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2013 Pre-Season Preview: Toledo Rockets
2012 Record: 9-4 (6-2 in MAC)
Head Coach: Matt Campbell (10-4 All-Time)
Last Bowl Game: 2012 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: lost to Utah State 41-15
Stadium: Glass Bowl in Toledo, Ohio (capacity = 26,248)
Home Field Advantage: ranked 13th out of 55 mid-major teams
Schedule Glimpse:
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Revenge: 9/28 at Ball State, 11/20 vs NIU
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MAC Preview: Toledo relying on "Coach Tuke" to stabilize the defense
#MACtion is synonymous with shootouts in the college football world, and few teams in the country’s wildest conference have lived up to the offensive hype as consistently over the years as the Toledo Rockets.
Stopping opponents, on the other hand, tends to present more of a challenge for the MACsters, Toledo included.
At the end of the 2011 season, newly made 32-year-old head...
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MAC Preview: Toledo relying on "Coach Tuke" to stabilize the defense
#MACtion is synonymous with shootouts in the college football world, and few teams in the country’s wildest conference have lived up to the offensive hype as consistently over the years as the Toledo Rockets.
Stopping opponents, on the other hand, tends to present more of a challenge for the MACsters, Toledo included.
At the end of the 2011 season, newly made 32-year-old...
AMAZING STORY
Player quitting football for fiancée
Ben Pike, a defensive end for the University of Toledo Rockets, is quitting football so he can provide care for his fiancée, who has been diagnosed with leukemia.
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February 14, 2013
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Toledo DE Ben Pike Gives Up Football To Care For Leukemia-Stricken Fianceé Ashlee Barrett
Toledo defensive end Ben Pike may not have been an All American, but his name was on the radar of NFL scouts. That’s what makes this story even more amazing.
Cleveland.com is reporting that the Rockets star defensive end is walking away from football to take care of his Leukemia stricken fiancée’ Ashlee Barrett.
Pike and Barrett first learned that she was battling Leukemia...
Toledo DE Ben Pike Gives Up Football To Care For Leukemia-Stricken Fiancee’
Toledo defensive end Ben Pike may not have been an All American, but his name was on the radar of NFL scouts. That’s what makes this story even more amazing.
Cleveland.com is reporting that the Rockets star defensive end is walking away from football to take care of his Leukemia stricken fiancée’ Ashlee Barrett.
Pike and Barrett first learned that she was battling Leukemia...
Toledo Lineman Quits for Girlfriend
It’s important to have priorities. Ben Pike, a defensive tackle at the University of Toledo,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
BUZZER BEATER: Nathan Boothe With A 3 Point Winner For Toledo
Toledo Freshman Nathan Boothe had failed to knock down a three point shot in four attempts but the ball was in Bothe’s hands with 1.4 seconds left and the Rockets down by two to Miami (Oh).
Boothe picked the perfect time to finally can a three point shot.
"I got it, had confidence to shoot it, and luckily made it," Boothe said.
Toledo head coach Tod Kowalczyk...
Toledo Rockets gear up for shootout
It's been more than a decade since the Toledo Rockets have been in the Associated Press Top 25.
They'd like to stay a while.
But less than 60 hours after climbing to No. 23, the Rockets will be tested on Tuesday night when they host Ball State in a game full of risk and reward for both teams.
"For us and our staff and our kids, the thing that has gotten us to this point...
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November 06, 2012
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No. 23 Toledo, Ball State gear up for shootout
It's been more than a decade since the Toledo Rockets have been in the Associated Press Top 25.
They'd like to stay there a while.
The nation's No. 23 team will be tested right away on Tuesday night when it hosts Ball State in a game that is full of risk and reward for both teams.
The Rockets (8-1, 5-0 Mid-American Conference) are out to extend an eight-game winning...
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November 05, 2012
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Sportsmanship prevailed following UC-UT game
The end of last Saturday's Cincinnati-Toledo game brought an outpouring of emotion -- and an outpouring of Toledo students from the student section to the field to celebrate the Rockets' 29-23 victory.
By the time Toledo wide receiver and kick returner extraordinaire Bernard Reedy made it out of the pile of people and towards the Toledo locker room, he really couldn't...
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October 23, 2012
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Toledo’s quarterback (who doesn’t play baseball) was drafted by the Padres
Terrance Owens, the quarterback of the Toledo Rockets, got a surprise the other day. It turns out he was drafted in the last round of the MLB draft. The weird thing is that he doesn’t play baseball.
He was the 1,215 overall pick in the 40th round of the MLB draft. Owens isn’t planning on pursuing a Major League Baseball career and is returning to Toledo to continue being a quarterback...
Rockets bounce back, ready for MAC Tourney
After the Rockets saw their window of opportunity slammed shut before they could possibly grab a piece of the Mid-American Conference West Division championship, a little bit of the life came out of the team.
Toledo went into the final week of the season still in the mix for the title, but after Eastern Michigan slipped by Western Michigan in the final seconds on Feb. 29, that eliminated...
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March 05, 2012
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Rockets quietly soar into 2012
The improvement to date has been substantial, with the Rockets going through the 2011 portion of the schedule at 7-6, and seemingly primed to enter the Mid-American Conference season on a mission to win back some respect.Toledo went 4-28 last year and was dead last in the league at 1-15, so the room for growth was obvious. The rest of the MAC will soon learn that this is a much,...
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January 05, 2012
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Explosive Rockets could get bowl attention
Explosive Rockets should attract bowl attentionThe guys in the funny-colored sport coats that usually spend most of the game walking around in the press box, smiling and politicking, have to be giddy over the prospect of landing the Rockets for their bowl game.Toledo (8-4) made its case with a dominant 45-28 win over Ball State in its final game of the season. The Rockets shared...
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November 30, 2011
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