After covering this year’s annual list of NBA players to watch, we discuss an intriguing Seahawks matchup against a dominant Cleveland defense as well as what to make of UW football’s difficulty scoring in a shocking upset bid by Arizona State last Saturday.

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Intro – Matchless Best Coast Fresh Hop IPA
8:40 – Fact checking World Series-bound Paul Sewald on the Mariners
14:07 – Local donut news
17:37 – 10 players to watch
41:34 – Roundup: Kraken regressing to the mean, Sounders No. 2 in West playoffs, Reign advance to semifinals
1:00:34 – Seahawks’ rising defense faces Browns without Deshaun Watson in throwback uniforms
1:35:06 – Concern level about UW offense ahead of get-well game

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– Pagliacci website
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– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– Talkin’ Taco Time: Frozen Taste Test
– Matchless Best Coast Fresh Hop IPA
– ESPN college FPI
– RBSDM.com
– Bill Barnwell: ranking NFL’s best defenses

This week’s extended Peltoncast is doing you a favor by revisiting what made UW football’s win over Oregon so special and rationalizing the Seahawks’ loss at Cincinnati as a product of small sample size in the red zone. Plus a look at the bonkers new MLS playoff format and ahead to OL Reign hosting a playoff game.

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Intro – Russian River Hop Growers Tribute Series: CLS Farms
8:45 – There are how many the Iowa Listener?
14:10 – M’s listener email
27:53 – Roundup: Kraken can’t score, Sounders head into Decision Day, Reign host Angel City
46:35 – Low expectations for UW basketball teams at Pac-12 media days
48:44 – Why the Seahawks’ loss was so frustrating yet encouraging
1:12:36 – Huskies retain the hammer hosting Arizona State

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– Pagliacci website
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– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– Emergency pod: Thrilling Huskies win over Oregon
– Russian River Hop Growers Tribute Series: CLS Farms
– Sam Haggerty hits homer out of Camden Yards
– ESPN college FPI
– RBSDM.com

It’s Oregon week as UW football prepares for one of its biggest home games ever with the College Gameday crew coming to town. We have a full preview after first discussing what Jerry Dipoto should have said in his end-of-season press conference and an exciting Seahawks matchup in Cincinnati.

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Intro – Lucky Envelope Centennial Fresh Hop Pilsner
9:22 – Somehow still more Ambiguous Midwest Pizza listener email
15:44 – Dipoto does M’s no favors in press conference
34:30 – Roundup: Previewing 2023 Kraken season, Sounders clinch playoffs, Reign head into Decision Day needing a win
40:40 – What to make of Bengals and Joe Burrow’s health
53:34 – Huskies hire Troy Dannen as AD, get Big Ten football schedules
1:07:22 – Previewing UW-Oregon

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– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– Lucky Envelope Centennial Fresh Hop Pilsner
– Petoskey’s Bar
– Baseball’s biggest spenders couldn’t buy tickets to October
– ESPN NHL preseason power rankings
– The Athletic Kraken preview
– ESPN college FPI
– RBSDM.com

We’ve seen all of the darkness after a frustrating Mariners loss in the series finale against Houston, leading to some of the hottest takes yet. (Please note that the original version of these takes was recorded before Eugenio Suarez told reporters that Hector Neris yelled a homophobic slur in Spanish at Julio Rodriguez, which Neris subsequently denied.) Plus we preview road trips for UW football to Arizona and the Seahawks to face the Giants on Monday Night Football and hear from the listener about St. Louis pizza.

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Intro – Bale Breaker Homegrown Fresh Hop IPA
9:40 – The listener emails on St. Louis-style pizza and trough urinals
23:03 – Blazers trade Damian Lillard
36:52 – M’s hot takes: Hating the Mariners
50:16 – Roundup: Kraken begin preseason, Sounders unveil new logo
57:02 – Huskies head to desert to face Arizona
1:11:29 – Why is Seahawks-Giants a pick-em?

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– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast on Instagram
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– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– Seattle Sports Weekend Recap
– Bale Breaker Homegrown Fresh Hop IPA
– Kevin’s grades for the Lillard trade
– FanGraphs playoff odds
– ESPN college FPI
– RBSDM.com

We recap Kevin’s thrilling trip to Michigan to see UW football dominate Michigan State and the Seahawks offer proof of concept in an upset win at Detroit, as well as try Midwest-style pizzas. Plus the AL West race heats up along with the takes.

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Intro – Cloudburst Cosmic Lust IPA
10:07 – Recapping Huskies at Michigan State
27:55 – Recapping Seahawks at Lions
47:30 – Upper Midwest pizza tour
1:01:37 – M’s hot takes: Playoffs in September
1:08:12 – Roundup: Cristian Roldan returns in Sounders draw
1:11:14 – Huskies open last Pac-12 tour by hosting Cal
1:20:41 – Looking at Seahawks-Panthers

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– Pagliacci website
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– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– Cloudburst Cosmic Lust IPA
– Moto Pizza
– Salerno’s Pizza
– Buddy’s Pizza
– Pequod’s Pizza
– FanGraphs playoff odds
– ESPN college FPI
– RBSDM.com

It’s our 10th anniversary of the first Peltoncast (though we didn’t remember until more than an hour into the pod) and Tristan’s mood is bleak after the Seahawks got shellacked by the Rams in the second half of their season opener and the M’s fell out of first place in the AL West. That leaves UW football in the hammer spot ahead of a trip to Michigan State on Saturday.

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Intro – Matchless CLS Farm Harvest Fresh Hop IPA
3:25 – Toasting to Jewell Loyd’s points record and Julio Rodriguez joining 30/30 Club
10:52 – Let’s remember some catchers
15:27 – M’s Seahawks hot takes: I was wrong
50:10 – Roundup: Sounders not taking Polyanna view; Reign lose another semifinal
52:42 – Looking ahead to Storm offseason
1:03:45 – Looking at M’s tiebreaker situation
1:09:06 – Early road test for UW football overshadowed by allegations against Michigan State coach Mel Tucker

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Links
– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– Matchless CLS Farm Harvest Fresh Hop IPA
– Eugenio Suarez “Good Vibes” burger of the week at Lil Woody’s
– FanGraphs playoff odds
– ESPN college FPI
– RBSDM.com
– USA Today: Tucker accused of harassing rape survivor
– On Montlake: Is natural grass a problem for the Huskies?
– Sounder at Heart: The time to install grass at Lumen Field is now(ish)