So Far, So Good

The Rose Bowl can sigh in relief that the prickly Nick Saban is OK with the Orange County practice facilities for this week's BCS title game . . . so far.
On what he wants out of a practice facility at a bowl site...
``First, I want good fields, convenient location, a place for the players to lift, we felt fortunate
enough that we have not only grass fields here bust turf as well, so if we had bad weather, and as the people from Southern California know, we couldn't find a place with an indoor facility, and we have all of the things here that we have back in Tuscaloosa, and the people from the Rose Bowl staff have done a wonderful job getting the facilities ready, the fields ready.''