matt rhule is going from broad street to baylor. find out why a teenager is taking heat online for the coach's move. >>> startling surveillance video. the search is on for a purse snatcher after a woman is dragged trying to fight back. the suspect got away and police need the public's help figuring out who he is. good evening, i'm jessica dean >> i'm ukee washington. the brazen send thief kept a watch full eye on unsuspecting shoppers. david spunt is at the south philly shopping center where the robbery took place. david? >> reporter: hi, ukee, authorities are warning this man is dangerous, they're putting out this video, hoping that somebody recognizes either the man or his car. to try to get them behind bars as soon as possible. 12:30 on sunday afternoon, philadelphia police say the man in the surveillance video drove off after stealing a woman's purse. that 46-year-old victim held on to the suspect's car before falling to the ground. >> seeing something like this is -- i actually can't believe it. >> reporter: she owns a hair sal

rhule. former head coach. because he's leaving for baylor. >> he's going to wako. oh, man. lottery numbers. >> temple head coach matt rhule going to mail or. we knew it was only time able matter of time. yesterday morning, announced his decision, thanked the school and told his players to keep working hard and focus on what they can control. assistant ed foley will be the interim head coach for the oils in the military bowl. to the flyers and the panthers in over time. jake voracek loses the puck, claude giroux gives it back, voracek gets another shot and scoresment the flyers win three-two, the sixth straight win in their longest winning streak since 2011. to the sixers, no okafor, no embiid. but still have a chance to win. down by three. nick tries to tie it up. but it just can't go down right there. the sixers go onto lose, the six-91, their eighth straight lost. and the longest of the season. that's sports in a minute. i'm sean bell. >> 6:25. >> another streak we have going on, the flyer

congratulations to matt rhule. he deserves it. >> big time job there. >> it the is a huge job, hes done a great job everything he could there. >> people were watching and things happen. >> that is right, don. >>> obviously a lot of disappointed fans on campus. >> our anita oh sent the afternoon on campus live with more on what students are saying about the news, anita. >> reporter: it has obviously been a whirlwind athletic director pat craft saying today that head coach matt rule called him this morning to announce his decision, the baylor university that is very sudden departure. sad evening students here. i can tell you that the rain is reflective of the glummy mood here on campus tonight. this was mood of the temple owls saying hello to first hearn athletic conference champion ship win last weekend but on tuesday they have learn they would be saying good bye to the man led them there head coach matt rhule. many college football fans are not taking the news well. >> i don't appreciate that he went to baylor beca

matt rhule is going from broad street to baylor.ind out why a teenager is taking heat online for the coach's move. >>> startling surveillance video. the search is on for a purse snatcher after a woman is dragged trying to fight back. the suspect got away and police need the public's help figuring out who he is. good evening, i'm jessica dean >> i'm ukee washington. the brazen send thief kept a watch full eye on unsuspecting shoppers. david spunt is at the south philly shopping center where the robbery took place. david? >> reporter: hi, ukee, authorities are warning this man is dangerous, they're putting out this video, hoping that somebody recognizes either the man or his car. to try to get them behind bars as soon as possible. 12:30 on sunday afternoon, philadelphia police say the man in the surveillance video drove off after stealing a woman's purse. that 46-year-old victim held on to the suspect's car before falling to the ground. >> seeing something like this is -- i actually can't believe it. >> reporter: she owns a hair salon

opportunity knock and matt rhule opened the door. after back to back ten wins season the face of to temple football is skipping town for waco texas to coach the bay lor bears in the power five big 12 conference. >> i wanted matt rhule particular the right decision. >> reporter: forty-one year-old rhule has been a hot candidate for at least a year. no one wants to see him go but a move of this magnitude seems inevitable. >> it is just natural progression. >> i think so. it is sort of inevitable. we wish him nothing but the very, very best. >> reporter: rhule leaves behind a really good football team. owls are conference champions for first time since 1967. he is now former players, have nothing but good things to say right now. >> really excited for him. he deserves it. >> junior year of high school i came out here for a camp. he was assistant coach here. he put me through one of the hardest work outs i have ever been here and he has been doing a great job here. so other schools see. that they are like wow, let's offer this guy so he

under matt rhule it didn't take long to turn to conference champ.n the same amount of time rhule went from unknown to high coaching commodity. with that after winning the a ac title on saturday, rhule became baylor's new head coach on tuesday. the 41 year-old state college native will take over a bears program that has been riddled with scandal the last year. however, he moved up to a power five conference team, following back to back ten win seasons with the owls, and the school is obviously sad to see him go. >> i just said i wanted him to make the right decision for his family and for him and i appreciate, i thanked him for all he did for his program and i will say i will go get a great football coach. >> once success comes, opportunities will come for individuals and coach rhule's position he has been doing a great job here and other schools see that and they are like let's offer this guy so he can change our program just like what he did here in temple. >> owls play wake forest in the military bowl on december 27th assistant head coach ed foley

