Temple and CFL Hall of Famer Henry Burris joined us on The Scoop this week to share memories from his career on North Broad Street as a record-setting quarterback out of Spiro, Oklahoma.

Burris, who recently returned to his alma mater back in May to serve as the Klein College of Media and Communication’s commencement speaker at the Liacouras Center, also established himself as a television personality in Canada on CTV Morning Live and TSN and said he used his Temple education to feel comfortable being on camera as a host and analyst.

On the field, Burris passed for 7,495 yards and 49 touchdowns against some great competition in the Big East from 1993 to 1996 and earned his way into the NFL as an undrafted rookie free agent and saw stints with the Green Bay Packers, where he backed up Brett Favre and Doug Pederson. The relationship he forged with Pederson allowed him to land a spot on his Jacksonville Jaguars staff in 2022 as an offensive quality control coach. This season, he'll be the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Florida A&M.

In the CFL, Burris became a three-time Grey Cup champion, a two-time Grey Cup MVP and a two-time recipient of the CFL’s Most Outstanding Player award -- and it all started with a tryout that had Burris throwing to guys off the street wearing slacks and Stacy Adams dress shoes.

Burris shared that story and many more on this week’s podcast, which also includes some football and basketball recruiting updates and information on how you can vote in the OwlScoop Summertime Madness food bracket championship between Richie’s and Maxi’s.

Temple guard Quante Berry will be at the Lupus Links Golf Challenge Wednesday at Lafayette Hill’s Green Valley Country Club to help raise awareness and money for lupus research. It’s a cause that’s quite important to the redshirt-sophomore point guard, as his sister and mother have both been diagnosed with the autoimmune disease.

Participants in Wednesday’s outing can meet Berry and face off against him in a Beat the Pro game of arcade pop-a-shot.

As a guest on this week’s episode of The Scoop, Berry talked about his work with the Lupus Foundation of America, his freshman season at Temple, and why he thinks the Owls are poised to play some meaningful basketball next March.

If you're interested in playing at the July 10 Lupus Links Golf Challenge, you can register here.

Temple’s Board of Trustees unanimously appointed John Fry as the university’s 15th president Wednesday morning, and we talked on this week’s episode of The Scoop about how Drexel’s former president might impact the Owls’ athletic programs.

Fry, who has served as Drexel’s president for the last 14 years and helped it raise more than $800 million over a five-year span from 2017 to 2022, spoke with The Temple News Wednesday about a number of topics, including athletics. Temple’s student newspaper shared some of that audio with OwlScoop that you’ll hear on the Scoop, including Fry’s initial thoughts on Temple’s lease agreement with the Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field and what he would like to see change in order for the Owls to be successful.

And in the mailbag, OwlScoop editors John DiCarlo and Kyle Gauss answered questions about how Adam Fisher and his staff might use their last available scholarship for the 2024 class and if the Owls have a good enough roster to potentially earn an at-large NCAA Tournament bid.

Intro: 0:00 – 9:42

Famous No. 44s: 9:42 – 11:05

On (or around) this date: 11:05 – 14:35

Reaction to John Fry’s hire: 14:35 – 19:17

John Fry on Temple athletics: 19:17 – 25:06

A reminder to listen to Christmas in July, the second part of our interview with Dionte Christmas: 25:06 – 26:00

Quante Berry’s Lupus Links Golf Outing details and the art of Pop-A-Shot: 26:00 – 30:12

Mailbag: 30:12 – end

After completing an internship back home in Milan with his Temple MBA program, Matteo Picarelli returned to North Broad Street this week to practice with some of the players who helped the Owls advance to the American Athletic Conference championship game, along with several more he hopes will lift Temple to a conference title and into the NCAA Tournament.

Transfer portal additions like Jamal Mashburn Jr., Lynn Greer III, Jameel Brown, Elijah Gray and Mohammed Keita could create more open looks for Temple’s best returning three-point shooter, and he hopes to do the same for them.

“Last year, maybe we didn't have as many threats from three, so teams were able to focus a lot of their attention on me,” Picarelli told OwlScoop.com. “Hopefully this year, with some more threats, it will open things up for me, and hopefully I can keep opening things up for others at the end of the day.”

In addition to our 1-on-1interview with Picarelli, listeners will hear several Temple football and basketball recruiting updates, answers to their mailbag questions, and where things stand with the OwlScoop Summertime Madness bracket that will crown a champion of the best food on campus.

Intro: 0:00 – 10:08

Famous No. 43s: 10:08 – 14:06

On (or around) this date: 14:06 – 22:28

Matteo Picarelli interview: 22:28 – 39:38

Men’s basketball recruiting update: 39:38 – 40:12

Football recruiting update: 40:12 – 42:18

Mailbag: 42:18 – 53:35

Summertime Madness food bracket: 53:35 – end

Andy Carl, the executive director of the TUFF Fund NIL collective, joined us on The Scoop this week to talk about their growth over the past year and what's ahead in the coming weeks, including camps and other charitable initiatives for Temple's student athletes and fans.

We also have Temple football and men's basketball recruiting updates to share with unofficial and official visits, along with the latest voting results in the OwlScoop Summertime Madness tournament that matches up the best food spots on campus.

Intro: 0:00 - 2:50

Basketball recruiting updates: 2:50 - 4:17

Temple basketball scheduling update: 4:17 - 4:38

Temple football recruiting update: 4:38 - 6:00

Andy Carl interview: 6:00 - 49:06

OwlScoop Summertime Madness bracket update: 49:06 - end

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