I grew up 2 miles for the Illinois/Wisconsin border in a very small town. So small, we co-oped with a Wisconsin school to play football (long story, back in the '80s Illinois wouldnt allow co-op'ing small schools with in state on fear of areas ganging up, so we co-op'd out of state). I'm a FIB. I wear it proudly. 1/2 od my childhood friends are from Wisconsin. I get Packer fans well. However, you cant be from Northern Illinois and not be a Bears fan. Its just weird.