CHAMPAIGN — Luke Ford hears it all the time. From perfect strangers.
"'They will be like, 'Hey, are you going to be able to play this year?' " Ford said. "I'll be like 'I don't know. I hope so, dude. That would be awesome.' "
Georgia transfer Ford asked the NCAA for a waiver to make him eligible in 2019. Otherwise, he will have to sit out the season as a redshirt.
"We put it in and we'll see what happens," Ford said. "It's up to the NCAA gods to see if they want to sign it or not.