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WATCH: Toledo and Bowling Green hold week 6 college football press conferences

The Rockets and Falcons are both coming off wins as they get ready for week six games on Saturday, Oct. 7.

NORTHWEST, Ohio — The Toledo and Bowling Green football programs are both celebrating after their wins over the weekend. 

The Rockets moved to 2-0 in Mid-American Conference play after beating Northern Illinois, 35-33, at the Glass Bowl on Saturday. 

Toledo now moves to 4-1 overall on the season as they get ready to hit the road to play UMass for a non-conference matchup on Saturday, Oct. 7 for a noon kickoff.

"Got to handle a trip this week and go play a team that's playing much better football this year than the team the team that came in here to the Glass Bowl last year," said Toledo head coach Jason Candle. "We have plenty of challenges to avoid a letdown so we have to have a great week of practice and we have to do a really good job, starting with tomorrow morning, to get a good jump on the practice week."

Watch the full week six press conference from Toledo head coach Jason Candle here:

As for the Falcons, they knocked off Georgia Tech, 38-27, from the ACC to pick up their second win on the season. 

BGSU was a 21 point underdog, but scored 38 unanswered points to secure the win. They now move back into conference play with an away game at 3:30 p.m. against Miami (OH) on Saturday, Oct. 7.

"It was a great weekend," said Bowling Green head coach Scot Loeffler. "I thought they played, finally, to their capability. We need to continue that and we will and we're excited to get ready versus a super opponent."

Watch the full week six press conference from Bowling Green head coach Scot Loeffler here:

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