The Shutdown Fullcast this week features all three cast members reunited at last. This is good because it requires the full powers of Ryan, Spencer, and Jason combined to admit the painful but obvious truth: that Ole Miss delivered for once, and saved everyone from the tedium of an event-free offseason. Topics covered include: -- "New York is the Reebok Pump of cities" -- The debut of "Neil deGrasse Tyson, Football Analyst", and the debut of the gritties noble gas -- How Laremy Tunsil had the absolute worst possible night on draft night, and how nothing should change at Ole Miss whatsoever, and how the SEC is the laziest conference imaginable in every lazy way possible because they are lazy. LAZY. -- nope nope nothing happened at Alabama nope don't look no biggie nope -- "Stand Up! With George Wallace", aka the most popular podcast in Birmingham -- Reader questions, including a discussion of what the worst possible expanded universe would be, aka WHY THE GILMORE GIRLS IS THE MOST TEDIOUS SHOW EVER MADE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andy Staples of Sports Illustrated joins us at the last minute to take Jason's spot. Where is Jason? Jason was at Disney World, and needs several weeks to recover from the experience. This seems like a paltry amount of time for this, but he's a soldier and we can't keep him away from the front lines for long. Topics covered include: --The time Andy yelled "IRON" in Italian at terrified Florentines until someone finally sold him one for 19 euros --How to care about anything in what might be the driest, most boring offseason college football has ever known (A: you can't, really) --Why the Department of Justice has solved every major issue facing this country --A brief discussion of how USC might be one of the most incompetent athletic departments in the country and yet still get bailed out by resources, beautiful surroundings, and UCLA never caring enough to be good --Which conference will be the first to construct a giant monster truck made entirely of Mini Coopers? (Texas, it's gonna be Texas.) --Yet more epic tales of poor and stupid living from Alachua County --The unveiling of the Andy Staples Perpetual Motion BBQ machine --The first and only edition of "Joel Osteen or Mack Brown?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Fullcast grabbed Holly Anderson to fill in for Ryan who is SOMEHOW STILL ON VACATION WHAT ARE YOU EUROPEAN OR SOMETHING. Anyway, she's the captain now, and Ryan's gone and can keep mooning about the continent and eating street waffles for all we care. HOPE STREET WAFFLES WERE WORTH OUR LOVE, FAITHLESS MAN-SCAMP. Topics covered include --Why there's a traffic reporter in ATL who is called "Cracker", aka "there's a different racial dynamic when you're in a helicopter." --How Holly forgot the name of USC's coach, again, and how USC really did hire three USC offensive coordinators in a row like that's a thing that isn't hilarious and absurd --A brief discussion of South Carolina's Boom Bus, and how no one ever leaves Will Muschamp with enough floss --Bud Elliott's hot prom fashion tips for 2016 --An analysis of Ludacris' tour rider, including a positive review of his taste in candles and deodorant (SECRET GANG) --Holly explaining why "Your dad" jokes are so, so much worse than "Your mom" jokes, and then proceeding to making Spencer very, very uncomfortable --An appreciation of various outdoorsy drunk-states, including a solid plea for the superiority of "lake drunk" --Was there more to this podcast that we didn't record due to technical incompetence? YOU BETCHA, TAKE IT FOR THE LOW PRICE OF FREE ANYWAY. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Shutdown Fullcast for this week subs out one Ryan for another because SOMEONE decided he needed a "vacation in Italy." In Nanni's place we substitute Ryan Van Bibber, SB Nation NFL editor, who despite his chosen subject matter has very little respect for the Cult of the NFL Draft. Topics covered include: --the splendors of Branson, MO --which Florida Gator will be the steal of the draft, and what school he ended up playing football at after being kicked out of the University of Florida (because that happens to every football player at the University of Florida) --a community agreement that all quarterbacks are busts coming out of college, and will be called this just to make life easier on them until success is attained --an analysis of the least literate fans in college football re: the draft, and yes, it's Tebow loyalists --the sandwich analogy for amateurism and theft --a review of the 2000 draft, where Sebastian Janikowski might really be the best pick overall --why you should draft anyone on a mid-major team where the mere mention of their name makes you go OH THAT GUY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's Fullcast features nothing but reader questions thanks to a bumper crop of quality inquiries. This happens whenever you start asking people about bad financial decisions, because if there is one clarion theme in life, it's making terrible financial decisions all the time. Topics covered include: -- A full disclosure of tattoos, including a terrible anchor Jason couldn't be bothered to finish --Should Mississippi State have paid the alleged $180K for Cam Newton YES YES YES THE ANSWER IS YES AND THERE IS NO OTHER ANSWER OTHER THAN "YES AND MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE PAID HIM MORE" --Why Randy "Macho Man" Savage would have been a fine suicide hotline operator --A deeply personal discussion of personal dance moves --"You know what'll never hurt you? A calliope." --A definition of realistic prices for the service of being stunned by Stone Cold Steve Austin --The invention of a wrestler named "CPAP", and the assignment of a Face role for Ryan where he wears briefs (or he's Paul Bearer, Jr.