In one fell swoop, the Toledo football program lost its all-time wins leader, its superstar assistant, and the headline recruit of its top-rated class.
It might have looked — in the immortal wisdom of Lloyd Christmas — like their pets’ HEADS ARE FALLING OFF!
Heck, it even felt like that Saturday inside the Larimer Athletic Complex.
“It was like someone lit off firecrackers and they were all going in different directions,” interim head coach Robert Weiner said with a smile.
A day later, though, the storm began to pass.
In the rippling wake of Jason Candle’s departure for the University of Connecticut, Toledo turned its sights forward, including to a big-brand showdown against Louisville in the Boca Raton Bowl.