“We were not (all) as tight as we are now,” said Zorich, who played for the Bears from 1991 to ’96 and was hired in May as Chicago State’s athletic director. “It’s interesting. We’ve had a lot of people say: ‘Wow, you guys are lucky. You hang out all the time.’ The idea that Tim lives six miles away? Tony lives even closer. Pat’s in the suburbs, but we can get on a bike and all see each other. It’s weird in the best possible way.”