Two LSU teams will be in Tuscaloosa this weekend, but one will be taking the pool instead of the gridiron. The LSU swimming and diving teams will face Alabama at 3 p.m. today. Following the meet, they’ll get back on the bus and head east to Tallahassee, Fla., for a dual meet against Florida State at 1 p.m. tomorrow.The teams left at 9 a.m. Thursday and will spend a lot of time on the road during the next few days. “As soon as we finish ‘Bama, we’re getting on the bus, and we’re driving straight to Tallahassee,” Junior Clint Hallum said. “We’re hoping to get there by 1 a.m. for a midday meet against FSU.”Hallum said the team knows it will be a tough two days, so two things are necessary for this weekend.”First, we’re not holding back against Alabama, our first meet on Friday,” Hallum said. “We have to go all out in every event we’re swimming because we’re going to have to do that to win. If we’re not 100 percent against ‘Bama we’re going to run the risk of losing that meet.”Hallum said the second thing the team needs to do this weekend is to properly recover and warm down from each event.”We’re going to spend a lot of time on the road,” Hallum said. “We need to do all of the necessary steps so that each time we’re on the blocks, we’re 100 percent recovered and ready to swim.”Hallum said the team swam double meets his freshman year.”I remember it’s tough, and we didn’t respond as well as we should have … in that second meet,” Hallum said.Hallum said he hopes the upperclassmen can use experiences from that meet to help the underclassmen.—-Contact Katherine Terrell at [email protected]