.Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior Citizen WriterAug 22, 2024, 07:00 AM ETClose ACC media reporter.Participated in ESPN.com in 2010.Graduate of the University of Florida.In the lead-up to Saturday's kickoff between Florida State and also Georgia Specialist, both universities invested 17 months making spreadsheets, completing files and triple-checking personalizeds laws to be sure they stuffed all the essentials for their transatlantic trip.Uniforms? Check.Cleats? Check.Ranch suiting up? Umm, check?The Ramblin' Wreckage? Unfortunately, back in Atlanta.Renegade, Osceola and their ablaze spear? So that pesky quarantine issue had actually been solved.Even without their most renowned pregame heritages journeying along with them to Dublin, Florida State and also Georgia Tech will certainly headline Full week 0 with every thing they require to participate in soccer thanks to a comprehensive behind the curtain initiative that Georgia Specialist director of football operations Josh Thompson calls "except the faint of soul." In every, the colleges combined to bring 238 dog crates analyzing much more than 40,000 pounds-- jam-packed as well as transported on freight airplanes last week-- full of everything from video game day equipment to sport medication basics, protein grain, treats such as Goldfish as well as indeed, dressings that are actually certainly not on call in Dublin.Editor's Picks2 Related" There is actually no space for inaccuracy below," claimed Jason Baisden, Fla State aide sports director for tools functions. "The moment we exist, our experts're there. Our company can not go back or even can not contact as well as claim, 'Hey, take this with you.'" Both schools began to get ready for this video game in March 2023, soon after it was revealed. Florida State supervisor of volleyball functions Bruce Warwick had actually been part of many abroad games in his previous stops in the NFL, therefore he presently possessed a really good suggestion about what relocating a whole team more than 4,000 kilometers away would entail.Beyond evacuating all the required devices, travel permits would must be actually secured, several in-person web site sees to the crew hotel would certainly need to have to become created (featuring meals samplings) and interaction with officials in Ireland would have to be actually exact. Absolutely nothing-- like thinking that an American cookie as well as an Irish cookie coincided-- might be left to opportunity." I must know to speak their foreign language," Baisden mentioned. "Like, it's certainly not an attire to them, it is actually a kit. It is actually the English foreign language, however our experts must see to it nothing at all was actually lost along with the interpretation of what our company are performing." Baisden as well as Thompson created calls to folks they understood at Notre Dame and Navy, two colleges that had formerly played in Ireland. Baisden sought their carnet, a documentation that assists in brief worldwide imports as well as exports. Basically, the carnet notes every thing that is brought right into an overseas nation line by line, along with particular numbers.Florida Condition AthleticsWant to take snacks for the group? No problem. However every treat, from applesauce to crackers, should be actually provided. The same selects rolls of strip, gloves, healthy protein grains. You desire to take it? You need to list it.At Fla State, Baisden ended up being the point person in between divisions. In January, he talked to the sport nourishment, sport medication, innovative video, weightlifting, radio broadcast as well as sporting activities info teams to begin identifying what they completely needed to deliver with them.He described the process as preparing for "an overseas bowl vacation." But the information along with which every little thing needed to be itemized goes far beyond any dish excursion preparation, where universities can simply arm their equipment vehicles as well as be on their method. For this vacation, Baisden identified every cage along with what it was actually for-- accommodation, technique, game.International travel is actually why the Ramblin' Wreckage and Insurgent as well as Osceola were actually left in the home. Irish authorities had actually asked about their supply, as well as each schools had serious discussions regarding discovering a technique to accomplish it.Renegade, the legendary horse ridden by Osceola prior to every Florida State home game to plant an ablaze spear at midfield, would certainly possess had to sequester en route back to Tallahassee as required by international requirements. Because of this, the horse would certainly possess been not available for the home opener against Boston University on Sept. 2. And also, this is actually actually a Georgia Specialist home game.A gold and also white colored 1930 Ford Design A Sporting activity Coupe called the "Ramblin' Wreck" has actually led the Yellowish Jackets onto the industry for every single home game because 1961. The Wreck would have to journey on a ship to come to Ireland. The trip time home would have implied it, too, would have been actually inaccessible for the home opener versus Georgia State on Aug. 31. There had actually been dialogue about making use of an Irish "cousin" of the Wreckage, a Peugeot-type alternate coming from Dublin, but the tip was actually nixed.There was actually plenty even more that needed to be reviewed to get to the goal. Fla Condition wound up must acquire 85 passports for its own players Georgia Specialist must receive 70 in complete in between gamers and staff. Possibly the most unanticipated challenge the groups experienced was actually being sure they would certainly have the capacity to use the brand new technology permitted beginning this season-- coach-to-helmet communication and also apples ipad on the sideline.The headset bodies instructors use on the sideline in the USA carry out not operate overseas since they use different carrier frequency. Each institutions needed to rent out brand new units, and also means a different belt pack for coaches to get utilized to. Fla State exercised with all of them during the course of scrimmages so the trainers could possibly begin to obtain a feel