The Ian Furness Show

We've been doing a fantasy football segment all season on Thursdays at 2pm, so today, we'll end the season by making fantasy picks for the Super Bowl. Two contestants side with either Kevin's team or Ian's team, and the winner gets a prize pack from Puyallup River Brewing. Don't let athletes dissuade you from getting your kids involved in youth sports. Not every sport is right for every kid, and not every program is right for every kid, but youth sports can help shape them as people. Doing something is better than sitting at home playing video games. Don't specialize, at least not until they're older. Encourage them to try different things to avoid burn-out. Do more. Texts come in at 49451: Was this a successful season for the Hawks? Softy recaps the Ranahan interview from yesterday.

The non-call in the NFC Championship game is just the latest example of the NFL's credibility problem. Dennis Ranahan's comments about Super Bowl XL don't exactly help either. When the coach of a team wears a commissioner clown face shirt publicly, there's an issue. Andy Bunker at 92.9 The Game in Atlanta discusses the Super Bowl from a local perspective. He says the biggest relief for Falcons fans is that the rival Saints lost. That's something most fans outside of those two cities probably hadn't considered before, which brings up the question; if the Super Bowl were held in Seattle, who would we most hate to seeing the game? Maybe the 49ers? Maybe which ever team knocked the Seahawks out of the playoffs that year.

We're joined by Mike Holmgren every Wednesday at 2pm. Today, he's in Atlanta getting ready for the Super Bowl. He reacts to Dennis Ranahan's comments about Super Bowl XL, and shares thoughts on the Super Bowl. How big is the game, and how difficult is it for someone who's never played (or officiated) in one to adjust? Gregg Popovich made post-game comments about not having respect for the game. Ian finds it a bit hypocritical that Popovich, the man who started resting players for no real reason, would talk about not having respect for the game. Texts react to the show. Softy comments on Dennis Ranahan as he prepares for the 4:00 interview.

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Very rarely does everyone at KJR, let alone everyone in the city agree on anything, but after yesterday there's a consensus Howard Schultz is not forgiven. No one is going to be voting for Schultz for president. He showed what type of leader he is when he sold the Sonics. When things got tough, he tapped out. If he can do that to a city, imagine what he'd do running the country. CBS Sports' Gary Parrish talks all things basketball, including the state of the Pac-12: Does Washington pass the eye test? Is Gonzaga good enough to be a contender? Tennessee is number 1 in the country without a single top 100 player on the team.

Chris Price from the Boston Sports Journal updates us on the New England Patriots as they prepare for the Super Bowl in Atlanta this weekend. We all felt that the refs helped the Steelers win Super Bowl XL over a decade ago, and we might be uncovering why. Dennis Ranahan, while on the air on KNBR in San Francisco, let slip some information that may indicate that the game was on the take. Softy reacts to the Super Bowl XL bombshell.