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Thadd Smith was almost certain he would return from Boston College last weekend with a scholarship offer. And he had good reason to believe so. "Ever since [coach Steve Addazio] left Temple, he's been telling me to come up there," Smith said. The 5-foot-11, 170-pound junior at Cardinal O'Hara now lists the Eagles alongside Temple and Rutgers among his scholarship offers. Owls coaches visited Smith on O'Hara's campus after Addazio's departure and ensured him he remains on their radar, Smith said.

Quinn Smith scored a pair of goals and three-time defending champion Boston College beat Harvard, 4-1, in the Beanpot tournament on Monday night. Boston College (16-7-2) will be seeking its 18th title next Monday when it faces Northeastern, a 3-2 winner over Boston University in the opening game. NFL: An attorney for the agency that runs the home of the St. Louis Rams said it is unlikely it will implement the team's plan to upgrade the Edward Jones Dome. If not, the lease dome becomes year-to-year starting in March 2015, creating the possibility of the team leaving St. Louis.

Sources have confirmed a CoachingSearch.com report that former Boston College assistant Mike Siravo will become Temple's next linebackers coach. The Rhode Island native will return to North Broad Street, where he served as the Owls linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator in 2006. At that time, new Temple head coach Matt Rhule was the Owls quarterbacks coach. Siravo, who played at Boston College, served as B.C.'s defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator for six years.

During the fall, Ray Lawry was racing through defenses as a junior running back for Kingsway. Now, he's rising up the ranks of the top recruits in the class of 2014. Lawry, a 5-foot-9, 175-pound athlete who ran for 2,225 yards and led Kingsway to the South Jersey Group 4 final, has been offered a football scholarship by the University of Maryland. Maryland will join the Big Ten Conference, along with Rutgers, in 2014. Lawry also has been offered a scholarship by Temple. But a lot more offers could be on the way as Rutgers, Northwestern, Boston College, and Pitt visited Kingsway's football office this week.

Dave Brock, a native of Moorestown, Burlington County, whose coaching stops in his 22-year career included three seasons at Temple, was introduced Friday as the new head coach at Delaware. Brock, 46, who spent the 2012 season as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Rutgers, replaces K.C. Keeler. Keeler was fired on Jan. 7 after 11 seasons. "The opportunity to coach at a place with such a storied tradition, in the footprint of where I grew up and where I have coached most of my life, is an honor for my family, and I am humbled by the opportunity," Brock said in a statement.

Here is a comparison of the teams: RUTGERS (9-3)             VIRGINIA TECH (6-6) 24   at Tulane        12         20   Georgia Tech, 17 OT 26   Howard           0         42   Austin Peay       7    23   at South Florida 13      17   at Pittsburgh       35    35   at Arkansas        26         37   Bowling Green       0   ...

Defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere, a player who may one day quarterback the Flyers' power play, scored a power-play goal as the United States cruised past Germany, 8-0, in the IIHF World Junior Championship tournament Thursday in Ufa, Russia. "I like what I see from him. He's very creative with the puck," said Ian Laperriere, the Flyers' director of player development. "I'm glad he's playing in this tournament because it's a chance to see how he responds. " It was the first game in the International Ice Hockey Federation tournament for the Americans, who will have a much tougher challenge Friday when they face Russia in a 9 a.m. game that will be televised by the NHL Network and streamed live on NHL.com.

No one on North Broad Street can be shocked that second-year Temple football coach Steve Addazio left vapor trails taking off for Boston College, grabbing the first job offered by a school from a BCS league. The New England native, a Connecticut boy, left Tuesday for the northern outpost of the Atlantic Coast Conference, a safer haven and presumably a more lucrative one. If Temple got an ACC invite, the school would take it in a heartbeat. You're supposed to blame Addazio for doing the same?

FOR THE SECOND time in 2 years, Temple will have to hire a football coach. In December 2010 Al Golden left North Broad Street after five culture-altering seasons to go to Miami. On Tuesday his replacement, former Florida assistant Steve Addazio, left after two seasons to take the job at Boston College. He replaces Frank Spaziani, who was fired after four seasons and 16 overall with the Eagles. He went 22-29, 2-10 this season, 1-7 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. "[Addazio's]