Outside the Owls’ locker room inside FAU Stadium, a shoeless Tyler Matakevich walked down a white-walled hallway in his grass stained No. 8 white jersey and cherry pants.
With tape around his ankles, the senior linebacker fought back tears as his face and messy red hair could not mask his feeling of disappointment Tuesday night after the University of Toledo defeated Temple 32-17 in the Marmot Boca Raton Bowl.
The senior has been in the front seat of the roller coaster that was Temple football for the last four seasons.
As a freshman and sophomore, Matakevich and the Owls won a total of six games.