Episode 352 - Calm Before the Playoff Storm

RUNDOWN

 

(352) is Gainesville, Florida — home of the University of Florida. They reflect on Petty’s legendary catalog, from “American Girl” to “Free Fallin’,” his Beatles-inspired path to music, and his legacy in Gators football culture. Mitch and Hotshot recap the Seahawks’ nail-biting win in Glendale, where a late Jason Meyers field goal sealed the victory to move Seattle to 3–1. They turn to the Huskies’ tough loss against Ohio State, noting costly penalties and red-zone failures that made the final score more lopsided than the game felt.

The Mariners closed the regular season with a sweep at the hands of the Dodgers but secured the No. 2 seed at 90–72. Joe Doyle and Brady Farkas join Mitch to debate whether the late skid matters, the state of the bullpen (Bazardo vs. Brash in high-leverage spots, Munoz’s control issues), and the playoff rotation order. They also spar over Cal Raleigh’s MVP case against Aaron Judge and whether Seattle should prefer Cleveland or Detroit in the ALDS.

The Seahawks dominated for three quarters in Arizona before letting the Cardinals storm back with 17 unanswered points, needing Jason Myers’ last-second field goal to escape with a win. The No-Table crew weighs Sam Darnold’s poise, Mike Macdonald’s conservative late-game decisions, the defense’s lapses, and the ongoing questions with the run game and offensive line.

Mitch welcomes CBS Sports’ Rick Neuheisel, presented by Taco Time Northwest, for his weekly whip-around of the college football world. They break down Washington’s missed opportunities against Ohio State, Alabama’s statement win at Georgia, and why depth in the trenches separates contenders from pretenders. Rick also weighs in on Penn State’s playoff chances, Miami–Florida State as a marquee matchup, and hands out his Chicken Caesar Taco awards before making his Week 6 pick.

 

GUESTS

 

• Brady Farkas | Host, Refuse to Lose Podcast (Mariners on SI)
• Joe Doyle | MLB Draft & Mariners Analyst, Over-Slot Substack
• Brady Henderson | Seahawks Insider, ESPN
• Jacson Bevens | Writer, Cigar Thoughts
• Rick Neuheisel | CBS College Football Analyst, Former Head Coach & Rose Bowl Champion

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

0:00 | Gators, Guitar Lessons, and the Great Tom Petty

9:05 | BEAT THE BOYS - Register at MitchUnfiltered.com

13:20 | Seahawks Hold On, Huskies Fall Short, Mariners Await Their Opponent

35:47 | GUEST: Mariners No-Table; Mariners Finish 90–72, Set for ALDS with Questions Looming

1:00:26 | GUEST: Seahawks No-Table; Seahawks Survive Scare in Glendale

1:27:02 | GUEST: Rick Neuheisel; on Huskies, Bama’s Revival, and the Week Ahead in College Football

1:56:57 | Other Stuff Segment: Hotshot raves about the film One Battle After Another with Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, and Regina Hall, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, calling it the best movie he’s seen in a decade, while Mitch celebrates that the Astros have been eliminated from the playoffs and notes the Mariners’ upcoming intrasquad scrimmages at T-Mobile. Other stories include Shaun Alexander announcing his 14th child, Richard Sherman’s deferred prosecution and Hall of Fame comments about Russell Wilson, Matthew Stafford’s painful low blow and his wife’s vasectomy joke, the Ryder Cup devolving into pro wrestling–style chaos, Logan Paul buying a $32.5 million mansion, Johnny Carson’s Malibu estate hitting the market at $110 million, Brandon Roy suspiciously being removed as Garfield High’s coach, and MLB introducing its new ABS challenge system for balls and strikes. RIPs include former Bengals and Auburn running back Rudy Johnson, who died by suicide at 45 amid CTE concerns, and Elaine Merck Binder, one of the last surviving Munchkins from The Wizard of Oz, at 94. HEADLINES: Stephen King’s obsession with “Mambo No. 5” nearly cost him his marriage, Alyssa Milano removing her breast implants at 52, a man without thumbs going viral for showing he can do anything except hitchhike, Bachelor star Madison Prewett claiming 10 years without masturbation, and MLB preparing blind dipshit robot umpires for 2026.