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3 takeaways from Ball State football at Toledo: Rockets dash Cardinals MAC Championship hopes

TOLEDO, Ohio — Any hopes of a Mid-American Conference championship for Ball State (5-5, 3-3 MAC) ended just before midnight Tuesday night following a 28-21 loss at Toledo (7-3, 5-1 MAC).

The Cardinals offense struggled again despite another career night from sophomore running back Carson Steele. Toledo's offense strung together enough big plays and long touchdown drives to lead it to victory.

Here are three takeaways:

Big plays push Toledo to victory

Ball State's defense did about all it could to put the offense in a position to win, but Toledo's big plays proved to be enough to lift the Rockets to victory.