Preparing for any bowl game can push even the best equipment managers and veteran video coordinators to the max. Add in the fact that your program is playing for the BCS national title, and you've got to bring your "A-game".
Here's a fascinating look at the preparation that Auburn's Dana Marquez (equipment manager), and Brent Thomas (video coordinator) had to put in to get things ready for the team and coaching staff's arrival in Pasadena, while still maintaining a sense of normalcy (and efficiency) at their own football ops center before departing for sunny Southern California.
These guys are a big part of the glue that allow the coaching staff to focus on doing what they do best, coaching and developing young men.