Unfortunately for this nomination, the leagues detailed history does not extend back to 2009 - that however does not take away from the impressiveness of this nomination.
Cast your mind back (or if you weren’t part of the league at this time, put on your imagination caps). It was 2009. The league was comprised mostly of secondary schoolers, and all but one member is still in the league. 2 coaches had 2 teams to get us to that magic number of 10. But that doesn’t mean the league wasn’t competitive - in fact, as is the case every year, there was a hot contest for playoff spots.
All teams that is, except Bear Necessities. Given the fact we were all on equal footing, being our first season of fantasy football in its unique format, no one would have expected one team to just dominate the league. But that’s exactly what Bear Necessities did.
Coach Stubbs Sr. Lead Bear Necessities to a then league record 13-1 regular season record (which has only been achieved one other time since). Their only loss came to Gridiron Gang, and no other team reached double digits. It was a dominant year.
But the fun didn’t stop there. They sunk The Tuckfards in the first round (who would themselves go on to make playoffs the next 4 years straight), and faced the Burdettinators in the final, Corona Bowl I. There, the demolition of the league was complete, as Coach Stubbs Sr. Became the first coach to win the league, doing it in the most impressive of ways at 15-1.
To this day, that 15-1 title season is the best season in LOC history, and will likely remain so for some time to come. Some of you might say that these were the early days, the league was easy, it doesn’t mean anything. We’re the Green Bay packers Super Bowls meaningless because they faced a still slightly lagging behind AFC? Were any teams who won the super bowl before the 90s meaningless because free agency didn’t exist then, and teams were able to hold onto their talent without having to worry about salary caps? Of course not. You can only measure a team by the era they play in. And the early days of the LOC still had teams competing, where everyone was on equal footing of fantasy football inexperience. Make no mistake, this 15-1 season was truly impressive, deserves to stand the test of time, and is certainly Hall of fame worthy.
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