Midnight Blue & Gold Launchpad

The boys at MBG are still recovering after the close loss to Illinois last week, but we are proud of our Toledo Rockets keeping the Fighting Illini on their toes for four quarters! Tune in as we go over last week's game, highlight a few studs for the Rockets with week one conference honors, and give a solid break down of this week's home opener against TSU! TOL!!

We have our eager faces on Rocket fans, we hope you do too! Toledo Rocket football is back baby!! Join us this episode as we break down the up coming matchup against Illinois. Also, NFL final cuts happened this week and we give some love to the former Rockets that made the NFL rosters. TOL!!!

We at MBG believe the big guys up front deserve some love for all the hard work they put in for the team, and our guest this week is no exception for that! Find out the inside details of what its like to start on the offensive line for your UT Rockets as starting offensive guard, #60 Tyler Long, joins us this episode! Coming back better than ever from a serious ankle injury in 2022, Tyler updates how camp has been going this summer and shares a few stories from his career at UT! TOL!!

We have a fantastic episode tonight Rocket fans, recorded at the LaserLight Recording Studio!! CB Coach Corey Parker joins us this episode for an update on how your Toledo Rocket corners are progressing through camp. We are a few weeks away from the season opener against Illinois and coach gives some solid insight on how well the players are prepping for the season. Coach also dives in experiences in his first season at Toledo and the hard grind of recruiting in the offseason on the road. TOL!!

Rocket fanatics!! We are so close to that opening game against Illinois! After a short hiatus, the boys at MBG are firing on all cylinders leading up the the 2023 football season! We are excited to record in our new spot, Laser Light Recording Studios, and bring you a breakdown this episode of the upcoming schedule, predictions, and a roster overview. TOL!!

Welcome back Rocket fanatics! The lady Rockets had a phenomenal season to continue the amazing success of Toledo Rockets sports for the 2022-23 seasons. We are honored to have MAC coach of the year, Toledo Women's Head Coach, Tracy Mauntler, to recap the fantastic season! Coach Mauntler has been leading the tennis program for an impressive 20 seasons, and has an even more impressive overall record to show for it. Make sure to tune in! TOL!!

You're not seeing double Rocket fans; Two episodes in one week from the boys at MBG! This episode, we are excited to feature an interview from the MAC coach of the year, Al Wermer! Coach Wermer has led the Rockets with a phenomenal season and a win at the MAC tournament, first win for Toledo since 1973! MAC player of the year  - Toledo Junior, Pawit Sornlaksu, leads the team with 43 straight single match wins as the team prepares for the NCAA Tournament! Don't miss the selection seeding show on Monday, May 2nd. TOL!

Welcome back Rocket fanatics! We took a break here at MBG but are back in action bringing you the latest in Rocket sports. This episode, Pat "PJ Spiller" and Zach "from the MAC" feature a fantastic interview with Toledo Cross Country and Track director and head coach, Andrea Grove-McDonough. Coach Grove-McDonough breaks down Toledo's season so far, the upcoming Penn Relays, and how the team is preparing for the rest of the season. We want to congratulate Coach Grove-McDonough on the latest news of her contract extension! Fantastic news for our cross country and track programs!! TOL!

Rocket fans!! It has been too long and we know you've been itching for a fresh episode of MBG! Rocket Ryan is holding down the studio joined by engineer/producer, Kyle W. 

Tune in as we breakdown the results from the MAC Tournament for both men's and women's, discuss the fantastic success of your Lady Rockets, and discuss their upcoming match up against Iowa State (Women's) and Michigan (Men's). Rocket Ryan also has a strong opinion against the upcoming 2023 football schedule for Toledo Rocket Football that you don't want to miss! I'm sure you will agree! TOL!!

One of the best days of the offseason for college football, signing day! The Rockets had a fantastic day signing great talent that only makes the team better for next season! The boys at MBG dive into the 2023 #GlassClass for the Toledo Rockets, and joining us is one of the talented JUCO transfers in that class, DB Micah Cherry. We get to know Micah, his path to Toledo, and why he chose our Rockets over a few other offers from other solid teams. We hope you are as excited as we are for Micah and all the future Rockets leading up to the 2023 football season. TOL!!

