Hopefully the indie wrestling show inside Apogee Stadium proved to be a more competitive event than North Texas’s lopsided 46-23 dismantling of SMU that was even more dominant than the final score indicates.

With the Mean Green riding high off last season’s nine-win season heading into head coach Seth Littrell’s fourth year at the helm and many more question marks surrounding the Mustangs, here are three takeaways from the night.

Believe the hype, North Texas is probably the best offense in the state

UNT was 0-3 in its previous three tries against DFW rival SMU heading into Saturday’s game including last season’s 54-32 loss. Considering the hype surrounding Littrell’s offense piloted by junior quarterback Mason Fine (More on him later), there was a lot of pressure on North Texas to make up for last year’s stumble out of the gate and put on a show at home.

They did that and more by completely running up, down and over SMU’s defense from the opening drive. Fine picked up right where he left off in 2017 throwing for 444 yards, three touchdowns and completing 40-of-50 passes, a new career-high for him. It all looked mind-numbingly easy for the Mean Green offense with effortless throws to Fine's top targets Jalen Guyton and Rico Bussey Jr. like it was a game of pick-up in the backyard.

All but four of North Texas’ drives resulted in a score and the unit also converted over 50 percent of their third-down situations.

Bussey Jr. finished with a career-night reeling in nine catches for 109 yards.