With the Seahawks missing the playoffs and the Huskies’ season ending in the CFP championship game, we’re into the Peltoncast offseason, but not before some hot takes on Pete Carroll’s postseason media availability. Plus the M’s win fans back with a pair of trades and UW men’s basketball gets a first Pac-12 win.

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Links
– Pagliacci website
– Emergency Pod: Huskies lose CFP title game
– Peltoncast Discord
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– 2024 ESPN college football raknings

We’ve got a full breakdown — and contrasting perspectives — on how Washington matches up with Michigan in Monday’s College Football Playoff championship. Before that, we discuss a frustrating last UW men’s basketball trip to the Mountain schools and ride the Pete Carroll coaster down to the bottom.

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Intro – Congrats to this year’s Peltoncast fantasy football champions
9:07 – Roundup: Kraken extend winning streak with Winter Classic shutout
16:05 – UW men can’t pull off signature Pac-12 win at Colorado or Utah
25:05 – How complicit was Carroll in Seahawks’ costly home loss to Steelers?
1:01:35 – UW-Michigan preview centering on an unexpectedly contentious question: Should the Huskies defer if they win the toss? (BTW the Huskies’ catch interference penalty was on long snapper Jaden Green, who Kevin mixed up with backup cornerback Jaivion Green)

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Links
– Pagliacci website
– Emergency Pod: Huskies headed to CFP championship
– Peltoncast 2023 Year in Seattle Sports/2024 Bold Predictions
– Peltoncast Discord
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– ESPN college FPI
– RBSDM.com
– ESPN Analytics rush/block win rates
– Michael Penix Jr. throwing right handed (@RyanKoenigsberg)
– Dominique Hampton swat vs. Oregon

As 2023 comes to a close, we look at the biggest stories in a Seattle sports year dominated by the University of Washington and Husky football in particular. After handing out our sports figure of the year, we revisit our bold predictions for 2023 before making new ones for the year ahead.

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– Peltoncast Glossary
– Weekly podcast

The last weekly pod of 2023 has plenty to discuss between the Mariners finally making a move in free agency, the Seahawks moving in position to secure a playoff spot by winning out and a preview of UW vs. Texas in the College Football Playoff semifinals.

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Intro – Black Raven Festivus Pale Ale
10:07 – M’s add Mitch Garver as free agent
15:30 – Roundup: Kraken prep for Winter Classic, MLS and WNBA schedules released
20:20 – UW women impress in first loss at Louisville; taking stock of UW men’s hoops entering Pac-12 play
49:05 – Seahawks suddenly on track for playoffs ahead of Steelers New Year’s Eve visit
1:12:45 – How is Texas different from the team UW beat in last year’s Alamo Bowl?

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Links
– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast 2023 Year in Music
– Peltoncast Discord
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– Black Raven Festivus Pale Ale
– ESPN college FPI
– RBSDM.com
– ESPN Analytics rush/block win rates
– Pete Carroll post-Eagles locker room speech

A semi-emergency pod starts by recapping the Seahawks’ thrilling comeback win over the Eagles on Monday Night Football led by Drew Lock before discussing UW men’s hoops reviving the No L, the UW women entering the top 25 and Husky football adding key transfers headlined by quarterback Will Rogers.

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Intro – Seahawks beat the Eagles to keep playoff hopes realistic
29:30 – Hey, Ryan Grubb’s still at UW
34:35 – Roundup: M’s say farewell to Tom Murphy, MLS addresses time wasting
49:07 – UW women’s hoops preps for non-conference showdown at Louisville; men’s hoops survives scare to extend streak against Seattle U
1:04:00 – Looking at Huskies’ transfers, including what to make of Rogers’ track record
1:20:35 – Previewing Seahawks’ Christmas Eve trip to Tennessee

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Links
– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast Discord
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– ESPN college FPI
– RBSDM.com
– ESPN Analytics rush/block win rates
– NFL MVP odds

This week’s Peltoncast staggers back and forth between excitement about a big weekend for UW basketball (on the court) and football (in terms of awards) and pessimism about the city’s pro sports franchises. Are the M’s worth giving attention? And can the Seahawks overcome a dreadful defense?

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Intro – All-UW toasts, including Maxwell award winner Michael Penix Jr. and national Coach of the Year Kalen DeBoer
11:00 – What next for the M’s after Shohei Ohtani signed with the Dodgers?
37:00 – Roundup: Seattle pro sports wins a game! Sounders bid farewell to Nico Lodeiro
40:35 – Storm stay fourth in WNBA draft lottery
44:30 – UW women’s hoops moves to 10-0 at WSU
47:32 – UW men’s hoops takes down Gonzaga
1:01:50 – The return of Coach’s Corner
1:08:01 – Dylan Morris set to transfer as UW searches for next starting QB
1:16:19 – Seahawks defense reaches new lows and yet we’re optimistic about Monday Night Football

DOWNLOAD/STREAM THE FABULOUS PELTONCAST NO. 394
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Links
– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast Discord
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– Talkin’ Taco Time: Too Beautiful to Eat with Luke Burbank
– ESPN college FPI
– RBSDM.com
– ESPN Analytics rush/block win rates