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1967 game sparked Toledo-Bowling Green rivalry anew

The Toledo-Bowling Green football rivalry has not been this frozen since the early years of the Cold War.

If you judge a feud by its cover — with seven straight Rockets wins and the prediction of another one Wednesday — you might even call it dead.

I asked a former UT player the other day if he’d mind sparing the Falcons a win or two for the greater good of the series.

Keep things interesting, you know.

“Boy, that’s a stupid question,” he said, laughing. “Even if we’ve won 12 in a row, let’s win the next 12.