Thanks for tuning in Rocket fans! The boys at Midnight Blue & Gold have a great episode this week featuring Toledo Basketball men's assistant coach, Jordan Lauf! Coach Lauf is a former player for Toledo and has worked his way up post career to assistant coach for your Toledo Rockets. Jordan goes over his playing career, why he chose Toledo, and an update on the team going into their next game against Buffalo. Stay tuned after the interview for an update on the Toledo women's and men's basketball. TOL!!

Thanks for joining us Rocket fanatics!! Tune in for an update for the latest information on the Men's and Women's basketball teams! This week, our associate producer, Nate Kresge, joins us in studio to discuss your Toledo Rockets football incoming recruiting and transfer class! Nate also gives his thoughts on the effects of the NIL and transfer portal for the MAC conference and Toledo. TOL!!

A whole lot of winning in 2022 for Toledo, its great to be a Rocket! Thanks for tuning in Rocket fanatics!! Join us this week as we chat with Toledo Women's Basketball Head Coach, Tricia Cullop! The only repeat guest so far on the podcast, we are honored! We breakdown the tough upcoming conference schedule for the Lady Rockets in January. Coach Cullop also gives some insightful thoughts on the transfer portal, scheduling, and the MAC at large bid for the NCAA tournament. For the 2nd half of the episode, the MBG boys breakdown our Rocket's win over Liberty at the Boca Raton Bowl and a midseason update on the men's basketball team. TOL!!

Welcome back Rocket Fanatics!! We are beyond excited for this week's interview featuring legendary Rockets basketball women's head coach, Tricia Cullop! After a huge win over #14 Michigan, Coach Cullop joins us to share her path leading to Toledo, some of her favorite things about the city of Toledo, and of course sharing invaluable insight and philosophy that has brought her program consistent success! We also break down the huge MAC championship win for Rocket's football and Toledo men's basketball's win over Canisius! TOL!!

Its here Rockets fans, the game we've been all waiting for. Join your hosts of the Launchpad as they breakdown this upcoming Tuesday's game against BG. We want to see all Rockets fans out there with us supporting the team!! This week, we breakdown the success of Rockets' sports across all sports, breakdown of the win over Ball State, the Rocket's Men's and Women's Basketball, Toledo's Men's and Women's Cross Country teams, and a breakdown of this week's upcoming football game against BG! TOL!!

Rocket fans, we have a fantastic episode for you this week! MAC cross country coach of the year, Coach Andrea Grove McDonough, joins us to discuss the Rocket's fantastic year so far in cross country! Tune in to find out a little about Coach McDonough's impressive path to Toledo and the game plan next week at the NCAA Great Lake's Regionals. The boys also breakdown UT football's win over EMU and next Tuesday's MACtion game at home against Ball State. TOL!!

Rocket fans! Ever wonder what it's like to be a QB for the Toledo Rockets?? Tune in this week with the boys from MBG for a fantastic interview with UT QB, AJ Gucciardo! We break down this week's game against EMU with AJ and talk about some fun stories from AJ's career over the past four years. You don't want to miss this one! TOL!! 

We are midseason Rocket fans and with that, we have for you a 2022 midseason episode!! Join Rocket Ryan, PJ Spiller, and Zac from the Mac for their picks of Toledo's offensive and defensive player of the year so far! Also, we breakdown UT's win over Kent State and this week's matchup against the Bulls in Buffalo! TOL!!

Join us live at tailgate Rocket faithful! We have an awesome episode recorded, (for the first time inside the Ole #11 Rockets bus in Lot 6) just before the Rockets game against Kent State. We have the honor to chat some Rocket football with legendary broadcaster, Michael Reghi! Tune in to hear our predictions and breakdown for your Rockets! TOL!!!

What a homecoming win for our Rockets against CMU! We hope you enjoyed that as much as we did! This week, we have a special guest!! Former UT running back, Damion Jones-Moore. Damion had a fantastic career at UT. We chat with Damion to catch up on what he's up to now and look back at some old memories of #24/#1. We also break down the CMU game and give our predictions this week against NIU. TOL!!