.Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterAug 22, 2024, 07:00 AM ETClose ACC press reporter.Participated in ESPN.com in 2010.Grad of the University of Florida.In the lead-up to Saturday's kickoff between Fla Condition and also Georgia Technology, both schools devoted 17 months bring in spreadsheets, submitting papers and triple-checking customs policies to make sure they packed all the essentials for their transatlantic trip.Uniforms? Check.Cleats? Check.Ranch suiting up? Umm, check?The Ramblin' Accident? Sadly, back in Atlanta.Renegade, Osceola and also their flaming lance? So that pesky quarantine problem had been actually solved.Even without their very most renowned pregame traditions traveling along with all of them to Dublin, Florida State and Georgia Specialist are going to headline Week 0 with everything they require to participate in volleyball thanks to an exhaustive behind the curtain effort that Georgia Technology director of football procedures Josh Thompson calls "not for the faint of soul." In every, the colleges blended to carry 238 crates weighing much more than 40,000 pounds-- crammed as well as delivered on packages airplanes recently-- loaded with every little thing from video game day devices to sporting activity medication essentials, healthy protein particle, snacks like Goldfish and also certainly, dressings that are actually certainly not available in Dublin.Editor's Picks2 Related" There is actually no room for error below," said Jason Baisden, Fla State aide sports director for devices operations. "When our team're there, we exist. We can not return or even can not call and also state, 'Hey, deliver this with you.'" Both schools began to prepare yourself for this video game in March 2023, shortly after it was introduced. Fla State supervisor of football procedures Bruce Warwick had actually become part of a number of foreign activities in his previous stops in the NFL, therefore he presently possessed a great suggestion concerning what relocating a whole entire crew much more than 4,000 kilometers away would entail.Beyond evacuating all the necessary equipment, travel permits would must be gotten, various in-person web site check outs to the group accommodation will require to become created (featuring food tastings) as well as interaction with representatives in Ireland would have to be actually exact. Nothing-- like assuming that an American cookie as well as an Irish cookie were the same-- may be delegated to opportunity." I needed to discover to communicate their foreign language," Baisden pointed out. "Like, it's not an uniform to all of them, it is actually a kit. It is actually the British foreign language, but our team had to see to it nothing at all was actually shed along with the interpretation of what our experts are performing." Baisden as well as Thompson created contact us to individuals they knew at Notre Dame as well as Naval force, pair of schools that had actually previously played in Ireland. Baisden requested for their carnet, a record that assists in momentary worldwide bring ins and also exports. Basically, the carnet notes every thing that is brought in to an international nation line through line, along with specific numbers.Florida Condition AthleticsWant to bring snacks for the team? No problem. However every treat, from applesauce to biscuits, must be provided. The very same chooses rolls of tape, handwear covers, protein grains. You would like to carry it? You must detail it.At Fla Condition, Baisden came to be the factor individual in between divisions. In January, he talked to the sport nutrition, sporting activity medication, creative video clip, weightlifting, radio broadcast and sporting activities details staffs to start recognizing what they completely needed to deliver with them.He defined the method as organizing "a foreign dish trip." However the information along with which every thing had to be actually made a list of goes far past any sort of bowl vacation prep work, where universities can merely arm their tools trucks and also get on their technique. For this trip, Baisden designated every crate along with what it was for-- hotel, practice, game.International travel is why the Ramblin' Accident and also Abandoner and also Osceola were left in the home. Irish representatives had actually inquired about their availability, as well as both universities possessed significant conversations about discovering a technique to carry out it.Renegade, the famous steed ridden by Osceola prior to every Florida Condition home video game to grow an ablaze javelin at midfield, will have had to sequester en route back to Tallahassee as called for through global guidelines. Because of this, the steed would have been inaccessible for the home opener against Boston ma College on Sept. 2. Additionally, this is actually actually a Georgia Technology home game.A gold and white 1930 Ford Style A Sporting activity Sports car known as the "Ramblin' Accident" has led the Yellow Jackets onto the industry for each home activity due to the fact that 1961. The Wreck would must take a trip on a ship to come to Ireland. The travel time home will possess suggested it, also, would possess been inaccessible for the home opener versus Georgia Condition on Aug. 31. There had actually been actually dialogue about making use of an Irish "cousin" of the Wreckage, a Peugeot-type alternate from Dublin, however the tip was nixed.There was plenty extra that needed to be explained to reach the finish line. Fla State wound up having to obtain 85 passports for its players Georgia Specialist needed to acquire 70 in overall in between players and also team. Perhaps the absolute most unforeseen problem the groups experienced was actually making sure they would certainly have the capacity to utilize the brand-new modern technology made it possible for starting this time-- coach-to-helmet communication as well as ipad tablets on the sideline.The headset bodies instructors utilize on the sideline in the USA perform certainly not function overseas considering that they utilize various radio frequencies. Both schools must rent brand-new bodies, which implies a various belt pack for coaches to get used to. Florida State practiced with all of them in the course of skirmishes so the instructors could possibly