ten win seasons and conference championship rhule's leaving temple for baylor bears.aylor is in the big 12 which means level of competition will increase but owls no surprise are surprised to see him gone a sorry. >> i just said i wanted him to make right decision for his family and for him. i thanked him for all he did for this program and i said i will go get a great football coach. >> once success comes, opportunities will come for individuals. the just coach rhule, he has been doing a great job here so other schools see that and they are like wow, lets offer this guy a job so he can come change our ram just like what he did here at temple. >> not advising, scores of the fans are shock by rhule's decision to leave. >> some people are disappoint todd sees him go while others say they understand. >> what? why is he leaving? >> that is horrible. he has done great. he just won. >> i'm surprised. >> i'm not surprised because he did very well last few years. temple, when you do good with a ram, with big universities they are after you you. >> better school, better recrui

rhule's top 25 team and champions of the american athletic conference. he has also led owls to 20 wins over last two seasons, the best two season stretch in school history. but baylor is in the big 12 and that will allow rhule to compete at highest level of collegiate sports. >> i just said i wanted him to make the right decision for his family and for him. i thanked him for all he did for this program and i said i will go get a great football coach. >> once opportunities come for individuals, and coach rhule is like doing a great job here so other schools see that and they are like wow, let's also like this guy so he can come change our program just like what he did here at temple. >> so many temple fans were shock by rhule's decision to leave. >> on are sad to see them go while others understand his decision. >> what? why is he leaving? >> that is horrible. it is great, we just won. >> i'm surprised. really i'm not the because he is very well the last two years, successful and when you do good with the program the bigger universities are after you. >>

matt rhule has a message for his, former players at temple. >> don bell has more now on the rhule's pressonference at baylor. >> matt rhule and his family arriving in waco, texas. he left temple to be head coach of baylor. forty-one year-old rhule taking in sights and sound. also later on snapping a few photos. he was part of the owls coaching staff for ten years four as their head coach. here's what he had to say about the players he just left behind. >> it was one of the hardest thing i did yesterday to say good good bye but i knew our time was over. those kid between the two and ten to six and six to the winningest two year stretch at temple. i say that because i know they are watching. i want them to necessity how proud i am of them. they won a championship on saturday but, they were champions way before that. they are champions for life. i look forward to watching them as i know they will be watching us. >> meanwhile temple basketball, spoke to fran dunphy earlier in the week, he says, he really likes years team but it has a little way to go. owls hosting george washington, they are

temple cop find itself in a new year's bowl game but head coach matt rhule does not want his team toook past navy just yet. coach rhule knows to get his hands this afternoon aac championship trophy he will have to find a way to stop navy's triple option offense. the midshipmen are second in the nation in rushing offense 342 yards per game. that number seems silly. they hung 75 points on smu just last week. >> they have 20 different ways to attack what you're doing and so when we go on the field tomorrow we know that they know what they're doing against us better than we know what we're doing against them and so we have to just hope your players make plays turn it into football and get off blocks and tackle 'cause at the end of the day that is what football is it's about getting off blocks and making tackles but i would say this we've watched other option teams we faced other option teams in years past. no one does it like these guys do it. >> ♪ >> reporter: you can hear more from coach matt rhule tomorrow morning here on 6abc on temple football playbook at 9:45. then stay with us for

math the math rhule took over temple's program in 2013.e then led the owls to back to back, ten win seasons, and american athletic conference championship. he is in baylor right now, and finished six-six and dealing with several off the field problems. he has arrived there wrapped up his press conference. we will bring you more on his comments later on tonight in sports. >>> when these things happen, it moves so fast. >> wow. >> you are not the kidding. >> we will see him in the nfl one day. >> probably. >> thanks, leslie appreciate it. >>> this holiday season brings a special kind of medical get. on the healthwatch tonight operation walk, offers free surgeries in bucks county for patient whose cannot afford them. >> health reporter stephanie stahl talked to one of the grateful patient is today. >> reporter: what a gift this is, 35 hospitals around the country are part of operation walk, providing free orthopedic surgeries between december 5th and 10th. big holiday gift for patient whose don't have insurance or cannot afford the deductible

matt rhule got that gatorade shower as this team got to hoist the trophy.hey scored 75 points to just ten 34-10 the final. >> first conference championship in almost a half a century. what's that like? >> you know, unexplainable. i'm happy for the team and university >> so blessed to be able to coach these kids. they're wonderful people. never faltered, they battled. we're one of top teams in college football right now based on the way we played. that was fun to watch them play that way. >> looking to see what they get invited to. there was talk of the cotton bowl. but could go back to annapolis. either way they're going to go to a nice ball game. we'll have a report from ducis rogers coming up >>> fans here in our area went wild. nor nor nor was on campus. >> reporter: this was the scene. students erupted chanting screaming and cheering the owls 34-10 victory over navy for the aac championship. >> they killed it. i was honestly surprised. i thought it would be closer. it was they were head by 24. it was amazing. they showed. it's a big run team, they ran t

