Plant the Flag-Inside UMass Athletics

Its Hall of Fame Weekend on campus and UMass welcomes four new inductees in the class of 2019. Among the honorees is former QB of the 1998 National Championship team Todd Bankhead and he joins us on this episode of Plant the Flag. Todd still holds a myriad of passing records at UMass, including records for passing yards (3,919), passes attempted (525), completions (303), passing touchdowns (34) and offensive plays (622). He stops by to relive some of those memorable moments.

Know your foe week 4 vs. Coastal Carolina. Jay visits with voice of the Chanticleers Joe Cashion to breakdown Coastal's win over Kansas and their spread option attack. Dont forget to rate and review the show!

Take a trip through life as an All-American with former UMass & Penn State Tight End Adam Brenenman. The host of his new podcast "Life in the Red Zone" opens up about recruiting, the NFL, injuries, UMass dining and more. Also, we take a quick peek back at what happened in Charlotte last week.

UMass Looks Forward to Week 3 In Charlotte

Its Go-Time from McGuirk Stadium this weekend vs. Southern Illinois out of the Missouri Valley Conference. UMass Football seeks to bounce back from a Week 1 defeat at Rutgers and we break it down in this episode of PTF with have multiple guests, including SIU beat reporter Todd Hefferman and UMass Basketball Head Coach Matt McCall. Find out what has Coach McCall excited about the season. Also, know your foe and see if the Minutemen pick up win No. 1 in the Walt Bell era!

What a first quarter! We recap the beginning of the Walt Bell era with the man who brought it to you on television, the great Mike Monaco. Minutemen made a statement early on and we discuss the good, the bad and the other. Also on this episode of PTF - we set you up for the home opener, Women & Men's Soccer and more!

UMass Minutemen vs. The Rutgers Scarlet Knights! Know your enemy version 1.0.

Football season, the star-rating system, late-night pizza, bad bus trips, structural upgrades, Western Mass beauty and a little Dostoyevsky

In a two-part, March Madness themed episode of Plant The Flag, UMass Director of Athletics Ryan Bamford speaks with Matt Doherty, a former basketball standout and national champion at North Carolina and now Associate Commissioner of the Atlantic 10 Conference. Later on, Bamford sits down with UMass head coach Matt McCall.

Director of Athletics Ryan Bamford visits with University of Massachusetts President Marty Meehan, discussing Meehan’s time growing up in Massachusetts, his 14-year stint in the U.S. House of Representatives and path to leading the UMass system.

Director of Athletics Ryan Bamford visits with UMass basketball legend Marcus Camby as the two discuss Camby’s path to Amherst, his 17-year career in the NBA and life after basketball.

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