Inside the numbers: The Toledo-WMU shootout

87 seconds of highlights can't really do a game with 18 touchdowns (and 1 field goal) justice, but Toledo played their second straight game in the 60s in defeating Western Michigan 66-63 on Tuesday night. This came a week after their 63-60 loss to Northern Illinois last week. The MAC! It's Faaaantastic! (Hey, it's not like the NBA is using that slogan right now.) Football is a funny, funny game. Those two Toledo games sandwiched the newest Game of the Century between #1 LSU and #2 Alabama on Saturday night where the Tigers needed overtime to win 9-6. Depending on your own football philosophy or your region of the country, you may have thought Bama-LSU was as ugly as a Nick Saban comedy tour... or, you may have thought that it was a beautiful work of smashmouth defensive artistry. Similarly, you can either love or hate the video game numbers and seven on seven drills that are featured in these MAC shootouts. But it's amazing to think that what we saw in Toled...