It's the time of year when you, college football fan, crave deep, detailed, football-focused previews for the multitude of bowl games that are fast approaching. But we didn't do that last year, or the year before, and we're not doing it this year. This is 40 FOR 40, the series in which we give every bowl game as much time as we think it merits and talk about whatever even slightly bowl adjacent topics occur to us. It will always be this way and never improve. Games featured on this episode: 1:26 - THE NEW MEXICO BOWL 11:09 - THE CURE BOWL 17:59 - THE LAS VEGAS BOWL 29:15 - THE CAMELLIA BOWL 30:39 - THE NEW ORLEANS BOWL ––– Notes from our sponsors:LEGO: In today's show you heard advertising content from The LEGO Store. With LEGO, every gift has a story. Start your story today at https://LEGO.build/Shutdown-Pop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Not quite time for bowl previews yet (don't worry, those suckers are looming) so we took an episode to just review your BOLD BRASH HOLIDAY OPINIONS. Topics include: 3:54 - Which Fullcast hosts hate Christmas/Holly yells at those people 7:10 - Some discussion of Army-Navy because this is the only college football podcast after all 8:51 - HOLIDAY HOT TAKE 1: Drugs and sex are the best part of the season 11:44 - HOLIDAY HOT TAKE 2: The lead up to Christmas is better than Christmas itself 13:46 - HOLIDAY HOT TAKE 3: Egg nog is tasty/Elf is a good movie 17:10 - HOLIDAY HOT TAKE 4: Santa is a deadbeat dad to the world 20:50 - Spencer only recently learned the whole deal with how sunglasses work 25:36 - Holly & Jason’s favorite Christmas movie 28:06 - HOLIDAY HOT TAKE 5: Elf on the Shelf is a Cop 30:46 - Tree Talk! (not Stanford related) 32:35- HOLIDAY HOT TAKE 6: Hanukkah is better 35:49 - Garrett bought you a new car and ruined Christmas 39:16 - HOLIDAY HOT TAKE 7: Don’t take turns opening presents, just go feral 44:26 - HOLIDAY HOT TAKE 8: Cash is the best gift you can receive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm gonna be straight with you: I (Ryan) am pretty sleepy this morning so I did not go through the podcast for timestamps of what we discussed. I do know that we hit every conference championship game in some form or another, and that we did not let Iowa State almost losing to Drake escape our watch, and that this episode is brought to you by our friends at LEGO. But I still love you and want you to do great things and I will hopefully time stamp the next episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Pepper killed Larry Culpepper, brought us one of TV’s greatest performances, and remains your only student debt savior. Also it’s time to talk about Dr. Pepper knockoffs. Other topics include! 6:42 - Spencer launches his doomed, stupid, unnecessary war against beloved actor Stanley Tucci 9:03 - Championship Week is not RIVALRY WEEK but it’s still maybe good? 14:30 - Memphis-UCF and our great idea for a BBQ restaurant where all your food is served inside a wrestling ring 20:31 - Holly wrongly assumes that UNC hiring Mack Brown means he won’t be calling games on TV anymore 26:38 - The Red River Respect/Recognition Rumble Ruckus 29:31 - How can we reach maximum chaos this weekend? 33:13 - Back on Stanley Tucci for some damn reason, and now Spencer drags Ludacris into it because Spencer is the worst 37:37 - Fine we’ll talk about the SEC Championship whatever 41:51 - Kliff Kingsbury’s not going to Bama leads to tales of Holgo History leads to pondering if Burger King served booze 48:41- Ryan put Marshall-Virginia Tech on the discussion list, and that’s fine 51:41 - We plead with the MWC to move their conference championship kickoff time 53:47 - Our plans for the Pac-12 Network (it’s not available to you) and how the SEC can get even cheaper 56:46 - Gus Malzahn should mail it in or cheat or leave or all three Notes from our sponsors:LEGO: In today's show you heard advertising content from The LEGO Store. With LEGO, every gift has a story. Start your story today at https://LEGO.build/Shutdown-Ship Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a stunning first for the Shutdown Fullcast, we spend 21 STRAIGHT MINUTES at the top of the show talking about a football game: LSU-A&M, which went to 7 overtimes, made for a bunch of silly numbers, and, oh yeah, gave us some real ill-advised fighting at the end of it. Other topics include! 