To get from Birmingham, Ala., to College Park, Md., as quickly as possible is not difficult. That’s why airplanes exist. If you are a college athlete, things are not quite so simple.

Florida State star Myron Rolle, a junior safety, is heading into a weekend he won’t soon forget. Rolle, a finalist for a Rhodes Scholarship, will drive tomorrow from Tallahassee to Birmingham, Ala., where he’ll interview Saturday with the Rhodes panel. After his interview, Rolle will board a small charter plane and fly to the D.C. area. He hopes to play that night against Maryland in College Park.