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Today on The Stretch, we are joined by Mike Katic and T-Bob Hebert to talk about the big weekend of college football we have coming up. We talk about building Barstool’s O-line (1:36) and the Bears new Stadium plans (9:48). Katic tells us about going back to watch IU as a fan (11:30) and Katic and T-Bob share their most hated teams and the best atmospheres to play in (12:56). Then we get into the games for the weekend starting with Indiana vs. Iowa (15:18), then Illinois vs. USC (23:28). Next we talk about LSU vs. Ole Miss, also known as The Mintzy Bowl (28:07). We get into Washington vs. OSU (31:48) and Oregon vs. Penn State (35:26). Next, we shout out some of the underrated games to keep an eye on (37:37) and the best QBs so far (40:45). We close things out by talking about NIL (43:08) and picking Eddie's walkout song in Vegas (47:05).

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Previewing College Football’s Biggest Weekend of The Year with Mike Katic & T-Bob Hebert

On today's episode we recap the Bears 31-14 win over the Dallas Cowboys. We are also joined by Pat Bev for his thoughts on Caleb Williams, the Chicago Bulls and his beef with Trae Young. We also preview the upcoming Bears vs Raiders game in Las Vegas and declare the game a "must win". We then get into the Cubs playoff picture and more thoughts from Pat Bev.

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Ben Johnson Gets His First Bears Win - Are The Bears Back? + Pat Bev Addresses Trae Young Beef

On today's episode we are joined by special guest Shawne Merriman. We start by getting into his new fighting league Lights Out Xtreme Fighting. We then get into his time at with the San Diego Chargers and playing College Football at Maryland. We also talk about his thoughts on the Chicago Bears defense, and he later tells us how we wanted to dodge going to the Detroit Lions in the 2005 NFL draft.

Shawne Merriman on Fixing Chicago's Defense & Dodging Detroit in the 2005 Draft

Art everybody fun show today. We were joined by a former DN Shawn Merriman a terrifying DM. Yeah, it's terrifying Honestly, I know people are probably like what this isn't Like a former Chicago bear or something, but honestly great conversation. I loved it. Yeah. Yeah a really fun conversation We th

On today's episode of The Stretch we recap the Bears horrendous 52-21 loss to the Detroit Lions. We get into who is most to blame for a loss like that and where we do we go from here? We then get into Anthony Rizzo's return to Wrigley Field, and the Cubs are at a standstill until the playoffs. We later get into Eddie's time in Vegas for Canela vs Crawford.

Bears Get Embarrassed By Division Rivals - Who Is to Blame? + Anthony Rizzo Retires a Cub | Week 2 Recap

On today's show we are joined by former Bears wide receiver Alshon Jeffery.

Alshon Jeffery on Caleb Williams Development, Playing Receiver in Chicago and Winning a Super Bowl

On today's recap show get into the Bears 27-24 loss to the Vikings at home on Monday Night Football. With a gut wrenching loss how can Ben Johnson and Caleb Williams pick up the pieces from here?

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