begin to obtain a taste of them.Thompson stated the schools had to secure several series of regularity for the communication headsets to function. The ipad tablets demanded balance along with Aviva Arena as well as local providers for certain fiber series utilized to update video recording in real time. The universities have possessed once a week phone calls along with the ACC and also different merchants to make sure every little thing is ready to go. Every little thing will be actually examined Friday.Florida State Sports" The instructors don't like change. I don't just like improvement," Thompson stated. "Everyone is a creature of of practice. I desire to stroll into the coliseum when the crew strolls in and also see to it every little thing is performed. I don't wish to have to be actually running around panicking, 'All right, exactly how are our experts going to handle this?'" The groups underwent different airport terminals to have their freight soared over, all at the instructions of Aer Lingus, the video game's label sponsor. Florida Condition evacuated a vehicle last week that left behind for Orlando, where its own pet crates were actually after that placed on packages aircraft pallets contacted "biscuit pieces" for global trip and after that soared to Dublin. Georgia Specialist had its own payload go on an airplane to Chicago, and after that on Dublin.Everything flown over gotten there just before the crews got in Thursday early morning. Each crew delivered an advance team early to open pet crates and begin sorting items for use at the resort or even arena. Equipment supervisors established their particular closet areas for Thursday strategy. Moreover, both crews had thousands of instances of Powerade and also canteen straight transported to both the resort and also stadium.The resorts were actually chosen for their resemblances to typical roadway accommodations. They had to possess big sufficient spaces offered for staff meetings, yet also food that sampled like home. Warwick stated grits, as an example, were a nonstarter given that the gourmet chefs can certainly not cook them to requirements. Fla State players possess an alikeness for farm suiting up, A1 steak sauce and also Tabasco, things not available in Ireland, so those details condiments were loaded." The meals is actually the biggest problem due to the fact that they like what they like and also they recognize what they recognize," Warwick claimed. "Our company tried to maintain it as Americanized as possible." The teams themselves left the USA on Wednesday night, but even their departures looked different. For domestic activity travel, both staffs experience TSA safety and security testing at their particular stadiums just before boarding buses and also heading to their charter flights.But for a worldwide travel, both teams have to go through the normal surveillance pipe at their corresponding flight terminals. It is something for Florida Condition to look at its own tiny local airport terminal in Tallahassee. But just envision the 289-person Georgia Tech take a trip gathering locating to Rout F at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta ga and experiencing security.Aer Lingus, the title sponsor of the activity, needed to obtain special authorization to get an entrance. Thompson mentioned he has been guaranteed there are going to be extra protection lanes open to get Georgia Tech by means of effectively. He organizes to utilize a "shell body" where he differentiates the gamers right into groups, along with one designated the leader and also behind ensuring every person has their passports.Players will definitely be helped remind frequently approximately perform's and do n'ts if they are bringing baggages, featuring the measurements of permitted fluids." I can't wait to view when I am actually the final individual that undergoes the TSA pipes what all was actually taken in the course of that time," Thompson said.Now picture this upon appearance: Gamers loafing the baggage carousel, awaiting their gamer equipment bags. Those bags must travel with them considering that each staffs performed completely around their retirement day. So the bags receive inspected onto the plane upon flight terminal arrival, for pickup in luggage claim, besides their own private luggage. For this journey, Florida State got its gamers individualized curler suitcases. Both groups will definitely possess a lightweight strategy at the arena after they come in, with the principal objective to acquire every person acclimated to the five-hour opportunity modification. Georgia Tech trainer Brent Trick, who mosted likely to Ireland for an activity as a UCF aide in 2014, said he carries out certainly not wish to make the journey any greater than it needs to be actually-- drawing from his previous international experience." Our experts overcoached those kids," Secret stated, referring to UCF's 26-24 loss to Penn Condition. "Our experts tried to give them an experience. We took all of them to different areas, took all of them on tours and also it was simply a lot of things when you're reviewing there to play football activity. Do you know what makes a fantastic experience? Succeeding." Therefore, Georgia Tech are going to fly home after the activity as it has a strict turnaround to the following full week. Due to the fact that Florida State plays on a Monday evening, trainer Mike Norvell determined to have the crew remain on Sunday for some sightseeing before going back to Tallahassee.Though that method is actually various, organizing the logistics in the lead-up to the game has equaled. The colleges have actually been in steady interaction, however there are going to be actually anxiety upon appearance, during the course of the video game as well as postgame, as well. Every little thing needs to be actually repacked for trip back home, as well as at personalizeds Sunday night. In both situations-- travel to and from-- both universities need to rely highly on folks they have actually never ever satisfied to do the job." Anytime as well as whenever I journey, I panic if my bag is going to obtain there certainly, so you definitely stress over that," Thompson mentioned. "You are actually moving just about 300 people at one time. So you simply must see to it it is appropriate and right.".