In college football, as in life, the hardest breakups are not the ugly ones.

They’re the ones where both sides know it’s probably time, but neither wants to say it first.

Jason Candle on Saturday finally said it.

In a conflicting move that could serve both sides, Candle is going to the University of Connecticut for a fresh challenge and double the pay while a Toledo program with big ambitions gets a natural reset.

Sure, it might defy easy explanation from the outside.

Why would the coach who just became Toledo’s all-time wins leader — and signed the top-rated recruiting class in Mid-American Conference history for the third straight year — leave for a program with no conference, limited FBS tradition, and a stadium a half-hour from campus? It’s the job Jim Mora, Jr., just traded for C

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