Below you will find the latest 2010 Little Caesars Bowl Predictions as found at the best online sportsbooks.

The Florida International Golden Panthers are led by head coach Mario Cristobal who had a record of 3-9 last College football season. Wesley Carroll will be their starting quarterback. The Golden Panthers finished the regular season at 6-6.

The Toledo Rockets are led by head coach Tim Beckman who had a record of 5-7 last College football season. Terrance Owens will be the Rockets starting quarterback for this game while former starter Austin Dantin is still recovering from his separated shoulder injury. The Rockets finish the regular season at 8-4.

The Toledo Rockets football team is a college football program in Division I FBS, representing the University of Toledo. The Rockets compete in the Mid-American Conference. Toledo began playing football in 1917, although it did not field teams in 1931, and 1943-1945. Since the inception of the AP Poll in 1936 Toledo has finished in the Top 25 four times. Its highest finish came in 1970 when it ranked #12 after finishing 12-0-0. Its current head coach is Tim Beckman.

History

Toledo first fielded a football team in 1917, under the leadership of John Brandeberry. According to Toledo Rockets lore, the team began when a group of students purchased uniforms from a sporting goods store, then arranged a game against the University of Detroit in order to settle the debt. Brandeberry stepped in to coach the team, which promptly lost the game 145-0 (but settled the debt).[1]

For the first few years Toledo played without a nickname, but was dubbed the “Rockets” after two long touchdown runs in a 1923 loss to Carnegie Tech. That season also saw Toledo win its first conference title.[1]
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Toledo and Bowling Green State University have a rivalry dating back to 1924, when BGSU challenged the participation of Toledo’s captain, Gilbert Stick, after it was discovered that Stick also played for a local team in Genoa, Ohio. Conference rules did not prohibit such play, and BGSU’s protest was overruled.[1] In 1950, Toledo’s athletic director charged BGSU students a higher price for tickets at a basketball game than the general public, while rumors spread of a dog-napping attempt by BGSU against Toledo’s mascot.[2] Another incident came in 1951, when a fight broke out after a hard hit by a BGSU player on fullback Mel Triplett. Don Greenwood, then Toledo’s coach, participated, and resigned after the university failed to back him up. In Greenwood’s view, the officials should have called a penalty for excessive roughness, and he had a duty to protect his players.[1]
Head Coaches

* James Dwyer (1923-1925)
* Frank Lauterbur (1963-1970)
* John Murphy (1971-1976)
* Chuck Stobart (1977-1981)
* Nick Saban (1990)
* Gary Pinkel (1991-2000)
* Tom Amstutz (2001-2008)
* Tim Beckman (2009-current)

Season Breakdown

* 2009 Toledo Rockets football team
* 2010 Toledo Rockets football team

Championships

Toledo has won thirteen conference titles and five division titles. In addition, Toledo has appeared in ten post-season bowl games since 1969, and has a 7-3-0 record overall.