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Can Toledo football deliver a championship encore?

DETROIT — Maybe Bill Hancock was here for other business, so I’m not saying the man in charge of the College Football Playoff attended MAC Media Day to size up Toledo.

I’m not saying he didn’t, either.

You see, a year after the Rockets captured their first conference title in 13 years, the bar has been raised.

How high?

“I think some people already have us as 20- to 30-point favorites over Miami,” coach Jason Candle said, nodding to the powerhouse Hurricanes’ mid-September visit.

He then smiled.

How soon some forget.

You know, he reminded .