Congratulations to George Rogers Clark H.S., which became the first school since 1928 to win the boys' and girls' KHSAA basketball championships in the same year. Congratulations to Vanderbilt, which went 10-2 in football, and also sent both its men's and women's teams to the NCAA basketball tournaments. Congratulations to the Dodgers, who won their second World Series in a row, and to the Knicks, who won the NBA title for the first time since 1973. Congratulations to all the Americans who contributed to hosting a successful World Cup Tournament, and to all the Europeans who got to try ranch dressing for the first time. Congratulations to West Virginia for winning the NCAA Rifle championship. Congratulations to Georgia, for having the best football team in the SEC, and to Ole Miss, for beating Georgia in the playoffs. Congratulations to the Miami Hurricanes for beating Notre Dame and returning to the NCAA Football title game. Congratulations to Notre Dame for holding the Unofficial College Football Championship. Congratulations to the Michigan Wolverines, for their first men's NCAA basketball title since 1989, and to the U.C.L.A. Bruins, for their first women's NCAA basketball title. Congrats to UConn for a miracle win over Duke and another trip to the men's Final Four. Congrats to U of L, for pasting Kentucky in both football and basketball. Congrats to Tennessee, for a third consecutive trip to the men's Regional Final in basketball. Congrats to Oklahoma, for winning the gymnastics title and the College World Series. Congrats to Texas, for winning the softball title. Congrats to the long-suffering football fans of the Midwest, who saw their heroes crush the SEC for the third year in a row. And most of all, congratulations to the Indiana Hoosiers, who put aside over a century of suffering on the football field, to capture the 2025 Big Ten title, and the 2025 National Championship.
And now we can all take a break until September 5, when the college football season will begin in earnest, or (if you prefer) September 9, when the Seahawks will kick off the NFL season. Read some good books. Go down to the Lake. Maybe play some putt-putt, or get to the driving range. Take at least one day where you spend most of the day driving through the countryside, listening to really good music. And give thanks for the chance to see it all start over again.
The next battle for the Unofficial College Football Championship will take place on Sunday, September 6 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The game will feature the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (the holders) and the Wisconsin Badgers.
ReplyDeleteVanderbilt's nine football games in SEC play will be against eight of the original SEC members, plus Arkansas. The only original SEC member Vandy will not play is LSU.
ReplyDeleteHear, hear. I appreciate this wrapup. I feel like I watched a lot of the 2025-26 Sports Year, but I sure missed a lot, too, and already forgot so much of what I did watch. In looking over this summary, I think I was probably most invested in the Dodgers-Blue Jays World Series, which my wife got so excited about. I also enjoyed the Knicks. But while there's a pretty good chance that I watched more NFL than everything else combined, I can't exactly place who won the Super Bowl. It was Seattle, right? Over the Patriots?
ReplyDeleteThat is correct. The real title decider was the NFC Championship game, where the Seahawks outdueled the Rams. The Super Bowl was a snoozer, because the Patriots shouldn't have been there at all.
DeleteOn this day 50 years ago, the Sun Belt Conference was formed. The six original members were: The University of New Orleans, the University of South Alabama, Georgia State University, Jacksonville University, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and the University of South Florida.
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