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Bowling Green at Toledo

3:30 P.M., TOLEDO

Records: Bowling Green 1-5, 0-2 MAC East; Toledo 4-1, 1-0 MAC West

Favorite: Toledo by 31

Last meeting: Toledo won 44-28 last season in Bowling Green. Bowling Green leads series 39-37-4.

News conferences that introduce football coaches to the public often come with enough sizzle to carry the day in a news cycle for the university.

Toledo athletic director Michael O’Brien wasn’t interested in the wow factor when he hired Jason Candle last December 2. Candle was the Rockets’ associate head coach and offensive coordinator until Matt Campbell left five days earlier for Iowa State.