Shutdown Fullcast - 40 for 40: The 2016 Heart of Dallas Bowl

Episode Date: December 26, 2016

Number 17 of 40 bowl previews, in which we may not discuss the Heart of Dallas Bowl or the teams playing in it whatsoever! As is Fullcast custom, the best discussion took place after we finished recording, when Spencer found out that Zaxby's commercials have featured stars like Penny Marshall, Evander Holyfield, Reginald VelJohnson, and Paul Sorvino. Sorry about that! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Why? Why? Well, welcome to the shutdown podcast. We have one word to describe the Heart of Dallas Bowl between Army, North Texas. And that is, why? Why? Poor Kay. Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? That's why? Why is this game? why does this exist? Because... Why is this game? I mean, we could... Army Army had a great year. Army's one of the teams playing here, okay? Army, Army had just the coolest year.

It was fun. They ended up finishing real strong by beating Navy for the first time in what? 14 years? Their reward is to play a team they have already played at noon in the increasingly decrepit Cotton Bowl

but not in Cotton Bowl the game. Revenge! Revenge game! The reward is playing a team that would have been four and eight if they hadn't already beaten Army and is now 5 and 7 and end the ball season thanks to its brilliant

academics. Stone Cold Steve Austin's alma mater. That's Fright, North Texas. Outstanding Jazz Program, produced Stone Cold Steve Austin. Other than that, it's in Denton, which is not exactly the most. picturesque stretch of land in Texas and that's and that is that is saying something this is a team that in its last god his last five games went one and four no better way to peak and to like come raging into bowl season than by going one and four can you just back up and remind us what

north Texas went in last year though oh no I'm not going to do that that would require pressing back on this browser Very bad, much worse than 5 and 7. Yeah. And the Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl only moves forward. God, I can't... No, that's the other thing. This is Zaxby's.

The Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl was but a glint on the horizon for North Texas last year. And now the glory is at their hands. God, this is, yeah, this is rough, man. This is real rough. I don't really know why you watch this game I mean I might Honestly like how many minutes this game You're gonna watch

This shit kicks off at noon Well there's three and a half hours Between this kickoff and the kickoff of the military bowl Which is oh Jesus it's Temple and Wake Forest That would be a solid 9 to 7 Okay I do I did find something truly delightful Associated with this game though There is a charitable organization

in Dallas that is associated with don't give it away do not give this away this is an organization I'm just going to describe it and then I'm going to tell you the name oh god didn't we talk about this last year no because I think this is the first year

they're working with them maybe I'm wrong no I know what you're talking about but I can't remember if they did this game last year they're dedicated to assisting the families of fallen first responders who lost their lives in the line of duty and the name of this organization Guns and Hoses

That's so good That's so fucking good Oh man It's so good Wait what first responders have guns This is Texas It could be anybody It could be paramedic

He's like yeah he's got a gun show Give him another gunshot. You got to ventilate it. Well, I had to blast my way in there. He was bleeding pretty bad from the foot, so I shot it off. Animal control, toting guns in. What are you going to do? You're going to put that animal out of its misery?

No, no, no. I'm going to shoot this cat over here. I feel threatened. Got him. Yeah, this is a kind of a pointless affair. By the way, Dallas, if you don't know, Dallas in December, um, so stupid cold, so cold.

So cold and rainy. You can't even call it cold November rain, can you? You can't if you want. You could. Time means nothing. Heart and time stand still at the heart of down still. So like, I mean, the way we think of bowls is like January bowls are prestigious in December balls. Wait, did I want to knock it on heaven's door?

I'm sorry, we can't let this go. I would also, I would also remind you, too, that. that this is sponsored by Zaxby's a restaurant whose existence I think is on the Bifo Brady's spectrum of yeah it doesn't matter you just want like salt and fat and sugar. That's it. Yeah, it's a hell with Zaxby's. If you

defend Zaxby's like this is the only thing I agree with that I disagree with Vince Staples on in life he's like yeah man I'm gonna hit the ground in Atlanta we're going to Zaxby's always tweets about that Zaxmi's is trash. Welcome to Zaxby's! We got chicken wings! There. I got it. See, I feel like Vince Staples is, he just appreciates local culture. And I mean, whether he actually likes Zaxby's, I think he's, you know, I think he just likes, you know, likes appreciating

where he's at. I think I, I trust he's smart enough to know Zaxby. I'm sorry, this is a place that sells something called a Zalid. Fuck that. No, that's the only good thing they have and it's better than any other fast food salad on the planet. Do you, when you order it, do you refer to it as a salad? No, no, I'm not a, I'm not a savage.