for them.Thompson mentioned the colleges needed to get multiple series of frequency for the communication headsets to work. The apples ipad required sychronisation with Aviva Arena as well as regional vendors for particular fiber product lines used to improve video clip directly. The institutions have possessed weekly telephone calls with the ACC as well as different providers to make sure every thing is ready to go. Every thing is going to be actually checked Friday.Florida Condition Sports" The trains do not such as improvement. I don't like change," Thompson mentioned. "Everybody is a creature of of practice. I would like to stroll into the arena when the team strolls in and also see to it whatever is carried out. I do not wish to have to be running around panicking, 'All right, just how are we mosting likely to manage this?'" The groups experienced different airports to have their freight soared over, all at the direction of Aer Lingus, the activity's label sponsor. Florida Condition packed up a truck recently that left behind for Orlando, where its cages were actually then positioned on packages aircraft pallets contacted "cookie sheets" for global traveling and after that flown to Dublin. Georgia Specialist possessed its payload happen an aircraft to Chicago, and then on Dublin.Everything soared over gotten here prior to the crews entered Thursday morning. Each staff delivered an advance team early to open cages and also begin arranging items for usage at the resort or coliseum. Devices supervisors put together their particular closet rooms for Thursday strategy. Moreover, both teams had dozens instances of Powerade and canteen directly shipped to both the resort and also stadium.The hotels were actually picked for their resemblances to ordinary street accommodations. They had to have big adequate spaces on call for group conferences, but also meals that tried like home. Warwick said grits, as an example, were actually a nonstarter given that the cooks might certainly not cook them to standard. Fla Condition gamers possess an affinity for farm suiting up, A1 meat dressing as well as Tabasco, things unavailable in Ireland, so those details dressings were actually stuffed." The food is the largest difficulty due to the fact that they like what they such as and they recognize what they recognize," Warwick pointed out. "Our company made an effort to maintain it as Americanized as possible." The teams themselves left behind the United States on Wednesday evening, yet even their departures looked various. For domestic game trip, both staffs undergo TSA surveillance assessment at their respective stadiums before boarding buses and moving to their charter flights.But for a worldwide journey, both crews have to go through the routine safety and security pipe at their corresponding flight terminals. It is one thing for Florida Condition to undergo its little local airport in Tallahassee. However merely visualize the 289-person Georgia Specialist journey celebration bring up to Concourse F at Hartsfield-Jackson International Flight Terminal in Atlanta ga and undergoing security.Aer Lingus, the headline enroller of the activity, had to get special permission to safeguard a gateway. Thompson stated he has actually been actually guaranteed there will certainly be added safety and security lanes available to obtain Georgia Tech via effectively. He plans to use a "pod unit" where he separates the players in to groups, along with one designated the leader and also responsible for making sure everybody possesses their passports.Players will be helped remind frequently approximately carry out's and do n'ts if they are delivering carry-ons, featuring the size of allowable fluids." I can not hang around to see when I am actually the final individual that goes through the TSA pipes what all was taken in the course of that opportunity," Thompson said.Now image this upon landing: Players standing around the luggage slide carousel, awaiting their player tools bags. Those bags must journey with them because each staffs practiced completely approximately their parting day. So the bags get inspected onto the airplane upon airport terminal delivery, for pickup in baggage case, aside from their own private baggage. For this vacation, Fla Condition acquired its players personalized curler traveling bags. Each groups will definitely have a lightweight method at the coliseum after they arrive, along with the main goal to acquire everyone accustomed to the five-hour time modification. Georgia Technology train Brent Secret, who went to Ireland for a game as a UCF aide in 2014, said he performs certainly not want to create the vacation any larger than it must be-- reasoning his previous overseas take in." Our company overcoached those children," Secret pointed out, describing UCF's 26-24 loss to Penn State. "Our experts made an effort to give them an encounter. Our team took all of them to different spots, took all of them on trips as well as it was simply way too much stuff when you're discussing there to play volleyball game. Perform you know what makes an excellent knowledge? Succeeding." To that end, Georgia Tech are going to soar home after the video game as it possesses a strict turnaround to the complying with week. Due to the fact that Florida State plays on a Monday evening, train Mike Norvell chose to have the team stay on Sunday for some taking in the sights just before returning to Tallahassee.Though that approach is actually different, preparing the strategies in the lead-up to the game has equaled. The institutions have actually been in constant communication, yet there will be stress upon appearance, during the course of the game and also postgame, as well. Every thing must be actually repacked for travel back home, and also at customizeds Sunday night. In both situations-- travel to as well as from-- each schools must count intensely on folks they have actually certainly never satisfied to get the job done." Anytime as well as each time I take a trip, I panic if my bag is actually going to get certainly there, so you certainly bother with that," Thompson said. "You're relocating practically 300 individuals at one time. So you just need to see to it it is actually appropriate as well as appropriate.".