While Bear Necessities was the rightful king of the now Hall of Fame inducted 2009 season, they were more like a pauper in the 2015 season - to begin with anyway. After that glorious opening season, Bear Necessities would only have 2 winning seasons in the next 5, and 2015 looked like it would end up being 2 in 6.
The 2015 season started inauspiciously, losing to a coach who had been retired since Bear Necessities Corona Bowl win - Coach Nunn. It was a competitive game, one in which Bear Necessities was pipped at the line with a Monday nightcomeback, 123-114. Week 2 would be an equally bitter pill to swallow, despite posting over 100 points again (106), Coach Stubbs Sr lost to IKNAN’s 120. The same was true for Week 3, and in Week 4 a highly respectable 97 was not enough against Burdettinators 107 either.
If you’re keeping count, that’s an 0-4 start. After Week 3, they also lost signal caller Andrew Luck to injury. This could have gotten ugly very quickly, but a timely first win against Patistan 91-71 stopped the rot. Week 6 saw the return of Luck, buoying a 104-94 victory over Tom’s Tyrants to get to 2-4. The bad start was a distant memory by week 8, as another two great performances brought them to 4-4.
As with all teams, sometimes when you get back to the status quo you tend to ease up a bit, and unfortunately that’s what happened in Week 9, as Bear Necessities fell to Jeff’s Seals 108-94. But they nipped that in the bud fast with a 123-93 win over The Dream Team. But another disappointing week against Tom’s Tyrants saw Bear Necessities fall to 5-6 at a critical juncture of the season. Once again Luck was lost to injury, as well as Emmanuel Sanders and Dion Lewis.
The final 3 weeks Bear Necessities posted a military precision 103, 106 and 107 points to win their final 3 games and secure the 2nd seed for the playoffs. This set up a rematch against IKNAN, who they lost to in their opening 4 game losing run. Unfortunately for Coach Stubbs Sr, the result was the same, and they were downed 149-113. This was a culmination of the losses of Luck, Stewart, Yeldon and Lewis.
IKNAN would go on to be the king that season, but the comeback king title belonged to Bear Necessities, who started 0-4 and finished 8-2, securing the second seed. They’d lose in the first round of the playoffs, but averaged the highest score per game on the season, and had the highest score in week 16.
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