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

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Still basking in the Huskies’ victory over Oregon and No. 2 seed in the College Football Playoff, we discuss the Mariners trading Tristan’s adult son Jarred Kelenic and why we’re holding out little hope of a Seahawks win at San Francisco — but are more optimistic about UW men’s hoops finally beating Gonzaga again.

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Intro – Toasting the Huskies and Heisman finalist Michael Penix Jr. making most of “unfinished business”
14:15 – Giving the M’s undeserved benefit of the doubt after Kelenic salary dump
35:00 – Roundup: Kraken on five-game losing streak, Sounders adding young DP from ArgentinaItaly
41:40 – Sunday is the moment we’ve been waiting all Storm season for: the WNBA draft lottery
51:27 – UW men’s hoops preps for Gonzaga’s first visit since 2019
1:05:21 – Do the Seahawks have any chance against fully operational Niners Death Star?
1:16:30 – UW football set to face Sark and Texas again in CFP semifinal

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In one of the most hype postgame pods in Peltoncast history, we celebrate Husky football beating Oregon a second time this season in the last Pac-12 championship game as we know it to reach 13-0 on the season and assure themselves a spot in the College Football Playoff. (Warning: Keep your speakers down at the start and beware some profanity.)

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We’re back after a long weekend to discuss the Seahawks looking outmatched on Thanksgiving night against the 49ers and why UW football is heavy underdogs to Oregon in the Pac-12 title game despite narrowly winning the Apple Cup to go 12-0 on the season. Plus the M’s are no longer Good Vibes Only and the Sounders’ playoff run is over.

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Intro – Remembering the late local broadcast legend Steve Pool
8:54 – Making sense of M’s trading Eugenio Suarez
25:00 – Tristan tries to “fix” soccer after attending Sounders’ loss to LAFC
45:00 – UW women’s hoops sweeps in Honolulu; men set for interesting matchup in Vegas Saturday
50:50 – How down on the Seahawks after fourth consecutive loss to San Fran?
1:22:23 – Two perspectives on the Huskies ahead of Oregon rematch

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It’s Apple Cup week, and while there won’t always be so much on the line for UW, we toast to a deal extending the series through at least 2028 before considering how much trouble the Seahawks are in with the 49ers visiting and Geno Smith nursing an injury that contributed to Sunday’s loss in L.A. Plus UW men’s basketball might be back?

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Intro – Silver City Alive and Amplified IPA
14:39 – Luis Urias such a Mariners addition
25:20 – Roundup: Sounders set to square off with LAFC in West semifinals
27:29 – Taking stock of a competitive and fun? weekend in Vegas for UW men’s hoops
58:20 – Despite young talent, Seahawks look very average; Niners anything but
1:37:15 – How Washington State matches up with the Huskies

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We debate the Huskies’ status as unbeaten underdogs heading into their final road test in Corvallis, while we discuss what to think about the Seahawks and Geno Smith after a thrilling finish to beat the Commanders at home. Plus farewell to Megan Rapinoe, whose career ended with an early injury as the Reign lost the NWSL championship.

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Intro – We’re on Discord
9:40 – Lil’ Woody’s Fast Food Month + Tristan’s L.A. eating
16:50 – M’s free agency preview
31:18 – Roundup: Sounders advance to West semifinals, Reign lose after Rapinoe injury
42:13 – Same old stuff from UW men’s hoops in loss to Nevada; UW women set margin of victory record
48:22 – Positives and negatives for Seahawks ahead of trip to L.A.
1:16:26 – Angst in the East end zone during the Utah game and a final matchup for a while with Oregon State

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It’s a UW football sandwich as we start by discussing their high-scoring win at USC and wrap up by previewing a very different matchup this Saturday against Utah’s stout defense. In between, the Sounders face a playoff MLS must-win while the OL Reign could send Megan Rapinoe out a champion, UW hoops opens the season and we reckon with the Seahawks getting blown out in Baltimore.

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Intro – We’re on Discord
4:30 – Let’s remember some Seahawks Defensive Rookies of the Month
10:02 – What it was like to watch UW beat USC at the Coliseum
40:40 – M’s decline to make Teoscar Hernandez qualifying offer
43:18 – Roundup: Sounders prep for winner-take-all Game 3, Reign advance to NWSL championship game
51:06 – UW hoops sweeps opening double-header in blowout fashion with good shooting?
1:00:10 – Concern level after Seahawks blowout loss
1:22:17 – How Huskies match up against dangerous Utah team

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An angsty pod picks up where we left off on Monday night, updating the Sounders winning Game 1 of their playoff series and previewing OL Reign’s semifinals matchup in San Diego before discussing how the Seahawks’ deal for Leonard Williams looks after the trade deadline passed and getting nervous about key matchups for the Seahawks in Baltimore and UW football at USC.

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