Saturday night in Fresno was not one of the better performances we’ve seen out of the Toledo Rockets. In fact, the 49-27 result on the scoreboard at Bulldog Stadium was much closer than the game actually seemed, thanks to a combo of garbage time touchdowns.
Toledo held a 13-7 lead in the early going, but the absence of quarterback Mitchell Guadagni proved fatal to the team’s chances. Guadagni, sidelined with a concussion, was replaced by sophomore Eli Peters.
The struggling offense and porous defense brought back flashbacks of the Rockets’ disastrous 34-0 loss in the 2017 Dollar General Bowl.