RE:
What does the expression "Skoal brother" mean?
As when Tony Dorsett said that Earl Campbell was his Skoal brother. Is it something akin to "brother in the bond"?

The expression “loaded for bear”means that the person is well-prepared. It probably originated during colonial times when muskets, gun powder, horses, and dogs were used to hunt for meat. In the present time, it means well prepared to fight, debate, discuss, take a test, give a speech, or provide evidence and testimony in the prosecution of a law suit. I first heard this expression when I was a child growing up in upstate New York. But I haven’t heard it in the midwest, or the east, or the far west at all. I may have used it myself when I was in the deep South.