Great postgame thoughts from Burnt Orange Nation. An intro to the 2012 season pre thoughts:

Let's have a real good time [Pitbull video redacted]. This isn't really about New Mexico. Sure, it has to be in some part, but there have been plenty of thoughts offered already about the game in these parts, so this react is more in relation to the first two games of the season, rather than the individual performance on Saturday.

Why was the 2008 season fun? Because the Longhorns were playing with house money, the same way they are this season. Because the team was emerging from the malaise of 2006 and 2007, the learning years with Colt McCoy.

It was fun. The team was fun. Beating Oklahoma was fun. Beating Missouri was fun.

This season should be fun. Not just because it's football season, but because Texas is getting back. Back towards the expectation of winning every game.

Expecting to destroy opponents from the first play of the game to the last? That would be a difficult standard for the best team in the country to achieve, and that team is not Texas this year.

Enjoy the ride this season. Next year will be the time to nitpick and crush all enjoyment in the name of expectations. Practicing that is not necessary.

Let's have a real good time.

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