Fun note: I (Ryan) somehow super screwed up recording my part of this so the first 10 minutes or so are just Jason and Spencer. I'm sorry/you're welcome, depending on how you feel about me as a part of this show. Also, we had to cut the whole part where we conclude Cloud City is a free love colony and Lobot is its greatest lover. Again, sorry/you're welcome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Holly Anderson joins us to discuss our greatest academic achievements, such as treating an entire semester like Notre Dame's NCAA-approved 2012 record -- as in, only showing up for the final, then failing. Also, Spencer took a judo class at Flori- stop laughing. Spencer took judo at Flo- please. It's time to make fun of each conference's academic rankings. Spencer took judo a- fine. It's funny. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gambling on sports is now (potentially, depending on the state in which you live and the timing and a lot of other stuff) legal! Finally, you can profit from your extremely bold feelings on college football, like "all kickers suck" or "we always throw it short of the sticks on third down" or "why did you schedule north dakota state you fools." SB Nation's Gambling Potentate Bud Elliott joins us to discuss the world of CFB wagering; The Sandman does not make an appearance due to a lengthy and unresolved extradition issue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What parts of college football history actually matter? What is the triple option? Why are Michigan Men the way that they are? Are refs actually different depending on conference, and what is the purpose of the one point safety's continued existence? These questions and more are answered, often by just talking about Star Trek in ways that don't connect to the questions themselves. Also, Spencer unveils the worst accent in show history. I hate it so much. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two of us have seen Avengers: Infinity War but the other hasn't, so we only get to talk about superheroes in a really vague and meandering and nudity-focused way. Dave Wannstedt is a superhero for our purposes. Fred Durst is not. Again, this is the only college football podcast. Please treasure it accordingly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

By my count, we drafted 8 quarterbacks, which seems absurd but watch the actual NFL pick nine in the first round this year and make us look lame. But will they draft a kicker? Will they draft an offensive lineman and make him play kicker? Will they forget one of the best defensive players in the whole draft is available until the first round is basically over? No. And that's why you come to the Shutdown Fullcast, with special guest Harry Lyles. (Please follow Harry on Twitter - @harrylylesjr - and don't hold his appearance on this show against him. He just wanted to be a good coworker.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How can you secede from your HOA? What coach is best suited to represent himself? How do you safely and responsibly turn in the pygmy hippo you bought online not realizing that it would still grow to 500 pounds? Where will Spencer get his newest Michigan tattoo? Why is the NCAA? These pressing legal matters are well, no, not answered, but generally talked about and around on this LEGAL EAGLES episode of the Shutdown Fullcast, which is NOT brought to you by Cheez-It. Cheez-It: They Think You Look Fat In That Shirt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've probably done this episode three times before, and we probably said totally different things, and we're all probably trapped in an endless loop from which we can never emerge. Roll Tide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spring football is here, and so are the same spring football stories you have heard for the last ten years and will hear for the next eleven. Therefore, we decided to focus on important non-football things, like egg preparations and Pearl Jam and Sean Connery movies and Pitt's football schedule and video game bear assassins. Good job, us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Currie got fired by Tennessee when the year was still 2017, yet we, the idiot sports internet, are still talking about it in March 2018. Why? Because the Vols decided to give the world a BUNCH of Currie's text messages, allowing us to discuss important matters like:Why Gogo Inflight is a Georgia weaponGroup texts, and the misery they present to those dragged into them unwillinglyItalian Brady HokeThe worst email you can get from your boss that isn't directly hostile or unprofessionalThat Disney and Pixar bracket, which was not sent to Currie but would have been had it come up at the time My theory? Tennessee's doing this to distract us from talking or thinking about football. Watch them lose to Vanderbilt by 18 next year and "oh we found a bunch of John Currie's search history entries, here you go!" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ALL HAIL THE RANDOMIZER. There is nothing of consequence to discuss this week in college football so rather than rely on the extremely faulty computers that are our own brains, we turned to the Shutdown Fullcast Topic Randomizer (patent pending) and asked you, gentle listener, to supply us with talking points. You did a great job, except when you asked us to compare Iowa to the state of American politics. That shit would have gotten us killed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does anyone actually read the descriptions to podcasts? I mean, I don't generally, but it's possible my personal habits don't reflect the rest of the world. Let's test this: if you're reading this description, please tweet a Wario gif of your choosing at Spencer Hall (@edsbs). