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Boomer & Gio

Enough Already With Al Michaels

Boomer & Gio

Audacy

Sports, News

4.2707 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Al says he’s returning to the Amazon booth next season, but Gio calls the move a mistake. We dive into why the legend might be overstaying his welcome and why it’s becoming painfully obvious that Kirk Herbstreit has no idea who is actually on the field.

Transcript

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0:00.0

And I'm not bringing this up to be mean or want to talk about, you know, the ancient history

0:06.4

between you and this man.

0:07.9

I just think that it's time now.

0:09.8

And he said that he's coming back for another year.

0:12.0

I just, I just feel like Al Michaels calling games just has to stop at this point.

0:18.0

And he's been one of the world's greatest broadcasters.

0:21.5

I'll have great memories of him for a very long time.

0:24.7

I just think that he is hung on a little bit too long and he doesn't sound like his himself

0:30.5

any longer.

0:31.1

I think maybe two years ago he did last year, not as much.

0:34.0

And then this year now I think it's finally over for him.

0:37.2

But he decided he's going to come back next year, which I much. And then this year now, I think it's finally over for him. But he decided he's

0:37.8

going to come back next year, which I think is a mistake. But if he wants to do it, he's obviously

0:43.2

earned that right. The other thing that just needs to be talked about is we all know that

0:48.2

Kirk Herbstre is a college football guy. He does nothing during these broadcasts to shake that

0:54.0

perception because that's all he does.

0:56.6

So, for example, Cole Commet has been on the Bears for how long that made five years, six years, right?

1:03.7

He's been a tight end that they have had.

1:06.6

So, I mean, when you're Kirk Herb Street and you're preparing for this game, you can't call Colquette 85.

1:13.6

He goes, look at 85 over here.

1:15.6

He does a lot of this where he doesn't know the names of the players.

1:19.6

And then he'll say stuff like he did it with Caleb Williams.

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