CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — It’s an aching truth Toledo fans know all too well.
The higher the Rockets soar, the harder they step on your heart.
Call their 30-28 loss to Illinois on Saturday before a stunned-turned-roaring crowd at Memorial Stadium a great effort and a greater missed opportunity.
Toledo should be proud of its football team, but, man, this one will hurt.
It was all right for an underdog group that was the better, tougher side for much of the night, a signature win over a Big Ten opponent that would have taken the governor off all of its dreams one play away.