The hangover that Toledo coach Jason Candle assured wouldn’t be an issue arrived at the Glass Bowl Saturday afternoon and lingered well into the evening.
One week after having then-No. 8 Notre Dame on the brink in South Bend, the Rockets returned home and laid an ostrich egg, losing 22-6 to 14½-point underdog Colorado State.
“We fell into the trap,” Candle said. “We tried to guard against that all week long. I knew this was going to be a very physical football game. If anyone paid attention to that game in ‘19, they knew it was a physical slugfest.