‘225’: Behind the scenes of LSU football’s high-tech video team

During the football season, it’s not unusual for LSU coach Les Miles and his assistants to clock in at 7 a.m. and work until midnight. The bulk of that time is spent, not on the practice field or in the weight room, but with a remote control in hand, watching video playback. Down the hall from the coaches’ offices inside the expansive LSU football headquarters and practice facility lies the nerve center of the entire program: a proficient video editing operation that serves as a hub for scouting opponents, analyzing Tiger performances, harvesting and organizing a jet stream of statistics, and collecting highlights to create the next boiling wave of breathless hype. At the helm sits Doug Aucoin, college football’s 2010 National Video Director of the Year and a four-time SEC winner of the award. “It’s an honor, but it feels strange accepting it for something that doesn’t feel like a job,” the New Orleans native says. “I do what I do because I love it. It’s not really work to me.” Maybe that’s because Aucoin literally grew up doing this. Read the full feature by Editor Jeff Roedel in the current issue of 225 magazine here.