The Rockets are headed to the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl

After a successful 9-3 season, the University of Toledo has been invited to a bowl game for the sixth year in a row. This year, the Rockets will head to Montgomery, Alabama to take on the Appalachian State Mountaineers. This is the first time the two teams have ever faced each other, but there will be some familiar faces on the opposing side for head coach Jason Candle and other UT players.
The Mountaineers are coached by Scott Satterfield, who was an assistant coach for the Rockets in 2009 under Tim Beckman. Also on that staff was the Rockets’ current head Coach Jason Candle. Candle was the receiver and tight end coach while Satterfield was coaching quarterbacks for Toledo.
“We were here on Coach Beckman’s original staff in 2009 together and we’ve been in contact ever since and have been able to stay in touch,” Candle said. “It will be really fun to have a week down there and compete with those guys. Scott’s a great person and a great man, and I have a lot of respect for him. We’ve talked and we talk regularly and certainly it will be a fun game.”
This game will be a good chance for the Rockets to have their second 10-win season in a row and also to send the seniors out of the program with a win.

“We were pretty excited when we found out,” fourth-year defensive end John Stepec said. “It’s one more shot to get this game and win 10 games in back-to-back seasons. It will be huge for us. It’s just about going down there with the team and having a good time and seeing all that Alabama has to offer us and just being around the guys and having a good time. That’s all I care about. This could be the last game that I play in, as well as some of the other seniors, so I just want to go out there and play as hard we can and get this win.”
The two teams will face off on Dec. 17 in Montgomery, Alabama, and the game will be broadcast on ESPN at 5:30 p.m.