. >> matt rhule temple ago football coach up until yesterday will be introduced as the new head coach university in texas. the announcement yesterday was a shock to the temple communities. most did not expect rhule to leave especially so soon after saturday's aac conference championship win over navy. >> really is a surprise like hearing like he's leaving especially for baylor like come on. >> kind of unfortunate 'cause seemed to be building something special here at temple. >> do you feel like temple will be able to find somebody like him. >> it might be kind of harmed you can't really have one matt rhule. there's only one. >> temple has named assistant ed foley as interim head coach top lead the owls against wake forest. the search for app permanent replacement is under way. great coach, great friend of the station as well. we're going miss matt rhule. >> we l good luck to him. >>> good luck to tell me personal a tennessee police officer really went all out for the battle of the belt challenge. we'll have the details. look at that. >> a white naturalist leader speech at a texas coll

matt rhule flirted are leaving the school a year ago. he was a hot coaching prospect, and today matt rhule accepted a job at baylor. he guided the owls to back-to-back ten win seasons, making him an attractive candidate. he led the school to the first conference championship in 49 years. at baylor, joins a power five conference. but they have had problems off the field. baylor has been dealing with several sexual assault scandals involving football players. temple's athletic director is searching for a replacement. he's appreciative of all that he has done. >> i want to thank matt and julie, their family, for everything they did for temple. they did an incredible job of continuing the evolution of this program and making it more and more competitive and putting us on the national scene. >> he's doing what's best for his family. so extremely excited. >> this is part of the process. we win games, stuff gets better, coaches get opportunities to better their life and their family. it's perfectly fine. >> to the eagles as they prepare for was

rhule levers temple on a high note.won the american athletic title game had back to back 10 win seasons for the in school history. "action news" spoke to fans and players who wish rhule nothing but the best. >> he's proved he's a very good coach so it doesn't surprise me that the bigger schools would want to i guess poach talent. i mean it happens all the time. >> my first year actually i was extremely excited for him. i was happy for him. he got the job offer he's doing what's best for his family. >> assistants coach ed foley will lead temple in its bowl game against wake forest a search for a permanent replacement is under way. head to my twitter feed. i have a suggestion. >> oh, that will be interesting. we want to say thank you to him for a great year. >> great friend of the station, too. >> it is now 5:57. and still aheadly. >> a white supremacist serves up protests at a speaking engagement at a texas college campus. gah! look at us. we're rapidly losing credibility as handymen. mom washed our clothes. one wash wit

. >> coach rhule meant just basically like an anchor to our program and coach rhule has taught us over about what we can, and just be ourselves and when he left, the seniors just had to be him even though he had to be gone. so we justin to coach the young guys, the mentality, of the program and we had to keep pushing forward day by day, even though coach rhule left, but we had to finish off our legacy here at temple. >> what did he say to you guys before he left. >> just control the control lable and success happened with opportunity and just, continue to strive and for great necessary and win that 11th game. bought full trophy right here, geoff collins takes over, comes from florida what kind of guy is he,. >> well well, grade dude you know, find somebody that means so much to the ram. he is good for the program. straightforward. i think he will give the young guys, on a roll, keep them on track and continue to progress with the program. i'm glad he is here. we are all waiting to see what he can do. >> this beautiful thing leads in the bowl game in wake forest. how are you feeling. >>

coach matt rhule knows what a challenge this will be.st in this building since september of 2014. they share the nation's longest home win streak at 15 games. on paper the two teams may seem different but coach matt rhule sees some similarities. >> this game presents unique challenges for a did he first that built ourself on speed and we're facing a team very much like ourself. they believe in body blows and attacking you physically for four quarters and feeling like eventually you'll break. that's our model, that's their model that's why i have so much respect for them. >> >> ♪ >> reporter: join us for temple football playbook tomorrow morning at 9:45 here on 6abc. matt rhule sits down with our own jaime apody then stick around for the game coming up at noon tomorrow also on 6abc. an injury note.who has been in t is out of that walking boo. coach rhule says it looks like he'll be good to go tomorrow. that's the story here from in annapolis, ducis rodgers channel6 "action news". back over to you. >> penn state they're playing for a confe

our pat gallen spoke to matt rhule after the game. needless to say matt rhule was very excited.gratulations to the team. meanwhile penn state fans are waking up pretty happy this morning. last night the nittany lions became conference champions. they beat wisconsin winning the big town crown. it was an exciting game up until the very end. penn state quarterback motorcycle sorely through four touchdowns in the contest, and barkley rushed for one score. penn state beat wisconsin 38 to 31, with this win. penn state will either go into now the national championship playoffs or play in the rose bowl. so congratulates toss both of those teams. >>> now to another team. it is now not easy being an eels cheerleader, never has been, but they make over 300 appearance as year, they are very active in the commune i all while having jobs outside of the cheer squad. one member of the team in particular has made a living in court while living out her dreams on the feel. pat gallen has her story. report report when the eagles are home they always get a push from the fans. and from their cheer sq

arrest for the tennessee wildfires that killed 14 people and damages hundreds of buildings and matt rhulenew role as the coach of baylor. >> it looks like the holidays and it will feel like it in a big way. we'll talk about that coming up in the accuweather forecast. >> >> the eagles respond to claims they are lacking effort. that and more when "action news" continues tonight. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. and add phone and tv for only $34.90 more a month. call today. comcast business. built for business. >> the reward for the whereabouts of a man that shot two georgia police officers killing one of them has increased. there is a $30,000 reward for the capture of 32-year-old lem brick. he shot an american city officer at a georgia state western officer near the campus. the officer died from his wounds. the other is in

