Shutdown Fullcast - Shutdown Fullcast 40 for 40: The 2017 Sun Bowl

Episode Date: December 27, 2017

The Sun Bowl is tied with the Sugar and Orange Bowls for second-oldest in college football. While the other two sometimes get to host a Playoff game, the Sun will be sending Todd Graham out in style while Herm Edwards tries to convince recruits to come to ASU because he's buddies with the Spice Girls. Also, NC State will be there, though it's fine if you don't pay attention to that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to shutdown fullcast. This is our preview of the Sun Bowl. If you do not know, Sun Bowl takes place in El Paso, Texas, a Department of the Moon administered by the state of Texas, ordering both Mexico and New Mexico. So it's double Mexico. It's one of the few places that's really, truly double Mexico. This is the second oldest bowl of all of the bowls. So the granddaddy of the mall, still the Rose Bowl. But you know who your weird grand uncle is who barely remembers his name, wanders around with a loaded handgun at the nursing home? It's a Sun Bowl. It's a Sun Bowl and it's tied with the sugar and I think the orange. And it's weird to think that like one day three brothers set out to find their fortune and an orange bowl and sugar bowl reach new heights in Sun Bowl, just got drunk in El Paso and passed out in the sun. Oh, the sun poisoning.

You're brutal. What if they really had based, like, New Year's Six bowl membership on nothing but the age of the bowl. That would be the most NCAA thing to do. We're playing for a trip to El Paso, boys. That and the, oh, they got to bring the Bacardi Bowl back and whatever. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yep.

Yeah, the Sun Bowl, I don't know where it went wrong for you, man. It's all for a trip in the salad bowl. It's all for the right to go to Havana. That'd be awesome. That would mean the capital cities of college football would be like what? Havana, Pasadena, and El Paso. That's amazing. Okay, first of all, Arizona State, because Todd Graham is still coaching, right?

Right, right. He's still coaching. And in addition to him still coaching, Herm Edwards is also the, the coach at Arizona. Is he, is he, though? I hear what you're saying, and I know what the website says.

Yeah. I mean, there's what the website says, and there's what reality tells us, which is that Herm Edwards would be really shocked to learn the Arizona State is in Havana. I didn't even think we could go there. I feel like Arizona State is about a year away from being like,

hey, did you like Gran Moth Tarkin in Rogue One? Guess what? Bear Bryant. CGI Bear Bryant is the new coach in Arizona State. We have the technology. Sounds just like him. Just don't touch it because that will fuck up the hologram.

Also, don't touch Bear Bryant. Please don't touch Bear Bryant. This one is Farrell, as it turns out. We can't turn that setting off. Don't know how. Fair rule, Brian. It's like Fair L. Bryant. That's my...

Fairl Bear Bryant, man. That's the zombie is what that's called. Kids love Farrell. They love his big hat. you know who else had a big hat bear brant you know who else was wearing a big hat dancing with a lady and a very colorful skirt with the colors of the desert upon it uh that'd be todd graham because todd graham is still coaching this game i'm just going to keep saying that because it feels really really weird this is the quote that he gave the press shortly before

uh the the game facing them uh this is when he was asked about was this Could to be weird. That was the first thing that entered my mind. I want to finish, Graham said then. I told Ray and the administration that we would do everything in our power, I would, to help in that process. It won't be uncomfortable at all for us. Oh, listener, it's going to be uncomfortable. It's going to be weird.

I feel like he's hiding his true intentions because if Todd Graham doesn't come out to this game wearing normal, you know, the Todd Graham headset, Todd Graham, Arizona State polo, probably like a wristband or some shit. And the tightest bike shorts you've ever seen, I will be so, like, I want to be like, you will know every contour of Todd Graham Scrotum by the time this game is over. He has missed a golden opportunity. At last, I finally get what I want out of the sunball. Because that way, during the sideline and halftime and all that interview, they could just be like, um, country you uncomfortable right now he's like no you know I love these players I love you know I love this program it's sad to see what happened but you know I believe in these guys we we formed a bond together and the whole time they really are just talking about his clearly visible balls like like the cameras like keeps panning down and then jerking back up oh oh sorry not really and espionio is huevos huevos they're going to be playing NC State I thought for sure

We're going to make it out of this No, no, we're going to mention the other team I'm like, yeah, no, I want you to mention this because I want you to know It's NC State They already have eight wins And it's Arizona State playing in the last game For Todd Graham

This is probably the last time You're going to be able to watch a good Arizona State team I mean, good in the sense that It won't be coached by Herm Edwards And whoever Herm Edwards decided to bring with him Because they lost both coordinators Whatever, man, Herm Edwards is going to get busted for like the most hilarious

impermissible benefit. It's going to be like, yeah, Herm Edwards was just out there offering recruit zoons, just handing them out by the caseload. Do you like Knight Rider? This is my close personal friend, David Hasloff. Do you want a laser disc? Everyone likes laser discs.

Have you ever heard of Herm Edwards? Yeah. Would you like to meet my friend Eric Mangini? The Eric Mangini? I got you a Saturn. The car! There's $800 of Circuit City! C.D.

With a Sega Saturn. On top of it. Somewhere Chris went like that. Yeah. He'll accidentally get... When it was like, we're just going to sell you all these parts you can bolt onto it.

Mm-hmm. You know? Yeah. Bigger for a while. Just did that. Make your battle armor. Yeah. So,

Herm Edwards. Yeah. yeah it's going to be facing nc state and i'm just going to do this you could get some analysis into this you can be like oh man you know ryan finley's kind of a fun qb to watch and oh man you know like is there kind of a deal of is chubb going to play because you know there's like NFL prospects you know on the line and he's he's pretty go pretty high um i know this nc states already got eight wins so they're going to lose this game they got a quota they've already hit it and uh let's not get too optimistic.

Bad things happen in the Sun Bowl. Weird things happen in the Sun Bowl. Then we get to see Arizona State players carry bike short Todd Graham off the field. Oh yeah, he'll be splayed. That's not good.