Three airplanes took off from Tuscaloosa National Airport Tuesday, all with the same destination. At 11:49 a.m. 12:25 p.m. and 12:41 p.m. PT respectively, they landed at Los Angeles International Airport.

Alabama football is in California.

The Crimson Tide held its first practice in the Los Angeles area on Tuesday after arrival, according to a social media post from the team. There’s plenty of work to be done before Monday, when UA will face Michigan in the Rose Bowl.

Before the Tide headed out of town, Nick Saban described his focus for the team, during a press conference on early signing day.

“Excellence is not free,” Saban said. “You got to pay the price up front, and there’s a price to pay for it. Working on fundamentals, finishing the play, pushing yourself through, focusing on blocking and tackling and taking care of the ball. A lot of things that we need to pay attention to detail to try to get our momentum back as a team and our confidence back so that everybody’s playing together and we got a great understanding of what we need to do to have a chance to play winning football when the game comes.”

Alabama is practicing at Dignity Health Sports Park this week. Besides its on-field schedule, UA will have players at the events surrounding the Rose Bowl, including a welcome event at Disneyland on Wednesday, and the Lawry’s Beef Bowl on Thursday.

The Rose Bowl, which serves as a College Football Playoff Semifinal this year, is scheduled for 4 p.m. CT on Monday. The Sugar Bowl, between Washington and Texas, is the other.

Both games will be aired on ESPN.