Toledo accepts GMAC bowl bid, awaits opponent

— -- MOBILE, Ala. -- Toledo will play in the GMAC Bowl on Dec. 21 against a team from Conference USA. Bowl officials announced the selection of Toledo on Monday. The Rockets, co-champions of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference, finished the season 8-3 and 6-2 in the league. Toledo tied Northern Illinois for first in the MAC West, but the Huskies earned a spot in Thursday's league title game by beating the Rockets. The GMAC Bowl will by Toledo's fourth postseason game in the last five years and 10th overall. The Rockets played in the Motor City Bowl in Detroit in 2004, '02 and '01.