Dave 'Softy' Mahler and Dick Fain

The Athletic has been taking a decade-by-decade look at college football. The best teams of the 1990's? Yes, the '91 Dawgs were on there, but where was Don James on the list of best coaches? Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News talks all things Pac-12 after a couple of weeks on vacation. Textimonials react to the first two hours of the show.

We continue our game-by-game look at the upcoming Husky football season with Game 6 against the Stanford Cardinal. Could this be the Dawgs' first loss? We discuss the matchup with Todd Husak. All of the best sound from around sports on Fun with Audio; including the Busch brothers battling it out, Giannis with a message, and more Rough N' Rowdy sound. Brian Schmetzer discusses the win over Atlanta, tomorrow's friendly, and the big match against Portland. We play another round of You Don't Know Dick!

Softy is off again this week, so the Gas Man joins us once again today. There was a point in time when tennis captured more attention, but there's no argument that some of the great players in the history of the game are playing right now. Two of those players on the men's side, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic faced off in an epic match yesterday lasting nearly five hours. That is, to put it bluntly, a lot of tennis to ask someone to watch, but Dick was lucky enough to tune in right at the tiebreaker. The M's are back in action after the All Star break, and things aren't going well. It's not just that they're losing, it's that they aren't even trying, playing with, to quote Ryan Divish, "disregard for sense and purpose." Meanwhile, the Angels got the feel-good story on Friday night in the first home game since the passing of Tyler Skaggs. It was fifty years ago this week that man first landed on the moon. Gas remembers where he was when it happened.

The landscape of the NBA has completely changed thanks to a number of free agency signings and trades. Who are the top teams in the league heading into next season? Kevin Pelton of ESPN goes through all of it with us. Michael-Shawn Dugar, covering the Seahawks for The Athletic, discusses his most recent articles on the team; including a look at what happened with Malik McDowell, players that need to step up in order for the team to defeat the Rams, and more. On Textimonials, who is to blame for the state of this Mariners team?

We continue our look at each of the Dawgs' opponents this upcoming season, week by week. Today, Inside USC's Scott Wolf looks at... USC; they play Washington in Week 5. What's it going to take for Clay Helton to get the boot? We examine the expectations of Jacob Eason. Is there any real reason for concern? Dick Fain names his top ten favorite fantasy football team names of 2019: the top five are plays on songs. We round out the show discussing the latest Husky uniforms.

Mike Gastineau is filling in for Softy as his vacation continues, bringing a more balanced and laid back approach to sports. Those of us who grew up in Seattle spend a lot of time reflecting fondly on the 1995 Mariners team, but many people don't get why we celebrate a team that didn't even make the World Series. It would be nice if the team could give us some new fond memories. The Thunder are unraveling, and nothing could make us in Seattle happier. It's been an underwhelming decade for a team with so much talent, but the same could be said for the Sonics in the 1990's. The Oakland A's took out a front page ad in the Perth, Australia newspaper, but it didn't go as planned.

As the ongoing tug of war between players and owners over contracts continues, Gas has a new idea. Maybe we should take all of the money both teams would pay their players before each game, and the winning team takes home the whole pot. You'd definitely see guys play a lot harder. On our weekly chat about the Mariners with ROOT Sports senior baseball analyst Bill Krueger, we look back again at the 1995 season and what made it special, plus thoughts on Edgar, and what we're looking forward to in the second half of the baseball season. Textimonials react to the show at 49451.

Our game-by-game look ahead to the 2019 Husky football season continues with Greg Wrubell discussing the Dawgs' Week 4 opponent, the BYU Cougars. The best audio from around sports can be heard each Tuesday and Friday at 5:20 on Fun with Audio. Ian Furness joins us from the Mayor of Maple Valley Open at Druid's Glen, including some brief play-by-play. So how will the Dawgs do this season? Dick makes his predictions fr each game.

As Softy continues his vacation, Dick brings in another guest co-host; this time, KJR regular guest from NFLDraftScout, Rob Rang. We spend the first hour getting Rob's scouting reports on players making news this week; Jalen Thompson going to Arizona in the supplemental draft, Melvin Gordon holding out, and Malik McDowell as more facts come out about his issues.

Cliff Avril was at the ESPY's last night. He joins us to talk about the experience, and talk about his camp this weekend. Rob gives his thoughts on the Seahawks' 2019 draft picks, one by one. Got questions for Rob? We take them via text at 49451 on Textimonials.