.Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterAug 22, 2024, 07:00 AM ETClose ACC media reporter.Signed up with ESPN.com in 2010.Graduate of the Educational Institution of Florida.In the lead-up to Sunday's first in between Florida Condition and also Georgia Technician, both schools invested 17 months bring in spreadsheets, submitting records and triple-checking personalizeds guidelines to be sure they stuffed all the basics for their transatlantic trip.Uniforms? Check.Cleats? Check.Ranch dressing? Umm, check?The Ramblin' Wreckage? Unfortunately, back in Atlanta.Renegade, Osceola and also their flaming harpoon? So that pesky quarantine issue had actually been actually solved.Even without their very most legendary pregame practices journeying along with all of them to Dublin, Florida Condition as well as Georgia Technology will definitely headline Week 0 with whatever they need to play volleyball thanks to an exhaustive behind the curtain initiative that Georgia Tech director of football operations Josh Thompson refers to as "except the pale of heart." In all, the schools incorporated to bring 238 cages analyzing more than 40,000 extra pounds-- stuffed and delivered on freight planes last week-- loaded with every thing from game day tools to sporting activity medicine basics, protein particle, snacks like Goldfish and indeed, condiments that are actually certainly not on call in Dublin.Editor's Picks2 Related" There is actually no room for mistake listed below," stated Jason Baisden, Fla Condition aide athletic supervisor for equipment functions. "The moment our experts exist, we exist. We can't go back or can't call and also say, 'Hey, take this with you.'" Each institutions began to prepare yourself for this video game in March 2023, soon after it was actually announced. Florida State director of soccer procedures Bruce Warwick had actually become part of several foreign activities in his previous drop in the NFL, so he currently possessed an excellent concept concerning what moving a whole entire staff more than 4,000 kilometers away would certainly entail.Beyond leaving all the necessary equipment, keys will must be actually safeguarded, several in-person internet site visits to the group hotels and resort would need to become created (featuring food tastings) as well as communication along with officials in Ireland would certainly need to be exact. Nothing at all-- like presuming that an American cookie as well as an Irish biscuit were the same-- could be delegated to chance." I must learn to talk their language," Baisden pointed out. "Like, it's certainly not an attire to all of them, it is actually a kit. It is the British language, yet we needed to be sure nothing was actually dropped with the translation of what we are actually carrying out." Baisden and Thompson created contact us to people they understood at Notre Dame and also Naval force, two universities that had actually recently played in Ireland. Baisden requested their carnet, a document that helps with temporary global bring ins and exports. Generally, the carnet notes every item that is actually carried in to an overseas country line through line, with exact numbers.Florida State AthleticsWant to deliver snacks for the team? No worry. However every snack, from applesauce to crackers, must be noted. The exact same goes for rolls of tape, gloves, healthy protein grains. You intend to bring it? You need to note it.At Fla Condition, Baisden became the factor person in between divisions. In January, he asked the sporting activity nutrition, sport medication, innovative online video, weight training, radio show and also sports details teams to start pinpointing what they completely needed to bring with them.He illustrated the procedure as planning for "a foreign dish travel." But the information along with which every thing must be recorded goes far past any kind of bowl excursion planning, where institutions can only load up their tools trucks and also get on their way. For this vacation, Baisden identified every pet crate with what it was actually for-- accommodation, technique, game.International traveling is why the Ramblin' Wreckage and Abandoner as well as Osceola were actually left behind at home. Irish authorities had inquired about their availability, and both colleges possessed major conversations concerning locating a technique to accomplish it.Renegade, the legendary steed ridden through Osceola just before every Florida State home activity to plant an ablaze javelin at midfield, would possess had to sequester on the way back to Tallahassee as required through worldwide requirements. As a result, the steed would certainly have been actually not available for the home opener against Boston University on Sept. 2. And also, this is theoretically a Georgia Technician home game.A gold as well as white colored 1930 Ford Design A Sport Coupe referred to as the "Ramblin' Wreckage" has led the Yellow Jackets onto the industry for every home activity due to the fact that 1961. The Wreckage will need to travel on a ship to get to Ireland. The trip time home would certainly possess implied it, as well, would possess been actually inaccessible for the home opener versus Georgia Condition on Aug. 31. There had actually been actually discussion about using an Irish "cousin" of the Wreck, a Peugeot-type from Dublin, but the idea was nixed.There was actually plenty extra that must be covered to reach the finish line. Fla State found yourself having to obtain 85 travel permits for its own gamers Georgia Technician must acquire 70 in total in between players and workers. Possibly the absolute most unforeseen difficulty the teams experienced was making certain they would certainly manage to make use of the brand-new innovation allowed beginning this period-- coach-to-helmet communication and apples ipad on the sideline.The headset systems trainers use on the subsidiary in the United States perform not function overseas given that they utilize various radio frequencies. Each institutions needed to rent new systems, which suggests a different waistband pack for coaches to obtain utilized to. Fla Condition practiced with them in the course of skirmishes so the instructors can start to acquire a feel for them.Thompson said the universities had