The 'Noles added an interesting wrinkle to their practice routine on Wednesday. They now enter and leave their practice grounds by treading along a lengthy mat painted up to resemble The Wizard of Oz's iconic yellow brick road. I asked head coach Jimbo Fisher why it was there; he smiled and responded,
"We're going to see the wizard."
When asked just who the wizard was in this scenario, Fisher held back: "We can't tell you that." He tipped his hand a bit following up on the significance of the film, though: "We liked some characteristics. It's just a little thing to lock us in, just a little thing to remind us that when we hit this practice field, there's a purpose, and what our purpose is, and what we have to attain, to attain as a person and as a player, to be able to have success."