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A quick conversation about Texas football with USA Today’s Dan Wolken

The Texas Longhorns are 5-1 and playing relevant football for the first time in a decade. As bizarre as it sounds, it’s our current reality.

To get a pulse on the national perspective surrounding Texas — something most Texans rarely have an interest in doing regarding pretty much anything — I connected with USA Today national college football columnist Dan Wolken this afternoon.

Below is our conversation.

Texas opened the season - rightfully so - as the No. 1 team on the Misery Index in your weekly column.