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Shutdown Fullcast, we give you tips on how to have the Best Spring Break Ever (tip 1: don't get punched) (tip 2: don't go to Gatlinburg), figure out which rap artists would be the best NFL agent, fix the Combine, make a bunch of unnecessary video game references, and talk about how a Georgia law is made. P.S. There's still not really any college football happening, in case you couldn't tell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An extremely slow college football week means we're talking about all of the following: --A casual examination of random selections from the Rick James autobiography, including his relationship with Linda Blair and the time Rick James brought cocaine INTO Colombia --How having kids means you'll see about two movies a year in the theater, and how one of those movies will definitely not be that Superman vs. Batman trash --The dramatic overrepresentation of Boston in film, and how we're going to start the Houston-centric film genre with Jason's classic "Good Trill Hunting" --Why the Longhorn Network should work the 2005 BCS Title game into every bit of its programming, every day --Does Mike Gundy even care if he lives or dies anymore? And is he the most Universally Orange Coach? --Why now is the perfect time for a thriving Big 12 to absolutely nuke itself --An appreciation of the joy of stealing golf carts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Shutdown Fullcast returns this week with the following content provided to you during a season where there is ABSOLUTELY NO FOOTBALL CONTENT. We're basically magicians because a.) we make things appear out of nowhere, and b.) we're often awkward at parties, just like real magicians. Topics include: --The auspicious beginnings of the Will Muschamp era at South Carolina --Two stories Bun B told us for free, including the time he was in a situation so bad that Suge Knight showing up was GOOD news --A note of admiration for the genius who invented Blue Raspberry, the zone read of plays --What to do when Purdue gets into your bloodstream --Ryan speaks for several minutes in Ben Carson's voice, which he turns out to be pretty good at --A question so heinous the clearest and safest answer is "Bob Davie" --There's a school named "Moon Area", which isn't a question but is an important observation --A terrifying realization that Charlie Weis WILL coach Rutgers one day Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An express edition of the Fullcast comes to you this week via travel and other annoyances of actual employment. A day late, yes, but not a dollar short because we're suddenly talking about ILLINOIS FOOTBALL SPENDING MONEY IN THE YEAR 2016. Take your opinions on what this means for the US economy and wad them up and deposit them in a trash can, because NO ONE KNOWS WHAT THIS MEANS. Also discussed: --NFL coaches who came to college with varying results --A sidenote on that maybe mentioning that maybe Bill Callahan wasn't the worst coach in the world while he was at Nebraska, maybe? (Maybe?) --I call former Arkansas running back Peyton Hillis "Perry Hillis" because I am having a month long stroke --A brief acknowledgment that two more players have left the Florida football team, a thing that is surprisingly easy to do --A long discussion for easily half of the podcast about the best and worst stores to be trapped. BASS PRO SHOPS FOR LIFE The audio quality is crap because we had to record on the road, and also because the Vox Media offices' HVAC system runs at the volume of a MiG-23 at full bore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FULLCAST BACK. Not with anything new to discuss, because this is March and there is no football going on, but rather with the following: --A discussion of college football's loneliest orphan program, and why it gets invited to all the best parties anyway --The obvious transition into rearranging conferences to include their proper members, including bringing Nebraska home to the Big 12, putting Iowa State in the Sun Belt where it can compete, and putting West Virginia and Clemson in the SEC where they belong. --The unholy realization that someone, somewhere out in the multiverse might have a split UCF/Ohio State jersey --Reader questions, including a realization that Rutgers is Greece --The awarding of imaginary lifetime achievement Oscars to Frank Beamer for his performance in "Virginia Tech Football: 1987--2015" --The introduction of Notre Dame into "THE SOCIEDAD DEL SOL" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's episode of the Fullcast tackles the following oases of content in the otherwise barren landscape of mid-February: --Spencer comes back from vacation to realize that the LSU football program does actually have a very thin chance of not happening next year due to Louisiana's budget stupidities --A discussion of which coach has the most hidden debt (hint: the answer is based exclusively on a coach's sweatiness) --A nightmarish proposal to mash certain fanbases and schools together into one horrible misbegotten beast-nation --Which football coach is the Tom Crean of this sport? There's a lot of Tom Crean discussion in here, and man oh man is that fun --The ultimate plan to survive coaching sixteen games in the NFL without any experience of any sort. Ryan thinks he could go 6-10 with the Dolphins! We do not. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a week off, the Fullcast returns with a review of Signing Day, the most important day in the college football calendar that no one really wants to discuss. WELL TOO BAD BECAUSE WE ARE DISCUSSING IT. Joining us is SB Nation Recruiting Overlord Bud Elliott. We discuss the following: --Why bachelor parties are overrated, and how even Tampa's strip clubs have some of the dumbest Florida-style business arrangements imaginable --How Alabama did well again guhhhh go away Alabama --The perils of bringing your school's equipment truck to a Georgia high school --Did you know Texas did well? Texas did well! A good foundation for an upstart program just trying to establish its name, that. --FLORIDA SIGNED A DOOLY COUNTY PROSPECT NAMED ANTONIUS. This is all perfect . --We just up and ask Bud if Ole Miss is "cheating" any more than anyone else, because that's the