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[QUOTE="Chip, post: 294410, member: 19"]
As someone who married into a family of Philly fanatics, I do agree that Philly, moreso than other city I've seen, really does rally around anything Philly.  I've often wondered if that's because of the lack of championships, that makes them starving for it.  Other than the Phillies in 2008, it's been a long dry period.
 
I think they would rally around Temple, to a point.  I believe KingOtto is right that unless Temple's success will translate into the adult dinner table of college football in some fashion, even the starved for championship Philly fans might not be all that interested.  They are going to make sure it's major league, not minor league.  So if Temple were to go 12-0 (which might be what it takes), they would then have to be in that College Football Final 4 playoff that's coming.  If they weren't, I don't think you'll see the rally that you see with other non-professional Philly sports organizations (Villanova, Smarty Jones, etc.).
 
If they are 10-2 and play in an Orange Bowl, it would get good ratings in the area.  But I doubt it would get enough fans migrating to Miami to make the Orange Bowl happy.
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