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Retooled Toledo offensive line eager to overcome preseason injuries

Jason Candle is all too familiar with the pain associated with suffering a season-ending injury.

A broken wrist sidelined the former Mount Union wide receiver during his junior season.

“It’s not a fun thing to go through physically, but it’s even worse to go through mentally,” he said.

Two decades later, the Toledo head coach is offering counsel to two offensive linemen who were felled by significant injuries during fall camp. Center Tyler Long will miss the entire season with a broken ankle and torn ligaments, and right tackle Mitch Berg is out until mid-October with a broken fifth metatarsal on his right foot.