Source: Temple To Play Football In The Big East

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Temple football will begin play in the Big East this upcoming season, a source confirmed Wednesday to ESPN's Joe Schad.

The Owls will join the conference in all other sports in 2013, another source said.

The Big East will hold a 5:30 p.m. ET news conference at the men's basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden, but did not specify what the topic would be.

The football program played in the Mid-American Conference from 2007 through last season, while all other Temple programs, including men's basketball, are in the Atlantic 10.

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