7:04 - A brief digression to talk about French Stewart and his origins 22:20 - Egg Bowl scrappin’ featuring Wright Thompson reading play by play 26:09 - The Godfrey/Jason Arizona Chicken Bet reaches its fateful conclusion 30:13 - The freezing, bitter disappointment that was the Apple Cup 32:41 - Spencer and Ryan connect over the most painful game of Rivalry Week 36:15 - We don’t even stay on Ohio State/Michigan for a minute before getting distracted by Minnesota/Wisconsin, this podcast is well-organized and good 39:56 - Wake Forest-Duke: The Nerd Battle For Control Of Hell 45:06 - ***ALERT*** UConn Football Discussion ***Alert*** 52:05 - Pitt’s superweapon continues to charge 60:10 - The non-coaching change that we care most about  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most people call this Thanksgiving week, but you know better. This is RIVALRY WEEK, the week where rivals play each other, except when they do that earlier in the season, or if they have multiple rivals, or if they just refuse to play each other any more. In the spirit of RIVALRY WEEK, we discuss: 2:03 - How most RIVALRY WEEK teams and fans are actually basically the same 4:13 - Spencer’s favorite RIVALRY WEEK game every year 7:37 - Major Applewhite makes a good case for sitting out if you can get rich in the Draft 10:44 - If UCF beats USF in RIVALRY WEEK, what else do they need to reach the Playoff? 14:16 - Oklahoma-West Virginia is not technically RIVALRY WEEK but we did invent Turduckoon 17:55 - BUT HELL YEAH APPLE CUP IS RIVALRY WEEK 20:45 - Michigan-Ohio State EXPENSIVE ANXIETY RIVALRY WEEK 29:11 - CLEAN OLD-FASHIONED RIVALRY WEEK 30:46 - Ryan vs. His Persistent Doubt In Florida For No Reason is its own RIVALRY WEEK 33:44 - BUTT BOWL BUTT BOWL BUTT BOWL 36:40 - iron bowl i guess 40:28 - CROSS PODCAST CHICKEN RIVALRY WEEK IN ARIZONA and some other stuff but i got tired of listing it all out. Sorry. ––– Notes from our sponsors: Special thanks to this week's sponsor, The LEGO Store. With LEGO, every gift has a story. Start your story today at https://LEGO.build/Shutdown-Pop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Featuring special guests Richard Johnson and Matt Brown, who help us discuss important gamer topics like: - Should you hitch your horse or accept you will smash it into a tree before long? - What if someone on the trail says something rude to you? - Can you play this game with a toddler and not ruin them for life? - Wait, there's an art museum brawl? - Spencer shot a blind man, but it was on accident and while he was trying to do something cool so maybe that's ok? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spencer does not do a British accent on this episode, but he does do a Australianish accent and a surprisingly impressive impression of the Dog Woof setting on a Casio keyboard. Other topics include: 1:38 - Spencer starts an inadvertent future war with Glenn Close 4:38 - A tale of herculean cricketer beer drinking on an international flight 8:00 - Spencer starts a second inadvertent future war with Daniel Day-Lewis 12:19 - Jason reveals the STARTLING TRUTH behind SoCon Saturday 17:58 - Ron Zook to Ohio State/USC/Illinois? 22:45 - 2016 Rutgers vs. 2018 Rutgers, A Terrible Trivia Game 29:51 - An actual discussion of Clay Helton, it seems 33:23 - SPENCER HALL, THE HUMAN DOG SETTING ON A CASIO KEYBOARD 35:36 - Thank you for nothing, Syracuse 40:46 - Kneel before your Chicken King 45:34 - Let Les coach against Texas! 47:05 - FCS Playoff Time!!! 55:35 - Let’s imagine a world where FBS uses a 24 team playoff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson thought something was up when the Louisville defense read the Demon Deacons’ plays like they knew what was coming — even with plays Wake Forest had never used before. Teams have had spies for as long as college football has existed, but Wake was dealing with something entirely new: The plays were being stolen by someone standing on their own sideline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No, we don't talk much about the actual games this week. Maybe that's a mistake and they'll all be really good and have a bunch of upsets. If so, we'll pretend we knew that all along and never admit we were wrong. 0:12 Starting off with a discussion of loins 3:43 What Nick Saban has taught Spencer about parenting 5:09 Ryan raises a challenging pediatric issue (it’s about poop) 10:53 A comprehensive listing of the Week 12 games that are fine 13:46 We rebel against the tyranny of schedule makers 19:17 WAZZU VS. VEST VIRGINIA leads to a discussion of how bad Darth Vader probably smelled 21:58 ARIZONA VS. OKLAHOMA STATE and how Fox’s NFL coverage would handle the death of a president 26:11 PITT VS. BAMA and a farewell to the Peter Man 30:54 AUBURN VS. UAB and Jason explaining why Florida needs to lose to save the Birmingham Bowl 33:38 TEXAS A&M VS. whoever Iowa State is playing, not sure? 38:06 ALABAMA VS. THE OAKLAND RAIDERS and Spencer’s weird admiration for Mark Davis 42:05 USC VS. COLORADO and why you can model your professional life after Todd Graham Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This isn't a warning you should need, but this episode contains PETRINO VOICE OUT THE GATE. This podcast is not for children, or for adults, really. Other topics! 