The Buckeyes are on site for their College Football Playoff quarterfinal showdown with Oregon at the Rose Bowl.
Ohio State flew to Los Angeles and checked into their hotel for a four-day business trip, as both quarterback Will Howard and linebacker Cody Simon put it as they met with the media shortly after the team walked off their bus from the airport on Sunday night.
"We're trying to treat this like a business trip. This is not a normal bowl trip," Howard said.