For every coach that has a team playing in a late December bowl game, preparation kicks into high gear for that heightened prep period between bowl selection and the game.
Every detail becomes magnified as coaches wonder: What is our game plan? How well have our players recovered from the regular season? How can we attack the opponent’s scheme?
But for many of these coaches there’s also a secondary plan that kicks into effect the moment their team has been chosen for a bowl game around the Christmas holiday: What is Santa Claus’ game plan? How will the reindeer land on hotel roofs?