.Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterAug 22, 2024, 07:00 AM ETClose ACC media reporter.Participated in ESPN.com in 2010.Grad of the University of Florida.In the lead-up to Sunday's kickoff in between Fla Condition and also Georgia Technician, both schools devoted 17 months bring in spreadsheets, filling out documentations and triple-checking customizeds regulations to make certain they loaded all the fundamentals for their transatlantic trip.Uniforms? Check.Cleats? Check.Ranch clothing? Umm, check?The Ramblin' Wreckage? Regrettably, back in Atlanta.Renegade, Osceola and also their flaming javelin? So that pesky quarantine problem had actually been actually solved.Even without their very most iconic pregame practices journeying with all of them to Dublin, Florida State and Georgia Specialist will headline Week 0 with every thing they need to play football thanks to an exhaustive backstage effort that Georgia Specialist director of football procedures Josh Thompson calls "not for the faint of center." With all, the colleges integrated to bring 238 pet crates considering more than 40,000 pounds-- jam-packed as well as transported on payload planes last week-- filled with everything coming from video game time devices to sport medication essentials, protein grain, treats including Goldfish as well as of course, dressings that are actually certainly not readily available in Dublin.Editor's Picks2 Related" There is no room for inaccuracy listed here," said Jason Baisden, Florida Condition associate sports director for equipment operations. "As soon as we exist, our company exist. We can't return or even can not call as well as state, 'Hey, bring this with you.'" Each institutions started to prepare for this video game in March 2023, soon after it was actually announced. Fla State supervisor of football procedures Bruce Warwick had actually been part of numerous foreign activities in his previous stops in the NFL, therefore he actually had a great tip about what moving an entire group much more than 4,000 kilometers away will entail.Beyond evacuating all the essential devices, keys would must be protected, several in-person internet site brows through to the staff lodging will require to become made (including food items tastings) as well as interaction with authorities in Ireland would must be precise. Nothing-- like supposing that a United States cookie and also an Irish cookie were the same-- could be delegated odds." I needed to find out to communicate their language," Baisden claimed. "Like, it is actually certainly not an uniform to all of them, it is actually a kit. It is the British foreign language, yet our company had to see to it absolutely nothing was actually lost with the translation of what we are actually doing." Baisden as well as Thompson produced contact us to individuals they recognized at Notre Dame and Naval force, 2 colleges that had actually formerly played in Ireland. Baisden sought their carnet, a document that facilitates short-lived global bring ins and exports. Practically, the carnet details every item that is actually delivered in to an international country line by line, with precise numbers.Florida Condition AthleticsWant to take treats for the group? No problem. Yet every treat, from applesauce to biscuits, need to be actually listed. The very same goes for rolls of strip, gloves, protein grains. You desire to bring it? You have to list it.At Florida State, Baisden came to be the aspect individual in between divisions. In January, he talked to the sport health and nutrition, sport medication, innovative online video, weight training, radio broadcast and also sports relevant information teams to begin identifying what they completely needed to take with them.He defined the process as preparing for "a foreign bowl vacation." But the information along with which everything had to be actually recorded progresses past any sort of bowl excursion prep work, where universities can easily merely arm their devices trucks as well as be on their technique. For this trip, Baisden tagged every crate with what it was actually for-- hotels and resort, strategy, game.International travel is why the Ramblin' Wreck and Renegade as well as Osceola were left behind in the home. Irish representatives had actually inquired about their supply, and both universities possessed severe dialogues regarding locating a way to do it.Renegade, the legendary equine ridden through Osceola just before every Florida Condition home activity to grow a flaming javelin at midfield, would certainly have had to quarantine on the way back to Tallahassee as demanded by global guidelines. Consequently, the equine would certainly have been actually not available for the home opener against Boston ma College on Sept. 2. Plus, this is actually actually a Georgia Technician home game.A gold and also white colored 1930 Ford Style A Sport Coupe known as the "Ramblin' Wreckage" has led the Yellowish Jackets onto the area for every home activity since 1961. The Accident will have to travel on a ship to reach Ireland. The traveling opportunity home would have implied it, too, would have been not available for the home opener versus Georgia State on Aug. 31. There had been conversation regarding using an Irish "cousin" of the Wreck, a Peugeot-type alternate from Dublin, however the suggestion was nixed.There was plenty a lot more that had to be actually gone over to reach the finish line. Florida Condition wound up must get 85 tickets for its own players Georgia Technology must acquire 70 in overall between gamers and staff. Maybe the most unforeseen challenge the groups dealt with was being sure they would certainly manage to make use of the brand new innovation made it possible for beginning this period-- coach-to-helmet interaction and also iPads on the sideline.The headset units trainers use on the sideline in the USA do certainly not function overseas since they use various radio frequencies. Each colleges had to rent brand-new devices, and that indicates a various waistband pack for trainers to get used to. Florida Condition practiced with them in the course of skirmishes so the instructors could start to obtain a feel for them.Thompson stated the institutions had to safeguard