Toledo 62, Western Illinois 14

[Style]

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Bruce Gradkowski threw for two touchdowns and ran for another score Thursday night to help Toledo rout Western Illinois 62-14 in the season opener for both teams.

Gradkowski, a senior who only played in the first half, completed 9 of 17 passes for 134 yards to help the Rockets build a 41-0 lead.


The Division I-AA Leathernecks committed six turnovers and didn't score until late in the fourth quarter.

Richard Davis had 13 carries for 111 yards for Toledo, which finished with 401 yards of offense.

Will Ducey tossed a 52-yard touchdown pass to Paul Anderson for Western Illinois' first score with 6:11 remaining. He added a 17-yard scoring pass to Carl Sims with 1:04 left.

The Leathernecks' offense struggled most of the game against the Rockets, who return eight starters on defense from last season's Mid-American Conference championship team.

Antonio Malone started the scoring for Toledo, intercepting a first-quarter pass by Steve LaFalce and running 60 yards for the score.

Gradkowski, who last year became the first player in Division I history to complete 70 percent of his passes in two seasons, got going in the second quarter.

He found Jon Allen for a 4-yard scoring play with 14:54 left to make it 20-0. After Nigel Morris returned a fumble for a score, Gradkowski tossed a 32-yard touchdown to Andrew Hawkins and ran four yards for another score right before halftime.

Richard Davis returned the second-half kickoff 94 yards for a TD and added a 9-yard scoring run for the Rockets.

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Can I get a 'WOOT WOOT' from my Rocket brethren? Oh yeah, baby, let the beatings begin!

 

[Mac]

Til they meet BGSU and get the snot kicked out of them..

 

[PIP]

WOOT _______________________ WOOT

NOW WERE TALKIN'

 

[Style]

Til they meet BGSU and get the snot kicked out of them..

Just like OSU-Mich, you never know who's going to win the annual Rocket-Falcon game regardless of record coming in. Remember this thriller just last year, when people turned off the tv at halftime? -> link

 

[highplainsdrifter]

I am a BG alumni, so i gotta say Rockets Suck!!! But Toledo has great strip clubs, so i dont care who wins!

 

[Style]

But Toledo has great strip clubs, so i dont care who wins!

lol. Oh, the memories. The first strip club I went to was in T-town. Don't recall the name of the place, but they were having a festival of sorts called Mellon Fest :chuckles: where they imported strippers from all over town. I think they had over 50 ladies that night.

Here in my neck of NC all the clubs are topless only. I'm not sure what the laws are, but I know if you head to the sticks they have places where they'll drop their panties.

I always thought it was kind of funny the laws in OH on alcohol and strip clubs: no panties = no alcohol. It's like they think men can't mix alcohol and pussy or they'll go crazy! :chuckles:

 

[highplainsdrifter]

Strip Clubs are great! Hot naked chics everywhere! AH but mighty expensive, but fun. Most cities are real strict about titty bar rules. Toledos are good and Tampa has good ones, not sure where else. Ive blown a lot of money on the lap dances. Good time when youre single.

 

[Mac]

Titty bars=boring.

Why waste money when you can goto a party and drop a couple of bucks for some beer to get a white girl drunk and probably beat.