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Briggs: 'Halftime is for the bands!' Snub of BG a baffling and unforced error by Toledo
Strike up the band drama. In a move that has raised and furrowed brows alike, you’ve probably heard that the Battle of I-75 will be a little quieter this year. Toledo is not allowing Bowling Green’s marching band to play at halftime of their game a week from Saturday at the Glass Bowl, citing a scheduling conflict for the break from tradition. It has caused quite the stir, producing dueling accusations by the rival schools and leaving Falcons — and many Rockets — supporters to wonder: What in the name of Tom PETTY is going on here?
Toledo men's basketball is back in a familiar place
The 2024 offseason for the University of Toledo men’s basketball program was the same as the previous three. The Rockets said goodbye to several starters in the transfer portal, replenished the roster via the same mechanism, and, once again, they might be the best team in the Mid-American Conference. “I like this team,” coach Tod Kowalczyk said. “A little worried about some chemistry things regarding rotations and who’s going to get playing time, but we are deep. We may have some guys that may not play as much as they would like. Overall, it’s a team that has a chance to grow and get better and be very good.” Toledo is coming off its fourth consecutive outright MAC championship and its sixth 20-win season in seven years. The transfer portal losses, however, were significant. The team’s three leading scorers — Dante Maddox, Jr., Ra’Heim Moss, and Tyler Cochran — decamped for Xavier, Oregon, and Minnesota, respectively.
Heart of the Rivalry: Episode 7, There is a Band Controversy
Heart of the Rivalry is a new Blade-produced YouTube series and podcast that is available on all major platforms. The weekly college football show is led by The Blade’s sports columnist, David Briggs, and co-host/producer Phil Kaplan. This week our hosts welcome special guest, UT beat writer Kyle Rowland to discuss one of the most sacred of sports controversies: a band controversy brews between UT and BGSU.
Toledo Christian dominates Holgate in matchup of unbeaten 8-man football teams
Toledo Christian remained unbeaten in a convincing way on Friday night. The Eagles scored touchdowns on their first nine possessions, held a short-handed Holgate team to negative yardage in the first half, and cruised to a 62-0 victory in an 8-man football game at Bowsher’s Charles W. Matthews Stadium. “Preparation’s huge,” Toledo Christian coach Andrew Skeels said. “Holgate’s a team that over the summer, we’ll practice against them. They’re kind of our rivals in the last few years, so we are really prepared for them, just like them for us. “They were short-handed today, but they always prepare well. Defensively, I think we were able to hit the quarterback and it kind of hurt them not having their starter in there. But our defensive line, we kind of try to set the tone.”
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