The Chiefs technically play in Missouri, so it was not necessarily the worst weekend in sports history for the state of Kansas. Still, it was not a good time for any team with “Kansas” in its name. Kansas City lost its wild-card game at Indianapolis in improbable fashion on Saturday afternoon, and Kansas’ men’s basketball team got bounced at home by San Diego State one day later. Cases of the Mondays for those squads? That would be an understatement.

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Kansas City Chiefs. It wasn’t quite at Houston vs. Buffalo levels, but it was still a disaster of epic proportions for the Chiefs. They extended a lead that was already borderline insurmountable to 38-10 early in the third quarter, but the ultimate result was only the second biggest collapse in the history of the NFL Playoffs. Kansas City’s fifth of five second-half touchdowns surrendered came in the form of a wide-open T.Y. Hilton, who got behind the defense and hauled in a 64-yard scoring strike that proved to be the game-winner with 4:21 remaining. In fairness to Andy Reid’s team, there was a little bit of Luck involved. Indy’s quarterback saw a Donald Brown fumble fall into his lap at the KC five-yard line, and he ran it in from there to cut the deficit to 41-38 with 10:38 left in the game. The Colts are +7 underdogs at New England on Saturday, and they are +700 to win the AFC Championship.

Kansas Jayhawks. The jury is still out on Kansas heading into Big 12 play, which begins on Wednesday at Oklahoma. Bill Self’s squad has faced three Top-25 opponents and is 1-2 in those contests, with a win over the highest-ranked of those teams (then-No. 4 Duke) and losses to Florida and San Diego State. The Jayhawks fell to the 21st-ranked Aztecs 61-57 at home on Sunday for their third loss in Allen Fieldhouse in their last 115 games. Thus ended Kansas’ 68-game nonconference winning streak at the Phog. Andrew Wiggins made only four of 14 field-goal attempts, including none of four from downtown, in a 14-point effort. The Jayhawks are tied for the second choice to win the National Championship at +600.

Andy Dalton. The Bengals have now had five chances to win a playoff game since the 1990 season, and they are still yet to capitalize. Head coach Marvin Lewis dropped to 0-5 in the playoffs during his tenure in Cincinnati with Sunday’s home setback against San Diego, and three of those five losses have come with Dalton under center. Dalton at last threw his first playoff touchdown, but his third blemish on his 0-3 postseason mark got increasingly worse as the game progressed. Big Red threw for 334 yards, but he completed only 29-of-51 passes and tossed two mind-numbing interceptions in a second-half meltdown. The Chargers are +9.5 road underdogs against Denver on Sunday.

Marshawn Lynch. Put a football in Lynch’s hands or give him a bag of Skittles and he will go into beast mode. When it comes to talking with the media, however, Lynch has gone into a shell. In fact, his brief appearance last Friday was the first time all season long he has talked to reporters. The NFL did not even know it until then, but the league finally figured it out and subsequently fined Seattle’s running back $50,000 for his silence. The Seahawks are -7.5 home favorites over New Orleans on Saturday, and they are +250 co-favorites with Denver to win the Super Bowl.

Nick Saban. Working as a bowl-losing analyst on ESPN’s BCS National Championship set is probably not what Saban had in mind for the first week in January when the season started. Adding insult to injury, Alabama’s head coach has to sit around watching his team’s arch rival play for the crystal football on Monday night. That’s the penalty for losing to Auburn in a thriller of an Iron Bowl to end the regular season. The Crimson Tide settled for a berth in the Sugar Bowl and promptly got upset by Oklahoma, 45-31 last Thursday night. Auburn is a +10 underdog against Florida State.

Milwaukee Bucks. Woe is the team that is next up on the schedule for Golden State. The Warriors own the NBA’s longest current winning streak at nine games, a stretch that includes six wins away from home, an upset at Miami, and a road victory over Atlanta on a last-second three-pointer by Andre Iguodala. Stephen Curry has six double-doubles—including one triple-double—during the streak, and he torched the Heat for 36 points. Milwaukee, which has lost two in a row, five of six, and 10 of 12 to drop to 7-26 overall, hosts the Warriors on Tuesday. The Warriors are +650 to win the Western Conference and +1500 to win the NBA Championship.

Manchester United. Man U’s struggles continued in a 2-1 home loss to Swansea on Sunday, which eliminated the team from the FA Cup during third-round action. United leveled the score at 1-1 in the 16th minute, but a red card reduced it to 10 men early in the second half, and it eventually surrendered a game-winning goal in the 90th minute. The Red Devils failed to advance past this stage of the FA Cup for just the second time in 30 years, and they had never previously lost to Swansea at Old Trafford. Manchester United also fell at home last Wednesday, 2-1 to Premier League rival Tottenham Hotspur. Wayne Rooney and company are in seventh place on the EPL table, 11 points back of Arsenal. Man U is +2500 to win the Premier League title and +1600 to win the Champions League.

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