Dave 'Softy' Mahler and Dick Fain

We were supposed to have him on during the Sports Star of the Year Awards, but he was snubbed, and he'll never let Dick Fain live it down: Donald Watts, finally with his chance to be back on the show, discusses his memories of being around the '79 Sonics, and his thoughts on the Huskies after the dud in the desert on Saturday. On Fun with Audio, a truly disturbing Valentine from Russell Wilson, LeBron throwing shade, Sean Casey's arbitration story, and more. We give listeners another chance to react to Kaepernick, plus Texty re-enacts the Russell Wilson message.

Mike Leach's insurgent warfare class looks to be a go at WSU this spring. The class, much like Mike Leach himself, seems pretty ridiculous, but don't like; you'd go too if you had the chance just to watch it unfold. The Athletic's Eamonn Brennan discusses all things college basketball. The Dawgs should win tomorrow, but what if they don't? How badly would it hurt them? We've got more Seattle Golf Show passes to give away by asking easy golf-related questions. Dixon makes his prediction for the Huskies and Cougars tomorrow, and the DPI for the Dawgs making the tournament after the loss in Tempe.

Softy picked the perfect time to escape the Northwest and head to Maui. Tony Softli sits in for him with Dick Fain today. It's been awhile since Dick has had a chance to pick Tony's brain about football, so hour 1 we get Tony's thoughts on some of the recent events in the NFL and AAF. Super Bowl LIII coaching difference were apparent. It was the master in Belichick and the apprentice in McVay. What are Tony's thoughts on the virtual disappearance of Todd Gurley, and the future of Jared Goff? Speaking of the Rams, they're inevitably going to have to let some pieces go, meanwhile the Hawks are getting better and better. How soon does Tony think the Hawks can catch the Rams in the NFC West? Tony's a big part of the new AAF league. He reflects on the events after Week 1.

Every Thursday at 4, The Sporting News' Mike DeCourcy joins the show to talk all things college football sponsored by Zeeks Pizza. Another Mike joins us at 4:20 to talk college basketball, Mike Hopkins, head coach of the Dawgs' men's basketball team reflects on the split in the desert, and the hopeful bounce-back against the Cougs this weekend. Textimonials come in at 49451 for Tony Softli on the AAF, plus listeners' drinks of choice now that their kids are back in school.

We got Tony's thoughts on football in the first hour of the show, but there's so much going on in the league, we continue the discussion in Hour 3. Antonio Brown is unsurprisingly no longer with Pittsburgh, so now where? Any chance he ends up here? Could he end up in Santa Clara? There's no way Janikowski is back next year, so what's the next kicking move for the Hawks? Kyler Murray has chosen football over his contract with the A's. Can he be successful in this league? Dick gives away Seattle Golf Show passes, but only to listeners who actually pay attention, in a round of Golf trivia. The most embarrassed college kid in America can be found on the campus of Towson University, where his mom has been relentlessly hounding women trying to find him a date.

Joe Flacco is now a Denver Bronco. Yes, the Broncos have found themselves yet another mediocre quarterback, albeit one with a Super Bowl ring. Seahawks fans should be thankful on a day like today that we have John Schneider, rather than a GM like Elway who can't seem to land on a solid QB. Highline schools, along with most others in the Puget Sound were closed yet again today, and Dick isn't happy about it. We might soon get legalized sports betting in tribal casinos within Washington state. State representative Eric Pettigrew explains House Bill 1975, and why he's pushing for legalized sports gambling. People are going to bet on sports anyway; we might as well legalize it and make some coin on it.

We knew the Pac-12 Network was struggling, but it's doing even worse than we thought. Just another banner moment for a conference that can't seem to get things right. Petros Papadakis has a few ideas on how to turn the network around, plus, are Lakers fans getting frustrated as LeBron's ego takes over the Lakers team? Every day at 4:45, we take your texts at 49451, and our robot Texty reads them back on air. Today, texts react to the Pac-12 Network news, gambling on sports, and more.

The NCAA Tournament is only about a month away now, and barring a complete collapse, the Dawgs are probably going to make it in. If the Selection Show was tonight, where would they land? CBS Sports' Matt Norlander discusses the Dawgs' potential seeding, as well as his thoughts on Gonzaga, and who will top the seeding. The Arizona AD made a statement today re-affirming support for basketball coach Sean Miller. Statements like that are the kiss of death. Bellevue linebacker Drew Fowler could have gone to school at a number of schools in the Pac-12, and beyond, but turned down all the offers to walk on at Washington. He explains why he's potentially giving up a scholarship to become a Dawg.

Softy and Dick have both made it in today despite the snow, and ice, and slush, and whatever else is going on out there. Softy proposes an idea for an adult theme park (not that kind of adult theme park), a theme park designed for adults, something similar to Westworld apparently. Kevin Calabro, face of the Trail Blazers, and longtime Sonics broadcaster, with his timeline for a return of the NBA to Seattle, his analysis of the Blazers, and everything else happening in pro basketball. The M's have made a ton of off-season moves as they try to bring in younger players. One of those players is pitcher Justus Sheffield, who explains his expectations from the team this year.

Yes, there's still snow and slush on the ground, but in most of the region, things really aren't that bad today. Dick says most people are just using the snow as an excuse to stay home, and if someone had offered them a thousand dollars to show up to work, they'd be there without question. On Fun with Audio: The AAF does something the NFL has never done, taking us inside the replay booth, John Dorsey's comments on Kareem Hunt, then and now, and Bill Walton eats a lit candle. Textimonials with ideas for Softy's theme park, reaction to Dick's challenge, and more thoughts on the show.