Keep On Rolling -- Kansas 43, Oklahoma State 28

Mission Accomplished

"We're not caught up in polls and all that stuff," Mangino said. "Our team is 10-0 right now because we have taken care of the task at hand."

A lot of KU fans would have been happy with two road wins based on previous decade or so. The 2007 Jayhawks went above and beyond though wrapping up a 4-0 road record in Stillwater with a solid 43-28 win against a Cowboys' squad with a talented offensive unit. Plus, as mentioned a few times on this blog, a final check was made on the 2006 Vengeance Tour:

X--Toledo
X--Baylor
X--Texas A&M
X--Nebraska
X--Oklahoma State

Well done. I was also thinking about how special this team is. Based on this season alone Mark Mangino will start to pull in higher level recruits. Talent is awesome, but sometimes (and I won't mention any specific teams) you get players that are out there playing for themselves and the units don't seem cohesive. The 2007 Hawks demonstrate a true team mentality. Yeah, they've got some talent, but you can tell they don't care who gets the spotlight. They're just out trying to figure out how to win each game.

The easiest place to see that team mentality is on defense. Each player seems willing to sacrifice whatever it takes to get a piece of the ball carrier because they know help is definitely on the way. The first guy doesn't always get the guy down, but the disruption is there and the Hawks swarm in. They might even try to pull your leg off (see Rivera on Savage).

The offense is the same. Each week a different guy shines. OSU was committed to shutting down B-Mac. They had some success early and again Ed Warriner and Todd Reesing adjusted. The Cowboys put a lot of heat on Todd, so it was up to the receivers to catch and run. Marcus Henry had the big night and the beat goes. We've seen a lot of game plans thrown at the Hawks. The balanced team adapts again. What will method will the Cyclones try?

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From Johnson County, Kansas

• Mark May wasn't very popular at our house
• 39,848 with ABC in the house and a chance to knock off a legitimate undefeated team in November. I guess I can understand after the heartbreaker the week before, but why do they need 60,000 seats?
• Speaking of ABC, last night's broadcast had a little bit of an OSU-infomercial type feel. That's all right though, we like it that way. And yes, now I want to know what the next football facilities project is for KU even though we're only halfway through the new football offices.
• Marcus Herford on kick returns -- huge KU advantage. He will get another TD this year.
• Tough way to spend Senior Night for Adarius Bowman. Hopefully, he'll recover and get that NFL shot.
• Some individual offensive season totals just for fun:
• Reesing -- 26 TDs versus 4 interceptions
• McAnderson -- 949 yards 15 TDs, Sharp -- 705 yards and 7 TDs
• Henry -- 46 rec, 885 yards, 7 TDs; Fields -- 37/508/3; Briscoe -- 32/365/7; Fine -- 38/325/3