Shutdown Fullcast - 40 FOR 40: The 2025 Duke’s Mayo Bowl

Episode Date: January 1, 2026

WWWWWWWWELCOME to the return of 40 For 40, our bowl preview series where every bowl game gets its own episode and each episode is exactly as long as that game deserves.Who decides what “deserves” means? We do! Thank you for askingThis episode was produced by Michael Ray SurberFullcast theme 40 For 40 intro arranged and performed by Russell PowellFullcast theme 40 For 40 outro arranged and performed by MattDID YOU KNOW: Spencer and Holly write Channel 6, a year-round newsletter that is mostly about football, until it’s notBefore the world ends (again), treat yourself to Jason’s critically praised novel and other workTravel in your mind palace to Phantom Island, Ryan’s new show with Steven Godfrey, which is not a college football show because another simply cannot existCheck out Surber’s band Killer Antz and his new show Podcasterino

Oh, God. I just saw what this one. Welcome! You might think Ryan was, like, forced to take Wake Forest Mississippi State. No, this was one of the first ones. The first one's claimed on the spreadsheet. Ryan just roganed himself. Claimed.

Yeah, it did her a little bit. And now I have bad ideas. This is the 40 for 40 for the Duke's Mayo Bowl in which Wake Forest. Brian, do DMT real quick. Whoa. Whoa. Holy shit, dude. Whoa.

Is that that band where everybody that's always getting divorced was honest to God my first thought? I would like. to share with you. All right, so normally we, you know, you pick a bowl game. And a thing I haven't done as much this year as I have in previous years is looked at the bull websites. It used to be bull websites were like, okay, they have weird, like, Thasperilla Bowl theme song that was there randomly.

And, you know, they'd have, like, weird events or something. It's kind of, it's kind of dropped off a little bit. But the Mayo Bowl had something I have not seen in any other bowl game. I'm going to drop the link to what I'm talking about here. This is just in the FAQs, okay? Suggested tattoos? No. So when, uh, let me know when everybody is on the FAQs because I do want us all to join this.

I am here. I mean, what? Okay. Have you found the weird thing that I'm talking about? What the fuck? So going through the FAQs for those of you who are listening. Uh, what time will gates open? TBD.

I mean, come on, Mayo Bowles. Can you purchase a beer in the stadium? Yes, purchase a beer can be purchased, et cetera. Is smoking permit in the stadium? No, it's not. The last FAQ, do you see what I'm, do you see what I'm looking at here? This is me finding out about this in real time. The last FAQ, right below, what is the bag policy?

Is your name Holly Anderson? Oh. I don't want to click this link. What do you? Why not? What could be bad? Ryan What did you do?

I don't know what you're talking about I went on the internet and I found a thing What's wrong with that? I want to know And I don't want to know Did you click on the link? No

Holly It's great I did I don't want to click on the link after that Because of what it says Do it do it do it it. If you click on the drop-down menu for is your name, Holly Anderson, it says, let's play a game.

Yeah, do it. Game is hyperlinked. I promise you, it is safe. Yeah. Yep. Yeah. And that takes you, of course, too, a clip of the space battle. Of course.

Of the moon from Star Wars, one of the Phantom Menace. which for the deep lore many years ago this was how everyone trolled Spencer in Slack by I believe I believe Ryan started it by replacing a link in a story that Spencer had written not a link no lean image the lead image repeatedly replacing it with the video

of the Battle Naboo and then Spencer would go fix it and then Ryan would put it back and then he would say hey Spencer you forgot to fix it which he believed for a while the closest I have ever come to killing myself Yeah, Ryan, why'd you stop? Maybe the third time. So here's the best part.

Yes. The best part besides driving Spencer to suicidal ideations. That's just a bonus. The best part is by the time this episode comes out, our friend Miller will have removed this from the Duke's pool. So it will just seem like we made the whole shit up. How long has this been there? At least 24 hours is what I can tell you. I know do you know how he's I gave Miller my travel plans just a couple days ago in casual conversation he's like hey we're right I told I was up so I was traveling today during like what would normally be prep time yeah you this is why I took this is why I took the Mayo Bowl to be clear this is why when the list came out I said mine give it to me right away I could not risk Holly stumbling upon this off the air I did have

this brief can i tell you my first thought was like so when ryan clicks it does it say is your name ryan nanny i was like i was like have they surveilled all of us sure sure that would be a cool trick which is something miller would do complimentary it's just for you holly happy that was bone chilling thank you thank you it's it's almost my birthday month and thank you for acknowledging it with my favorite present a frisson of terror