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Toledo 21, Liberty 19 Boca Raton Bowl What Happened, What It All Means

Toledo 21, Liberty 19: RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl what happened, player of the game, and what it all means

Toledo beat Liberty 21-19 to win the RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl. What happened, who was the player of the game, and what does it all mean?

Toledo 21, Liberty 19 RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl What Happened, Player of the Game, What It All Means

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RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl What Happened

– Toledo overcame a 7-0 deficit by getting the ground game going on a 21-point run, and then hung on late for the Boca Raton Bowl win. Shedro Louis got it all started with a nine-yard scoring run for the Flames, but Thomas Cluckey hit two field goals and QB Dequan Finn ran for a score and threw a short touchdown pass to put the Rockets in the lead for good.

– Liberty made it interesting. Trebon Sibley caught a 29-yard touchdown pass, but the extra point went wide – that mattered. On a trick play, tight end CJ Daniels took a double pass 67 yards for a touchdown in the final minutes, but down 21-19 Liberty had to go for two, didn’t connect, and Toledo was able to grind out the clock.

– The weather mattered. It started raining early on, and that made it come down to getting physical on the offensive line. Liberty owned the tempo early, and then it all flipped as the Toledo offense was able to grind it out the rest of the way. The Flame defense couldn’t get off the field.

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Durrell Johnson, DE Liberty
In a losing cause, the veteran end got banged up, but he still made nine tackles seven of them solo – with a sack and five tackles for loss.

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– Toledo RB Jacquez Stuart took over with a physical 23 carries for 111 yards averaging close to five yards per carry.

– Liberty LB Mike Smith made a game-high 16 stops with half a sack and two tackles for loss.The Flames came up with a total of 12 tackles for loss.

– Time of Possession: Toledo 40:03 – Liberty 19:57. The Rockets converted 10-of-17 third down chances. Liberty converted 2-of-8 tries.

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This was massive for the Jason Candle era. Not only did his Rockets win the MAC Championship, but it came up with nine wins for the best season since his 11-win run in 2017.

It was also the first bowl win – Candle was 0-4 after winning his first game in the 2015 Boca Raton in an interim status – in the last seven years. His team was getting beaten up early, got more physical, and was able to pull it off in the rain.

It was a brutal end to the season for a Liberty team that looked to be in the mix for a New Year’s Six game as late as November 12th. And then it all collapsed with a four-game losing streak to close. The team did what it could under rough coaching circumstances, but it fought well in this and had a chance to tie it up late.

Even so, it was still the fifth season in five in the FBS without a losing campaign, it was still a fourth straight year with eight wins or more, and while it might have been the first bowl loss in the FBS, it wasn’t a horrible performance. Now it’s on to the Jamey Chadwell era.

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Liberty vs Toledo RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl Prediction Game Preview

Liberty vs Toledo game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl on Tuesday, December 20

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Liberty vs Toledo How To Watch

Date: Tuesday, December 20
Game Time: 7:30 ET
Venue: FAU Stadium, Boca Raton, FL
How To Watch: ESPN
Record: Liberty (8-4), Toledo (8-5)
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– Liberty is in a transitional phase. It ended the regular season with a thud after starting 8-1, losing its last three games including an embarrassing 49-14 home whacking from New Mexico State.

Head coach Hugh Freeze bolted for Auburn, and now the program is waiting to get the former Coastal Carolina head man Jamey Chadwell’s era going. Josh Aldridge will be the interim head coach, there are plenty of great parts in place, and there’s still firepower.

– Toledo wasn’t perfect, it had a whole lot of turnover problems, and it struggled late in the regular season as it limped into the MAC Championship. One terrific defensive performance against Ohio later in a 17-7 win, and head coach Jason Candle has his second conference title in six season. Now …

– He and Toledo need to win a bowl game. Candle stepped in as an interim head man in the 2015 Boca Raton Bowl, and Toledo pulled off the 32-17 win over Temple. That’s been it for the bowl fun going 0-4 since then including a 31-24 Bahamas loss to Middle Tennessee last year. The team was able to keep it close in three of the losses, but that’s not enough – winning this matters.

– Liberty has been perfect in the bowls. Hugh Freeze took the Flames to three straight bowls and it won all three, with last year’s LendingTree 56-20 win over Eastern Michigan the most dominant of the group. Again, this season’s bowl version is going through some changes, but the program knows how to get up for these.

– If nothing else, the Boca Raton bowls have put on some great offensive shows. They haven’t been all that close – none of the eight were decided by fewer than 15 points – but the winning side hung up 50 points or more four times and 32 or more in the other four.

