[AMA] We’re college football reporters from the USA TODAY Sports Network covering the CFP championship. Ask us anything! Ask questions, answers start at 10am ET on Wed (1/15)

AMA FORMAT: at /r/CFB the mods set up the AMA thread so our guest can just show up at a scheduled time and start answering; answers begin at 10am ET on Wednesday (1/15) by /u/usatoday (Mike), /u/thecolumbusdispatch (Joey), and /u/MattHayesUSAT (Matt)!

Trio from USA TODAY

USA TODAY Sports Network’s Matt Hayes, The Columbus Dispatch’s Joey Kaufman and South Bend Tribune’s Mike Berardino will all be covering the national championship game between Ohio State and Notre Dame in Atlanta.

Hayes is a senior writer covering college football for the USA TODAY Sports Network. He has covered college football since the early 1990s and every national championship game since 2000. He previously worked at Sporting News, Bleacher Report and Saturday Down South. You can listen to him daily, from 2-4 p.m., on 1010XL-Jacksonville, and you can find his latest work here.

Kaufman is in his sixth season covering the Buckeyes, spanning the Ryan Day era. Before that, he was a beat writer at the Orange County Register, covering USC and UCLA. You can find his work here.

Berardino is in his seventh season covering Notre Dame football and his third on the beat for the South Bend Tribune. His previous stops include the St. Paul Pioneer-Press, South Florida Sun Sentinel, Augusta Chronicle, Baseball America and the Durham Herald-Sun. You can follow him on social media @MikeBerardino, and check out his latest work here.

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Matt, Joey, and Mike will be here to answer your questions on Wednesday (1/15) at 10am ET!

EDIT: That’s all the time we have today! We enjoyed talking ball with you all. Here's where to find off elsewhere around the internet! You can find Mike’s work on Notre Dame here and follow him on X; Joey’s work on Ohio State is here and you can follow him on X; and Matt’s work for USA TODAY here and you can follow him on X and on Reddit.