.Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterAug 22, 2024, 07:00 AM ETClose ACC media reporter.Joined ESPN.com in 2010.Grad of the University of Florida.In the lead-up to Saturday's first in between Florida Condition and Georgia Specialist, both universities invested 17 months creating spreadsheets, filling in documents as well as triple-checking customs policies to make sure they stuffed all the basics for their transatlantic trip.Uniforms? Check.Cleats? Check.Ranch suiting up? Umm, check?The Ramblin' Wreck? Regrettably, back in Atlanta.Renegade, Osceola as well as their flaming spear? So that pesky quarantine concern had actually been actually solved.Even without their most famous pregame practices traveling along with all of them to Dublin, Fla Condition and Georgia Technician are going to headline Week 0 along with whatever they require to participate in football with the help of an exhaustive behind the curtain initiative that Georgia Tech supervisor of football functions Josh Thompson refers to as "not for the pale of center." In all, the universities combined to take 238 pet crates analyzing more than 40,000 pounds-- jam-packed as well as shipped on freight aircrafts recently-- full of whatever coming from activity time devices to sporting activity medication fundamentals, protein particle, snack foods such as Goldfish and also indeed, seasonings that are certainly not readily available in Dublin.Editor's Picks2 Related" There is no area for inaccuracy here," claimed Jason Baisden, Florida Condition aide sports director for tools operations. "When we're there, our experts're there. Our experts can't come back or can't phone as well as point out, 'Hey, take this with you.'" Each schools began to get ready for this video game in March 2023, soon after it was actually revealed. Florida State director of football operations Bruce Warwick had been part of numerous overseas video games in his previous stops in the NFL, so he actually possessed a really good idea about what relocating an entire crew greater than 4,000 kilometers away would entail.Beyond evacuating all the required tools, travel permits will must be actually gotten, several in-person site sees to the crew hotel would certainly need to become created (including meals samplings) and also communication along with authorities in Ireland will have to be exact. Absolutely nothing-- like assuming that a United States biscuit and an Irish cookie were the same-- might be left to chance." I must find out to communicate their language," Baisden pointed out. "Like, it is actually certainly not an outfit to all of them, it's a set. It is actually the English foreign language, yet our experts must ensure absolutely nothing was dropped along with the translation of what our company are carrying out." Baisden and Thompson helped make calls to folks they recognized at Notre Dame as well as Navy, two universities that had formerly played in Ireland. Baisden asked for their carnet, a document that assists in momentary global imports and exports. Generally, the carnet lists every product that is actually brought into an overseas nation line through line, along with particular numbers.Florida Condition AthleticsWant to take snack foods for the crew? No worry. But every treat, from applesauce to crackers, should be actually noted. The very same chooses rolls of tape, handwear covers, protein particles. You intend to carry it? You must list it.At Fla Condition, Baisden came to be the point individual in between teams. In January, he talked to the sporting activity nourishment, sport medication, imaginative video clip, weight training, radio broadcast and sports details teams to begin pinpointing what they completely needed to carry with them.He defined the process as preparing for "a foreign dish trip." However the information along with which every thing needed to be itemized progresses beyond any bowl vacation prep work, where colleges can easily merely load up their tools trucks and also get on their means. For this journey, Baisden tagged every pet crate along with what it was for-- resort, technique, game.International traveling is actually why the Ramblin' Wreck and Renegade and Osceola were actually left at home. Irish officials had actually asked about their schedule, as well as both institutions had significant dialogues regarding locating a method to carry out it.Renegade, the fabulous steed ridden by Osceola just before every Fla Condition home activity to plant an ablaze harpoon at midfield, will possess needed to sequester en route back to Tallahassee as required by worldwide regulations. Therefore, the equine would certainly possess been inaccessible for the home opener versus Boston College on Sept. 2. Additionally, this is theoretically a Georgia Technology home game.A gold and also white colored 1930 Ford Model A Sport Sports car called the "Ramblin' Accident" has led the Yellow Jackets onto the area for each home game given that 1961. The Wreckage would certainly need to journey on a ship to reach Ireland. The travel opportunity home would certainly have meant it, also, will possess been actually inaccessible for the home opener against Georgia Condition on Aug. 31. There had been conversation about utilizing an Irish "relative" of the Wreck, a Peugeot-type from Dublin, yet the suggestion was actually nixed.There was actually plenty a lot more that must be gone over to reach the finish line. Florida State found yourself must acquire 85 keys for its players Georgia Specialist had to acquire 70 in complete in between gamers and workers. Probably one of the most unexpected problem the staffs faced was making sure they would have the capacity to make use of the new technology made it possible for starting this time-- coach-to-helmet interaction and iPads on the sideline.The headset systems trainers use on the subsidiary in the United States carry out not work overseas considering that they utilize various carrier frequency. Each schools needed to rent out brand-new systems, which means a various belt pack for trainers to acquire utilized to. Fla Condition experimented all of them throughout scrimmages so the instructors could start to receive a feel for them.Thompson claimed the institutions needed to get several product lines of frequency for the communication headsets