Where does the University of Toledo football program stand at the Group of Five level?
Its trip to San Diego State on Saturday will reveal a lot.
And we don’t just mean between the lines.
No, we’re also talking about how the Rockets stack up in college football’s snowballing arms race.
If Toledo aspires to be a mid-major power, its jaunt west will offer another up-close look at just how far our hometown university — and the Mid-American Conference — has to go.
The Rockets and Aztecs are a perfect example of the widening gulf between the haves and have mores, even outside the power conferences.