Sports Milestones

By becoming fans of my four teams (Chiefs, Avs, Illini basketball, Illini football) I've limited my chances to see championships and postseason success. After a long wait, things are coming up well for me. I thought I'd run through some important milestones. It also didn't help that I wasn't paying attention when the Chiefs won a playoff game in the early 90s and didn't become an Avs fan until moving to Colorado in 2011. 

First Chiefs Game Attended
11.4.1990: 9-7 win vs. L.A. Raiders (Bo Jackson)

First Illinois Football Win as an Illini
9.1.2001 at California

First Illinois Basketball Win as an Illini
11.16.2001 vs Gonzaga

First (and only) Illinois Football Big Ten Championship as an Illini
11.24.2001, win over Northwestern

First Illinois Bowl Game Attended
1.1.2002 - Sugar Bowl vs LSU

First Illinois Basketball Big Ten Championship as an Illini
3.3.02, win over Minnesota

First Illinois NCAA Tournament Win
3.15.02 - #4 Illinois over #13 San Diego State

First Illinois Basketball #1 Seed
March 2005

First Illinois Final Four Appearance
Secured on 3.26.05 - #1 Illinois over #3 Arizona, OT

First Illinois Bowl Game Win
12.29.2010 - Texas Bowl vs Baylor (RG3)

First Avalanche Game Attended
11.6.2011 - vs Flames

First Avalanche Win Attended
3.12.2012 - vs Ducks

First Pro Sports Playoff Win
4.17.2014 - Avs vs Wild

First Chiefs Playoff Win I Saw
1.9.2016 - vs Texans

First Chiefs Playoff Win with Mahomes
1.12.2019 - vs Colts

First Chiefs Appearance in AFC Championship Game
1.19.2019 vs Patriots

First Avalanche Playoff Series Win
4.19.2019 - vs Flames

First Chiefs Appearance in Super Bowl I Saw
2.2.2020 vs 49ers

First Chiefs Win in Super Bowl I Saw
2.2.2020 vs 49ers

First Avalanche Playoff Series Sweep
5.23.2021 - vs Blues

Chiefs went 22 years between winning playoff games and now have gone to back to back Super Bowls. 

I didn't realize that our freshman year, Illinois won the Big Ten regular season in both football and basketball. 

This is the third year in a row that the Avs have reached the second round of the playoffs. I've never seen the Avalanche get out of the second round.

Not a lot happened during the 10 years after graduating college, but it's picked up lately.