The Fabulous Peltoncast: Seattle Sports and More

On location from Oregon wine country, we review Safeway fried chicken before discussing big names available to the Kraken in the expansion draft, the Sounders’ unbeaten streak coming to an end and the Seahawks in ESPN’s future power rankings.

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Intro – Xicha Brewing Guava Golden Ale and Chela Mexican-Style Lager
5:14 – Coaches Corner returns!
10:17 – Searching for Seattle’s best fried chicken at Safeway
25:43 – Big names available to Kraken in expansion draft
40:54 – Seattle sports roundup: Sounders finally lose, Laura Harvey returns to OL Reign
44:07 – Why have USA Basketball’s men’s and women’s teams lost so many pre-Olympic exhibitions?
1:02:34 – Debating the Seahawks’ spot in ESPN’s future power rankings

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Links
– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Xicha Brewing Guava Golden Ale and Chela Mexican-Style Lager
– Safeway website
– Search for Seattle’s best fried chicken homepage
– ESPN+ (Fowler): Ranking the NFL’s top 10 WRs for 2021
– ESPN+ (Fowler): Ranking the NFL’s top 10 WRs for 2021

A hoops-heavy episode looks at the Storm getting commitments from all three stars to return, but only for one year in Breanna Stewart’s case. Plus UW men’s basketball keeps winning close games and we discuss the chances of that continuing as they head to the Bay Area this weekend.

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Intro – Fremont Brewing Snowpack Hazy Pale Ale
2:13 – Toasting to Tom Brady’s retirement and Lauren Jackson’s return to the court
13:30 – Worst bold prediction ever?
16:54 – Coach’s corner: Making the adjustment
29:03 – Roundup: Kraken wrapping up first half, Sounders trade Brad Smith
32:47 – Where the Storm stand after the first day of free agency
55:39 – UW men’s hoops wins pair of thrillers
1:10:38 – Could Jaxson Kirkland return to UW football after entering draft?
1:14:40 – Kraken Curse 2.0: This time it’s personal!

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Links
– Pagliacci website
– Nominations for Seattle’s most Seattle person
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Fremont Brewing Snowpack Hazy Pale Ale
– Kevin’s ESPN Storm story

After discussing eating takeout from some of Seattle’s top restaurants, we continue Let’s Remember Some Years with a full breakdown of the Seahawks’ ill-fated play from the 1 in Super Bowl XLIX.

Contents

Intro – The listener drinks along: Fremont Summer APA + when is the solstice?
13:00 – A Clyde Drexler Sonics what-if
22:30 – Seattle eating update
31:00 – Return to play plans and other Seattle sports updates
48:30 – Let’s remember some years presented by Pagliacci Pizza: 2014 in Seattle sports
1:41 – 2014 in music
1:52 – 2014 in TV/movies

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Links
– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– 2014 Let’s Remember Some Years playlist
– ESPN’s greatest all-time college softball team
– Seattle Times: NHL Seattle now targeting late summer 2021 reopening for arena
– Bob Whitsitt on Truth & Basketball pod
– Seahawks goal-line plays from 2012 through 2014

After exploring what went wrong for the Seahawks against the Rams, we pivot to ... optimism? Before that, a preview of the Sounders vs. LAFC and look at the Huskies’ long-delayed football opener.

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Intro – The listener drinks along: Silver City Mystic Mojo IPA
10:00 – Seattle food update: Spice Bridge Tukwila
16:00 – NBA Draft preview
25:00 – Sounders-LAFC preview
33:00 – UW men’s basketball has a non-conference schedule
35:00 – Takeaways from UW football’s 2020 debut
1:08 – Why is Russell Wilson struggling?

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Links
– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Silver City Mystic Mojo IPA
– Sami Whitcomb birth announcement
– Seattle Times: The Crocodile is moving
– Mina Kimes show featuring Lenny Live! registration
– Spice Bridge website
– Seatango Foods on Instagram
– Latest ESPN+ mock draft
– FiveThirtyEight SPI
– Fourth down decisions chart
– Football Outsiders DVOA
– RBsdm.com
– ESPN Pass/Rush Win Rates

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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Links
– 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