Your UMass Minutemen are off to a 4-1 start in A-10 play and have weathered the stops and starts to the season so far. With another game canceled this week (second game postponed with Saint Louis) we finally have time to sit down and catchup up with Coach Matt McCall.

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UMass Head Coach Matt McCall post game comments after an 80-78 win over URI.

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Director of Athletics Ryan Bamford sits down with Jay to discuss a range of topics from hockey to hoops to recruiting and scheduling.

UMass Basketball tips off the 2020-2021 season. Lets do it!

UMass football prepares to begin the 2020 season vs. Georgia Southern. Catch up with what's going on with interviews pulled from the radio broadcast's Milton Cat pre-game show.

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In this episode we re-connect with Men's Basketball Head Coach Matt McCall as some of the sports world shifts to hoops. Coach McCall chimes in on the plan for the season, the status of TJ Weeks and Noah Fernandes as well as his own golf game (2 handicap).

We follow up coach McCall with an in-depth conversation with sports phycologist and proud UMass alumnus Dr. Jack Signer. Dr.Jack provides some wonderful insight to the challenges of amateur and professional athletes.

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NFL Offensive Lineman and UMass alum Elijah Wilkinson joins the show.

UMass Alumnus and CBS broadcaster Jenny Dell joins PTF. Dell discusses her journey through the broadcasting world and how UMass helped her along the way. Dell also chimes in on her cooking skills, her Red Sox World Series ring, her work on the Here Comes The Pizza moment and so much more. Follow her new food endeavor at SIMply DELLicious.

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Jay Burnham checks in with renowned author John Feinstein.

Mid-Major basketball reporter Brain Bennett from The Athletic stops by the pod this week. Brian touches on the ever-changing landscape of college basketball, the Atlantic-10 and more. He references his work before the start of the season on the definition of Mid-Major, you can check it out here: Who are you Calling a Mid-Major

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