coded conversation everyone's having anyway --Reader questions, including a discussion of the Great Florida Python Challenge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Super Bowl edition of the Shutdown Fullcast covers all the necessary topics for the college fan interested in paying attention to the Super Bowl, but taking only the most disdainful and irrelevant angles on all the action. We're here for you with these important takes and more: --The Cam Newton Economy, or how everyone owes Cam Newton a share of the immense amount of money Cam Newton has made for everyone. This is a serious statement: Cam Newton is his own economy and has made so, so many people money. --A pitch for "Taken" starring Charlie Weis --A diversion into how bad Phil Simms is as a broadcaster that somehow ends up being a discussion of what a complete trainwreck of a broadcaster Mack Brown can be --Praise for Jim Nantz? Yes, praise for the King of Khaki --The best fights we've seen at football games in person, including the best real-life Rocky 2 fight ever --The sports announcing teams we want calling our love lives --You want discussions of Wario's family history? Of course you do, so we give them to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first episode of the FOURTH (fourth!) season of the Shutdown Fullcast begins with a discussion about Dolly Parton, and then pretty much flies downhill from there (because all things are downhill from the greatness of Dolly Parton.) Topics include: --Dolly, and all the things she's done for you --Phoenix's perfect okayness as a host city for football, and Tampa's definite dismalness as a host city for football --We have no offseason plans! Besides not reading Dad Fiction (we're totally reading Dad Fiction this offseason) and starting a business for "Moms Who Like Wine" --Reader questions, including a discussion of what disrespected teams will be most disrespectedly disrespected before the season even starts --Some lengthy discussion of The Revenant, which Jason and Spencer agree is just "fine" and is filled with "really disgusting things" --The worst fast food restaurants that are actually so bad you would not eat at them despite your predilection for bad fast food --More lengthy discussion, this time of things where your critical compass is completely off from everyone else's Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHUTDOWN FULLCAST IS LIVE! (Or was.) We met up in Arizona to talk all things National Championship and a bunch of things that are entirely unrelated, including: - why you should care about who wins the title - the Sims and what they teach us about life - i forget, probably a third thing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The last of the non-championship bowls, the wee baby second cousin twice-removed of them all, the Beef O'Brady's Bowl combines the best of all worlds into one sorely overlooked gem of a contest. For instance: --Illinois versus Syracuse! --Remember when Syracuse and Virginia played a triple overtime game? No you don't. You are a liar. Stop talking. --How this is proof officials should be able to step in and decline the option of overtime for a game, and simply declare a winner and let everyone come home --A reminder that Illinois had all the time in the world to pick a coach and still ended up with their interim coach --A return of the Beef O'Brady's Menu Challenge, including the immortal Corned Beef Wonton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Congratulations! You have now reached the end of the Shutdown Fullcast 40 for 40. Enjoy these previews of the Taxslayer, Liberty, Alamo, and Cactus games -- we'll have a preview of the national title at some point and a special bonus bowl preview coming soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whether you're getting ready to say goodbye to 2015 or you've already welcomed 2016, the Shutdown Fullcast previews of all five January 1st games are perfect for making you realize you have terrible priorities in life! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whether you're getting ready to say goodbye to 2015 or you've already welcomed 2016, the Shutdown Fullcast previews of all five January 1st games are perfect for making you realize you have terrible priorities in life! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whether you're getting ready to say goodbye to 2015 or you've already welcomed 2016, the Shutdown Fullcast previews of all five January 1st games are perfect for making you realize you have terrible priorities in life! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whether you're getting ready to say goodbye to 2015 or you've already welcomed 2016, the Shutdown Fullcast previews of all five January 1st games are perfect for making you realize you have terrible priorities in life! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whether you're getting ready to say goodbye to 2015 or you've already welcomed 2016, the Shutdown Fullcast previews of all five January 1st games are perfect for making you realize you have terrible priorities in life! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Year's Eve is almost upon us, but before it is there are four more bowl games of importance levels ranging from "hey how's it going over there Kevin Sumlin" to "the Birmingham Bowl is on at noon to hide Auburn's deep shame." We preview them all, just for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Year's Eve is almost upon us, but before it is there are four more bowl games of importance levels ranging from "hey how's it going over there Kevin Sumlin" to "the Birmingham Bowl is on at noon to hide Auburn's deep shame." We preview them all, just for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Year's Eve is almost upon us, but before it is there are four more bowl games of importance levels ranging from "hey how's it going over there Kevin Sumlin" to "the Birmingham Bowl is on at noon to hide Auburn's deep shame." We preview them all, just for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices