To say Saturday was a chippy day in college football would be something of an understatement. The end of the annual "rivarly week," in which teams are typically pitted against their most hated rival,

Houston now has the worst scoring offense in all of Division I college football at 13.6 points per game. All of that can be erased on Saturday night with a victory over No. 19 BYU. BYU (9-2, 6-2) needs a victory to have a chance at a berth in the Big 12 championship game.

K.C. Keeler engineered an impressive turnaround at Sam Houston State in 2024, flipping a 3-9 2023 campaign to 9-3 in the Bearkats' second season in FBS play. Sam Houston State is now the victim of its own success as Keeler is set to leave Huntsville for a new gig.

Now Keeler, who brings a career mark of 271-112-1 to North Broad, will become Temple’s 18th football coach after going 97-39 in 10 seasons at Sam Houston State. He will lead an Owls program that has finished 3-9 in each of the last four seasons, and will succeed Stan Drayton, who was fired Nov. 17. Temple’s last winning season came in 2019.

Temple University has hired Sam Houston State coach K.C. Keeler as its new football coach on Sunday in the Owls' latest attempt to turn back into a winning program. Keeler replaced Stan Drayton, who was fired on Nov.