The list goes on and on and on and on,” said Gavin Gough, the university’s associate athletics director for facilities, operations and capital projects. “We’ve got a large contingent of university leadership, athletics leadership, and then several departments anywhere from the fire marshal to security to public safety to catering. In addition to the large number of ESPN employees that are building the “College GameDay” set at Presidents Circle on the campus of the University of Utah, which began Thursday, an estimated 80 to 90 people from the university side are also involved in making sure everything runs as smoothly as possible this weekend. It takes a village to put on ESPN’s “College GameDay” every week.
