RENO, Nev. — One of the most dreaded things in life is moving. Even worse? Being asked to help someone else move.

Now imagine having to move 12 tons of gear and equipment at least 12 times over a three-month period.

Welcome to an essential but largely overlooked — and underappreciated — task required to get a college football team’s gear from here to there for game day.

It is a challenging chore that requires an amount of preparation, attention to detail and teamwork similar to what is asked of those playing the game itself.

“It’s cool. It’s literally like Tetris, and I love video games,” said SDSU equipment manager Omer Melzer-Bronstein, who is in charge of the exhaustive process.

It’s one thing for San Diego State to truck everything seven miles from campus to Snapdragon Stadium for

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