Ninety-five years. Sunday, the Cubs won their first post-season series in 95 years.

Let me say it again: 95 YEARS.

I know, it’s crazy.

Anyway, think about just how long 95 years really is.

The last time the Cubs won a post-season series, Theodore Roosevelt was the president of the United States. For those of you who were just “resting your eyes” during history class, “Teddy” was the elder of the two Roosevelt presidents.

In the past 95 years, there have been 18 U.S. presidents, two world wars, a great depression, countless bad Fox reality shows and about a few hundred other important events in U.S. history. None larger than bad television, of course.

Just 13 years before the Cubs won that World Series over Detroit in 1908, NIU, or Northern Illinois State Normal School as it was originally called, was established. Six years later, the Huskies had a football team. In 1983, the Huskies won the California Bowl. Since then, the Huskies have won as many bowls as Mike Price has coached games at Alabama.

So, in honor of the Cubbies ending a long and miserable playoff drought, I thought we’d look at some of the other winning droughts throughout the past 95 years.

No. 1. The historic Cubs and Boston Red Sox streak of not winning the World Series. Both teams have been the “lovable losers” of baseball for the past century. The Red Sox last won the World Series in 1918, while the Cubs won it in 1908.

No. 2. NIU football’s infamous 23-game losing streak lasted from 1996 to ‘98 and was the longest streak at the time. The drought is still tied for the seventh-longest in NCAA football history. Duke also lost 23 games in a row for football, from 1999 to 2001. The Wildcats of Northwestern hold the all-time record with 34 losses in a row, from 1979 to ‘82. The MAC’s Buffalo holds the nation’s longest current streak, with 16 consecutive losses.

No. 3. In probably the most meaningless losing streak for men, tennis knockout Anna Kournikova has never won a Women’s Tennis Association singles event. In her eight-year professional career, Kournikova has proven that good looks can only take you so far – not that there’s anything wrong with that.

No. 4. White Sox fans, don’t think we’ve forgotten about your streak. Since 1917, the World Series Trophy has eluded the south siders. Although the streak isn’t as famous as those of the Cubs or Red Sox, things could, ahem, will change in the next few weeks.

No. 5. The team with the longest Stanley Cup winning drought is none other than – yep, another Chicago team – the Blackhawks. One of the original six teams in the NHL, the Blackhawks last won Lord Stanley’s cup in 1962.

No. 6. In golf, the only events that matter are the four majors. All a golfer needs is one major, and his career is set. On that note, Phil Mickelson is the king of losing. The 33-year-old lefty has won 15 tournaments since winning the Northern Telecom Open as an amateur in 1991 – none being a major. Until he wins a major, he will always be known as a loser.

With the Cubs proving that all streaks eventually will come to an end (unless you’re Mickelson), maybe it’s time the Huskies football team put one of its streaks to rest. Can anyone say “bowl game win?”