It was like any other Saturday for Toledo athletic director Mike O’Brien, his heart racing as he hung on to every play of the Rockets’ 22-12 win at Ball State like the season — and his sanity — depended on it.
Except this time, he wasn’t pacing about the visiting AD’s press-level suite.
He was at his home in Ottawa Hills, laid up on the injured reserve list after a freak accident left him with two broken ankles.
Too nervous to watch or listen to the big game, O’Brien instead followed along on ESPN’s Gamecast app.