BOWLING GREEN — Toledo football began the season with national aspirations.

We learned Saturday it’s not even the best team in northwest Ohio.

On a crisp, sunlit afternoon at a sold-out Doyt Perry Stadium, Bowling Green thrilled the disbelieving crowd of 24,000, rallying from a three-touchdown deficit in a 28-23 stunner for the rivalry ages.

Just when you think you’ve seen everything … wow.

How to explain it? You can’t.

The Rockets beat two Power Four teams last year, then kept every starter with eligibility remaining and added 15 transfers. The preseason Mid-American Conference favorites were double-digit favorites Saturday and looked primed to pour it on. They outgained the hosts 429-226.

The Falcons, meanwhile, have 50 new players and a staff assembled in March. They were starting

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