State of Sports

The last time I did this was March 2022. 

CHIEFS

The Chiefs won Super Bowl LVII in February 2023.

The Chiefs won Super Bowl LVIII in February 2024. 

The Chiefs lost Super Bowl LIX in February 2025. 

My first State of Sports was in 2012. I had never seen the Chiefs win a playoff game. Here was my 2012 entry: Chiefs 1-10 (virtually a shoe-in for the #1 pick now, but there's no good qbs this year)

So while Broncos fans and Chargers fans are gloating that the Chiefs are missing the playoffs this year, I have enough perspective that we've had it too good for a long while. 

This is Mahomes 8th season as a starter. I'll settle for 7 AFC Championship games, 5 Super Bowls, 3 rings.

AVALANCHE

Last time I did this, the Avs were three months away from winning the Stanley Cup. They were the best team in hockey in March of 2022 and June of 2022. 

This year they are the best team in hockey...by a lot. 

And as everyone knows, the goal is to peak in December and take home the President's Trophy. 

Anyways, let's see how they look in May.

ILLINI FOOTBALL

They've actually been good? Ranked. Beating ranked opponents. 

Going to a bowl game in 2022, 2024, 2025. 

Beating a SEC team in a bowl game. 

Will they win a Big Ten Championship game ever? Probably not. 

But it's better to go 8-4 and get invited to a bowl game most years than it is to be 3-9. 

ILLINI BASKETBALL

Underwood is cooking up something. I'd rather try something out there. So we're going with a Balkan roster pipeline and other schools are complaining about us recruiting all these guys. 

They made it to the Elite Eight in March 2024, which is not nothing. 

USMNT

They made the round of 16 in the 2022 World Cup and now get to host the World Cup in 2026. 

And Kansas City is a host city that will see Argentina play one game, and possibly see Ronaldo vs Messi in the knockout round. 

Titles by Calendar year

2020 - Chiefs Super Bowl

2022 - Avs Stanley Cup

2023 - Chiefs Super Bowl

2024 - Chiefs Super Bowl

Pretty, pretty good.