COLLEGE FOOTBALL: THE BOWLS : CITRUS : Alabama Taking a Laid-Back Approach

By JOHN CHERWA

Dec. 25, 1994 12 AM PT

Ohio State seems to be taking the Jan. 2 game against Alabama rather seriously. The team arrived in Orlando, Fla., Dec. 18 and decided to go across the state to sequester itself in Melbourne for secret two-a-day practices.

Penn State used a similar early arrival to beat Tennessee, 31-13, in the last Citrus Bowl. Meanwhile, Alabama is taking a lower key approach to the game. The Crimson Tide had single practices last Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and a one-hour light workout on Thursday. The team has broken for the holiday and players are on their own and supposed to get to Orlando by Monday afternoon.

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John Cherwa

John Cherwa is a special contributor to the Los Angeles Times. He started at The Times in 1980 and left in 1995 to be sports editor of the Chicago Tribune and Tribune Co. sports coordinator in 2002. He rejoined The Times in 2009 and left his post as deputy sports editor late in 2017. Currently, his major coverage area is horse racing, where he can be found at big races at Santa Anita, the Triple Crown series and Breeders’ Cup. He also can be found at the Olympics, having just finished the Tokyo and Beijing double, marking his 11th Olympics. Cherwa also contributes general interest stories from Florida.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: THE BOWLS : CITRUS : Alabama Taking a Laid-Back Approach

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