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Why Liberty Will Win The RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl

The pass rush continues to be devastating.

The offense might have slipped late, and the team completely lost its focus, but it’s still bringing one of the nation’s most dangerous defensive fronts that leads the nation in tackles for loss and is fourth in sacks. That’s a huge problem for Toledo.

The Rocket offensive line isn’t awful in pass protection, but it allows close to seven tackles for loss per game. That’s a concern, and the bigger one is a case of the turnovers that almost crushed the end of the regular season.

Toledo didn’t turn it over in the MAC Championship win over Ohio, but before that it gave it away 16 times in the previous five games.

That’s all fine, but what’s the problem with Liberty? There were a whole lot of injures, but the passing game still managed to finish with 200 yards or more in ever game but a win over Akron, the rushing attack is good enough to get to 200, and …

Why Toledo Will Win The RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl

Liberty has bigger turnover problems than Toledo.

The Rocket miscues came in a late flurry, but Liberty has cranked out a steady stream of screwups with two or more in nine of the 12 games. They haven’t always been lethal – the mistakes are baked into the cake – but the defense doesn’t come up with a ton of takeaways.

At the very least, Toledo probably won’t get hurt if it starts giving the ball away, especially if its secondary can come up with its usual pick or two.

Offensively, the Rockets need to run well. They have a good group to work into the rotation, QB Dequan Finn is dangerous no matter what he does, and the team is 5-0 when running for 225 yards or more.

What was Liberty’s biggest problem over the rough last stretch? The run defense went bye-bye – allowing almost 600 yards and 11 touchdowns in the last three games.

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Ohio vs Toledo MAC Championship Prediction Game Preview

Ohio vs Toledo MAC Championship game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the MAC Championship Week game on Saturday, December 3

Ohio vs Toledo MAC Championship prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Championship Week, Saturday, December 3

Ohio vs Toledo MAC Championship Prediction Game Preview

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Ohio vs Toledo How To Watch

Date: Saturday, December 3
Game Time: 12:00 ET
Venue: Ford Field, Detroit, MI
How To Watch: ESPN
Record: Ohio (9-3), Toledo (7-5)
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Why Ohio Will Win

Oh would this be sweet for the Ohio program.

Four times the bridesmaid but never the bride in the MAC Championship, Ohio became known for consistent excellence under Frank Solich, but it could never quite get over the hump and win the thing.

Eastern Michigan and Kent State are the only other MAC programs that haven’t won the championship game yet.

Successor Tim Ablin was supposed to keep it all going, but the 3-9 2021 season and 2-3 start wasn’t exactly confidence-inspiring.

And then it all kicked in.

Ohio is here with a chance at winning its first MAC Championship game because the offense exploded, the passing game was amazing, and the defense made up for a slew of issues with lots and lots of takeaways.

The team is +13 on the year in turnover margin, the running game is good enough to balance things out over the last few weeks, and now it all gets a semi-reeling Toledo team that lost its last two games and three of the last five helped by a whole bunch of turnovers.

They weren’t a problem over the first half of the year, and then things got ugly with six in the loss to Buffalo has part of a run of 16 given up over the last five games.

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Why Toledo Will Win

Oh would this be sweet for the Toledo program.

It’s gone 13 seasons without a losing campaign, but there’s always been that one misfire here and there that kept ruining shot after shot at the MAC title. The lone exception was the 2017 MAC Championship under Jason Candle, but that wasn’t the springboard it appeared to be at the time.

Getting it done this time would be a huge moment for Candle. It wouldn’t put him back in the Next Big Thing category of coaches, but it wouldn’t hurt.

After a year with a rough late collapse at San Diego State, a 77-21 loss at Ohio State, and a rocky finishing kick with no consistency whatsoever, this one game would make everything okay.

The big plays are there, but the accuracy with the passing game isn’t. That’s okay. Keep throwing it and eventually everything will open up against the nation’s worst pass defense.

Ohio allows over 300 passing yards per game with 200 or more in every game but the win over Northern Illinois. On the flip side, the Bobcat offense lost heart-and-soul star QB Kurtis Rourke for the season just before the finale. The 196 passing yards last week against Bowling Green were the fewest outside of the blowout loss to Penn State.

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What’s Going To Happen

Turnovers, turnovers, turnovers.

Toledo is 1-5 when giving it away multiple times – the lone win over Eastern Michigan was a 27-24 right – and 6-0 when it doesn’t.

