The Seahawks will open the playoffs with a third matchup against the L.A. Rams Saturday and our first podcast of 2021 breaks it down from all angles. Before that, a look at the latest buzz about NBA expansion.

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Intro – Hopworks Abominable Winter Ale
4:30 – Remembering the late MF Doom
8:30 – Arena an issue for NBA expansion?
17:00 – UW basketball teams still struggling
23:00 – Husky football adds a veteran QB
29:00 – What to expect from Seahawks-Rams III: Playoff Edition

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Links
– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Hopworks Abominable Winter Ale
– Bill Simmons podcast with Jackie MacMullan and Bob Ryan
– Brian Windhorst on Seattle’s NBA future (from 2018)
– Tim Leiweke arena tweets
– Pro Football Talk: Lions’ ability to hire Schneider won’t be quite so simple
– Rapoport on Goff’s status for Saturday
– Football Outsiders DVOA
– RBsdm.com
– Robert Mays feature on the Rams’ defense (The Athletic)

Our annual pod looks back on the top Seattle sports stories from 2020, including the shutdown of sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic, before naming our Seattle sports figure of the year and making bold predictions for 2021.

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– Weekly/emergency pod
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Peltoncast on Twitter
– The Fabulatorious PeltonQuotes

A semi-emergency pod recaps the Seahawks’ NFC West-clinching victory over the L.A. Rams before turning our attention to the latest on possible NBA expansion to Seattle.

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Intro – Stone Enjoy By 1/1 Unfiltered IPA
3:30 – Reaction to Seahawks-Rams
51:30 – Latest buzz on NBA expansion
1:15 – UW roundup: WBB and MBB return to action this weekend, Ethan Garbers adds name to transfer portal
1:21 – A Tristan TV recommendation
1:28 – Previewing the Seahawks’ finale vs. San Francisco

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– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Stone Enjoy By 1/1 Unfiltered IPA
– Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Announces Eligible Candidates for the Class of 2021
– Adam Silver on Jalen Rose “Renaissance Man” podcast
– Adam Silver on The Jump
– Brian Windhorst and The Hoop Collective
– Football Outsiders DVOA
– RBsdm.com

The pre-Festivus edition of the Peltoncast offers 10 players to watch this NBA season, little reason to watch UW men’s basketball and previews the NFC West showdown between the Seahawks and Rams.

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Intro – Black Raven Festivus Pale Ale
15:00 – NBA expansion a possibility? (Note: Tampa Bay turns out to be a larger DMA market than Seattle; two other markets bigger than Seattle lack NHL teams — Houston and Atlanta.)
26:00 – Kevin’s annual list of 10 under-the-radar NBA players to watch
41:00 – Kraken Expansion Draft date set
44:00 – Is Tony Parker moving the OL Reign?
52:30 – Was this the worst week in UW athletic department history?
1:18 – What to make of the Seahawks after a conservative win over Washington Football Team?

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– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Black Raven Festivus Holiday Ale
– Megan Rapinoe on FIFPro Best XI
– Adam Silver acknowledges possibility of NBA expansion
– Statement from OL on the future of Reign
– FiveThirtyEight SPI
– Russell Wilson air yards
– Football Outsiders DVOA
– RBsdm.com

The 1990-91 Sonics episode of the pod looks ahead to next season after the Sounders’ MLS Cup disappointment, updates a COVID-19 outbreak for UW football and previews a scary trip to Washington for the Seahawks.

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Intro – Deschutes Jubelale Festive Winter Ale
7:00 – Seattle food update
18:30 – Tristan airs a grievance
24:00 – Looking at Sounders’ 2021 roster (plus extend Brian Schmetzer already)
35:00 – UW basketball update: women crush Portland; men get first win over Seattle U and fall just short vs. Oregon
40:30 – UW football unable to play in Pac-12 Championship Game due to outbreak
50:00 – Seahawks solve problems by playing Jets

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Links
– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– 2020 Year in Music pod
– Deschutes Jubelale Festive Winter Ale
– MLS 25 Greatest
– Chengdu Taste on Yelp
– Bok a Bok
– FiveThirtyEight SPI
– MLSSoccer.com: Sounders set to sign Lodeiro to new contract
– Football Outsiders DVOA
– RBsdm.com

Our annual music pod discusses the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry and shares top 10 songs of the year from Kevin and Tristan (featuring under-the-radar artists). Plus The Famous Cousin Katie joins us to discuss Christmas playlists (1:24 mark).

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– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Kevin’s top 10 songs of 2020
– Tristan’s top 10 songs of 2020
– Katie’s Hypothetical Christmas Party playlist

We toast to the Sounders’ fourth MLS Cup appearance in the past five years before settling in to air some grievances about the weekend in Seattle football.

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Intro – Fremont B-Bomb Barrel Aged Winter Ale
4:00 – Toasting to the Sounders’ thrilling comeback to beat Minnesota United
34:00 – Airing grievances about the Seahawks’ discourse after their disappointing loss to the Giants
1:20 – UW football plays for Pac-12 North championship Saturday at Oregon
1:55 – Nahziah Carter leaves UW men’s basketball team after twice being found in violation of sexual assault policy

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Links
– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Fremont Brewing B-Bomb
– Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year award
– FiveThirtyEight SPI
– Football Outsiders DVOA
– RBsdm.com
– Pro Football Reference NFL league averages
– Seattle Times: UW suspended Carter over two sexual assault allegations
– NBL rescinds Carter Next Star deal

We welcome UW football back to the top 25, avert our eyes from a rough start for Husky men’s basketball and discuss the Seahawks’ Monday Night win to move atop the NFC West at 8-3.

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Intro – The listener drinks along: Silver City Old Scrooge Christmas Ale
8:00 – Egghole sandwich rankings
14:30 – Reaction to Kevin’s NBA projections
22:30 – Sounders reach Western Conference Final again
30:30 – UW women’s basketball starts 2-0
33:00 – UW men’s basketball winless in Vegas
40:30 – Looking at the Pac-12’s path to the playoff plus Stanford preview
54:30 – DK Metcalf stars in workmanlike Seahawks win

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Links
– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Husky Comeback Emergency Pod with the Famous Cousin Katie
– Silver City Old Scrooge Christmas Ale
– Egghole website
– Kevin’s 2020-21 NBA projections
– FiveThirtyEight SPI
– Football Outsiders DVOA
– RBsdm.com
– Intentional grounding non-call
– Pro Football Reference NFL league averages