Bears or Packers on Sunday? Here’s who you picked

The Packers have beaten the Bears 748 times in the teams’ last 747 meetings. Or so it seems. Close enough, right?

In this week’s “Polling Place,” your home for Sun-Times sports polls on the social platform X, item No. 1 was about the rivals’ vital NFC North clash Sunday at Lambeau Field. Who’s going to win? Yes, yes, of course the vote tilted heavily toward the visitors. It always does.

On the other hand, @JBIRD1268 commented that Lambeau Field will be “too much for the Bears.” At least the Bears will cover the spread, wrote @ronw_sportsnut.

Next, we asked you to pick from a list of delightful Bears scenarios including a streak of playoff appearances and Caleb Williams blossoming into one of the best quarterbacks in the league.

“If Caleb is a top-five NFL QB, then all the [good] choices should follow suit,” @FatDudeRunning observed.

Last, we asked which college football team is No. 1 in your book. Ohio State? Indiana? Some other squad?

On to the polls:

Poll No. 1: It’s Bears-Packers week, people. Who wins Sunday in Green Bay?

Upshot: Sure, sure, why shouldn’t the Bears suddenly be able to do what they pretty much haven’t been able to do all decade … or last decade … or in the decade before that … .

Poll No. 2: Which of these Bears scenarios would you sign up for first?

Upshot: OK, so maybe we reached a little with these.

Poll No. 3: Heading into conference championship weekend, which college football team had your No. 1 vote?

Upshot: It’s the Buckeyes’ world. We’re all just wishing we could enter the transfer portal and get a seven-figure NIL check in it.