Boomer & Gio
Hour 2 - Embarrassing Flag Football, St John's Buzzer Beater, Skattebo's Oopsy
23 Mar 2026
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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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John's or the tournament, the lines are open for you. We'll get those calls in as the... Morning goes on as we opened up with the Johnnies moving on to the Sweet 16. It was sort of a heart-in-the-throat ending of the game, but they really did dominate for most of the game.
Another thing that happened this weekend that definitely was, I mean, you had to search for it if you wanted to find it, was the Fantasy, Fantasy Football, Flag Football, might as well be Fantasy Football, the Flag Football League that Tom Brady and the Saudis have put together.
where you get a bunch of NFL players out there and then Team USA playing against some of the pros and the pros playing against one another. And it was star-studded. You know, you got Tom Brady, Joe Burrow, Saquon Barkley, Devontae Smith, Jalen Hurts, on and on and on. And I tried, you know, I put on about 10 minutes of it just because it was interesting to see how it was going.
And, I mean, it is... If they think that this is a thing that's going to work, they are absolutely mistaken. This, to me, feels like another one of these money-grab, sports-washing, bullcrap things. There was nobody in the stands. It's a joke. It was embarrassing for NFL players, to be honest with you.
I'm not going to go as far as to say that their reputations are ruined because they're participating in this thing. I'm not going to go that far. To me, this was... This was embarrassing.
I mean, you looked up into the crowd, and there was about 10 people in the crowd, and then knowing this whole thing is another one of these Saudi Arabia deals, it just felt icky and stupid, and I will not pay attention to it again. Now, I love... The fact that flag football has become a thing in this country, and I love that it's going to be competing in the Olympics.
Actually, girls flag football is a big deal. Sabrina's going to start playing this spring. Sayville High School's got a great girls flag football team. I think all of that is great. But taking it now to this level is just stupid. It was just stupid. All right, so this was supposed to be played in Saudi Arabia because of the war in Iran. They moved it back to L.A. and they added another team.
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Chapter 2: What did Gio think about Tom Brady's flag football game?
I didn't watch any of it. I just saw a few highlights on Instagram. Tom Brady can still throw and still play. That's the frightening thing about all of this. But the other part of it is like if I'm the Cincinnati Bengals and I'm watching Joe Burrow out there who can barely stay healthy on an NFL football field, do you think I want him playing in something as competitive as this?
Yeah, I mean, we're talking about this a lot, you know, with the WBC or the Olympics or everything else. I mean, this is the least important thing out of all of them. There's nothing redeeming about any of it. I mean, there may be some people that liked it. I don't really care about it. You know, we used to do the quarterback challenge and stuff.
That was when we would throw at targets and things of that nature. That's kind of fun. I mean, that was more of like a Jeep superstars deal. Like if you remember those back in the day. But this was 100% exactly what you're saying. A Saudi Arabian money washing, sports washing, if you will, event that was just embarrassing. Yeah, I mean, I think that, you know, you get guys like Tom Brady.
So, I mean, I had like a bigger thought on this whole deal. And I understand there was more to the PGA Live thing with Phil Mickelson, you know, and the money. But you get certain guys that are just, they get so big, they make so much money, and all these opportunities come to them. And they're just, they're so used to making money so easily that...
that it's just like they don't say no to anything. Yeah, I don't know how. I'm sure the Saudis, I would think, offered Tom Brady at least a million dollars. And I know that Tom Brady has a group of people that work for him in his home office that basically create opportunities like this for him.
And look, when you win all those Super Bowls and you're the Super Bowl MVP and you're as good looking as he is and you're as articulate as he is, a lot of things are going to be coming your way. Right. So then he's the leader of this thing. He convinces people, look, all you have to do is show up, play a couple games.
You get all, you know, money in your bank account immediately and then go on and live your life and don't get hurt and don't even really try all that hard and you're fine. It's ridiculous. It's got to be more than a million dollars for Tom Brady. He's the face of this thing.
Yeah, I would.
And they might have paid him 50 million. I say at least a million. It's got to be way more than that. And again, it was on Fox, too, right? Yeah. So that's all probably wrapped into the Tom Brady contract. Who knows?
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Chapter 3: How did St. John's advance to the Sweet 16?
