The University of Toledo is replacing starters at several key positions this season, providing a blue and gold opportunity for someone to rise to the occasion and become an All-Mid-American Conference performer.
The Rockets — tabbed second by the coaches in the preseason MAC poll — still have a talent advantage over almost every team on their schedule, so big plays from new names should be common. But from who?
Not Dequan Finn. Not Peny Boone. Jerjuan Newton and Junior Vandeross are already all-conference players. Even quarterback Tucker Gleason has had enough big moments to be a known quantity.