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On today's Daily Puck Drop, Jason "Puck" Puckett starts off the show discussing last nights demoralizing loss to the Toronto Blue Jays in game three. How will the Mariners respond in game four and have the Blue Jays found some new confidence moving forward in the series?Puck switches to the NFL and welcomes Mike Garafolo, NFL Network for his weekly chat. They discuss the Seahawks win over the Jags, preview of the Texans, why the running game is struggling, a wide open NFC and who are the surprise teams in the league?It’s Thursday and that means “KJ-Arent’s” with Mitch Levy, host of the MitchUnfiltered podcast. They moan and groan about Wednesday’s Mariners beatdown and how they feel moving forward in the series. Mitch is concerned about George Kirby and Puck tries to ease his concern. Plus, Puck and Mitch chat about why the Seahawks can’t win away from home.  The FULL “KJ-Arent’s” is ONLY available to Puck’s Posse members. Join today at PuckSports.com to get complete access. Puck gets back to baseball and previews game four between the M’s and the Blue Jays. Will Max Scherzer turn the clock back tonight?Puck wraps up the show with, “Hey, What the Puck!?”    Lineup change needed for Dan Wilson (1:00) Puck briefly touches on game three and the train wreck that it was (6:40) Mike Garafolo, NFL Network (32:15) KJ-Arent’s w/ Mitch Levy (46:33) Puck previews game four between Seattle/Toronto  (54:19) “Hey, What the Puck!” 

On today’ Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett and the Go-2-Guy Jim Moore joins Puck from the Tri-Mountain golf course outside of Vancouver, Washington on his way up to Seattle.  Puck and Jim discuss tonight’s pivotal game three between Seattle and Toronto. Both Puck and Jim are real confident that Seattle can pull off the sweep with them having the advantage in the pitching matchups the next two days.  “Inside Pitch” with Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times, joins Puck to preview a HUGE game three with the Mariners leading 2-0.   George Kirby gets the ball tonight and Puck and Divish talk about what allows him to rise to the occasion in the postseason. They also discuss Bryce Miller’s game one performance, which allows Dan Wilson to have his bullpen at full strength.  With the Mariners having the pitching advantage in game three and game four, it is highly realistic the Mariners can sweep Toronto.   What is the status of Bryan Woo?  Divish updates the latest on the Mariners best pitcher. Puck then switches gears to talk Seahawks, “Inside the Bloody Trenches” with Rob Staton from SeahawksDraftBlog.comand they chat about the Seahawks defensive performance last week against Jacksonville and what a turnaround it was from the Tampa Bay game.  The running game continues to be an issue, why?  Rob discusses a story he wrote about potential trade targets for Seattle and Puck reacts to the names and one in particular catches his eye! Over to college football as Puck gives you “Old Crimson” Light, a five minute portion of his weekly Washington State Cougars podcast with Jim and former All-American safety Paul Sorensen as they look back to the Cougs near win at Ole Miss and look ahead to their matchup against Virginia. Lastly, Puck wraps up the show with, “Hey, What the Puck!?”   Time for the Mariners to quickly finish the job against Toronto (1:00) Puck and Jim (28:36) Inside Pitch with Ryan Divish, Seattle Times (41:03) Rob Staton, SeahawksDraftBlog.com (1:04:38) Old Crimson” with Paul Sorensen and the Go-2-Guy (1:10:41) “Hey, What the Puck!” 

Puck, Jim Moore and Paul Sorensen react to the Cougs near win at Ole Miss.  Paul was at Ole Miss and tells Puck and Jim what the experience was like.  They all agree that the Cougs were the better team, but just couldn’t do enough to win the game.  They also discuss the running back situation and they all agree that Kirby Vorhees deserves the bulk of the carries moving forward.  With six games remaining, what is the goal in terms of wins for the Cougs to finish off the season?

On Tuesday’s   Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett is under the weather to start Tuesday’s show, but is pushing through because the Mariners have moved one step closer to the World Series with a game two win at Toronto.  So many heroes for game two, but the postseason storyline continues to be Jorge Polanco and his 2025 turnaround. The bullpen was fantastic again being led by Eduard Bazardo!  The show pivots to college football as John Canzano from JohnCanzano.comjoins the show to chat about all the recent firings in college football with James Franklin out at Penn State and Trent Bray let go at Oregon State. College football is losing its patience. Could former Cougs head coach Nick Rolovich be the leading candidate at Oregon State?  Also, how close is the BIG 10 to private equity and what does that mean?  And, what did John learn from Oregon’s loss to Indiana and Washington State’s near upset of Ole Miss?Danny Kelly of The Ringer pays Puck a visit to chat about the unbelievable season from Jaxon Smith-Njgiba, another Seahawks road win and Puck proposes a radical idea.   Who is currently the best team in the NFL and why is the Seahawks running game struggling. Jim Duquette, MLB Network Radio is on his way to Seattle and joined Puck from the airport to discuss the first two games of the series and how surprised he is that Seattle is up 2-0.   Jim and Puck chat about Seattle’s pitching matchups that are left in the series and they pay a visit to the NLCS and Blake Snell’s performance in game one. Puck wraps up the show with, “Hey, What the Puck!?”    Tip of the cap to Jorge Polanco. Just an amazing turnaround from a year ago. (1:00) Puck (10:32) John Canzano, JohnCanzano.com (30:32) Danny Kelly, The Ringer (48:38) Jim Duquette, MLB Network Radio (1:02:30) “Hey, What the Puck!?”  

