Let's go talk to Chris Ballas. He joins us from South Florida, getting set for Michigan and Georgia Friday night, 8 p.m. on New Year's Eve, college football playoff semifinal. How are you doing, Chris?

Doing great, Bill. Thanks.

All right. So we talked to Clayton Safee yesterday. You guys arrived, went out on the town last night, the Clevelander, had the

VIP room hanging out with all the big celebs, J-Lo, A-Rod, Ben Affleck, everybody. So you're

connected at the Wolverine.com. Before we get to everything going on in South Florida, what about

the internet rumor that

Dax Hill didn't make the trip and that he's in protocol and there's a chance he could

not play on Friday? Fact or fiction?

Great question. There seems to be smoke and nobody's confirming the fire. We do believe

that he's not here at this point. That's our feeling about it. And that's pretty much all we can say about it without having more information. You know, there have been rumblings that'll be down here tomorrow. We know that J.T. Daniels, for example, Georgia's quarterback was held out due to COVID protocol. And then he showed up later so they're rumbling that's

rumbling that's going to happen with daxton hill so what to see um but you know it is what it is

and it's actually frankly a more surprising we haven't heard more about other people the way

that this uh that this latest variant of the virus is going around.

But they haven't said anything about it.

We haven't seen many pictures either.

But we can't confirm one way or another 100% bill if that's true.

So that is the only not confirmed story, but the only connection to COVID you've heard to Michigan football, correct?

That's correct. Yep, that is exactly right. And hopefully, like I said, hopefully he'll be down

here and be able to play. That's going to be critical. They've got great tight ends. Georgia does,

and he's a big part of defending that. We saw it against Iowa, for example. They're going to need

them on Friday night. They're going to be all hands on deck.

We remember when Michigan was down here playing Florida State and Gabriel Peppers wasn't

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