S2, E4: Layton Jordan joins the podcast

Edward Saydee tallied a career-high 334 all-purpose yards, including 265 yards and three touchdowns on the ground, as Temple scored five second-half touchdowns, never punted and rolled to a 54-28 rout of USF Saturday for its first American Athletic Conference win of the season. Adam DiMichele and John DiCarlo break down the Owls' win, answer mailbag questions and play some audio from E.J. Warner from yesterday's postgame press conference.

After allowing 299 rushing yards in a loss to Tulsa last Friday, Temple will be tasked again with stopping the run when the Owls try to slow down Navy's triple-option offense Saturday in Annapolis. Adam DiMichele and John DiCarlo dissect what went wrong against Tulsa, outline how the Owls can win at Navy and answer several mailbag questions. This week's episode also includes some insight from right tackle Victor Stoffel.

Where does Temple go from here after its 57-point road loss at UCF on national TV? Adam DiMichele and John DiCarlo talk about where things went wrong in Orlando and how the program can recruit off the loss, and we have postgame audio from center Adam Klein and head coach Stan Drayton as well.

Adam DiMichele and John DiCarlo review Temple's 24-3 loss at Memphis, and Adam looks back at the Temple career of Haason Reddick, who just earned the NFC Defensive Player of the Week award after posting two sacks, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries in the Eagles' 29-21 win over the Jaguars last Sunday. Adam was on Temple's coaching staff for all but one season of Reddick's Temple career.

Former Temple quarterback and assistant coach Adam DiMichele and OwlScoop.com Editor John DiCarlo take a look back at Temple's 28-0 win over UMass, including the performances of E.J. Warner, Layton Jordan and Alex Odom, and talk about how the Owls can pull off the upset Saturday in their American Athletic Conference opener at Memphis.

Temple defensive end Layton Jordan, who is currently fourth in the nation with 4.5 sacks, talked to Adam DiMichele and John DiCarlo on this week's podcast to talk about his early success, the Owls' improving defense and what they will have to do to bounce back from last weekend's 16-14 loss to Rutgers and beat UMass this weekend.

Quarterback E.J. Warner replaced D'Wan Mathis in Temple's 30-14 win over Lafayette last Saturday, and Adam DiMichele talked about what he saw from the true freshman on his two touchdown passes and in his overall performance.

In addition to answering listener questions from the mailbag, Adam and OwlScoop.com editor John DiCarlo also previewed Saturday's homecoming game against Rutgers and what the Owls will have to do to pull off the upset at Lincoln Financial Field.

On the other side of the ball, Adam talked about the growth of redshirt junior outside linebacker Layton Jordan, a player Adam helped recruit out of McKeesport High School during his time as a Temple assistant. Jordan leads the Owls with 2.5 sacks and will be counted upon Saturday if Temple wants to beat a heavily-favored 2-0 Rutgers team.

Adam DiMichele and John DiCarlo dissected Temple's depth chart and previewed the Owls' season opener with Friday night's road game at Duke just three days away. Adam explained why he thinks quarterback D'Wan Mathis' confidence could be at an all-time high heading into the season and why he believes the Owls will kick off the Stan Drayton era with a win over the Blue Devils.

Under new head coach Stan Drayton, Temple kicks off preseason camp this Thursday, and OwlScoop.com Editor John DiCarlo and former Temple quarterback and assistant coach Adam DiMichele will get you plugged in on the various position battles heading into August and also explain why poor special teams play could be a thing of the past with the new staff.

Listeners will hear Drayton talking about how quarterback D'Wan Mathis has responded to the addition of fellow quarterback Quincy Patterson, and John and Adam have answers to your mailbag questions as well.

First-year Temple head coach Stan Drayton talked during spring ball about adding depth at quarterback, and the Owls did just that with the addition of former Virginia Tech and North Dakota State QB Quincy Patterson. Adam DiMichele scouted Patterson previously when he entered the transfer portal coming out of Virginia Tech and talked about what Patterson's addition could mean to the Owls, returning starter D'Wan Mathis and Temple's quarterback room.

And in this episode's mailbag, Adam talked about some of his favorite Temple teammates from his playing days, how his DiMichele Brothers Performance training program is coming along, and what he misses most about coaching at Temple.