No tricks, but the Halloween crowd in Austin, Texas, did get a special treat on Saturday night, when the University of Texas main tower was awash with Burnt Orange lighting.  What a Halloween treat, an almost full moon, an orange lit tower, and a Texas style stompin’ 41 to 14 against the Oklahoma State Cowboys in Stillwater.

It’s a Texas tradition to light the main tower in burnt orange lighting after a game win.  The tower has been aglow in burnt orange every game weekend since the season started, which translates into a perfect 8 - 0 season for the beloved Longhorns so far.

The game on Halloween night in Stillwater, Oklahoma, actually turned into OSU quarterback, Zac Robinson’s, worst nightmare, when he threw 4 interceptions.  Two of those interceptions resulted in direct touch downs, as Curtis Brown returned one for a 77 yard touch down, and Earl Thomas returned another 31 yards for a touch down.  Those 2 interceptions mark the 8th and 9th non-offensive touch downs for the Texas Longhorns this season.

The Texas defense is playing awesome.  This is great Texas football, to watch the defensive team add to the scoreboard as well as the offensive team.  This defensive team is getting better and better with each weekend.  The Texas defense has hit the number one spot in the least allowed rushing yards per game.  In 8 games, they’ve allowed only 433 rushing yards.  They are at the number four spot for least overall allowed yardage per game, with TCU, Florida, and Alabama, in the 1 - 3 spots, respectfully.

Malcolm Williams was impressive, with an 11 yard touch down catch, and a 44 yard reception later in the third quarter.  These were great catches, the kind you have to stretch and reach for, not the ones that land in your chest.

The Longhorns have moved into the 1,400 points range in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll, placing them in the same category as Florida and Alabama, with the trailing teams ranging at 1,200 points and below.  Number 3 Texas trails number 2 Alabama by a mere 41 points, and number 1 Flordia by a mere 56 points.  By contrast, number 4 USC trails the leading number one team by 246 points.

Texas has gained in their standings the last 2 games, and FoxSports.com is ranking them number one in their week 8 power rankings, saying they are playing better than anyone else this week, with the top 2 SEC teams struggling.

In short, it’s time to show some Love for those Texas Longhorns.