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Boomer & Gio

Super Bowl Stuff, Knicks Beat Celtics & A Little Mets Debate

09 Feb 2026

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Chapter 1: What are the Mets' current strengths and weaknesses?

0.031 - 11.947 Boomer Esiason

Think about November, December, and January. The Mets fan was absolutely miserable. They don't know what they're doing. They're getting rid of this guy. They don't know what happened. Now, all of a sudden, they say, oh, man, now the Mets are really good. Everything's good.

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12.788 - 13.749 Gregg Giannotti

I'm not one that believes that.

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14.611 - 38.691 Boomer Esiason

You're not. I am not. I think they are definitely better right now than at any point in time last year. And a lot of that has to do with pitching now. The only thing is, as I've been pointed out, and I do agree, there's no Edwin Diaz, so it's Devin Williams now. But we'll see what happens with him. But I think they're a good team right now. They're good. They're a good team.

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38.791 - 40.053 Gregg Giannotti

I don't think they're any better than last year.

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41.075 - 56.16 Boomer Esiason

Yeah, but last year they didn't do anything. I think they're better in center field. I think they're better in center field. But the big question is going to be left field. And they're better all the way across the infield. Maybe with the exception of the production that Alonzo ended up giving.

56.18 - 57.421 Jerry Recco

Right.

57.441 - 64.091 Boomer Esiason

They don't have a first baseman. Or a third baseman. You got a third baseman. You got Beatty and you got Vientos. They didn't upgrade. They got Bo Bichette.

64.551 - 69.841 Jerry Recco

I have Bo Bichette, yeah. Who's a shortstop. Yeah. That's what Jerry's talking about. He's talking about two guys who haven't played those positions.

69.861 - 74.59 Boomer Esiason

That's all. You know what? Simeon and Bobachet are ballplayers, professionals, good hitters.

Chapter 2: How did the Knicks perform against the Celtics?

182.517 - 185.061 Gregg Giannotti

I didn't see him, but I also wasn't on the floor.

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185.101 - 186.543 Boomer Esiason

How was the game? How was the atmosphere?

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186.644 - 193.094 Gregg Giannotti

Great. Really, it was a lot more pro-St. Even Rick Pitino wasn't sure what the crowd would be like.

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193.154 - 194.917 Boomer Esiason

I mean, it's St. John's home game. Come on.

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195.177 - 206.796 Gregg Giannotti

Right, but he was concerned about the StubHub secondary market and the UConn fan, and he said, we've got 10,000 fans, place holds 19,000. Okay. Wasn't sure it would be like a 60-40 split. I would say it was 80-20 St. John's.

206.876 - 208.078 Boomer Esiason

Good buzz. Really good buzz.

208.098 - 208.879 Gregg Giannotti

It was good. It was good.

208.859 - 215.152 Boomer Esiason

I didn't see the game. I only read about the game. Did you feel like the game was close? No, it was a lot closer to the final.

215.172 - 216.996 Gregg Giannotti

The final score was day one by nine.

Chapter 3: What was Jerry's take on the St. John's upset over UConn?

382.991 - 402.891 Gregg Giannotti

And then you had Jason Myers. He was on King 5 in Seattle. I guess that's their Fox 5 affiliate, whatever. So he's on the field, I mean, looking super chill. He's got the goggles on, on his forehead, clearly came out of the locker room. He's drinking a Coors Light as he's doing this interview. And he was asked, how does it feel to be a champion right now?

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402.871 - 411.965 Jason Myers

I don't even know. It doesn't even feel real yet. Yeah? Yeah, I got asked that a couple times after the game, and I don't even know. It just doesn't even feel real yet.

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411.985 - 415.129 Gregg Giannotti

He would go on to say just a very connected group throughout.

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415.31 - 433.333 Jason Myers

Our team was so tight all year. I think so many guys kept saying it, especially this week with all the media going on. You keep saying it, and you feel like people are thinking that you're just faking that. But, man, this team's been so close all year. And from April all the way on, this has been an amazing experience.

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433.493 - 454.866 Gregg Giannotti

As they won 17-3 on the season for the Super Bowl championship. Now, at halftime, you had Bad Bunny do his performance. Some liked it. Some didn't. Some weren't interested in it. Some were. And then there were those that just couldn't figure it out. And this might go back a few weeks. What is this? Who is this guy? Bad freaking bunny. What is that?

456.668 - 469.884 Unknown

Wow, Jerry.

470.304 - 485.203 Gregg Giannotti

I don't know what that's from, but okay. I don't know. I didn't know you spoke Spanish that well. That must have been something that I'm going to think Craig probably typed out and had me do back in the day. That would be my guess. Is there a time stamp on that clip? No. Okay, very good.

485.483 - 504.633 Gregg Giannotti

Anyhow, Clint Kubiak did confirm he will be the next head coach of the Raiders, and so he does move on quickly. Now, the Knicks beat the Celtics. This is a bad day for Boston. They lost to the Celtics, or rather beat the Celtics, 111-89, and they led almost throughout the entire game. Maybe even it was for the full 48 minutes. Jalen Brunson, 31 points, 8 assists.

504.813 - 508.298 Gregg Giannotti

He knows that Friday night was lousy, so this was a very big bounce back.

Chapter 4: What are the highlights from the Super Bowl soundbites?

549.278 - 563.377 Gregg Giannotti

Rucco told that story. That's incredible. That they found these leftover goggles from when Stoudemire was there. He tried them on and they fit. So we put them on and that's how he played, not the whole game, but he played much of the game with the goggles on. He had 11 points and 10 rebounds.

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564.418 - 568.283 Jerry Recco

When Josh Hart got hurt, did they put him in the leftover wheelchair from Donnie Walsh?

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575.114 - 577.53 Gregg Giannotti

The one they wheeled him in to meet LeBron.

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581.51 - 584.393 Unknown

We can't hear you.

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585.234 - 591.841 Boomer Esiason

Ball man, come on. If they just would have listened to him, everything would have been all right. It wouldn't have led us to Phil Jackson.

591.861 - 607.737 Gregg Giannotti

Oh, God. The Knicks are off tonight. The Nets play the Bulls tonight. St. John's takes on Xavier. See, we were asking about the game the other night. So I'm going to take you back a couple of weeks. This was after St. John's beat somebody and Dylan Darling played pretty good. This was Rick Pitino.

607.717 - 613.825 Kevin Harlan

Dylan Darling, he's got balls as big as church bells. I mean, it's unbelievable.

615.347 - 617.109 Gregg Giannotti

So now I take you to Friday night.

617.129 - 618.431 Boomer Esiason

Man, we have come a long way.

Chapter 5: How did the Super Bowl halftime show impact viewers?

688.572 - 711.305 Gregg Giannotti

How big are his balls? Oh, man. Next hour, I'll give you Dan Hurley, who talked about the officiating. I'm sure he did. But better than I thought. I thought he was going to be quite angry, so I'll give you some Dan Hurley next hour. In golf, Chris Cotterup won the WM Phoenix Open in a playoff over Hideki Matsuyama, not Matsui. You've also got Austin Matthews, named the captain of the U.S.

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711.325 - 716.563 Gregg Giannotti

hockey team, another U.S. women's team I know plays today. So we're getting things underway in Italy.

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