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As promised, a rundown of the Austin experience, circa October 2005:

To keep things in perspective, faithful reader of blog needs to keep in mind the following unique trait I possess - prior to graduating from Texas A&M (Whoop!) and, later, from Texas Tech (Wreck 'em!), I spent sixteen months in attendance at the University of Texas at Austin. Basically, I'm a public university tramp, having spent time at each of the three major universities in Texas.

I swear I'm neither cheap nor easy. I'm just disloyal, and to that end, I observed the following:

(1) Sixth Street has far more to offer when you're 21 and up, including cross dressing, hot pants wearing street people. You just don't see that in College Station.

(2) The Salt Lick still lays claim to the greatest brisket and sausage in the world -- a true guilt explosion of pleasure. To those that overheard LittleBro's joke, I apologize.

(3) The Paris, Texas special at Kearby Lane Cafe makes sense if you have JPo there to explain it to you. Just make sure you don't get the chipotle on your French toast.

(4) Tailgating in Austin seems far more subdued than tailgating in Lubbock. I didn't observe a single fight or thrown tortilla.

Texas won the game and now claims the number one spot in the kingdom of college football. As a tip of my hat to Austin, I'll suck it up and repeat the mantra, but just this once: Hook 'em Horns!