If this is as good as it gets for a nonconference game at the Glass Bowl anymore, we’ll take it.
The Biggest Party in Toledo — matching the Rockets and high-flying Western Kentucky of Conference USA on Saturday night — promised to be a banger just the same.
Still, it’s hard not to get a little wistful.
In recent decades, part of the fun of cheering for Toledo was the semi-regular visits from power-conference opponents.
The visits felt almost like a celebrity sighting in your hometown.
Miami (Fla.). Colorado. Minnesota. Missouri. Pittsburgh. Purdue.
They all came to town — as did a half-dozen other power programs — and the big names and big games often produced big Rockets upsets.