The first cold ones cracked open before dawn, the optimism flowing.
“Toledo is here to play,” Scott Meyers said outside his RV, which he he rolled onto Stadium Drive shortly after 6 a.m.
And so was the city.
Soon enough, the tailgate lots were full, 19-year-olds ordinarily still in bed were lined up 100 deep at the student gates, and the Glass Bowl was rocking, 28,117 strong. In anticipation of the oddest game of the college football season — a once-in-forever visit from the five-time national champion Miami Hurricanes — the scene on the Bancroft Street campus Saturday truly felt big time.