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Get hired or get fired? UT-BG game a proving ground for coaches

BOWLING GREEN — Call it the Monster.com Bowl.

Winning coach gets hired. Loser gets fired.

A WWE-style career ... ladder match.

OK, dumb idea, but Wednesday night’s Toledo-Bowling Green game is a proving ground just the same.

For the school’s second-year coaches, the rivalry showdown and the coming weeks will go a long way toward deciding their employment future.

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If Toledo wins as expected — and keeps winning — Jason Candle will soon be in line for a big-time new job.