It was supposed to be in Saudi Arabia. That's where this was supposed to take place. This was going to be in, like, yeah, Abu Dhabi or Dubai or somewhere. And once the bombs started flying in the Middle East, they moved it out of there. Yep. And they moved it to SoFi State. Well, not SoFi. This is the soccer stadium where the LA whatever... Galaxy. Galaxy play, I guess, or... I guess so.
So they moved it there, and then they added another team. They tried to spice it up a little bit. Because they, you know, because if it would have been in... Saudi Arabia, they would have had people there. You know, they would have had fans there. Sure, yeah, of course. I would imagine. Yeah.
Chapter 4: What were the highlights of the Iowa vs. Florida game?
As soon as the bombs started flying, it was, you know, they moved to Delhi. Yeah. So let's keep it over here. Sean in Hoboken. What's up, Sean? Hey, how's it going? Good, man. What's happening, brother?
I know you know me and Jack from The Poorly Villager.
Oh, you're the guy who makes that trip every year for the fundraiser. You guys take the train from Jersey, and you sit at the bar at the Portly, and you donate. By the way, when is that fundraiser this year? That is April. It's got to be the end of April. April 19th. April 19th at the Portly Village. We'll start around either 2 or 3 o'clock. I'll let you know.
Probably more like 3 o'clock on April 19th. And then we have the one the next week at the Nutty Irishman for Alley. That is April 26th with the one at the Portly. I'll see you there on the 19th.
So, I'm born and raised in Connecticut. Yukon alum, 2015. So... We're ready again for another run, baby. I know I hate to be the party pooper here, but.
Who's party are you pooping on? I'm not pooping on anybody's party. I mean, you got your own thing going on.
Well, I mean, it's a cute story that you guys got, but, you know, we're in the way for the final four. Just letting you know.
Yeah, listen, Sean, I understand. I think every St. John's fan understands that beating UConn again, if they happen to get there, would be a very, very tall task, but there's no pooping on our party. Everybody should just worry about who they play next and not worry about anything else but that. It's simple. Win the next game, and then you can worry about... the next situation.
Yeah, I mean, no St. John's fans thinking about UConn right now. I mean, we are obviously in their heads. You know, I mean, you got to get past Michigan State and Tom Izzo, and you got UConn fans talking about St. John's. We're talking about Duke. We got Duke. That's what we're focused on. You know, we've already slapped you away a couple times.
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Chapter 5: What did Gio say about Brandon Tierney's comments?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I believe that was him. Let me just make sure. Okay.
But they aren't bumping and grinding.
Yeah. I just said there's a lot of bumping. I didn't say anything about grinding. Well, I heard bumping, and then I was like, yeah, it was R. Kelly. Okay. He had some great songs, but then just turned out to be an absolute low-level scum pervert. You know? Really a shame. You know when that happens? And now it's like, I can't listen to him now. No. Can't put on Bump and Grind.
Can't put on the Ignition remix. But yes, you're right. But those...
Chapter 6: Why did Cam Skattebo apologize for his comments on CTE?
The irony in this whole thing about them letting them play was that that almost screwed St. John's at the end of this game because of all the fouls to give that Kansas had. They kept fouling them, fouling them, fouling them, couldn't get the ball on the front court, but Dylan Darling took care of that. And here we are. What an amazing play.
And to hear Rick Pitino explain that after the game and how that came about and then his thought about, wait a minute, this guy hasn't scored all game? Yeah. But he's Bells. Church Bells. Church Bells, yes. He's got nuts the size of Church Bells. He said balls. Oh, balls. He's got balls the size of Church Bells. He's Bells. And he did it right after the game in the interview with Dylan Darling.
Lauren Shahadi asked him, what did he say in that timeout? And Dylan Darling goes, I was yelling at me as per usual. Let's go to Monty down in Atlanta. What's going on, Monty? Hey. Hey, Monty.
So I wanted to talk about St. John's.
Yeah. Hold on one second, Monty. Al, this is a child on the line, is it not?
It is, and I said to Eddie, I normally don't put kids on, but for some reason this kid intrigued me. I don't know why.
Oh, okay.
Just his sort of casualness.
He sounds like he's driving. Yeah, I know. He's chewing on something. He's chewing on something. All right, Monty, go ahead. You want to talk some St. John's? Yes.
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