matt rhule and his family arriving in waco texas.he 41-year-old rhule taking in the sights and sounds snapping videos. he was a part of the owls coaching staff ten years four of them as the headcoach. here's what he had to say about the players he left behind. >> it was one of the hardest things i did but i knew our job was done, those kids went to the winningly at temple. i want them to know how proud i am. they won a championship, they were championships way before that. i look forward to watching them as i know they will, watching us >>> switching on to temple basketball the owls hosting georgia washington. they're down two with 42 seconds left. shiz. tied at 63. 13 seconds left. he drills it. a buzz kill on north broad street. temple falling tonight 66-63. steve donahue and the quakers hosting lafayette at the palestra. pick it up in the first half. donahue draining the tray, penn leaves 20's to 11. fast forward. hustle is regional look at that. looks like a strip. aj recovers and matt howard, quakers go up to. go on to win 81-52

arrest for the tennessee wildfires that killed 14 people and damages hundreds of buildings and matt rhulees on his new role as the coach of baylor. >> it looks like the holidays and it will feel like it in a big way. we'll talk about that coming up in the accuweather forecast. >> >> the eagles respond to claims they are lacking effort. that and more when "action news" continues tonight. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the reward for the whereabouts of a man that shot two georgia police officers killing one of them has increased. there is a $30,000 reward for the capture of 32-year-old lem brick. he shot an american city officer at a georgia state western officer near the campus. the officer died from his wounds. the other is in critical condition. the two were responding to a domestic dispute. today was the first day in the trial of dylann roof accused of killing nine african-americans at a bible study in charleston, south carolina. roof confessed to the killings in a two hour long video. roof's lawyers told jurors he was guilty. the reason for the trial is the government wants the death penalty and he is arg

. >>> and temple university has reportedly chose a new football coach to row place matt rhule. >>> and a hearing that could make a difference in bill cosby's sex assault case. his attorneys are fighting to limit the number of accusers that can testify at his trial. katherine scott is following the news at the montgomery county courthouse. >> reporter: sara there were fireworks right out of the gate this morning. at one point the judge asked both attorneys to keep their voices down at issue today is whether 13 other accusers are allowed to testify in the trial and the rhetoric was heated at times inside of montgomery county courthouse this morning. they just broke for lunch a few minutes ago. cosby is charging with sexually abusing former temple university employee. the defense wants to keep the women off the witness stand and submitted their own evidence including police statements and news clippings and more. and before the court got to the evidence there was an objection from kevin steele. he called it a means of witness intimidation. >> but he countered that they are adults and they

. >> and matt rhule is formerly introduced as the new head coach at baylor university. ducis rogers has that story tonight. [ taps ] >> it was a somber service in newport, delaware, to remember those that died in pearl harbor 75 years ago today. delaware military cadets stood at attention as taps were played at bicentennial park and a number of veterans and their families attended the ceremony. and an emotional commemoration at the scene of another battle, valley forge. vernon odom was there. >> aim -- fire -- >> a 21 gun salute at valley forge in commemoration of the japanese attack against pearl harbor 75 years ago this is a proud tradition attended by children of the pearl harbor survivors. this year allen a navy veteran well into his 90s was strong enough to fly to hawaii for ceremonies there today and was represented by his son joe who says he never discussed the attack until he was playing paint ball one day. >> i started to cry when he saw me and i said dad what is the matter? he never cried. he said his friend got killed by a mortar and he died in his arms. >> i

i say that i want them to know how proud i am of them. >> rhule the owls to the first championship game. the owls play december 22nd. >>> getting into a conference matchup against the redskins this weekend. the eagles all agree they only need one thing, a win. >> it's frustrating, you know. especially in this business as a quarterback, i'm wired to be a winner. i hate losing. >> we all got to pick it up. we all got to do a little better. focus on our jobs and get a win. we just need a win. >> we want to get a win. we're back in the division. back at home. and we want this win back. >> two key players should be back on the field this weekend. wide receiver george matthews and running back brian matthews. nbc10 is your official station for the philadelphia eagles. an exclusive interview with the tight end trey burton, and all of that after the "nbc10 news." >>> fighting to save a fire truck. >> that issue comes up with city council. what it will take to keep five trucks rolling. >>> and this video appears to show a woman walking off with a baby jesus statue. >>> i'm jessica boyington, wat

i any matt rhule will last a lot longer. >> did matt rhule want to go to penn state?> time something everything. time something everything. >> thanks a l back to breaking news out of camden, al next. >> a car has collided when river line train. two people have been taken to cooper hospital. steve keeley out there now. hey, steve? >> reporter: good timing. because you are going to miss the car. hire is the car all mangled, somehow two people in that who likely zig-zag around these gates, lucky they're nod dead, and you can hear and soon see that the river line is back running, because they quickly got that car off the tracks. so they could get this morning rush hour commuter service back. you hear the blaring horning, not just because we are here, they do that at every intersection. you can hear that horn in morristown. city hall, to downtown camden, right off the aid milk wilson boulevard, right off the ben franklin bridge. you see these gates and these flashing lights. apparently that's not enough warning for people, the problem with these gates is they have to allow

