It's a whole new attitude in Kansas:

"I think there is a life lesson for Missouri in this whole situation, which is: Don’t mess with Kansas. They beat us; they end up going to the cotton-pickin’ bowl and we’re going to the Orange Bowl.

Gold and black are Topeka High School colors, so I still have a lot of “Topeka (High School) mom” stuff that I may just dig out again. They didn’t say I had to dress like a tiger. They just said gold and black."

Kathleen Sebelius in a KC Star Interview