Coming off one of its best overall performances of the season, the University of Toledo defense has steadily improved throughout the year and is playing confident football at the most important time.
With a trip to the Mid-American Conference title game on the line last Friday, Toledo stuffed the conference’s top rusher in Western Michigan’s Jarvion Franklin and held the Broncos to just 10 points.
Now the Rockets get to face Akron on Saturday at Ford Field in Detroit in the MAC championship game.
“We’ve been awesome,” UT coach Jason Candle said of the defense. “We played a really good back on Friday, a guy who has been a model of consistency in this conference throughout his career there and has been a workhorse for them.