The 2023 season was a dream for Toledo — until it wasn't.
The Rockets won 11 consecutive games en route to the Mid-American Conference championship game. But then a loss to Miami (Ohio) and an Arizona Bowl loss to Wyoming put a damper on a remarkable year.
Nine months later, Toledo can get the bad taste out of its mouth. Pity poor little old Duquesne.
Last summer, there was an obvious confidence coming out of the Larimer Athletic Complex. That same optimism exists this season.
"If we just stick to the basics, stick to what we've been doing, everything's going to go how it should go," senior wide receiver Jerjuan Newton said.