matt rhule and his family arriving in waco texas. the 41-year-old rhule taking in the sights and sounds snapping videos. he was a part of the owls coaching staff ten years four of them as the headcoach. here's what he had to say about the players he left behind. >> it was one of the hardest things i did but i knew our job was done, those kids went to the winningly at temple. i want them to know how proud i am. they won a championship, they were championships way before that. i look forward to watching them as i know they will, watching us >>> switching on to temple basketball the owls hosting georgia washington. they're down two with 42 seconds left. shiz. tied at 63. 13 seconds left. he drills it. a buzz kill on north broad street. temple falling tonight 66-63. steve donahue and the quakers hosting lafayette at the palestra. pick it up in the first half. donahue draining the tray, penn leaves 20's to 11. fast forward. hustle is regional look at that. looks like a strip. aj recovers and matt howard, quakers go up to. go on to win 81-

huge win for matt rhule and the organization. >> today was about our players. players made a decision they were going to go out and play temple owl football. whether it was the offense, the defense, the special teams, a great, great day and i hope our fans and all the people back in philadelphia -- [ cheers and applause ] -- understand what a great big game these guys played. >> a big tip of the hat to temple owls. >>> on the ice, the flyers host the blackhawks here at the wells fargo center. chicago without their captain jonathan toews and cory crawford was ruled out. and here's temborski on the bench, popular fellow helping out with a selfie. or a mannequin challenge. blackhawks took the lead. get you some even things up. the rookie wasn't done. 30 seconds later proverov, slap shot, the wrister. first career two-goal game for the d-man, flyers up 2-1. teammates loving it. still the other rookie, travis konechie, to braden shinn. flyers 3-1. college hoops, st. joe's and villanova from pavilion. main line, josh far side, three's company for him. he had a triple

collins will replace matt rhule who was recently hired at baylor after four season with the owls. matt rhule led owls to back-to-back ten win seasons and american athletic conference championship. the gators have been nationally ranked in total defense for the past two years. >>> president-elect donald trump long awaited pick for secretary every state could have some trouble in his confirmation hearing. and mr. trump bridges former texas governor rick perry into the fold. also this noon, unusual visitor to trump tower. cbs news correspondent kenneth craig with the full story from new york. >> president-elect donald trump tweeted out the news. he wants rex tillerson to be his secretary every state calling him one of the truely great business leaders of the world. >> we just couldn't be more grateful that someone of rex tillerson's proven leadership and accomplishments willing to step forward to serve our nation. >> tillerson has no foreign policy experience, but as ceo of exxon mobile, has negotiate the deals with governments around the world. he was responsible for drilling agreem

matt rhule's squad had won six straight going into the game against navy. temple driving. hand off to thomas. he turns the corner. easily goes into the end zone for the 15-yard touchdown. to give temple the lead they never gave up. now if the first, blocker drops back. and connect with bryant. who made his defender miss and score. temple shut down the navy rushing attacking won their first ever aac championship 34 to ten. the final score. our pa pat gallen has more now on the big win. >> in a game that matched the thirds ranked defense in the country, against the second best rushing attack in the nation, it was the temple owls ball hocking defense that provided the edge in the 34-ten win over number 19 navy. talk about coming in here against a team that scored 75 points last game, doing what you did defensively. >> tremendous credit for our players, defensive staff. i mean, one of the great teams in college football, us naval academy. but kids played really well. ready to go today. >> navy team that posted 141 points in consecutive weeks, muster just three points at the ha

rhule leaves temple on a high note.letic conference title game and had back to back 10 win seasons. fans and players wish rhule nothing but the best. >> he proved he's a very good coach so it doesn't surprise me that the bigger schools would wants to i guess essentially poach talent. it happens all the time. >> my first year actually i was extremely excited for him. i was happy for him. he got the job offer he's doing what's best for his family. >> assistant coach ed foley will lead temple in its bowl game on december 27th against wake forest. a search for a permanent replacement is under way. >> indiana contractors hope their newest duet will be their biggest hit yet. >> ♪ >> aaron gray and josh arnett say they likeness sap behind the popular song mary did you know. they recorded in it a garage last week after only singing it together once. their last duet had 15 million facebook views. they think this new one will be their most watched video yet. >> we had one video go viral it was how great thou art and here about a

ducis rogers one on one with matt rhule. >> reporter: what's the difference? >> i think we've gotten confident and gone back to playing ball and having fun and play that silly temple style of football that's been good to us. >> reporter: temp wins this game if? >> if we play our best. >> reporter: this morning at 9:45 a.m. on temple football play book on 6abc, keep it right here on 6abc for the temple navy game coming up later today at noon. penn state playing for a conference championship game tonight. the nittany lions facing wisconsin in a big ten title game. barclay will play. if penn state wins they could end up in the college playoffs. >> we're excited about having an opportunity to play for big ten championship. after that, whatever happens we'll be appreciative and blessed for whatever opportunity we get. >> reporter: carson wentz could be short-handed tomorrow in cincinnati. eagles leading receiver, jordon matthews misses practice on friday, he is questionable for sunday's game. >>> what about nelson agular will he play? >> his mind is great, his atti

and what matt rhule has to say about his successor.n florida. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> looks like you have a booing err. pretty good placement. >> i've been called facey, that's for sure. no doubt remember the ice bucket challenge, we did it to ourselves here on the show. and then remember facebook, your feeds were just flooded with people doing this, you know, buck of cold water dump on their head. >> okay, i have to do this. before dow it i challenge our new co-host alex hole toy do this. >> are you ready for this? >> oh, ya. >> oh, my gosh. that was on air here. >> well, listen to this. the ncaa is honoring the man who inspired the ice bucket challenge in the first place. >> pete, former boston college baseball captain was supposed to except the 2017 inspiration awards next year, in nashville. but he won't be able to make the trip because his diseases progressing. >> to inspire so many people for this calls, it is monumental. in fact inspirational. we couldn't be more proud to come here and present you and your family with this award. so -- >>