Ohio will give up a ton of yards, but it’ll make up for it by generating those two takeaways it’ll need. No, the offense won’t be able to throw like Toledo will, but the running game will get enough to take control when the pass defense needs a break after getting roasted.

By the way, the USA World Cup showdown with The Netherlands should be close to over just as this gets started – unless it goes into extra time. If this gets into a shootout, it’ll be halftime before the fun is over in Doha.

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Ohio vs Toledo MAC Championship Prediction, Line

Ohio 30, Toledo 27
Line: Toledo -1.5, o/u: 54.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 1.5
Ohio vs Toledo MAC Championship Must See Rating (out of 5): 4

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Toledo vs Western Michigan Prediction Game Preview

Toledo vs Western Michigan game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 13 game on Friday, November 25

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Toledo vs Western Michigan How To Watch

Date: Friday, November 25
Game Time: 12:00 ET
Venue: Waldo Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI
How To Watch: ESPNU
Record: Toledo (7-4), Western Michigan (4-7)
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Why Toledo Will Win

The Rockets already have their spot in the MAC Championship locked up, but they’re going to care after a sloppy 42-35 loss to Bowling Green last week.

The passing game worked against the Falcons and continues to be steadily great, but the turnovers have to stop.

It’s an easy formula. Don’t give the ball away, win. Toledo is 7-0 when it doesn’t turn it over multiple times, and it’s 0-4 when it does. It’s got the talent and ability on both sides of the ball to overcome the mistakes, but it doesn’t seem to work out when it screws up, and …

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Why Western Michigan Will Win

Western Michigan forces mistakes.

It’s been a disastrous season offensively, but the defense hasn’t been all that bad overall. It can be run on , but it doesn’t get gouged. The pass rush is good enough to hold firm on third downs, the secondary hasn’t allowed more than 200 yards in weeks, and …

The takeaways. The offense might stall and sputter, but the defense provides the chances with eight takeaways in the last three games and two or more in in five of the last seven games.

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What’s Going To Happen

Again, Toledo has a problem when it starts screwing up. It’s going to want to get to prepping for the MAC title game. This is Western Michigan’s chance to close out this bizarre year with something positive.

The problem is that Toledo needs to get its mojo back after the loss to Bowling Green. The other problem is that Western Michigan’s offense doesn’t work.

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Toledo vs Western Michigan Prediction, Line

Toledo 31, Western Michigan 23
Line: Toledo -7.5, o/u: 53.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 1.5
Toledo vs Western Michigan Must See Rating (out of 5): 2

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Ball State vs Toledo Prediction Game Preview

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Ball State vs Toledo How To Watch

Date: Tuesday, November 8
Game Time: 8:00 ET
Venue: Glass Bowl, Toledo, OH
How To Watch: ESPN
Record: Ball State (5-4), Toledo (6-3)
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Why Ball State Will Win

Toledo was able to get the win over Eastern Michigan, but it didn’t have star QB Dequan Finn and likely won’t have him in this.

Ball State has the biggest problem holding up against the run, and as much as it can load up and make Tucker Gleason – if Finn really can’t go – throw, the better. Gleason might be able to run and he wasn’t bad against Eastern Michigan, but he’s not Finn.

On the other side, Ball State’s offensive line continues to be a major plus. It doesn’t allow plays in the backfield and Toledo’s D all but lives on getting behind the line in key moments.

However …

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Why Toledo Will Win

Gleason was actually very good against Eastern Michigan.

He might not be as accurate as Finn or as dynamic, but he didn’t make any mistakes last week and this week he should be able to rely on the ground attack.

Ball State’s run defense is awful. It’s usually able to overcome the problems – the Rockets got rolled by Northern Illinois and Kent State and still won – but just assume Toledo runs for 200 yards and go from there.

Turnovers mean almost everything. Toledo is 0-3 when turning it over multiple times and 6-0 when it doesn’t. Grind, run, and don’t force throws – everything else should work if the team is relatively conservative. It also helps that …

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What’s Going To Happen

Ball State is great at taking the ball away … at home.

The defense is good enough to keep Toledo from running away with this, but nine of the 12 takeaways happened in Muncie. Even so, with the exception of the loss to Tennessee, just about every Cardinal game is relatively close – for good and for bad.

Ball State can take control of the MAC West with a win, and Toledo can all but close it if it wins.

The Rockets will rise up at home. If they win and Western Michigan loses to Northern Illinois on Wednesday, the West is wrapped up.

