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Kirby Smart expects Georgia football to be near full strength for CFP semi after recent COVID-19 issues

MIAMI -- Georgia coach Kirby Smart said the Bulldogs were dealing with COVID-19 issues a couple of weeks ago, but he expects his team to be near full strength when it plays No. 2 Michigan in a College Football Playoff semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl on Friday.

Smart wouldn't disclose which players were dealing with COVID-19 issues during a news conference with reporters on Wednesday.

"I think just across the country as a whole, you turn on the national news and it's the lead-in story," Smart said. "You look across the country and the impact it's had on other games, whether that be the NBA, NFL, the bowl games that it's impacted, it's certainly had an impact.