Saturday's games were essentially every movie where a fearless hero has to defuse a bomb, shut his eyes and clip the blue wire, not entirely sure if it's the right one.
It was every airline disaster film where a passenger is called to fill in for the unconscious pilot and land the plane.
It was Nic Cage, shirt unbuttoned and fluttering in the wind, screaming incoherently as explosions wreak havoc around him.
Saturday walked the college football season right to the edge of the cliff and jumped -- only to grab a branch on the way down and climb back to safety.