About 30 minutes later, four BCS-marked buses and a swarm of police escorts pulled up to the front of the Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, which will serve as the team's headquarters leading up to the Jan. 7 BCS national title game versus Texas.
The school enlisted no fewer than a dozen security staffers to guard the hotel for the team's arrival today. Fans and media were not allowed anywhere on the property, which means myself and AL.com colleague Dennis Pillion were moved across the street as the Crimson Tide rolled up to the hotel.
Nick Saban and wife Terry rode in the front of the first bus.
One determined fan, Richard McCay of Laguna Beach (orginally of Oneonta), wore an Alabama hat and pulled out a flag he waved and wore as a cape as Saban and players rolled past him.
UA chartered two flights today from Birmingham's airport. The first carried the team and coaches. The second, which carried school officials and other members of the traveling party, touched down about an hour later.
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