Good morning, everybody. Welcome to a special episode of HockBlogger Mornings. I am Brian

Mhouser. You can find me and all that we do on Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram,

at HockBlogger, as well as on an Apple podcast and Spotify and really appreciate all the

reviews we've been getting there. It's been great to see. It is a blue Friday and not just

any blue Friday. It's a blue Friday before the Seahawks biggest home playoff game in a decade.

And there's only two guys that I want to start that conversation with. They've been

with us many times throughout the season. Mike every week throughout the season. Mike Sando of

the Athletic, Dave Bowling, Spokesman Review, and many other places. Guys, great to have you. How

you doing this morning, Dave getting pumped up you know yeah you

didn't sound like that that didn't sound that pumped up let's go let's come out of the tunnel i still get

pumped up on like saturday i i you know like when i'm watching a college game that i want to see

i'll put on the old fight

song in the morning. My wife thinks I'm nuts, and I start getting pumped up. And when they make

a turnover, I'll do my 15 push-ups. And, you know, yeah, you know, I, you know, it's Saturday. See, for

me, it's Saturdays. And then, you know, I still actually, actually have some bio rhythms attached to the football season schedule. Yeah. Hey, I'm just fired up this week because I've got a seat in the press box next to day. Yeah. Oh. Not that, huh? I got a seat next. You get there early, traffic's going to be brutal.

Yeah, I'm there now, don't you know?

They used to make fun of me for getting the stadium so early.

I'd get there like the morning.

Well, I'm sad I will not be sitting next to you guys during the game.

I will be in my seats as I always am.

I will be there for the post-game press conference and in the locker room.

So I will hopefully run into you there and probably ruffle a few feathers with having some team colors on.

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