to safeguard a number of collections of regularity for the interaction headsets to function. The iPads called for coordination along with Aviva Arena as well as local merchants for details fiber lines used to upgrade video recording directly. The institutions have actually possessed weekly phone calls along with the ACC and different merchants to make sure every thing prepares to go. Every little thing will definitely be actually assessed Friday.Florida Condition Athletics" The instructors do not just like modification. I do not such as improvement," Thompson stated. "Everyone is a creature of of practice. I desire to walk into the coliseum when the crew walks in and make certain everything is carried out. I don't wish to need to be running around panicking, 'All right, exactly how are our experts heading to manage this?'" The crews underwent different airport terminals to have their packages soared over, all at the direction of Aer Lingus, the game's label supporter. Fla Condition evacuated a vehicle last week that left for Orlando, where its own cages were after that placed on payload aircraft pallets phoned "cookie slabs" for international trip and then soared to Dublin. Georgia Tech had its cargo happen an aircraft to Chicago, and after that on Dublin.Everything soared over gotten here just before the teams got in Thursday morning. Each crew sent out an advance group early to open up dog crates as well as start sorting items for usage at the hotels and resort or even stadium. Equipment supervisors set up their respective storage locker spaces for Thursday method. In addition, both groups possessed dozens cases of Powerade and also water bottles directly delivered to both the lodging as well as stadium.The resorts were decided on for their resemblances to regular roadway lodgings. They had to have large adequate areas available for staff conferences, but also food items that sampled like home. Warwick stated grits, for example, were a nonstarter considering that the cooks can not cook all of them to requirements. Fla State players have an alikeness for ranch dressing, A1 steak sauce and also Tabasco, products not available in Ireland, so those specific seasonings were actually loaded." The food is actually the biggest difficulty given that they like what they such as as well as they recognize what they know," Warwick pointed out. "Our team made an effort to maintain it as Americanized as possible." The teams on their own left the United States on Wednesday night, but also their departures looked different. For residential video game trip, both teams undergo TSA surveillance screening process at their particular arenas just before boarding buses as well as moving to their charter flights.But for an international trip, both staffs should experience the regular safety line at their particular airport terminals. It is something for Florida Condition to experience its own tiny regional flight terminal in Tallahassee. Yet merely visualize the 289-person Georgia Technology journey celebration locating to Concourse F at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Terminal in Atlanta as well as going through security.Aer Lingus, the headline enroller of the activity, needed to receive special permission to secure an entrance. Thompson stated he has actually been guaranteed there are going to be added protection lanes open up to obtain Georgia Technician through effectively. He plans to make use of a "vessel body" where he differentiates the players in to groups, along with one marked the captain as well as behind being sure every person has their passports.Players will be helped remind regularly about carry out's as well as perform n'ts if they are actually taking baggages, including the dimension of allowable fluids." I can't wait to observe when I'm the last person that experiences the TSA pipes what all was taken throughout that opportunity," Thompson said.Now photo this upon arrival: Players standing around the baggage slide carousel, awaiting their player equipment bags. Those bags needed to take a trip with all of them because both crews exercised right as much as their departure time. So the bags obtain inspected onto the aircraft upon airport delivery, for pickup in baggage claim, along with their own personal suitcases. For this journey, Fla Condition got its gamers individualized roller bags. Both crews will certainly possess a lightweight practice at the coliseum after they come in, along with the principal target to get every person accommodated to the five-hour opportunity improvement. Georgia Technology coach Brent Key, who headed to Ireland for an activity as a UCF assistant in 2014, said he carries out not desire to make the travel any greater than it must be-- drawing from his previous abroad take in." We overcoached those kids," Secret mentioned, pertaining to UCF's 26-24 loss to Penn Condition. "We tried to give them an encounter. We took all of them to different spots, took all of them on tours and it was merely excessive things when you're reviewing there to play volleyball video game. Do you recognize what brings in a great expertise? Gaining." Therefore, Georgia Tech will soar home after the game as it has a limited turn-around to the complying with full week. Considering that Florida Condition uses a Monday evening, coach Mike Norvell made a decision to have the crew remain on Sunday for some sightseeing just before returning to Tallahassee.Though that strategy is actually different, organizing the logistics in the lead-up to the game has actually been identical. The universities have actually remained in steady interaction, but there will definitely be actually stress upon arrival, in the course of the activity as well as postgame, also. Everything has to be actually repacked for traveling back home, and also at personalizeds Saturday evening. In both scenarios-- traveling to as well as from-- each colleges have to rely greatly on people they have certainly never complied with to get the job done." Anytime and also whenever I journey, I panic if my bag is actually going to receive certainly there, so you absolutely bother with that," Thompson stated. "You are actually moving just about 300 folks at one time. So you just must see to it it is actually appropriate and correct.".