When Chicago-based Goose Island brewery put out a call to fans to try to make a 43-yard field goal -- the same excruciating distance that when missed last Sunday put an untimely end to the Bears season -- they weren’t sure how many would be up for the challenge.
As it turns out, a lot.
“It became much bigger than we ever thought it would,” said Zac Connelly, a Goose Island employee who came up with the concept. “The last couple days have been crazy.” So crazy that the brewery asked fans to stop sending shirtless videos of made field goals.