Signing day gave us no shortage of storylines, from the growing divide between Ohio State and Michigan — the Buckeyes finished with seven signees rated higher than their rival’s top prospect — to the shrinking distance between Bowling Green and the moon.
“We’re going to build the best space ship in America,” Falcons coach Scot Loeffler said before polishing off the second-ranked class in the Mid-American Conference.
But my biggest takeaway from Wednesday was this: The pall over Bancroft Street has lifted.
What, you didn’t see the sunlight peeking through?
After a bleak finish last season set off unconfirmed reports on the coming end of civilization, Toledo football continued to shift the narrative as an offseason that began with a series of high-profile staff hires culminated with the Rockets finalizing — by one measure — the highest-rated class in modern program history.