6:46 New career paths for Bobby 8:38 Cackling, maniacal Spencer on Florida-South Carolina 11:12 Michigan State lost the…punting battle??? 17:00 Sympathy for the Crimson Tide, who just didn’t have it this weekend 19:24 Boston College scored the most New England touchdown possible 22:18 The defensive wrinkle Clemson should use in the national championship 24:00 Cremation or Burial: What do we do with the VT defense? 27:41 You (yes, you, listener) are a top 20 team! 29:49 Bedlam was perfectly Bedlam in its Bedlamity 33:25 Ok Cool. Hook Em 40:00 Cackling, maniacal Holly on Tennessee-Kentucky Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey look, a podcast that you can listen to as a podcast! We're constantly innovating like that over here at Fullcast Audio Technologies and Pool Supplies. Topics on this week's episode include: 2:22 - Jason comes up with a podcast plan in the event of our deaths 7:45 - Presidents who could be Georgia QBs based on our foolproof rules 12:06 - Debating the worst possible future for Auburn 18:49 - Louisville discussion with ZERO Creepy Petrino Voice! 22:23 - Spencer’s janky solution for Seasonal Affective Disorder  23:52 - Fresno! Boise State! Milk Can Battle! 27:03 - Decisions in the Fullcast vote for Job Mike Gundy Won’t Take and Bad Ohio State Loss In 2019 29:35 - Talking about Phil Fulmer’s creative control/Jeremy Pruitt’s fuel source for some reason that is not clear to me in retrospect 32:56 - Spencer learns no lessons week to week 36:23 - SANDMAN LOCK OF THE WEEK ($$$) 38:22 - Bigfoot Erotica, the path to political success 45:10 - The vote for Worst Fullcast Idea of 2018 48:38 - LSU, Arkansas, and Brick Shithouses 51:46 - Caution: Speedy Dudes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode! 3:35: Why being ranked 8th or 9th is best, in college football or life in general 7:47: **WARNING - PETRINO VOICE SEGMENT** 11:28: Deciding which listeners we could be friends with based on the Playoff teams they’d most enjoy seeing 25:30: Steve Addazio, World War II buff 35:40: Jason suggests Pitt’s superweapon is still charging (featuring Yinzer Emperor Palpatine) 38:55: An examination of Gus Law 45:32: SANDMAN CALLIN 51:58: Spencer says Michigan should be worried about Penn State, with little to no evidence 55:05: Ryan shares a deeply personal but boring fear 58:44: LSU, Bama, and dying at the bottom of the Grand Canyon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Because we continue to be plagued by "we can't actually send new podcast episodes out to anyone for some reason" problems (which we do explain to the best of our ability in this show), we made the brave and brilliant decision to embrace a new and emerging form of technology: the conference call. What you're about to hear is us and 700 muted guests* doing something roughly like our usual weekly review, except this time we couldn't edit anything out. Fun! *There is a hell moment at the end where they are all simultaneously unmuted. You have been warned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We open our college football podcast the way you'd expect: by running through a buncha Red Dead 2 misadventure on the parts of Jason and Spencer. Further topics include! 13:19 - Hooboy Georgia Tech tore through Virginia Tech  16:20 - Ryan calls the DUDEVOLUTIONARIES OF THE WORLD to answer Boston College’s call 17:19 - Entirely too much time spent on Kentucky-Mizzou 22:47 - Maybe not enough time talking about Washington losing to Cal, which tenuously leads to Texas losing to Oklahoma State via a Wazzu detour 30:45 - Which SEC Quarterback am I?  36:16 - Spencer shares the greatest historic example of QB leadership 37:20 - Jason asks would you rather: lose as a 24 point favorite or lose after leading by 28? 40:04 - A pretty rational discussion of Florida-Georgia 43:18 - SHIRTLESS FSU PROFESSOR READIN’ IN THE STANDS 46:01 - We warned you, Oregon! 52:05 - Iowa has broken the rules of literary genres Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We open this episode with the most important story in college football: the woman who married her best friend's dad and became her stepmom. But don't worry, we move on to other important topics like: 7:18: Spencer gets mistaken for a human trafficker  9:48: PODCAST BUSINESS, including a new Spencer podcast that doesn't sound like regurgitated garbage. You can find that on various podcast platforms like Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Overcast | Pocket Casts | RadioPublic 14:24: Half of us don’t know how old our siblings are/Ryan’s parents are salmon 19:52: We actually start previewing Week 9, including Dana Holgorsen’s Casino Youth Group 24:50: APP STATE IS