Meet the men who dress the Ducks

ByDARREN ROVELL
January 11, 2015, 2:39 PM

— -- ARLINGTON, Texas -- At 3:45 p.m. CT Saturday, Kenny Farr, Aaron "Pooh" Wasson and nine student managers get to work unloading the University of Oregon equipment truck in the bowels of AT&T Stadium.

It was roughly two decades ago that Nike co-founder and chairman Phil Knight and his top design lieutenant Tinker Hatfield, both former Oregon track and field members, set out to make Oregon the coolest team in college sports. The plan worked, thanks to the devotion of the company -- which designed Oregon's new "O" and gave it cutting-edge technology and looks -- and the team itself, whose style of play revolutionized the game.

And while it's easy to see the complexity of the team's wardrobe on the biggest of stages, it's rare to get a behind-the-scenes look at how the engine runs. So we are here as the Oregon equipment crew wheels case after case of gear into one of the two visiting locker rooms at AT&T Stadium, where the College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T will be played Monday night ( ESPN, 8:30 ET).

With Nike's help, Oregon has not only revolutionized the college football uniform game, but also changed the scope of the job done by the people behind the scenes to continue to bring it all together.