all right welcome on into the wolverine dot com podcast clayton safie alongside chris ballas from across the resort

here in gottsdale arizona and anton at the home office previewing michigan against tc u in the

college football playoff the fiesta bowl I've been down here a couple days.

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We'll get into this game, break down the matchup a little bit, talk about what we've learned here with players and coaches talking. We'll get to talk to some more here this afternoon. And with that, I guess, C.B, let's throw it to you in terms of being down here a few days, talking to a lot of people as we get closer to the game. Is there something that has been the most interesting thing you've heard,

something that stood out to you the most, or just maybe a feeling that you're starting to get

after having so many different conversations? Yeah, you never know, man, until you play a game,

you know, and you get to see these guys in the trenches a little bit and, you know,

listening to JJ McCarthy, Michigan sophomore quarterback talking about how if they come out in a 335, man, I hope they do. We're going to smash him and so on and so forth. And then you've got TCU players talking about how they're going to be sneaky and they're athletic and they're fast and they're going to be filling gaps the way that Michigan hasn't seen and so on and so forth. So a lot of talk. But there's a lot of respect,

I think, for both opponents here from one to the other is what I gathered. And I think there should

be for all the talk that TCU, you know what is the worst playoff team. We all know that was Michigan

State several years ago. And this isn't even close. These guys are very talented. So these guys

have playmakers. Michigan should be able to

move the ball on them. You know, one of the things that caught my eye was they are not a very good

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