. >>> and former temple coach matt rhule is finding out how hard it to say good-bye to his players. >they'll be my players forever. i love them one. hardest things to do say good-bye. i knew that our job was done there, our time was over. those kids went from 2-10 to 6-6 to the winningest stretch at temple. i say that because i know they're watching and i want them to know how proud i am of them. >> rhule led the owls to a copy. the coach has been named interim the owls will play in the military bowl against wake forest on december 27th. >>> and jim franklin coach was named coach of the year. last weekend, penn state won the big ten championship. penn state is playing usc in the rose bowl on january 2nd. tickets are sold out. >>> up next -- nbc10 exclusive, water worries at west philadelphia high school. why parents are concerned by what is coming out of the tap. >>> plus, social media lawsuit. how a hunter accused of killing pedals, the upright walking bear is looking to clear his name. >>> a fallen trooper today. a new jersey state trooper killed in the line of duty. >>> and problem

later i go one-on-one with head coach matt rhule. >> and a line up to >> the man accused of shooting and killing former nfl player mcknight is in police custody. police did not release many details about why they let him go other than to say louisiana has statutes that allow people to defend themselves. they say the investigation continues and gasser could be taken into custody again. >> a former juror in the case of officer shrager is seen shooting a suspect running away from the traffic stop. >> i cannot in good conscious consider a guilty verdict. at the same time, my heart does not want to have to tell the scott family that the man that killed their son, brother and father is innocent. >> the judge decided to have the jury try again. they'll resume deliberations monday. >> a lamp pole is being credited for saving a woman's life in poland. surveillance video captured the two video crash in the town where one of the cars is veering off toward the sidewalk. the woman was pinned against the wall but the lamp pole stopped the vehicle with inches to spare. fortunately, no one involved

he replaced matt rhule who left for baylor. he becomes the fourth consecutive temple head coach with no previous head coaching experience. he stressed while change is inevitable is it's not a bad thing. >> older guys are more impactful but i tell them your life will go on. everything happens here for a reason. but come january 15th, it will be the first day of the next semester and a new head coach here and you'll go to a drill or lift that will be exactly the same if you had done it with coach matt rhule here. >> as soon as i met with jeff i knew right away he was the right coach at the right time for temple. a news conference is set for tomorrow on temple's campus. >> thank you ducis. >>> if santa's sleigh encounters problems this year he would be well served to hop on a septa bus instead. a small army of septa workers transformed their buses into enormous christmas replicas. look at the inside of these buses. all of this is part of septa's decoration competition. and this year, recognize that guy? our own matt pellman was on

they were hot with seven wins in a row and head coach matt rhule heading to baylor and fans hope that won't make a difference in the outcome today. >> even though the coach has a big impact on player morale and attitude, i believe that matt left them with a good strategy and good feeling that they are where they should be with or without him. >> bummed that matt rhule will not be there on the sidelines today? >> you bet i am. coaches come for in our or five years and then move on to a bigger school. >> all right back here live, it looks like the clock counting down heading into halftime. 31-7, this has been a magical season for temple football and hoping that they can find the magic again in the sec half of the game. live in north philadelphia, sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> we'll be watching thank you. >>> it's time now for a check of the "action news" traffic report tonight. >> lets see how things are rolling with matt pellman in the traffic center. >> we are watching our owls and watching traffic issues you should give a hoot about. here on the vine street expressway

. >> college football, didn't take long to find matt rhule's replacement.f collins at a news conference tomorrow morning at 11:00. under his leadership, the defense ranked top ten nationally. dr. pat craft said as soon as i met with jeff i knew he was the right coach at the right time for temple. >> danny rocco has been hired leading richmond to three straight appearances. still ahead, carson wentz is nearing a record, progress on the ben simmons front. plus, z254jz zi0z y254jy yi0y >> the sixers are pleased tonight, top pick ben simmons out with a foot injury threw free throws without a walking boot. coach calls it significant. >> flyers will skate in colorado tomorrow. a lot on the line. how about their nine game win streak. they have not been this hot since 1989, but they say the streak is not their focus. >> we don't really look at that. we just take it on a game by game basis. >> the eagles were off, talking about practice today, not about their play during the season. sunday, they visit baltimore. a criticism of the offense has been the ratio. carson

