DETROIT — Ford Field is a non-smoking facility, but don’t tell that to the Toledo Rockets.
The old saying is, “Smoke ’em if ya got ’em,” and UT had plenty.
Cigar smoke wafted into a long hallway outside the Toledo locker room on Saturday, helping to tell the story of what transpired on the field earlier in the afternoon: Toledo 17, Ohio 7.
For the first time since 2017, the Rockets are Mid-American Conference champions.
“Unexplainable,” senior linebacker Dyonate Johnson said, describing the post-game celebration. “You probably smell that cigar smoke from right here. Great energy.