As we ring in 2025, we look back on the year that was in Seattle sports, one that peaked on New Year’s Day with UW football beating Texas to reach the College Football Playoff. What followed was a tumultuous year of coaching changes for several teams. We take stock of those decisions, make our choices for Seattle sports figure of the year and revisit our bold predictions for 2024 before making new ones for the year ahead.
In our final episode of 2024, we say farewell to the Seahawks’ playoff hopes after their hopes of winning a tiebreaker with the Los Angeles Rams were extinguished and preview UW football’s Sun Bowl matchup against a Louisville team dealing with opt-outs. Plus UW women’s hoops starts Big Ten play in earnest with a historic performance and the UW men prepare for a January gauntlet.
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Intro – Recapping Seahawks-Bears, Rams-Cardinals and all the games we followed this weekend 16:53 – What to expect in the Sun Bowl 32:50 – Toasting Elle Ladine plus a brief roundup 39:06 – Husky men’s hoops blows out NJIT before starting Big Ten play for real 46:00 – UW set to hire Ryan Walters as defensive coordinator 1:06 – What’s at stake in Seahawks-Rams
An episode recorded on Festivus has plenty of grievances to air after the Seahawks lost another key home game to the Vikings and UW men’s basketball lost to Seattle U for the first time in more than four decades. But there are positives to take from UW football’s transfer additions and the Reign’s acquisition of USWNT star Lynn Williams.
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Intro – Happy Festivus and why this pod was delayed 6:10 – Bonus Keeping it 150 episode 13:15 – Carlos Santana passes on Mariners’ offer 17:40 – Roundup: Slumping Kraken make trade, MLS schedule out, Williams trade 23:55 – Another inexplicable loss for Husky men’s hoops 42:07 – LB Jacob Manu highlights UW football transfer newcomers 49:30 – Just how good are the Seahawks?
You need to listen to the return of Mariners hot takes on a quiet offseason (so far), non-takes on a Luis Castillo trade that hasn’t actually happened (and might not), an update on UW football transact via the transfer portal and guarded pessimism about the Seahawks against the Vikings if Geno Smith is able to play.
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Intro – Lamenting the lack of an NFL territorial draft 7:20 – M’s hot takes: Where’s the transact? 30:39 – UW women hoops stumbles in fourth vs. Utah 37:40 – Huskies add key transfers but see Khmori House submit notification of transfer 52:50 – Ranting about the 12s
Continuing our year-end tradition, we look back on a year where pop music made by women dominated the charts and awards and the importance of past experience to that success, as well as the looming return of hip hop as a primary trend. Then Kevin runs through his top 10 songs of the year and Tristan shares 10 bands he expects to be big in 2025.
After a series of upset wins, are the Seahawks still being underrated headed into a Sunday night matchup against the dangerous Green Bay Packers? Before posing that question, we remember Kraken founding owner David Bonderman, look at a busy Sounders schedule for 2025, consider the possible departure of UW defensive coordinator Steve Belichick and revisit a strong Seahawks win in Arizona.
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Intro – Remembering Bonderman and looking ahead to the CONCACAF Champions Cup 5:15 – M’s move up to No. 3 pick in 2025 MLB draft 22:20 – Roundup: Sounders get draw for FIFA Club World Cup 33:20 – UW women hoops competitive vs. No. 1; men not competitive vs. USC 42:28 – First look at Sun Bowl matchup vs. Louisville 1:47:45 – Previewing key NFC West rematch with Cardinals
After a busy weekend in Seattle sports, we’ve got a lot to cover, but we start with breaking news on Jewell Loyd requesting a trade from the Storm and possible destinations. Then we look at the Seahawks’ comeback win over the Jets, take positives from Demond Williams Jr.’s first start at Oregon and say farewell to the 2024 Sounders before looking at UW hoops starting conference play and Husky football’s recruiting class.
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Intro – What to make of Loyd wanting out 30:00 – Seahawks’ defense shines again at MetLife 50:15 – Takeaways from UW-Oregon 1:05:50 – Coach’s corner: basketball practice starts 1:10:15 – Roundup: Sounders’ season ends in Western Conference finals 1:14:20 – UW women host No. 1 UCLA in Big Ten opener; ugly offensive loss by Husky men to Bruins 1:31:43 – Husky football recruiting takeaways 1:47:45 – Previewing key NFC West rematch with Cardinals
A Thanksgiving week episode gives thanks for a Seahawks defense that is dominating division foes ahead of Sunday’s matchup with Aaron Rodgers and the Jets and previews the Sounders’ second playoff game in L.A. in as many weeks as well as the first matchup between Oregon and Washington as Big Ten football rivals.
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Intro – The Pagliacci Italiano 6:00 – Farewell, Sam Haggerty? Plus Hall of Fame updates 20:00 – Semi-emergency pod on Seahawks-Cardinals 37:40 – Searching for Seattle’s best cookie: Ben’s Bread vs. Sea Wolf 51:25 – M’s coaching staff additions remember some guys 57:30 – Roundup: Sounders face Galaxy in Western Conference final 1:04:05 – UW women fall short of LSU upset; men play in Acrisure Invitational 1:10:45 – What to expect from Demond Williams Jr. in Eugene 1:31:55 – Why aren’t the Seahawks favored by more against the Jets?
It’s a belated, abbreviated pod this week because Tristan’s power was out more than two and a half days after Tuesday’s wind storm. We focus on previewing the Sounders’ playoff rematch with LAFC and the Seahawks’ NFC West showdown with the Arizona Cardinals in addition to discussing the significance of the Huskies beating UCLA to become bowl eligible.
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Intro – Most memorable wind storms 10:45 – Taking a look at LAFC 14:17 – UW women’s hoops headed to Bahamas to face LSU 16:35 – Celebrating the start of the Demond Williams Jr. era 30:00 – Is the Cardinals’ improvement legit?
For the first time in a long time, we’re bringing you an emergency pod to celebrate the Seahawks rallying with a late TD drive led by Geno Smith to convert a strong defensive performance into their first win over the rival San Francisco 49ers since 2021.
The Fabulous Peltoncast is a weekly podcast where brothers Kevin Pelton and Tristan Carosino discuss Seattle sports from an analytical perspective and search for Seattle’s best food. The Peltoncast Network also includes Talkin’ Taco Time and Trader Bros.