. >> it was the past few years under matt rhule and we are excited about the if you coach coming in. he seems like a great guy. temple has had two winning seasons in a row is huge. >> the fans here are holding out hope that the owls can make a come back here in the second half of the game. they are looking better, wake forest 31 and temple 20 create now in the third quarter, temple has had really a remarkable season and memorable season and fans here hoping it will be more memorable if they can make history and win tonight. live in north philadelphia, sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> coming up on "action news" tonight, legendry actress, carrie fisher dies days after suffering a heart attack. ahead star wars fans reflect on the leading lady. >> and temple takes on wake forest as you heard. jaime apody will have highlights up next in sports. >>> and mild now 58 in philadelphia and 61 in washington, d.c., but the 30s off to the north and west. and even some 40s head our way as cooler air arrives for the second half of our work week. >> those stories and more w

later i go one-on-one with head coach matt rhule. >> and a line up to compete for 100 jobs.oming up. ♪ ♪ i really did save hundreds on my car insurance with geico. i should take a closer look at geico... geico has a long history of great savings and great service. over seventy-five years. wait. seventy-five years? that is great. speaking of great, check out these hot riffs. you like smash mouth? uh, yeah i have an early day tomorrow so... wait. almost there. goodnight, bruce. gotta tune the "a." (humming) take a closer look at geico. great savings. and a whole lot more. >> the man accused of shooting and killing former nfl player mcknight is in police custody. police did not release many details about why they let him go other than to say louisiana has statutes that allow people to defend themselves. they say the investigation continues and gasser could be taken into custody again. >> a former juror in the case of officer shrager is seen shooting a suspect running away from the traffic stop. >> i cannot in good conscious consider a guilty verdict. at the same time, my heart

second straight year matt rhule's team will play for a ac championship.ere they are leaving anapolis. they are playing 19th ranked navy and they have to stop the nation's second best rushing offense. mid ship men won their last two games by a combined score of 141-62 and they won triple crown offense and coach matt rhule knows they have an uphill battle trying to stop them. >> it is really hard to defend, people have tried all kind of things in our league and in one has been able to tame it, especially ladder part of this year and we know there is in stopping the offense. you have to hope you get two or three stops within the course of the game. >> tomorrow night penn state will be in the big ten championship game against sixth ranked wisconsin. this is first time nittany lions has played for the conference championship. they have been on a roll after lose to go michigan in late september. they have won eight in a row, head coach james franklin was big ten coach of the year and today he talk about what it will mean for the program to take home the title w

temple head coach matt rhule beaming about what his team has championship. i wanted them to be treated like champions and they got that. they got that feeling of people out there saying, hey, we appreciate not just the fact that you won but all the sacrifices that you guys made. >> military bowl will be played in annapolis, maryland, where the owls won saturday's acc title game. >> everything is coming up roses for penn state mostly anyways. the nittany lions won the big ten title over wisconsin saturday night. penn state just missed making the national playoffs finishing fifth. right now ranked number five in the country. instead, they'll play usc in the rose bowl on january 2nd. the lions big ten title touched off a wild scene in happy valley. students packing the streets there. officers dressed in riot gear using pepper spray to break up some of the crowds there. police say they might make some arrests for minor property damage. now katy's been back two weeks from maternity leave. i think you are looking forward to this story here. >> yeah. it makes me sh

after afounding matt rhule was leaving for another school. the school introduced his replacement this morning. there is lots of excitement on campus following shock and sadness last week. jaime apody is live at temple university where new coach jeff collins was officially introduced to the public this morning. >> reporter: hi there rick, you are right. different than last week. last week everyone was shocked and depressioned. this is temple's new head football coach from florida. >> it's a whirlwind. i think i have six hours sleep and working on adrenalin and diet mountain dew. the search process was amazing and temple is a great university. i'm waiting to get on the ground running and be the head football coach at temple. >> you got quite a welcome. >> i got a high five from the owl and that was huge, i felt like i was a five star recruit and great to see the energy and enthusiasm that surrounds temple football and i am excited to be a part of it. >> you have your new players. what did you tell them? >> the biggest thing is, the players of f

after leading two top ten defenses in florida and calls matt rhule one of his closest friends and hehas big shoe shoes to fill. >> back to back 10 win seasons and winning it's conference. do you feel pressure? that is what i live for. >> did they find someone that will stay awhile. the owls have four coaches in ten years. >> every job i have ever taken, what is happening now. all i care about it right now. >> and right now he has to hit the road recruiting but may have endeared himself to the town. despite the fact he is from atlanta and has a southern twang, the favorite team growing up was the broad street bullies. >> i had my gear and pennant and i got things thrown at my and i didn't kay i wanted to see bobby clark and bob shultz, i was drown to the physicality and toughness and never say die, that i think is philly. >> delaware held a celebration to introduce their new head coach, danny rocco. rocco takes over a team that went 4-7 this past season. >>> the sixers host toronto and brett brown's team is looking for its second straight victory and embiid and okafor are expected to