to operate. The apples ipad called for coordination along with Aviva Coliseum as well as nearby suppliers for certain fiber product lines made use of to update online video in real time. The universities have had every week telephone calls along with the ACC as well as different sellers to make sure every thing prepares to go. Everything will be actually examined Friday.Florida Condition Sports" The trainers do not as if modification. I do not as if adjustment," Thompson stated. "Everybody is a critter of of habit. I want to stroll right into the coliseum when the crew strolls in as well as ensure whatever is actually done. I don't desire to have to be actually running around panicking, 'All right, just how are our experts heading to manage this?'" The staffs experienced various flight terminals to have their cargo flown over, all at the direction of Aer Lingus, the game's title enroller. Fla Condition left a vehicle recently that left for Orlando, where its own crates were actually then placed on freight aircraft pallets called "biscuit pieces" for international trip and then soared to Dublin. Georgia Specialist had its own cargo go on a plane to Chicago, and then on Dublin.Everything soared over come in just before the crews got inside Thursday early morning. Each crew sent an advance group early to open up dog crates and also begin arranging products for usage at the hotel or coliseum. Devices managers put together their respective storage locker rooms for Thursday method. On top of that, both crews had numerous situations of Powerade and canteen directly transported to both the hotels and resort and also stadium.The hotels were decided on for their correlations to normal street accommodations. They needed to possess big enough rooms offered for crew appointments, but also food items that sampled like home. Warwick claimed grits, for example, were a nonstarter since the chefs could possibly not prepare them to specification. Fla Condition players have an affinity for cattle ranch suiting up, A1 meat sauce and Tabasco, products unavailable in Ireland, therefore those specific spices were stuffed." The food items is the most significant obstacle since they like what they such as and also they recognize what they understand," Warwick claimed. "Our team attempted to maintain it as Americanized as feasible." The teams themselves left the United States on Wednesday evening, however even their partings looked various. For domestic video game traveling, both crews go through TSA safety and security screening at their particular coliseums just before boarding buses as well as heading to their charter flights.But for a worldwide journey, both groups must experience the regular safety pipe at their corresponding airport terminals. It is actually one point for Florida Condition to undergo its own tiny regional flight terminal in Tallahassee. However merely picture the 289-person Georgia Tech take a trip event bring up to Rout F at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Terminal in Atlanta and also undergoing security.Aer Lingus, the headline enroller of the video game, had to obtain exclusive approval to safeguard an entrance. Thompson mentioned he has actually been actually assured there will definitely be actually additional security streets open to obtain Georgia Technology by means of successfully. He prepares to use a "sheathing unit" where he splits up the gamers right into groups, along with one designated the captain and also in charge of making certain everyone possesses their passports.Players will definitely be actually reminded often about perform's as well as carry out n'ts if they are actually carrying baggages, including the size of permitted liquids." I can not hang around to observe when I am actually the final person that looks at the TSA line what all was actually taken during that time," Thompson said.Now picture this upon arrival: Gamers loafing the luggage slide carousel, awaiting their gamer devices bags. Those bags had to journey with them due to the fact that both crews performed completely around their parting day. So the bags acquire examined onto the aircraft upon airport delivery, for pick-up in baggage claim, aside from their own personal baggage. For this vacation, Florida Condition acquired its own players individualized roller suitcases. Each staffs are going to possess a light practice at the stadium after they show up, along with the major objective to acquire every person adjusted to the five-hour time adjustment. Georgia Technology coach Brent Trick, who mosted likely to Ireland for a video game as a UCF assistant in 2014, stated he performs certainly not desire to make the vacation any bigger than it has to be actually-- reasoning his previous foreign experience." Our company overcoached those little ones," Trick pointed out, referring to UCF's 26-24 reduction to Penn Condition. "Our experts tried to give them an experience. Our experts took all of them to different spots, took them on scenic tours as well as it was simply too much stuff when you're going over there to play volleyball video game. Do you understand what makes a terrific adventure? Succeeding." Therefore, Georgia Tech will fly home after the activity as it possesses a limited turn-around to the adhering to week. Due to the fact that Florida State uses a Monday evening, instructor Mike Norvell made a decision to have the crew remain on Sunday for some sightseeing and tour just before returning to Tallahassee.Though that method is actually different, considering the coordinations in the lead-up to the game has actually equaled. The colleges have remained in continual interaction, but there will definitely be actually anxiousness upon landing, in the course of the game as well as postgame, as well. Every little thing must be actually repacked for trip back home, and at customizeds Sunday night. In each instances-- traveling to and also coming from-- both schools need to depend heavily on individuals they have certainly never fulfilled to get the job done." Anytime and also each time I travel, I panic if my bag is going to get there certainly, so you definitely fret about that," Thompson claimed. "You are actually relocating practically 300 folks at once. So you merely need to see to it it is actually appropriate and also best.".