2009 Season Archive

Toledo 54, Colorado 38

//posted 9.12.2009

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Toledo quarterback Aaron Opelt looked like a Heisman trophy candidate in posting six touchdowns as the Toledo Rockets embarrassed the Colorado Buffaloes, 54-38, before a national ESPN television audience. Opelt connected on 15-of-23 passes for 319 yards, and rand for 109 yards and two more scores as the Rockets posted a mind-numbing 624 yards of total offense.

Toledo – Reflections from the Glass Bowl

//posted 9.11.2009

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Sept. 11 – @ Toledo

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Reflections from the Glass Bowl – The end of the Dan Hawkins’ Era

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The great John McKay once quipped about his woeful Tampa Bay Buccaneers: “We didn’t tackle well today, but we made up for it by not blocking” … CU would have made McKay “proud” against Toledo …

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Report from the Horseshoe

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The only good to come out of a trip to Toledo on a Friday night to watch the Buffs be humbled by the Rockets was that the timing of the game allowed me to attend the USC at Ohio State game the following night in Columbus …

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Toledo – Preview

//posted 9.8.2009

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How will the Buffs fare against the 3rd best passing offense in the country?

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Trivia – Toledo

//posted 9.8.2009

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Do you know how the “Rockets” got their name? The “Glass Bowl”? How about the “Toledo War”? …

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This Day in History – Sept 11th

//posted 9.8.2009

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CU v. Washington State, 2004 – Buffs take down #9 LSU (1971); #1 Nebraska falls to LSU (1976) …

Colorado State 23, Colorado 17

//posted 9.6.2009

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Colorado State quarterback Grant Stucker passed for 208 yards, while running back John Mosure had two scores in leading the Rams to a 23-17 victory over Colorado in Boulder.

The win was the first in Folsom Field for Colorado State since 1986, sending most of the near-sellout crowd of 53,168 home in dismay.