A program on the rise is not a rare occurrence within college football, as the spinning carousel of talented coaches and all-star athletes breeds a system of spikes in success and doldrums stuck in the cellar.
Not unlike the stock market, though, identifying such a program before its surge is no simple task. Well, perhaps a few Wall Street investment firms should take a look into Owl defensive end Praise Martin-Oguike, who jumped in at the ground floor based solely off the potential he saw in the Temple.
"One thing that drove me here was the development of the program and the school as a whole," Martin-Oguike recalled.