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Champion Rockets take place as all-time team

Related Topics: Mid-American Conference

DETROIT — Toledo had the best of everything in its rubber-peeling rout of Akron in the Mid-American Conference championship game Saturday.

The best player. The best coach. The best sign in the student section.

Toledo's Diontae Johnson catches a touchdown pass in front of Akron's Denzel Butler during Saturday's MAC Championship game at Ford Field in Detroit. The Rockets won their first MAC title since 2004 with a 45-28 victory.

“You can keep LeBron,” it said, referring to Akron’s famed basketball son. “We have Woodside.”

But what mattered most — all that mattered, really — is Toledo had the best team.