Photo Gallery: Rose Bowl preparations underway

Edward Corey, Senior Game Manager, and Ted Tompkins, Game Manager, talk about plans on the playing field at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Wednesday, December 19, 2012. Everything that goes into preparing for the upcoming Rose Bowl football game takes place on a schedule, behind the scenes, so the experience for all who attend, including fans, players, coaches, and other guests, is safe and fantastic.  (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Fernando Sanchez, with the Rose Bowl Operating Company, inserts a post of the goal post at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Thursday, December 20, 2012. Everything that goes into preparing for the upcoming Rose Bowl football game takes place on a schedule, behind the scenes, so the experience for all who attend, including fans, players, coaches, and other guests, is safe and fantastic.   (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Eric Wilson, of the Rose Bowl Operating Company, washes seats inside the stadium at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Thursday, December 20, 2012. Everything that goes into preparing for the upcoming Rose Bowl football game takes place on a schedule, behind the scenes, so the experience for all who attend, including fans, players, coaches, and other guests, is safe and fantastic.  (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Martin Rodriguez, with the Rose Bowl Operating Company for 13 years, paints the rose artwork at the 50-yard-line at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Thursday, December 20, 2012. Everything that goes into preparing for the upcoming Rose Bowl football game takes place on a schedule, behind the scenes, so the experience for all who attend, including fans, players, coaches, and other guests, is safe and fantastic.  (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

The dotted pattern on the field represents the template that will be painted at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Thursday, December 20, 2012. Everything that goes into preparing for the upcoming Rose Bowl football game takes place on a schedule, behind the scenes, so the experience for all who attend, including fans, players, coaches, and other guests, is safe and fantastic.  (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Dallas Hattox, with the Rose Bowl Operating Company, pulls out the hose as he and Martin Rodriguez make final preparations to paint the white border of the rose on the 50 yard line at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Thursday, December 20, 2012. Everything that goes into preparing for the upcoming Rose Bowl football game takes place on a schedule, behind the scenes, so the experience for all who attend, including fans, players, coaches, and other guests, is safe and fantastic.  (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Martin Rodriguez, who has worked for the Rose Bowl Operating Company for 13 years, walks through the dots of the template for the artwork at the center of the field at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Thursday, December 20, 2012. Everything that goes into preparing for the upcoming Rose Bowl football game takes place on a schedule, behind the scenes, so the experience for all who attend, including fans, players, coaches, and other guests, is safe and fantastic.  (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Fernando Sanchez, with the Rose Bowl Operating Company, carries a newly painted goal post into the stadium at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Thursday, December 20, 2012. Everything that goes into preparing for the upcoming Rose Bowl football game takes place on a schedule, behind the scenes, so the experience for all who attend, including fans, players, coaches, and other guests, is safe and fantastic.  (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

A yardage stripe on the 20 yard line is pained at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Thursday, December 20, 2012. Everything that goes into preparing for the upcoming Rose Bowl football game takes place on a schedule, behind the scenes, so the experience for all who attend, including fans, players, coaches, and other guests, is safe and fantastic.  (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

The goal post, by First Down Football Products, is assembled by Rose Bowl Operating Company crew members at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Thursday, December 20, 2012. Everything that goes into preparing for the upcoming Rose Bowl football game takes place on a schedule, behind the scenes, so the experience for all who attend, including fans, players, coaches, and other guests, is safe and fantastic.  (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

A crew of two, on slow moving lawn mowers, mow the playing field of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Thursday, December 20, 2012. Everything that goes into preparing for the upcoming Rose Bowl football game takes place on a schedule, behind the scenes, so the experience for all who attend, including fans, players, coaches, and other guests, is safe and fantastic.  (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

