Maybe saying Temple is an embarrassment to the world of college football is too harsh.

But you've got to get a kick out of it. It might not be Dane Cook performing at the BJC or Jerry Seinfeld doing stand-up at Eisenhower Auditorium, but watching the Owls play tomorrow at Beaver Stadium might be the most entertaining event of the year.

Just watching the sheer ineptitude of Temple is worth the price of admission. It's like watching a train wreck or attending a "K-Fed" concert.

Even Las Vegas thinks the game is a joke. If you were to place a $100 bet on Penn State to win straight-up, you'd make a profit of -- drum roll, please -- exactly one dollar.

Vegas has the Owls pinned as 36-point underdogs. And it's easy to see why. Temple's offense is ranked dead-last in the nation, the defense is ranked second-to-last, and Temple hasn't put together a winning season since most of the Lions' 2007 recruiting class was in diapers.

Temple has become the college football equivalent of the Washington Generals, a team whose duty it was to "play" the Globetrotters every night (Not that Buffalo and Kent State are exactly Harlem all-stars).

It's almost like the Owls are paid to lose -- and, if they were, their program would be the envy of every CEO in the country. Because, let's face it, if there's one thing Temple's good at, it's losing.

After all, the Owls have lost 21 of their last 22 games. Now there's an accomplishment.

Some people might try to argue that Rutgers was in the Owls' situation before. True, but that doesn't mean Temple will make a run at prominence. The Owls rank outside the top 100 in a multitude of statistical categories (feel free to skip over all of them):

Sacks, third-down conversion percentage, fourth-down conversion percentage, tackles for loss allowed, sacks allowed, pass efficiency defense, punt returns, punting, scoring defense, total defense, rushing defense, scoring offense, total offense and rushing offense.

To put it simply, the Owls' inability to compete at a Div. I-A level is laughable. Penn State has had some "gimme" games this season, namely Akron and Youngstown State, but at least the Penguins were a Div I-AA squad.

Fans and experts could argue Youngstown State has a more-talented squad than the Owls. And that probably wouldn't be far from the truth.

Temple coach Al Golden might disagree. After all, in the Temple media guide, he compiled the top 25 reasons why a recruit would sign with the school. Some of the more memorable include:

"Temple plays in an established football conference with three automatic bowl bids." Established? MAC? Regardless, it's not like they'll ever play in one of those bowls anyhow.

"Temple has a 2007 schedule that includes seven games at Lincoln Financial Field, including Kentucky, Navy and Penn State." Good for the Owls. If they're lucky, they might win a game.

"Temple plays in the fourth-largest media market in the country." Fantastic ... but when's the last time you watched a Temple game?

Hopefully, for your own sake, that answer is "Never. After tomorrow."