Dave 'Softy' Mahler and Dick Fain

The Dawgs win again over the weekend, now 9-0 in the conference, but still aren't ranked. Who cares about the rankings though. The majority of teams that make the tournament aren't ranked, but are we ready to declare the tournament drought over? We did the same thing with the Mariners last season and we know how that worked out. Hugh Millen breaks down New England's dominant performance on both sides of the ball in yesterday's game. Textimonials, at 49451, weigh in on the first two hours of the show.

With all the money the Rams invested into the defensive line, you'd think they'd be able to at least kind of hold off the Patriots, but clearly that didn't happen. Money well spent. Bill Barnwell says yesterday's game was the greatest Super Bowl defensive performance in history, but the numbers don't show that. We witnessed the greatest defensie performance in 2014 with the Seahawks against the Broncos. Signing Day is on Wednesday and Chris Fetters has the latest on the top players the Dawgs are going after. Mike DeCourcy talks all things Washington basketball. If they go 15-3 in conference and lose in the first round, will it still be enough to get them to the tournament?

We know, for Seahawks fans this is almost a worst case Super Bowl scenario. A hated division rival facing the most hated team in the league. It's the Super Bowl though, and you're going to pick someone, so who ultimately are you rooting for? We take listener reactions. Lindsey Thiry is covering the Rams for ESPN. She joins us from Atlanta as she gets ready for the game. Who's going to be the Ram to step up in order to get a win against New England?

Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News has declared the Huskies the Pac-12 champions for the 2018-2019 season as the Dawgs currently have a 2 1/2 game lead. If they fall short now, you know who jinxed them. Fun with Audio with plenty of Howard Schultz audio, plus Kyler Murray struggling to answer questions, and the five-year anniversary of one of the greatest moments in Seattle sports history. Well, the Hawks aren't in it this year, so who are you rooting for? Textimonials make their picks at 49451.

Chris Price covers the Patriots for the Boston Sports Journal. He's live in Atlanta before the game on Sunday. With this being the ninth Super Bowl of the Brady / Belichick era, do Pats fans still appreciate this the way they once did? Do the Rams have the ability to slow down Tom Brady? We open the Softy and Dick Sportsbook with prop bets for the Super Bowl. Football fans in St. Louis probably feel a lot like we did when the Thunder played the NBA Finals, except worse because at least the Thunder had changed their identity. Howard Balzer tells us how fans in STL are handling this. We get the DPI prediction for the game, and an updated prediction for the Dawgs in the tournament. Seahawks legend Kenny Easley joins us, talking about his favorite safeties to watch when he played, his thoughts on the Seahawks secondary, youth football, Paul Allen, and more.

The Huskies win again last night, defeating a USC team that some thought might be a challenge for them. They're now 8-0 in conference and face UCLA on Saturday. Dick noticed that every time USC played zone, the Dawgs would tear them apart, but they still kept going back to the zone. If Russell Wilson never played another snap in the NFL again, would he already make it into the Top 5 of Seattle sports? Howard Schultz has gotten blowback for his possible run for president, not just here, but across the country. Did he really think people liked him enough to make him president?

Seahawks fans everywhere are saying that they aren't enthusiastic about this Sunday's Super Bowl. The choice of who to root for though is easy. If you're a Hawks fan, you want to see the Rams implode, and the best way for that to happen is for them to lose. Don't root to give the Rams fans, who don't know the first thing about the game, a reason to gloat. Swallow your pride and root for Brady and Belichick. Mike Holmgren is already down in Atlanta for the game. He gives us some insight into both teams. Textimonials react to the first two hours of the show.

Husky assistant basketball coach Will Conroy analyzes last nights game against USC, assesses David Crisp so far this season, discusses Mike Hopkins' recruiting impact, and more. Hugh Millen makes the case for Hawks fans rooting for New England, reacts to Roger Goodell's press conference, and puts himself in the shoes of Belichick and McVay. Lee Sterling makes picks for the Super Bowl: props, total, and against-the-spread.

After the explosive story about Dennis Ranahan yesterday we've been gauging reaction from listeners, and frankly we suspected there'd be people who were dismissive, but almost everyone is all on board and wants to get to the bottom of it. The question we need answered right now is, is there any real hard evidence to prove any of this? The Athletic's film room expert Sam Gold breaks down Seahawks film with an eye toward next season. The Dawgs continue to ride high. Coach Mike Hopkins discuses the improvement in defense over last year, Naz Carter, his thoughts on the rankings, and more.

Handicapper Dennis Ranahan of PicksFootball.com comes on the show to clarify the comments he made on KNBR in San Francisco this week about the officiating in Super Bowl XL. Does he have any evidence the refs were on the take? Petros Papadakis is still not enthusiastic about the Rams in the Super Bowl, and apparently neither is most of Los Angeles. Textimonials react to the Dennis Ranahan interview and more.