Having stumbled into and mastered nearly every sport known to man, Air Bud is desperate for a new challenge. With athletics checked off, it’s time to turn to academic professions. Follow Air Bud as he applies to graduate schools, studies, digs into his dissertation research and ultimately earns a PhD in archeology. Root for Bud as he doggedly applies for academic faculty positions at small liberal arts colleges, negotiates his first assistant professor appointment, and struggles to design and teach 2 undergraduate courses per semester while simultaneously trying to make progress on his own research manuscripts. You’ll be on the edge of your seat as the promotions and advancement committee reviews Bud’s tenure package. Will his teaching evaluations and publication record be strong enough? We’ll find out! It’ll all pay off during the second post credits scene when Bud digs up the ark of the covenant.