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Ball State vs Toledo Prediction, Line

Toledo 31. Ball State 20
Line: Toledo -11.5, o/u: 50.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
Ball State vs Toledo Must See Rating (out of 5): 2.5
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Miami University vs Akron Prediction, Game Preview

Miami University vs Akron game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 9 game on Saturday, October 29

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Miami University vs Akron How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 29
Game Time: 12:00 ET
Venue: InfoCision Stadium, Akron, OH
How To Watch: ESPN+
Record: Miami University (3-5), Akron (1-7)
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Miami University vs Akron Game Preview

Why Miami University Will Win

The RedHawks might be struggling a bit, but the MAC’s No. 1 defense has been getting the job done.

It hasn’t allowed more than 325 yards off total offense in three of the last four games, the pass defense has been terrific, and in this the D just needs to hold serve while the O rolls through the mediocre Akron defensive front.

It’ll be the MU defense, though, that takes over. The pass rush is fine, but it’ll look great against an Akron line that’s the worst in the nation in both sacks given up and tackles for loss allowed.

However …

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Why Akron Will Win

The Miami offense has hit a wall.

It’s been like pulling teeth to put points on the board, and over the last two weeks against Bowling Green and Western Michigan it couldn’t seem to get anything going with no ground attack whatsoever.

And yes, the MU defense is great, but the team lost those three games over the last four weeks when it gave up fewer than 300 yards.

Akron has been able to keep games close lately with an offense that comes up with passing yards in bunches, but …

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What’s Going To Happen

There’s always that one moment with Akron when the fun stops thanks to the leaky offensive line.

The yards will be there, but problems on third downs will be costly as the game goes on, and the defense won’t be able to hold up as the RedHawks find their ground game again.

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Miami University vs Akron Prediction, Line

Miami University 23, Akron 17
Line: Miami University -8.5, o/u: 50.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
Miami University vs Akron Must See Rating (out of 5): 2
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Toledo vs Buffalo Prediction, Game Preview

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Toledo vs Buffalo How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 22
Game Time: 1:00 ET
Venue: UB Stadium, Buffalo, NY
How To Watch: ESPN+
Record: Toledo (5-2), Buffalo (4-3)
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Toledo vs Buffalo Game Preview

Why Toledo Will Win

The Rockets are one late stop against San Diego State from being a bigger national thing. Of course the 77-21 loss to Ohio State stung, but …

Everything has kicked in. The offense has been fantastic and almost error-free over the three-game winning streak, the defense is holding up when needed, and there are a whole lot of key takeaways.

Buffalo’s inconsistency run defense will have a few problems if the Rocket offensive line gets into a lather, but …

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Why Buffalo Will Win

The Bull running game is rocking in the four-game winning streak hitting 200 rushing yards in three of the last four games.

Toledo got hammered by the Kent State running game, couldn’t hold down Ohio State, San Diego State, and … UMass? Buffalo will grind and keep on grinding.

It’s great at controlling the clock, it should be able to keep the Toledo O off the field, and …

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What’s Going To Happen

Is this a MAC Championship preview? At the moment, these might be the two best teams in the conference, but they both need a prove-it win.

Buffalo has been great on the road, but the best win so far this year was against … Miami University? Toledo – most likely – hasn’t beaten a team that will go bowling.

The UB offensive front will control the game with the running game keeping the O on the field for well over 35 minutes.

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Toledo vs Buffalo Prediction, Line

Buffalo 31, Toledo 27
Line: Toledo -7.5, o/u: 56.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 1.5
Toledo vs Buffalo Must See Rating (out of 5): 3.5
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Kent State vs Toledo Prediction, Game Preview

Kent State vs Toledo game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 7 game on Saturday, October 15

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Kent State vs Toledo How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 15
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Glass Ball, Toledo, OH
How To Watch: ESPN+
Record: Kent State (2-4), Toledo (4-2)
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Kent State vs Toledo Game Preview

Why Kent State Will Win

The Golden Flash offense has stated to perk up.

It wasn’t its normal FlashFast self against a nasty schedule, but it kicked back in once MAC play started with the passing game rolling for over 700 yards in the last two weeks. The O still goes 100 miles per hour, no one in the MAC is better at hitting the downfield passes, and everything is there to keep up with the Rocket attack.

Toledo does a lot of things right, but the passing attack is hit or miss, there aren’t a ton of plays happening behind the line, and …

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Why Toledo Will Win

The Rockets are finally rolling.

There’s no dogging the blowout loss at Ohio State, but the missed putt against San Diego State and its awful offense was unforgivable. Even so, everything is working once MAC play started with the offense taking advantage of everything in easy wins over Central Michigan and Northern Illinois.

