Other moms pop 25 pounds of popcorn and fill hundreds of plastic cups with more than 50 pounds of peanuts. They cook more than 300 hot dogs and heat 100 pretzels and five gallons of cheese for nachos. They stock the beverage cases and candy counter, brew coffee and put out enough napkins, cups and plates to serve the multitudes. But the work doesn't end at the concession stand. The Mothers Club also feeds the referees at half-time and the players after the game.
Maker acknowledges that it takes work to feed so many.
By game day, most of Egan's work is done. He has already filled three brand new footballs with exactly 13 pounds of air, handed out clean home uniforms, seen to the two-way radios the coaches use to communicate from the press box to the field and fixed any other equipment that might be needed for the game. But what seems simple can quickly turn into an organizational nightmare if Egan isn't careful. He also is issued a helmet, shoulder pads and a number of other specialty pads, each numbered, that he also keeps for the duration of the season. The game uniforms are turned in after each game for cleaning.