The artwork at the center of the field is painted at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Thursday, December 20, 2012. Everything that goes into preparing for the upcoming Rose Bowl football game takes place on a schedule, behind the scenes, so the experience for all who attend, including fans, players, coaches, and other guests, is safe and fantastic.  (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Seating is washed at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Thursday, December 20, 2012. Everything that goes into preparing for the upcoming Rose Bowl football game takes place on a schedule, behind the scenes, so the experience for all who attend, including fans, players, coaches, and other guests, is safe and fantastic.  (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Press box construction at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Thursday, December 20, 2012. Everything that goes into preparing for the upcoming Rose Bowl football game takes place on a schedule, behind the scenes, so the experience for all who attend, including fans, players, coaches, and other guests, is safe and fantastic.  (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

The playing field of the Rose Bowl as it is being mowed in final preparations for the first coat of paint at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Thursday, December 20, 2012. Everything that goes into preparing for the upcoming Rose Bowl football game takes place on a schedule, behind the scenes, so the experience for all who attend, including fans, players, coaches, and other guests, is safe and fantastic.  (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Miguel Yepez, of the Rose Bowl Operating Company, confirms the string placement before field markings are painted at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Thursday, December 20, 2012. Everything that goes into preparing for the upcoming Rose Bowl football game takes place on a schedule, behind the scenes, so the experience for all who attend, including fans, players, coaches, and other guests, is safe and fantastic.  (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

A Rose Bowl Operating Company crew paints the borders of the field with black paint at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Thursday, December 20, 2012. Everything that goes into preparing for the upcoming Rose Bowl football game takes place on a schedule, behind the scenes, so the experience for all who attend, including fans, players, coaches, and other guests, is safe and fantastic.  (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

While priming the paint gun, the paint tip released causing paint to spray onto Martin Rodriguez’s face at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Thursday, December 20, 2012. Everything that goes into preparing for the upcoming Rose Bowl football game takes place on a schedule, behind the scenes, so the experience for all who attend, including fans, players, coaches, and other guests, is safe and fantastic.  (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

ROSE is painted on the field, part of the artwork at the 50-yard-line, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Thursday, December 20, 2012. Everything that goes into preparing for the upcoming Rose Bowl football game takes place on a schedule, behind the scenes, so the experience for all who attend, including fans, players, coaches, and other guests, is safe and fantastic.   (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Paint for the Stanford endzone at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Thursday, December 20, 2012. Everything that goes into preparing for the upcoming Rose Bowl football game takes place on a schedule, behind the scenes, so the experience for all who attend, including fans, players, coaches, and other guests, is safe and fantastic.  (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Paint for the Wisconsin endzone at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Thursday, December 20, 2012. Everything that goes into preparing for the upcoming Rose Bowl football game takes place on a schedule, behind the scenes, so the experience for all who attend, including fans, players, coaches, and other guests, is safe and fantastic.  (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

A fraction of the paint that will be needed to paint the field at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Thursday, December 20, 2012. Everything that goes into preparing for the upcoming Rose Bowl football game takes place on a schedule, behind the scenes, so the experience for all who attend, including fans, players, coaches, and other guests, is safe and fantastic.  (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Senior Game Manager Ed Corey and Game Manager Ted Tompkins at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Thursday, December 20, 2012. Everything that goes into preparing for the upcoming Rose Bowl football game takes place on a schedule, behind the scenes, so the experience for all who attend, including fans, players, coaches, and other guests, is safe and fantastic.   (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Senior Game Manager Ed Corey talks with Game Manager Ted Tompkins outside the media compound at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Wednesday, December 19, 2012. Everything that goes into preparing for the upcoming Rose Bowl football game takes place on a schedule, behind the scenes, so the experience for all who attend, including fans, players, coaches, and other guests, is safe and fantastic.  (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Edward Corey, the Senior Game Manager, in the operations trailer at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Wednesday, December 19, 2012. Everything that goes into preparing for the upcoming Rose Bowl football game takes place on a schedule, behind the scenes, so the experience for all who attend, including fans, players, coaches, and other guests, is safe and fantastic.  (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)