2010 Football Summer Preview: Getting To Know...
The 2010 MAC Football season is quickly approaching and as part of our preview we would like to give you an inside look into the lives of our student-athletes. You can find the schedule of student-athletes we will preview by scrolling to the bottom of the page or by clicking the "Getting To Know" advertisement on the front of our homepage or football page. You can also stay up-to-date with our player features via Twitter, Facebook or our new fan blog at MACFootballNation.com
Be sure to visit www.mac-sports.com on Friday, July 30th to watch live video interviews with the league's head coaches and student-athletes as we kick off the season with our 2010 MAC Football Preview at Detroit's Ford Field
Getting To Know...Temple's Elijah "Peanut" Joseph
Elijah Joseph is a senior linebacker for the Temple Owls. Joseph was a 2009 first-team All-Mid American Conference selection as he registered 63 tackles, six and half tackles for loss, two sacks and two forced fumbles. He was named MAC Defensive Player of the Week on September 28, 2009 after recording a school-record 95-yard interception return in the Owls win over Buffalo. Joseph is a native of Hartford, Conn. and is a sociology major. His twin brother, Elisha, plays defensive tackle for the Owls. Below is a closer look at the Temple linebacker...
1. What is the best advice you have received from your coach?
"I'm going to have to live with the pain of regret or the pain of discipline."- Harry Bellucci, Hartford Public HS
2. How did you get started playing football?
My older brothers were involved in sports and that simply made me want to play.
3. What is the best class you've taken at Temple University?
The best class I've taken in college had to be my hip-hop class with Professor Nate Thompson. It wasn't just about the music. The way he taught and the atmosphere he provided for the class separated it from all others.
4. What is the most notable thing about your hometown?
It's Hartford!
5. What's the best part of being a Division I athlete?
Receiving a quality education
6. What are your pregame rituals?
I listen to slow jams on the way to the stadium to relax. It changes once I'm in the locker room. I shed at least one tear during stretch because of how emotional and angry I am.
7. What is your strangest superstition?
If a black cat crosses my path, I spit four times.
8. Who is your non-sports hero ... why?
That without a doubt would have to be my Mom. She can turn very unfortunate and stressful situations into positive situations. She's done it too many times.
9. The person from history I'd most like to meet is...
Max Biggavel
10. What is one movie you could watch over and over again and not get sick of?
The Malcolm X movie
