As Illinois alum & Bears fans, we're conditioned to think any hope is irrational.......but both Illini hoops & the Bears are in championship windows. LFG!

Illini basketball....

Dan Hurley really is a miracle worker. For the first time in my life, I'm enthusiastically cheering for Michgian.

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Happy Easter!

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Hell of a season. I-L-L...

WCG Exclusive: Galloping Ghost to Challenge George Gervin for Iceman Red Grange, The Galloping Ghost, enters the conversation as the first Iceman, calling out George Gervin.

Red Grange, The Galloping Ghost, enters the conversation as the first Iceman, calling out George Gervin in this WCG Exclusive from @berckes.bsky.social! #Bears #NFL
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😂😂😂

Final 4!!!!

I-L-L....

Cheers! It'd be disingenuous if I said "good luck" but I'm with you that I'll support the winner / Big Ten in the Final Four!

I'm also incapable of being happy for my family & friends who are GB fans when that team does well but I'll be happy for you if Iowa wins. :)

Elite 8 bound!

I-L-L....

That's fair. I miss some of the Bears friends I had on Twitter but a lot of us migrated here. Not so much for content creators, which is understandable. But if you do post more here, I'm guessing you'll get a lot of interaction.

Regardless, I never miss a SKOdcast. Keep up the great work!

For all my fellow Bears fan Twitter refugees.....listen to the SKOdcast & support Kyle's other work!

I was going to say congrats earlier but saw you hadn't posted anything about it. I didn't want to spoil it if you were going to watch the game delayed.

So anyway, congrats! But if we meet in the Elite 8..... :)

I-L-L

a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a microphone in front of a coffin . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a microphone in front of a coffin .

I humbly accept.

Free beers for all our Bluesky friends!

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If you need a reprieve from the unrelenting hellscape of....(gestures at everything)....the first 2 episodes of the new season of Scrubs were a goddamn delight.

Annual reminder:

If Ben & Caleb are the guys, we're entering a 12ish year contention window. So I don't want them to go all-in this fall and hamstring 2027-2029. We'll need good players on rookie deals once Caleb gets paid. But I'd have a hard time saying no to this.

Ruling in NFLPA 2025 report card grievance reveals new criticisms as to 11 teams The NFL filed a grievance over the NFL Players Association's annual report cards in order to keep the NFLPA from publicizing criticisms of teams and owners.

Yes, the NFL prevented the NFLPA from publishing the results of its report cards. However, the 26-page arbitration ruling includes fresh criticism from the 2025 report cards as to 11 specific teams and three owners.

Pulled pork sammy, slaw, & tots for supper with a pre-meal old fashioned. Happy Friday!

The price of this was out of hand so I hadn't bought a bottle in 8 or so years but Costco had it (relatively) cheap so I had to pull the trigger.

No, just bacon wrapped around raw onion and hit it with your favorite rub.

I do 250 for about 1 hr 45 mins.

These wings have been marinating in pickled jalapeño brine since Friday night and joined some bacon-wrapped onion rings with a sweet BBQ rub on the smoker.

Also, I drink my whiskey neat because FUCK ICE!!!

Happy Sunday, friends.

I'm not normally a "Bear weather" guy but I really think it'll play a role this week. I've been adamant since we clinched a playoff spot that this isn't a SB team.....but we're here & I think most every playoff game left is a coin flip, so why not us?

27 - 24, good guys. #BTFD

Fuck yeah, Kris!!! I hope you're pouring some celebratory scotch!

I also think GB & TheFlower mutually part ways in the next 72 hours and I don't think they upgrade.

I thought this game was a coin flip and didn't think either team who wins it is Super Bowl bound. Still, that win was cathartic. I don't care if we lose by 100 next week. Bears beat the Packers in the playoffs and have won 3 of the last 4 vs GB. #BTFD