MUNCIE, Ind. — East Central Indiana greeted Toledo harshly on Saturday.
The sky was gray. The wind was whipping. Rain fell intermittently. The wind chill was in the 40s.
But the nation’s ninth-ranked scoring offense was unfazed, as the Rockets got three points on a 16-play, 87-yard opening drive. The second possession appeared to be even more successful, with Toledo inside the Ball State 10-yard line.
Then running back Peny Boone fumbled, and the Cardinals recovered. It wouldn’t be the last Boone factored into Saturday’s result, a sloppy, bumpy journey across the finish line that Toledo won 13-6.