Shutdown Fullcast - 40 FOR 40: The 2025 Liberty Bowl

Episode Date: January 2, 2026

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So the other thing about Xbox that Spencer was saying. Welcome to the Liberty Bowl, I guess. Navy's in this and, like, we haven't done enough. Have we not put the troops through enough? We're sending them to the Liberty Bowl? sailing them right up the river that's right straight up to the stadium liberty uh i the one the one thing as always the two good things about the liberty bowl it has and i think they lean real hard into this because uh a it's not something that people necessarily think of

if they ain't from here from here uh but b i think they're trying to distinguish themselves from those unprofessional rap scallions at the texas bull who let the players participate in their own rodeo. Liberty Bowl has a professional rodeo attached to it. It's part of the run-up events at the Bull Week. By the time you hear this, it will have already happened. It's happening tonight as we're recording this. The other thing, if you're not signed up for the Liberty Bowl newsletter, you should. It is year-round. Do they have year-round news to report? They do not. Is this newsletter coming straight to you from 1991? Does the Drudge Report look at the Liberty Bowl newsletter and be like, man, their website needs an upgrade? Yes, this is all charming.

Yes. Also, we get one of my favorite things, which is really motivated together service academy team in a bowl game against Cincinnati. Against a team. Oh, right. Cincinnati is also there. Whose quarterback is on the way out either to the NFL or another school. Yeah. So, yeah, two opposite teams.

You get to watch Horvath, so that'll be fun. Yeah. The number of times I've looked at this bowl calendar and thought, oh, Navy in Cincinnati. Same conference. And I'm like, oh, wait. It's technically different conferences. Spiritually, same. Yeah, and then it's like, why is Cincinnati there again?

I don't worry about that. Yeah. Man, speaking of people who didn't get other jobs. Scott Satterfield, baby. Are you interested? Wait, what's still open? Are there any open jobs? Are we done until the NFL opens up?

The moment, I don't think there's anything. What time is it? The New York Giants, yes. Yes. Satterfield for the Giants. Yeah. Okay. Just check them. Could do worse. You talk and reconsider that coach-in-waiting thing.

Yeah. Why not pull from a top conference rival? Don't you want a man with experience. Wait, we should use this time to talk about Chip Kelly. Oh, God. All right, we're out.