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oh look, the Fullcast got us a guest! Bomani Jones of ESPN answers the call and hangs tight for a lean, mean 38 minutes of furious offseason content. Also he sounds good even on Fullcast quality, because his voice transcends even the most mediocre audio setups. Damn you and your pretty voice, Bomani. Topics include! --The most calorically efficient Cook Out trays possible --The hardest towns in each SEC state. SHOUT OUT TO ORANGE MOUND. --Related: Why no one should ever have an enemy in New Orleans --A necessary review of Mike Price's career as black market profiteer --Bomani reviews Texas --But we instantly swerve into a discussion of short but very mean defensive tackles --LOU HOLTZ WAS JUST TRYING TO WIN --How Mister Alexander is the most humble of names SUBSCRIBE. FOLLOW. DOWNLOAD. LISTEN THREE TIMES FOR MAXIMUM EFFECT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're organized and hardworking and on top of things, and that's why we're wrapping up the payoffs for our fall charity drive in FEBRUARY. Imagine what it was like being our parents growing up! Just terrible, day in and day out. Reader selected topics include:The wonders of non-U.S. KFC offeringsWhether you should buy class photos for your childStar Wars, if Alex Jones were Princess LeiaBoomer SoonerBoomer SoonerBoomer SoonerBoomer Sooner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Post Signing Day February is the time when basically nothing happens in college football, so Spencer didn't even bother to show up for this episode. Did we use that as an excuse to tell flagrant lies about his anatomy? Sure did! This episode is also full of your bold opinions on topics such as:Will MuschampNebraska football failureNFC teams invading Atlanta for the Super BowlRutgersThe Beatles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode argues that smoking is good for your teeth, gives you tips on how to keep contraband from getting taken from you when you stay at a hotel, praises the robot dogs that will be the future stewards of Earth, talks about the Incredible Hulk TV show for 10 minutes, and reads the Iowa City Police Log. Football is so so so so so far away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Eagles won the Super Bowl, but the people of Philadelphia showed us how to celebrate on the right side of the border between Fun-Loving Jackasses and Oh No The Fire Station Is Somehow On Fire. We asked our listeners for their tales of overindulgent victory acts, and most of them involve Ohio State on one side or the other. Spencer also reveals that he saw the Georgia fan in the yellow Hummer with the TV strapped to the back recently. SPOILER: He is not playing the National Championship game on repeat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FACT: Performance enhancing drugs have always clouded Olympic competitions. FACT: Enforcing the rules against PEDs can be incredibly difficult and occasionally lead to unjust results. FACT: What if we just let all the athletes use one drug tailored to their sport? FACT: Also Spencer invented cross-country MMA. FACT: There is no mention of college football on this episode for roughly 45 minutes. FACT: We found a new job for Jim Mora. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At last, with messy, time-consuming games out of the way, we can get into what college football is all about: The offseason. The most important time of the year deserves its own preview. Coach says that failing to prepare is preparing to fail, and we couldn't agree more. You can't just jump into twenty page comment section arguments about transfer requirements. You can't just expect to start a fierce twitter thread about whether a fourth-place finish in the Big Ten East is actually better than winning it outright. You know who wins a recruiting argument? Certainly not the person who doesn't even know about composite rankings, that's who. No, no, you gotta ease into that, you gotta prepare, and you gotta have a plan. It's a long ride, but we brought snacks and GPS, baby. Pee out the window, though. The bathrooms along this stretch are an abomination. DISCUSSED: --Jason and Spencer only, as Ryan's important work in the federal government was shutdown and thus so was Ryan --Opening discussion of cities that should have mascots and powerful food court vape wars --Why Philadelphia might be the most SEC city in America --Where Michigan will go this offseason, or "glory is forever, and malaria is treatable" --HERM EDWARDS IS GOING TO BE A DELIGHT EVEN IF HE DOESN'T KNOW HIS TEAM'S NAME. MAYBE ESPECIALLY BECAUSE HE DOESN'T KNOW HIS TEAM'S NAME. --How Josh Heupel might crumble under the pressure of defending UCF's national title --Switching NFL coaches with college coaches goes very, very sideways --Why football players should be allowed to study abroad at other programs --Let's just preseat both the Hot Seat, the Lukewarm Seat, and the Cold Seat Ready To Burst Into Flame At Any Second --Bobby Petrino reviewed! (It's not good, and sounds like a mink caught in a trap) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WARNING! There's some football talk in this episode. I know, two in a row. What the shit is THAT about. The good news is, this is the last game we have to talk about for quite a while, so this podcast will return to its real strength: (file not found) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where else can you find a National Championship preview that discusses UVA football and a clumsy Tennessee metaphor and Nick Foles and Mack Brown and UCF and ok yes Georgia and Alabama because it was very hard to fill a whole episode without mentioning those two teams? NOWHERE, I'LL WAGER! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2018 started with a lot. Notre Dame beat LSU on one of the best plays ever. Auburn helped UCF plan a national championship parade. THE ROSE BOWL FOUND MULTIPLE NEW DIMENSIONS OF EXISTENCE. Oh right, Ryan was the Bloomin' Onion at the Outback Bowl and used his dark, deep fried sorcery to ruin the Big Ten's bowl record and cast doubt on Jim Harbaugh's tenure. This is the year we achieve every one of our dreams, people! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the one that just turns into weird Star Wars talk. Thank you for purchasing the 2017 40 for 40. (No refunds, not even for store credit.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're way too bullish on Baker Mayfield because he's incredibly talented and what not so congratulations to Georgia for holding him to 107 yards passing and no touchdowns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm choosing to use this space to thank all of you who helped make #FryinNanni come true. Please remember me fondly if, as Spencer and Jason suggest and borderline wish on this episode, I am burned, shot, trampled, arrested, or otherwise seriously injured/killed while dressed as a giant Bloomin Onion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices