A backslapping start. An out-of-nowhere loss. A trip to Ball State.
Sound familiar?
For the second time in three years, the Toledo football team will head to — fittingly enough — the Crossroads of America with its once-promising season at an unexpected intersection.
And, once more, its performance will tell us everything we need to know.
Can these Rockets snap back from a discouraging defeat with a championship measure of resolve? Or will we stick this fork in the road straight through ‘em?
You’ll recall the latter scenario from 2019, when Toledo was riding high after consecutive wins against Colorado State, BYU, and Western Michigan, then traveled down to Bowling Green and never stopped heading south.