There were games before Saturday, but for all intents and purposes, this was the day college football finally returned to us -- and not a moment too soon.
Think of all we've endured over the past nine months. Realignment, tampering, NIL proposals from the federal government, the 2023 Yankees. It's been rough.
But then Week 1 kicked off, and all was right with the world once more.
Yes, Colorado stole the show with an Eras Tour-level performance, but Saturday had everything we've been missing since the last time TCU was embarrassed on a national stage.