. >>> former football coach at baylor matt rhule is finding out how hard it is to say good-bye. >> they'll be my players forever. i love them one of the hardest things to do yesterday was say good-bye. i knew our time was done there. those kids went two 2-10 to 6-6. i want them know how proud i am of them. >> just last saturday, he led the owls to the first acc championship. the owls play in the military bowl against wake forest on december 27th. >>> imagine winning $2 million in the lottery. >> i'll take $2 million. >> dave martinez has worked as a school janitor since 1982, he won the 2 million bucks at a scratch-off ticket he bought at a local gas station. >> i started scratching off on the dining room table. i saw it at first. then i looked at it again and it said 100,000 times 20. just mind-boggling. >> while he plans to stay on the job, dave said he'll use some of his winnings for a nascar trip and some home improvement projects. >> you forget, $2 million isn't a lot of money, but because there's $400 million. >> you hear what people are doing, and then i hear, he didn't quit his job

. >> college football, didn't take long to find matt rhule's replacement.ing at 11:00. under his leadership, the defense ranked top ten nationally. dr. pat craft said as soon as i met with jeff i knew he was the right coach at the right time for temple. >> danny rocco has been hired leading richmond to three straight appearances. still ahead, carson wentz is nearing a record, progress on the ben simmons front. plus, hear from the flyers on the crazy win streak they have going right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ hello, peco. hi. can you help me save on my energy bill? old appliances. like a hot water heater? it's around here somewhere. nope. nope. what is this thing? sir, have you looked in the basement? huh. oh, yeah. no wonder. it was hidden behind all of my free weights. if you're not an expert, peco can help. we have lots of ways to help you save energy and money. peco. the future is on. did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet th

matt rhule squad had won six straight going into the game against navy. temple driving. hands off to thomas. turns the corner, easily goes into the end zone for the 15-yard touchdown to give temple the lead. they never gave up. still in the first, philip walker drops back, connect with brian, who made his defender miss and score. temple shuts down the navy rushing pass and won their first ever aac championship 34-tenment final. pat gallen has more on the big win. >> in a game that matched the thirds ranged defense in the country against the second best rushing attack in the nation, it was the temple owls ball hocking defense that provided the edge in the 34-ten win over number 19 navy. talk about coming in here against a team, scoring 75 points last game, doing what you did defensively. >> tremendous football, us naval academy, kids played posted 141-point in consecutive weeks, musteredly half their sen average of 342 per game. >> i can't take any credit for that. >> just our kids playing, and playing really well. and just kind of making the plays when they were there. >

college football, on north broad street, they now have a replacement for matt rhule at temple, new head coach is geoff collins defensive coordinator from the university of florida. that was confirmed for us earlier today, and geoff collins, 45 years old, he will be a head coach for the very first time in his career, his defense, with the florida gators over last two years, in the top ten. the interim head coach right now is ed foley and today he talk about how the kid reacted upon learning the news. >> they are a little bit like this at first and looking around but then leaders come out, the guys that have been through it before and literally if you could see it, like i'm seeing it now it has gotten better to day. kid were out there at practice today cheering, like on the side line knowing something is going out and they are doing their thing, because they are just trying to get each other through it. >> how about that, geoff collins will be introduced to the media tomorrow morning at 11:00. we will have have full coverage of that. also full coverage of this game here tonight,ville 'nov

boss collins named to replace rhule. a defensive coordinator at university of florida before accepting the head coaching job here in philly. this will be collins' first head coaching gig. he also worked at michigan state and coached eagles defensive lineman fletcher cox. >>> up next at 6:30, we are live in norristown for day two of bill cosby's court hearings. we'll tell you about the outburst that broke out during day one. >>> also, an update on a robber who investigators say shoots first and asks questions later, following two violent holdups in philadelphia. did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. and add phone and tv for only $34.90 more a month. call today. comcast business. built for business. >>> cosby's accusers. today a judge will hear more arguments over who

because a lot of temple fans are upset because matt rhule is leaving after four years, but the fact iswon the conference, like i said, ten win seasons back-to-back, what's he get? he gets no disrespect, military bull versus wake forest. so, you know, they had to make matt rhule, they got themselves a really good coach there. >> go to smaller school, football school like this, and you do well, you want to go onto a big football school. >> not in the pour five conference, just how it is, football chance to change it up, expand 18 playoffs, give some of the small conferences maybe one, two spots, you never know, but until that happens, nothing will change. >> so former coach matt rhule put out this statement. jeff collins, the new guy, is the perfect choice to be the head football coach at temple university. jeff is a pre mends us person with a brilliant defensive mind. he's relentless recruiter. he will always put the players first, i'm so excited that he and jennifer are coming to philadelphia, and know that he will lead temple into a brilliant and successful future as i have to be stuc

here we are right the now. >> what has it been like working with coach matt rhule.ow he is amazing. you work with him closely. what has it been like with him. >> great guy. i wouldn't want to have any other head coach. we have been as a team, coaching staff, we have been through some hard times, we put in a lot of work on and off the field. he is a great guy. came in. he turned this ram around. made us believers and champions and we're happy to have that. >> can you do us a favor, can you stop wake forest. >> yes. >> keep them out of the end zone. >> we will be cheering. >> of course. >> do you want to play? what kind of celebrations do you want. >> we had a parade, come out, and ask the city to support us like that. not only do we do this for ourself but we do it for the city and university. we represent the whole city, out there. if that happens that would be excellent. that is something worth having. >> that is right. >> thanks, gentlemen, cherry and white. >> yes, congratulations, keep representing, all right. >> you guys have to bring this back because it is so