Barking Carnival shoots from the hip Saturday night and tackles a quick postgame recap:

So just how upset can you be about a 45-0? What about your QB's 16-22, 10 YPA performance left you unfulfilled? Why did a defense that answered every big moment and kept the opposition from even sniffing the end zone draw your ire?

Please tell me, because I'm kind of pissed off too and I can't quite get a handle on why.

It was largely a tale of two halves, and I think that's part of it. The first half had more than its share of ugly moments, and when you come in expecting to straight bludgeon someone those can be particularly hard to take. And that's not to say that those expectations were out of line - while New Mexico is a better program than last year's ass-tastic entry there's no question that only Kansas might challenge them on our schedule for pure putrititude. A first half filled with defensive assignment busts, blown blitz pickups and all-around lethargy is well worthy of censure, and a 17-0 closing number at the half seemed like an absolute whitewash for a distressing performance.

Then, halftime happened.

Full thoughts here.