building a new, $100 million stadium on campus. Kenney opposes the plan because it could disrupt "the continuing peace and harmony of the community."

Kenney said in public remarks that he believes the Eagles should give Temple a better deal. He has said before that the Steelers don"t charge rent when the University of Pittsburgh plays. A Pitt official told Philly.com that the university does actually pay rent, but it also receives some revenue from concession sales.

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"The Eagles have a point of view and I dont agree with their point of view. Its all about dollars and cents, and I dont know if were going to resolve that or not," said Kenney.

An Eagles spokesperson described Kenney"s remarks as "very discouraging and upsetting."

The mayor-elect met with Temple"s president and board chairman on Thursday to discuss the issue in a meeting that the school described as "cordial."

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Source: http://www.phillyvoice.com/kenney-blasts-stubborn-eagles-over-temple-football-issue/

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