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Eagles shred Cougars, 35-22

The Temple Wildcats dreamed impossible prior to their game Friday night against Tyler Lee. After their 9-6 victory, they came looking for the doubters. "Where's that Will Wright?" was the question after the Wildcats celebrated to the strains of E're Victorious following the game at Wildcat Stadium. 'm right here. Eating crow with all but one of our six fearless forecasters who didn't pick the Wildcats to lose to the Red Raiders, who went into the contest as 30-point favorites, according to one prep poll. We proved the prognosticators wrong," exclaimed Temple head coach David Beal, whose team finished 3-7 last season and only returned a handful of starters. Beal took all the heat for last year, and set about making the changes that needed to happen. So forgive the coach for feeling a little giddy the day after what was his biggest win in 11 games as the Wildcats coach. Enjoying victory on Saturday morning," he said. "It doesn't get much better than that." The preseason forecast wasn't all that promising for the Wildcats, who have been picked by coaches and writers to finish fourth or fifth in six-team District 13-5A. That still may happen. But if Friday was any indication, some surprises are in store. Temple showed a lot of heart and promise during its battle against Lee, a team that handed the Wildcats their heads 42-10 a year ago. Armed with eight offensive and six defensive returning starters, they came to Temple ready to do it again. But the Wildcats served notice from the second play that they weren't going to lie down. Quarterback David Beal's 74-yard run dropped jaws, and the Raiders were stunned after Ty Neatherlin's blocked punt for a safety made it 9-0 less than five minutes into the game. Not even I thought that the lead could hold up
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