numerous product lines of regularity for the communication headsets to function. The ipad tablets called for balance with Aviva Stadium and neighborhood vendors for details fiber collections made use of to upgrade online video in real time. The schools have possessed regular calls along with the ACC as well as different vendors to see to it every little thing prepares to go. Whatever will be actually checked Friday.Florida Condition Sports" The trainers don't such as modification. I do not just like modification," Thompson said. "Everybody is a critter of of routine. I wish to walk into the coliseum when the group strolls in as well as make sure every thing is performed. I don't intend to have to be rollicking panicking, 'Okay, just how are our company visiting handle this?'" The staffs looked at different flight terminals to have their freight flown over, all at the path of Aer Lingus, the activity's label sponsor. Florida State packed up a truck recently that left for Orlando, where its dog crates were actually at that point put on packages plane pallets gotten in touch with "biscuit pieces" for international travel and then flown to Dublin. Georgia Tech possessed its own freight take place a plane to Chicago, and afterwards on Dublin.Everything soared over gotten here prior to the crews got inside Thursday morning. Each team delivered an advance team early to open cages and start arranging products for use at the lodging or even stadium. Equipment supervisors established their respective storage locker spaces for Thursday technique. Moreover, both crews possessed numerous situations of Powerade and water bottles straight transported to both the hotels and resort as well as stadium.The hotels and resorts were chosen for their correlations to normal road hotels and resorts. They needed to possess large adequate spaces accessible for staff meetings, but likewise food items that tried like home. Warwick said grits, for example, were actually a nonstarter because the gourmet chefs could possibly not cook them to standard. Florida State gamers have an alikeness for cattle ranch dressing, A1 meat sauce and Tabasco, products unavailable in Ireland, therefore those certain dressings were actually loaded." The meals is actually the biggest obstacle due to the fact that they like what they such as and they understand what they recognize," Warwick mentioned. "We tried to maintain it as Americanized as feasible." The groups themselves left the United States on Wednesday night, yet even their partings appeared various. For domestic activity traveling, both crews look at TSA security screening at their particular arenas just before boarding buses as well as heading to their charter flights.But for an international vacation, both staffs should undergo the normal safety line at their corresponding airports. It is one thing for Fla Condition to go through its little local airport terminal in Tallahassee. However merely picture the 289-person Georgia Tech take a trip event locating to Concourse F at Hartsfield-Jackson International Flight Terminal in Atlanta georgia as well as going through security.Aer Lingus, the headline supporter of the activity, must get special permission to secure an entrance. Thompson said he has actually been ensured there will certainly be added surveillance streets available to acquire Georgia Technology by means of successfully. He organizes to utilize a "case device" where he separates the players in to teams, along with one designated the leader as well as behind seeing to it everybody possesses their passports.Players are going to be told regularly about do's as well as do n'ts if they are actually carrying baggages, including the dimension of permitted liquids." I can't wait to see when I am actually the final person that looks at the TSA pipes what all was taken throughout that opportunity," Thompson said.Now image this upon landing: Gamers standing around the luggage carousel, waiting for their gamer equipment bags. Those bags needed to take a trip along with them because each groups performed completely as much as their separation day. So the bags receive examined onto the plane upon airport delivery, for pick-up in baggage claim, besides their own private baggage. For this vacation, Florida State got its players personalized curler travel suitcases. Both staffs will definitely have a lightweight method at the coliseum after they get there, along with the major target to acquire everybody adapted to the five-hour time change. Georgia Tech train Brent Key, who mosted likely to Ireland for a game as a UCF associate in 2014, stated he carries out certainly not would like to make the vacation any greater than it must be actually-- drawing from his previous abroad encounter." Our experts overcoached those kids," Secret mentioned, pertaining to UCF's 26-24 loss to Penn State. "Our company tried to provide an encounter. We took them to various areas, took all of them on trips and also it was only way too much things when you are actually going over there to play soccer video game. Perform you recognize what creates a terrific experience? Succeeding." Therefore, Georgia Technology are going to fly home after the activity as it possesses a strict turn-around to the following week. Because Florida Condition plays on a Monday night, train Mike Norvell made a decision to have the staff remain on Sunday for some sightseeing just before coming back to Tallahassee.Though that approach is actually different, planning the strategies in the lead-up to the game has actually been identical. The schools have actually resided in continual communication, yet there are going to be anxiousness upon arrival, in the course of the game and also postgame, as well. Every little thing needs to be actually repacked for travel back home, as well as at custom-mades Saturday evening. In both situations-- trip to as well as from-- both institutions need to rely greatly on folks they have actually certainly never met to finish the job." Anytime and whenever I journey, I fret if my bag is actually going to acquire certainly there, so you certainly stress over that," Thompson claimed. "You're moving practically 300 people at one time. So you simply must make sure it is right and appropriate.".