University of Toledo NCAA News

Garrett Mack is thankful that long snapping is a family tradition. The Center Grove senior split end thinks it helped him land a scholarship to play at Ball State University.

It was 1 yard and no more. But it was ''no mas.'' A stop by Northampton's Aaron Chamberlain on a fourth-and-3, with the help of other gang-tacklers, was the game-saving play of the 39th annual McDonald's Lehigh Valley Football Classic Thursday night.

Saturday, Sept. 19, Cleveland Browns Stadium, time TBA. Any football coach will tell you he wants aggressive kids who play hard, listen and compete.

New Toledo football coach Tim Beckman is enjoying his first spring season with the Rockets and already looking forward to playing Ohio State in Cleveland on Sept.

Toledo's Tyrrell Herbert, front right, intercepting a pass during Toledo's 13-10 victory over Michigan last October.

There was a major shakeup late last week in MIAA A conference basketball when Josh Pratt resigned his position as Towson Catholica s coach.

Ryan Succop will go down in history as Mr. Irrelevant of the 2009 NFL Draft. The South Carolina kicker was the last pick, 256th overall, taken by the Kansas City Chiefs.

Wilson Warriors quarterback Tyler Smith was an All-Colonial League, Express-Times All-Area and AP All-State perfomer last season.

Gene Cross is taking no chances when it comes to the ball-handling needs for the University of Toledo men's basketball team.

Two former University of Toledo football players have signed undrafted free-agent deals with NFL teams.

April 27th, 2009 11:23 AM by Judd Zulgad The Vikings have agreed to terms with undrafted quarterback Sean Glennon of Virginia Tech, according to the website KFFL.

Three straight losing seasons prompted the need for a change. Under first-year coach Tim Beckman, the Rockets, other than the large group of veteran players, did a complete 180-degree turnaround in the spring.

Safety Barry Church enters his final season with several noteworthy honors, but yet to be part of a winning team.

University of Toledo wide receiver Nick Moore signed a free agent contract with the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday night.

Twitter has officially infiltrated the non-automatic qualifying schools. Today, I became a Twitter follower of Toledo coach Tim Beckman and SMU coach June Jones.

Throughout spring practices, University of Toledo football coach Tim Beckman maintained the Rockets' defense was ahead of the offense.

Tim Beckman earned bachelor's and master's degrees in education but is a self-professed history buff.

University of Toledo quarterback Aaron Opelt will miss the Rockets' spring game next week because of an unspecified injury, the team said Thursday.

Kevin Kowalski heard his name called, walked to the front of the room and held up a University of Toledo football jersey amid much fanfare.

The Toledo men's basketball team pushed fifth-seeded Akron to overtime before coming up short 93-92 in the first round of the Mid-American Conference tournament Tuesday night.