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ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Dallas Cowboys are accomplishing things in Dak Prescotts rookie season that never happened under Hall of Fame quarterbacks Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman.Dallas, which got its five Super Bowl championships under Staubach and Aikman, had never won 10 consecutive regular-season games in the same season until now.Only once before in franchise history had the Cowboys started 10-1, in Tony Romos first full season as the starter in 2007. That was also the only other time since 2005, their last Super Bowl season, that they already had 10 wins on Thanksgiving Day.I have tons of confidence in myself, this team, and the coaching staff, Prescott said. I never go in to the game thinking we are going to lose, it is always what do we have to do to win? I feel like that is how this team thinks.The NFL-leading Cowboys (10-1) havent lost since their 20-19 setback to the New York Giants in the opener, when Prescott and rookie running back Ezekiel Elliott made their NFL debuts. Their 31-26 win over Washington on Thanksgiving Day completed a season sweep of the NFC East rival.The momentum is real for us right now. Our football team is a lot of fun, veteran tight end Jason Witten said. Its neat to be a part of this and lead a great group of guys. ...Ten wins is good but they dont hang those banners after 11 weeks. We have to continue to build here going into a critical stretch.Unlike after most Thanksgiving games, the Cowboys dont immediately get a long weekend this time. They play another Thursday game next week at Minnesota, meaning their extended break will instead come before the Nov. 11 rematch against the Giants in New Jersey.After that, the Cowboys will have consecutive home games against Tampa Bay and Detroit before finishing the regular season at Philadelphia.Its cool. We have to keep it moving though. We cant get comfortable, receiver Dez Bryant said about the 10-game winning streak. When you get comfortable youre going to fall apart. Its still a long season. We have to make sure everyones mind is right, including mine. We have to be chasing something.The only time the Cowboys have won more consecutive regular-season games was 11 in a row -- the last five of the 1968 season and the first six games in 1969, a stretch that included Staubachs first NFL start.When including postseason games, the longest winning string in franchise history is 12 in a row. That included the Cowboys first Super Bowl title during the 1971 season, when they won their last seven regular-season games and all three postseason games, before winning the first two games of the 1972 season.Were striving for perfection, veteran cornerback Orlando Scandrick said. Nobody is making the playoffs after 10 wins. 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Cheap Nike Shoes NZ .S. -- Nikolaj Ehlers registered a hat trick for the third straight game and Jonathan Drouin had a goal and five assists as the Halifax Mooseheads hammered the host Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 10-1 on Tuesday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- My fellow Americans, this is exactly what youve been waiting for.All right, so maybe not all of it. Not the part where Rickie Fowler, who looked assured of a Ryder Cup qualifying spot with four holes to play at the Barclays, stumbled down the stretch and failed to get it done.And not the part where Zach Johnson, who hasnt won since last summer, backed his way onto the roster with a 48th-place finish. Or the part where Bubba Watson never made a serious run at those last spots this week, or where J.B. Holmes parlayed an impressive start into a 41st-place result, or where Jim Furyk also finished 41st, or where Matt Kuchar was 64th, each of them unable to mount a serious challenge for one of those automatic berths.Sooooo -- not exactly what youve been waiting for. But maybe, kinda, sorta what youve been waiting for?Thats because after three losing teams this decade, after watching U.S. player after U.S. player implode with the pressure on, after seeing too many of these instances of guys backing their way onto the team or collapsing when the pressure is greatest, along comes Patrick Reed.Reed knew exactly what was at stake entering the final round. Starting the week in the eighth and final qualifying position, he needed to retain that spot by days end in order to clinch a place on the team. But he was also trying to win the tournament, a task which may or may not have proved beneficial to the Ryder Cup subplot.Like every pro golfer since the beginning of time, Reed contested that he was only focused on playing his best golf and everything else would fall into place. Hell, Tiger Woods offered that idea so much that Nike once made it an advertising slogan: Winning Takes Care of Everything.Reed was no different. Even after he won, he insisted that he was only thinking about getting the victory, not the Ryder Cup residuals.Coming into the week, we said, Well, you know what? Go ahead and do what you can do and get the job done, he explained. If you go and win it takes care of everything else: Gets you into the Tournament of Champions, gets you into Ryder Cup, gets you to lead FedEx. It takes care of everything.Thats a rational explanation, except for the fact that the Ryder Cup tends to do irrational things to players.Guys who have hit a million tee shots in their lives freeze over the first swing and just hope to make contact. Guys who normally play with all the emotion of a bassett hound start pumping fists and slamming clubs.dddddddddddd And yes, guys who say theyre simply trying to play their best and everything will take care of itself often wind up thinking too much about the repercussions.So while its a mature stance for Reed to insist hes just attempting to compartmentalize a win at Bethpage Black without worrying about the impending Ryder Cup scenario, thats easier said than done.This is a player who bleeds red, white and blue. This is a player who received global appeal by shushing the home European fans two years ago. This is a player who earned a late opportunity to represent the U.S. at the recent Olympics and jumped at it.With all of that and much more on the line Sunday afternoon, Reed was solid and efficient, if not flashy and dominant.He entered the day trailing by one stroke, and finished it winning by one. He posted a 1-under 70. He hit a few brilliant shots and a couple that hed like to have back.As if he needed more pressure, Reed is the type who prides himself on being a winner. Four victories on the PGA Tour by the age of 26 have assisted in that idea, but he hadnt done much to add to that résumé lately. His most recent win had come in January of last year, while this season he owned nine previous top-10s -- including two runner-up finishes -- without any titles.Top-10ing is great, he said. Top-10ing is great for making a living. But at the end of the day, every time we play golf tournaments, we dont settle for top-10s. Were going out there to try to get a W and try to get hardware and try to get a trophy. Because at the end of the day, a bunch of top-10s, its great. But its going to make you be on that bubble, as you saw. Ive had -- it feels like a hundred top-10s this year, and Ive just kind of stayed there on that six, seven, eight, nine stretch, on the Ryder Cup (standings), and it takes something like a win to be able to solidify yourself.Reed solidified himself this week. He solidified his place on this leaderboard, which in turn solidified his place on the Ryder Cup team.The entire performance of U.S. players might not have been exactly what American fans have been waiting for, but Reeds ability to force his way onto the team rather than backing into it should be taken as a heavy dose of exactly whats been needed. ' ' '