The O is just fine on its own, but it’s the defense that stepped up with seven takeaways in the last two games. It’ll give up a whole bunch of yards, but as long as the D is making plays, everything is fine.

Kent State has chilled on the turnovers, but it’s not above giving them up in bunches.

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What’s Going To Happen

Really, who wants to have some fun?

Both defenses are a bit better than they get credit for, but that’s about to go out the window in this with both offenses going off right out of the gate.

Toledo can’t stop anyone from throwing, and Kent State will throw well. Kent State’s defense isn’t going to stop Toledo from doing what it wants with a good balance to go along with the explosion.

The Rockets will be just a wee bit better and more efficient at home.

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Kent State vs Toledo Prediction, Line

Toledo 44, Kent State 37
Line: Toledo -7.5, o/u: 61.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
Kent State vs Toledo Must See Rating (out of 5): 3
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Toledo vs Northern Illinois Prediction, Game Preview

Toledo vs Northern Illinois game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 6 game on Saturday, October 8

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Toledo vs Northern Illinois How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 8
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Huskies Stadium, DeKalb, IL
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Record: Toledo (3-2), Northern Illinois (1-4)
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Toledo vs Northern Illinois Game Preview

Why Toledo Will Win

The Rockets picked it back up.

After getting rolled by Ohio State and shocked late by San Diego State, the running game settled in against Central Michigan, the D held up, and it looked like the team that should be in the mix for the MAC title.

The Northern Illinois defense can’t stop anyone’s passing game. The run defense hasn’t been anything great, but it’ll be Dequan Finn who needs to go off against a secondary that’s giving up 312 yards per game.

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Why Northern Illinois Will Win

There’s the Northern Illinois running game.

The offensive front has been terrific in pass protection, and last week the ground game rolled for 332 yards in the loss to Ball State.

The offense is balanced, movingthex chains isn’t a big problem, and turnovers haven’t been much of a concern. As long as the Huskies can pound away for long stretches, they have a shot to take control as the game goes on, but …

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What’s Going To Happen

The Northern Illinois defense is way too leaky.

It’s not coming up with third down stops and the secondary isn’t going to stop what Toledo will be able to do.

On the flip side, the Rocket pass defense will be a rock and the front line will do just enough. The offense will own this as the game goes on.

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Toledo vs Northern Illinois Prediction, Line

Toledo 34, Northern Illinois 27
Line: Toledo -5.5, o/u: 60
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
Toledo vs Northern Illinois Must See Rating (out of 5): 2
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Central Michigan vs Toledo Prediction, Game Preview

Central Michigan vs Toledo game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 5 game on Saturday, October 1

Central Michigan vs Toledo prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 5, Saturday, October 1

Central Michigan vs Toledo How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 1
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Glass Bowl, Toledo, OH
How To Watch: NFL Network
Record: Central Michigan (1-3), Toledo (2-2)
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Central Michigan vs Toledo Game Preview

Why Central Michigan Will Win

There’s a chance Toledo is just plain tired.

These are college kids and they bounce back in a hurry, but they went from getting hit by Ohio State for 77 points, to traveling out to San Diego where they played on a hot day in a rough late 17-14 loss to SDSU.

Now they’re back home.

Central Michigan wasn’t able to do much in the 33-14 loss to Penn State, but overall the defense has been great on third downs, the passing game continues to be solid, and …

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Why Toledo Will Win

The Central Michigan offense is struggling.

The passing game that looked so good in blowout mode in the 58-44 loss to Oklahoma State has been painfully inconsistent over the last three weeks, and the O is now having issues with turnovers.

The defense might be doing an okay job at times, but the pass rush isn’t there to match the tackles for loss against the run.

Toledo’s passing game has alway been a bit off, but the pass defense has been wonderful so far – outside of the 482 yards from Ohio State in that debacle – and Central Michigan hasn’t come up with enough of a running game to take advantage of the Rocket’s issues on the defensive front.

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What’s Going To Happen

Both of these teams have the talent to be in the MAC Championship mix, both of them have shown flashes of potential excellent, and both of them have been very, very – sorry to keep using this word, but it fits – inconsistent.

Toledo will get more from its running game to settle in a bit. Neither team will pull away in turnovers, but the home side will get just a bit more out of its defense.

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Central Michigan vs Toledo Prediction, Line

Toledo 27, Central Michigan 23
Line: Toledo -7, o/u: 56.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 1.5
Central Michigan vs Toledo Must See Rating (out of 5): 2

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