On today’s Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett and the Go-2-Guy, Jim Moore open up the show discussing the Mariners gutsy game one win over Toronto in the ALCS.  Bryce Miller was fantastic and Puck makes the case that it was the Mariners most impressive starting performance in playoff history.  Puck and Jim have a good laugh on Blue Jays manager John Schneider’s behalf for his comments on Cal Raleigh in the past and his decision to pull Kevin Gausman from the game, a tactical error.   Puck and Jim touch on the Seahawks win, JSN’s performance and the Cougars almost shock the world. Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic joins Puck from Jacksonville to breakdown the Seahawks win over the Jags.   The defensive line was the story for the Seahawks and they dominated the game. However, the game should not have been that close, and it’s on the offense and specifically the running game to make sure that doesn’t happen again. Back to the Mariners as Bill Krueger, host of the “Old School Baseball” podcast joins Puck to breakdown the Mariners game one win vs. the Blue Jays and why Bryce Miller was so effective and where is performance ranks in Mariners history.  Cal Raleigh continues to dominate the Blue Jays.  Jorge Polanco, with each passing game gives you professional at bats and Bill reacts to the Mariners decision to start Logan Gilbert and not Luis Castillo in game two. Puck wraps up with, “Hey, what the Puck!?”   Patience is lost in sports, especially in college football. (1:00) Puck and Jim (32:00) Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic (49:15) Bill Krueger, “Old School Baseball” (1:22:21) “Hey, What the Puck!?”

On Friday’s Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett is joined as always by the Go-2-Guy Jim Moore and Chris Egan from KING 5.  It’s all Mariners on their Friday as they get ready to face the Detroit Tigers in a game five elimination contest.   How are the boys feeling??!  They discuss Dan Wilson’s decision to go with George Kirby over Luis Castillo and they all agree that they want to see Dom Canzone in the lineup rather than Mitch Garver at DH.  Lastly, they all predict the score for tonight’s game. Puck then heads over to football with “Football Friday Tailgate Show” and first up is Todd Milles, VarsityWaNews.com for “Friday Night Lights.”  Puck and Todd go over the top games in the state on Friday night and they discuss Puyallup’s lopsided win last weekend over Sumner.  Puck then switches gears to the Seahawks and it’s “The Last Word” with Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times.  Bob and Puck talk about the mounting and lingering injuries in the Seahawks secondary, the Seahawks lack of a consistent pass rush and they preview their matchup against Jacksonville on Sunday. Puck wraps up the show with “Hey, What the Puck!?”   The Mariners earned their situation tonight. Game five at home.  They have the advantage.  (1:00) Puck, Jim and KING 5’s Chris Egan (33:50) Troy Wins, PuckSports handicapper (42:20) Todd Milles, Varsitywanews.com (57:45) Bob Condotta, Seattle Times  (1:14:42) “Hey, What the Puck!?”  

On today's Daily Puck Drop, Jason "Puck" Puckett begins the show chatting about yesterday’s game four loss to Detroit and now they turn their attention to game five in Seattle with Tarik Skubal on the mound.  Mariners fans are nervous and justifiably so. But, as Puck points out, if you asked Mariners fans before the season started would you take an elimination game at home we all would sign up for it.  Puck also says it’s clear to him who should start on Friday and it’s Luis Castillo.  Puck then welcomes Mike Garafolo, NFL Network to talk about all the top storylines in the NFL, including the Seahawks loss at home against the Buccaneers and there matchup this week against Jacksonville. Puck and Mike also discuss the year of the reclamation quarterback project in the NFL.   The Raiders are in a free fall, would they make Maxx Crosby available at the deadline?  If so, Seattle should pounce!  They also chat about the Ravens “must win” against the Rams and Baker Mayfield’s MVP campaign and are the Bucs for real in the NFC?Brad Adam and Puck did a ROOT Sports After Dark Post-Game Show on Wednesday, Puck played a portion of that show back on Thursday where Puck and Brad discussed some of Dan Wilson’s bullpen decisions and who should start Friday. It’s another edition of KJ-Arent’s with Mitch Levy, host of the MitchUnfiltered podcast.   Mitch and Puck are real nervous for Friday and won’t be able to sleep until the first pitch on Friday. The full KJ-Arent’s with Mitch is ONLY available to Puck’s Posse members at PuckSports.com.  Puck wraps up the show with, “Hey, What the Puck!?”    Easy decision, start Luis Castillo (1:00) Puck (17:15) Mike Garafolo, NFL Network (40:00) Brad Adam (51:15 ) KJ-Arent’s w/ Mitch Levy (1:03:59 )  “Hey, What the Puck!” 

