The Toledo Rockets (0-1) are not in the business of moral victories this year.
Although they played a really solid game, Saturday night’s loss at Illinois is going to sting for the next few days. They fought off various momentum shifts to get a couple of leads, but were ultimately beaten on a Hail Mary-esque play which set up the game-winning field goal late in the fourth, falling to the Illinois Fighting Illini (1-0) by a final score of 30-28.
With Toledo up 28-27, the Fighting Illini were faced with a fourth-and-four at their own 31-yard line with just over two minutes left in the game.