When he turned around after his postgame interview and saw which player was standing behind him, coach Matt Rhule couldn’t contain his excitement.
There was Temple’s curly-haired, guitar-playing fullback Nick Sharga, patiently waiting to talk to an ESPN reporter about Temple’s season-high rushing performance after Friday’s nationally-televised 46-30 win against South Florida.
“It was a cool experience,” Sharga said. “But I just go out in the game and try to do my best and hopefully things work out.”
Temple ran for a season-high 319 yards on Friday, averaging 6.3 yards per carry. Rhule said the redshirt-junior fullback was the “key” to the Owls’ ground game.