RANKED DO NOT FORGET THIS FACT 29:09: Ryan tries to talk about Friday games but is summarily rejected 31:51: Followed by Jason talking about UNC VERSUS UVA WHAT A DICK 36:20: A vision of the future that ends with Iowa playing for the national championship 44:36: Spencer tries to avoid talking about Florida-Georgia 51:06: Yeah USF probably won’t be undefeated much longer 57:12: Kentucky-Mizzou, the headless man vs. the disembodied head 60:50: SANDMAN HOT GAMBLIN TIPS 63:14: A month-long, tripartite Chicken Bet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I (Ryan) wasn't on this episode, and apparently my chucklehead cohosts screwed up the recording somehow and had to do the episode over again. HA! I AM NOT THE SOLE CAUSE OF PROBLEMS, JERKS. But I have no idea what they talked about on this so just go on faith, I guess. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gus Malzahn is owed a lot of money by Auburn. But if Auburn truly believes in prosperity theology, they won't let that hold them back! (Louisvlle, you're a different case, and you know that, but we believe in you, too.) OTHER TOPICS:Jason makes a convincing case that who you are at 14 is who you are foreverSpencer makes us talk about several Pac-12 games that nobody actually wants to think aboutThe Alabama-Tennessee game goes undiscussed because we fear and love Holly in equal measureSome very high quality FCS beefin'Frost buzzards in the forecast for Michigan-Michigan StateUCF and USF get to have a BONUS ROUND weekendA very special appearance by Fullcast stalwart Brian Floyd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to the flaming inferno that separates Teams That Are Pretty Good from Teams That Nope No They Are Not. Which side will you fall on, Texas Tech and TCU? Do you dare test the power of the fire, Texas A&M and South Carolina? UCLA! Cal! You must also be tested, even if yes UCLA is kind of already burned completely at this point! Oh, also Barry Alvarez is building a clone in full view of the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We discuss: - Why Mike Stoops Was Barely Making It On 950K a Year - Why Spencer should shut the hell up about being happy because he doesn't know the meaning of pain - The joy of watching Paul Johnson sit on a grudge for 12 damn years - Mizzou/South Carolina was the most important game of the week because dear god, did you see half the bullshit that happened in that game Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

That's right, the Red River Ramblin' Rigatoni Ruckus is back, with both teams ranked and looking to grab control of the Big 12. So we talked about weird food and miniature cattle and big ole rabbits. It's also the anniversary of Auburn 3-Mississippi State 2, either Rutgers or Illinois is gonna get a Big 10 win, and Miami will probably unveil some way too sexual prop just to prove they're the manliest man in mandom. Granted, we didn't talk about any of that for the first 15 minutes or so, the designated non-football portion of this podcast. This show will never get any better, no matter how much you or I would like it to. That's fun. This is all fun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sure, James Franklin maybe could have called a better play at the end of the Ohio State game. And sure, maybe Bobby Petrino blew a chance to beat Florida State for almost no reason. But Jason almost ladder match'd innocent bystanders in a Publix. Further points of discussion:Kentucky is good!Notre Dame is also good and that's confusing!Nebraska is not good!Washington State may or may not be good but they have achieved PEAK AIR RAID form!Talented Mr. Ripley-ing strategies!Stop being a grumpus about fans rushing the field! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TOPICS DISCUSSED ON THIS IMPORTANT EPISODE! All millennials are actually a thousand years old, Chip Kelly is now the highest paid public park boot camp instructor in the world, Bill Snyder literally declares "You shall not pass" and reminds everyone that he is Windbreaker Gandalf, Holly plays video games during the podcast, a short discussion of charming felonious quarterbacks, Cal is the Kentucky of the Pac-12, and do not watch whatever USC/Arizona is going to be, just don't. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ryan didn't watch very much football this weekend, so his helpful and not at all hostile friends Holly, Spencer, and Jason stepped up to give him an understanding of how yes, that was how many points Mississippi State scored and no, the Stanford and Washington wins were not in any way similar and yes, TCU and Oklahoma State both lost and no, there is no good explanation for what happened in the Old Dominion-Virginia Tech game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices