By Jackson Posey | Sports Writer
In the wild, bears are known to hibernate for up to seven months at a time.
In Waco, that number is drawing closer to two years.
Head coach Dave Aranda’s Bears spent their 2021 season gathering sustenance for the winter; a Big 12 Championship and a sweet Sugar Bowl victory were more than enough to stave off the initial hunger pangs of the following year’s 6-7 campaign. As losses began to mount up higher than their stash of foraged berries and acorns, though, so did concerns that the apex predators would never re-emerge.