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Three takeaways from Toledo's loss at Northern Illinois

The University of Toledo couldn’t get the win it needed to stay in the Mid-American Conference West Division race as the Rockets fell 38-15 to Northern Illinois on Wednesday. The Huskies are now 6-0 in the conference and in the driver’s seat to win the division and go to the MAC title game. With a 3-3 conference record, Toledo is eliminated from winning the division.

Here are three thoughts after the game:

1) Toledo can’t slow NIU ground game: The Huskies didn’t hide the fact they wanted to play smashmouth football and pound Toledo on the ground.