But the losing side on that cold, blustery day in Ames, Iowa wasn’t a directional school getting drummed for a payday, but fellow Big 12 foe Texas Tech, led by quarterback Patrick Mahomes — who was playing in his next-to-last college game.

Patrick Mahomes can make NFL history this Sunday if he's able to lead the Kansas City Chiefs to their third straight Super Bowl victory. While he's likely getting locked into that challenge, something happened over the weekend that made him feel sick—his favorite basketball team,

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is “sick.” Mahomes is not physically ill, at least not that he or the Chiefs have divulged. But he is feeling the emotional toll of losing one of his favorite people from his favorite team.