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Per Randy:
On a typical week, the work toward the next game on the Gophers’ schedule starts at halftime of the current game.
Gagnon’s crew packs up whatever won’t be needed for the second half and prepares it to be loaded onto the semi for transport back to the Larson complex.
“When the game ends, it’s usually about an hour, hour-and-a-half of just cleaning up at the stadium,” Gagnon said. “The way we’re set up at the stadium, every week’s a road game to us because we use the truck every single game.”
A couple of student managers will start washing the uniforms Saturday night, a process that runs into Sunday. A 10-hour day awaits with the bulk of the work on “Sunday projects,” which includes the inspection of pads and helmets for needed repairs.
After the staff takes care of any potential loose ends Tuesday and Wednesday for a Saturday game, the semi is loaded.
Gagnon detailed highlights of the weekly big move:
Go Gophers!!
On a typical week, the work toward the next game on the Gophers’ schedule starts at halftime of the current game.
Gagnon’s crew packs up whatever won’t be needed for the second half and prepares it to be loaded onto the semi for transport back to the Larson complex.
“When the game ends, it’s usually about an hour, hour-and-a-half of just cleaning up at the stadium,” Gagnon said. “The way we’re set up at the stadium, every week’s a road game to us because we use the truck every single game.”
A couple of student managers will start washing the uniforms Saturday night, a process that runs into Sunday. A 10-hour day awaits with the bulk of the work on “Sunday projects,” which includes the inspection of pads and helmets for needed repairs.
After the staff takes care of any potential loose ends Tuesday and Wednesday for a Saturday game, the semi is loaded.
Gagnon detailed highlights of the weekly big move:
- Uniforms for 70 players: “One contingency that we’ve always implemented is no matter what, we pack every uniform, so every jersey and every pant come to every game, no matter home or away. We’ve had instances where just last-minute changes were made to the travel rosters, and we were prepared for it.”
- Helmets: “For the standard player, they have three, so one of each color [maroon, gold, white]. … If you’re a green dot player [usually the quarterback and a linebacker with radio communications in the helmet], you have a second helmet of each color."
- Footballs: “We bring all of our practice footballs, so that’s somewhere between 60 or 70 given each week, just for pregame stuff. For actual game footballs, there’s always 24 that we’re able to check in. … We work with Drake [Lindsey, starting quarterback] and our long snapper and specialists … finding a ball that works for different people."
- Cleats: “We look at the roster and what every guy wears. We have a backup of those. If we have a style that’s very popular in a certain size, we’ll stock extra to that, but we have a separate trunk on the sideline for every style and every size that has somebody in it on the team. So, you’re not wasting space by having a cleat that no one’s wearing.”
Go Gophers!!