Let's have a lot of fun on a Friday edition of "The Joe Gaither Show on BamaCentral" with Mason Woods as we're joined by Katie Windham from Tampa. Windham lets us know what she saw at Alabama's bowl practice as the Crimson Tide is fully focused on the Michigan Wolverines in the ReliaQuest Bowl.

TAMPA, Fla. — Michigan’s offense was already one one of the worst in college football in 2024. Now with an interim play-caller, several key opt-outs and the unit in a state of transition, can the Wolverines do enough to keep up with No. 11 Alabama in Tuesday’s ReliaQuest Bowl (Noon, ESPN)?

The last time Michigan football played in Tampa, in what was then the Outback Bowl, all of the hype surrounding the team was about a quarterback who was incoming. Apparently, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Jalen Hale, the second-year former four-star wide receiver, was on the practice field working with the wide receivers ahead of the ReliaQuest Bowl.

Michigan took the field for its first ReliaQuest Bowl practice in sunny Florida on Friday, and there were some notable absences. Every Wolverines player who has declared for the upcoming NFL draft — tight end Colston Loveland,

The Wolverines also have another linebacker that Alabama fans need to know Jaishawn Barham, a junior as well. Barham, a transfer from the Maryland Terrapins, is Michigan’s second-leading tackler at 65 for the season, while also having recorded four TFL, one sack, and two PD in what is one of the top years of his collegiate career so far.

TAMPA, Fla. — Jaylen Mbakwe is back on offense. In Alabama football's first practice ahead of Tuesday's ReliaQuest Bowl against Michigan, the freshman cornerback is practicing with the wide receivers, a position he played at Clay-Chalkville High School in Pinson, Alabama.

Michigan football has arrived in the Sunshine State, landing in the Tampa Bay region Thursday evening for its final game of the 2024 season. And while Sherrone Moore’s team might be a shorthanded group,

Michigan football has been in full preparation for Alabama and the ReliaQuest Bowl for weeks, but Friday marked the first practice away from Ann Arbor for the maize and blue. What's more, we in the media are allowed to catch a little glimpse of what the team is working on at the outset of practice.