On this weeks "Old Crimson" with Jason "Puck" Puckett, former Cougars All-American safety Paul Sorensen and the Go-2-Guy Jim Moore, the boys discuss the Cougs upcoming game against Ole Miss and do they stand a chance in the game with them being over a 30 point underdog??  It's a long shot the Cougars beat Ole Miss, so how do we evaluate what is a successful game against the Rebels?

On today’ Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett starts off the show with the Go-2-Guy Jim Moore and the boys are excited for the possibility the Mariners can clinch a spot in the ALCS!  Logan Gilbert was fantastic in game three, the offense woke up, and they discuss how confident they are in Bryce Miller getting the ball in game four.  The boys also discuss the Mariners fan catching Cal’s HR ball, the crying M’s fan from game two and the FOX broadcast being awful! Puck then welcomes Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times for his “Inside Pitch” weekly visit.  Divish and Puck chat about Gilbert’s performance in game three and how dominant he was. They also discuss Bryce Miller taking the ball in game four and Puck is confident he will pitch well.  Also, all hands are on deck for Dan Wilson tonight, including, potentially George Kirby.  The full podcast ONLY available for Puck’s Posse members.  Join today at PuckSports.com Puck then switches to college football and plays a portion of “Old Crimson” Cougars podcast with the Go-2-Guy and former All-American safety Paul Sorensen.   Puck plays a portion of the podcast as they preview the Cougs game against Ole Miss.  The full podcast available on YouTube and a free audio version on Puck’s Posse page at PuckSports.com.  Time for a little Seahawks as Puck welcomes “Inside the Bloody Trenches” with Rob Staton, SeahawksDraftBlog.com.  Seahawks coming off a tough loss to the Bucs at home…again.  What is leading to all the home losses?  How good do we think the defense really is?  And look out, Seahawks have to travel to Jacksonville and they all of sudden look real good. Lastly, Puck wraps up the show with, “Hey, What the Puck!?”   Enjoy today, baseball fans! (1:00) Puck and Jim (36:00) Inside Pitch with Ryan Divish, Seattle Times (47:00) Old Crimson” with Paul Sorensen and the Go-2-Guy  (55:12) Rob Staton, SeahawksDraftBlog.com  (1:19:46) “Hey, What the Puck!” 

On Tuesday’s   Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett opens the show discussing the pivotal game three for the Mariners and the key pitch for Logan Gilbert agains the Detroit Tigers and why he needs to work deep to avoid overusing the bullpen. Jim Duquette, MLB Network Radio joins Puck to discuss the playoffs and who currently has the advantage between the Tigers and Mariners.  Is Jim concerned about Seattle’s overuse of the bullpen?  How important is it for Seattle to win the next two to avoid seeing Tarik Skubal in game 5?   A.J. Hinch made a calculated change to the Tigers lineup to try and bait Dan Wilson.  Puck and Jim also discuss the playoff games and the topic of the night, the Phillies decision to bunt against the Dodgers. Danny Kelly, The Ringer, pays Puck a visit to chat about the Seahawks and other NFL storylines.  On “Danny’s Dimes” segment he asks Puck his thoughts on why the Seahawks can’t seem to win at home and what is the rhyme or reason to it?  They also discuss at great length Seattle’s defense and whether or not it is truly an elite squad.  Danny and Puck also touch in on Mark Sanchez, Jonathan Gannon shoving a player and is there a QB controversy in San Francisco?Puck heads over to college football and is joined by John Canzano from JohnCanzano.comand they immediately jump into UCLA’s win over Penn State, UW’s impressive come from behind victory against Maryland, Jedd Fisch continues not to complain about the Big Ten schedule, Washington State’s chances against Ole Miss, parity in the game and why is the NCAA tournament expanding the basketball tournament??Puck wraps up the show with, “Hey, What the Puck!?”    Mike Macdonald’s defense needs to prove it before we start calling them elite(1:00) Puck opens the show discussing the Mariners crucial game three  (9:00) Jim Duquette, MLB Network Radio (36:21) Danny Kelly, The Ringer (1:01:08) John Canzano, JohnCanzano.com (1:25:47) “Hey, What the Puck!?”