.Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterAug 22, 2024, 07:00 AM ETClose ACC press reporter.Participated in ESPN.com in 2010.Graduate of the Educational Institution of Florida.In the lead-up to Sunday's kickoff in between Florida Condition and also Georgia Specialist, each schools devoted 17 months creating spread sheets, completing files and also triple-checking customs laws to be sure they loaded all the essentials for their transatlantic trip.Uniforms? Check.Cleats? Check.Ranch suiting up? Umm, check?The Ramblin' Accident? Unfortunately, back in Atlanta.Renegade, Osceola and also their ablaze spear? If only that pesky quarantine concern had been solved.Even without their most renowned pregame heritages journeying with them to Dublin, Fla Condition and also Georgia Specialist will certainly heading Week 0 with every little thing they require to play football because of an exhaustive behind-the-scenes initiative that Georgia Specialist supervisor of volleyball functions Josh Thompson refers to as "not for the pale of heart." In all, the universities blended to carry 238 cages examining greater than 40,000 pounds-- loaded as well as shipped on freight planes last week-- filled with everything coming from activity time equipment to sport medication essentials, protein particle, treats such as Fish and yes, dressings that are actually certainly not offered in Dublin.Editor's Picks2 Related" There is actually no room for mistake listed here," pointed out Jason Baisden, Florida Condition assistant athletic supervisor for devices procedures. "Once our team're there, our team exist. Our team can't return or can not contact and say, 'Hey, carry this along with you.'" Both universities began to prepare yourself for this game in March 2023, quickly after it was revealed. Fla State supervisor of soccer procedures Bruce Warwick had actually been part of numerous abroad video games in his previous stops in the NFL, so he currently had a great tip regarding what moving a whole entire staff greater than 4,000 kilometers away will entail.Beyond packing up all the necessary devices, tickets would have to be actually secured, a number of in-person website brows through to the team accommodation will require to be made (including food items samplings) as well as interaction along with representatives in Ireland would certainly have to be specific. Absolutely nothing-- like presuming that an American cookie and also an Irish biscuit were the same-- could be entrusted to possibility." I must learn to talk their language," Baisden said. "Like, it is actually not an outfit to all of them, it is actually a package. It is actually the English language, but our experts must make sure nothing at all was shed along with the translation of what our team are carrying out." Baisden and also Thompson helped make calls to people they knew at Notre Dame and Naval force, 2 schools that had actually previously played in Ireland. Baisden asked for their carnet, a file that promotes short-term worldwide imports and exports. Generally, the carnet provides every thing that is actually brought in to a foreign nation line through line, with particular numbers.Florida Condition AthleticsWant to carry snack foods for the group? No worry. However every snack, coming from applesauce to crackers, need to be specified. The exact same goes for rolls of tape, gloves, protein grains. You would like to deliver it? You must note it.At Fla State, Baisden ended up being the aspect individual between teams. In January, he talked to the sporting activity health and nutrition, sport medication, creative online video, weightlifting, radio program and sports relevant information staffs to begin determining what they definitely needed to bring along with them.He defined the process as getting ready for "an overseas dish travel." Yet the detail with which whatever needed to be actually recorded progresses beyond any type of bowl journey prep work, where colleges can easily simply load up their devices trucks as well as get on their technique. For this travel, Baisden identified every dog crate along with what it was for-- accommodation, method, game.International travel is why the Ramblin' Accident as well as Renegade as well as Osceola were actually left in your home. Irish representatives had asked about their supply, and also both universities possessed severe discussions regarding locating a technique to perform it.Renegade, the fabulous horse ridden through Osceola just before every Florida Condition home video game to plant a flaming lance at midfield, would possess must sequester en route back to Tallahassee as demanded through worldwide rules. Consequently, the steed would certainly have been inaccessible for the home opener against Boston College on Sept. 2. Plus, this is actually actually a Georgia Tech home game.A gold and white colored 1930 Ford Version A Sport Coupe referred to as the "Ramblin' Wreck" has led the Yellowish Jackets onto the field for each home activity considering that 1961. The Accident will must travel on a ship to reach Ireland. The travel opportunity home would have implied it, also, will have been actually inaccessible for the home opener against Georgia Condition on Aug. 31. There had been conversation regarding utilizing an Irish "cousin" of the Wreckage, a Peugeot-type stand-in from Dublin, but the idea was actually nixed.There was actually plenty much more that must be actually reviewed to come to the goal. Fla Condition wound up needing to receive 85 travel permits for its own gamers Georgia Technology must receive 70 in overall between players as well as workers. Perhaps the most unanticipated problem the staffs faced was actually being sure they would certainly manage to make use of the new modern technology made it possible for beginning this season-- coach-to-helmet communication and also apples ipad on the sideline.The headset units trainers utilize on the subsidiary in the United States perform certainly not work overseas given that they use various carrier frequency. Each schools had to rent brand-new devices, and also suggests a various waistband pack for trainers to acquire made use of to. Fla State exercised with them during the course of scrimmages so the trains could begin to acquire a feel for them.Thompson stated the schools must get numerous product lines of regularity for the communication headsets to operate. The ipad tablets demanded balance with Aviva Stadium and also regional merchants for certain thread collections made use of to upgrade video clip in real time. The institutions have actually possessed once a week phone calls with the ACC as well as various suppliers to be sure every little thing is ready to go. Every little thing will definitely be examined Friday.Florida State Sports" The instructors don't just like improvement. I don't as if improvement," Thompson pointed out. "Everybody is an animal of of behavior. I desire to walk right into the stadium when the group walks in and also make certain every little thing is carried out. I do not intend to must be running around panicking, 'All right, exactly how are we heading to handle this?'" The crews experienced various airports to have their cargo soared over, all at the instructions of Aer Lingus, the video game's headline sponsor. Florida Condition packed up a vehicle recently that left for Orlando, where its pet crates were actually after that placed on packages aircraft pallets called "biscuit sheets" for global trip and after that flown to Dublin. Georgia Technology possessed its freight happen an airplane to Chicago, and after that on Dublin.Everything soared over shown up before the crews got inside Thursday early morning. Each staff sent an advance team early to open dog crates and also begin arranging items for make use of at the hotels and resort or arena. Devices supervisors set up their respective closet areas for Thursday method. Moreover, both crews had dozens cases of Powerade as well as water bottles straight shipped to both the hotel and stadium.The accommodations were selected for their similarities to usual street lodgings. They needed to have huge sufficient rooms offered for staff meetings, yet also food items that sampled like home. Warwick claimed grits, as an example, were actually a nonstarter because the cooks can not prepare all of them to standard. Florida State gamers possess an affinity for farm clothing, A1 meat dressing and also Tabasco, items not available in Ireland, so those certain spices were stuffed." The food items is the largest difficulty given that they like what they as if and they understand what they know," Warwick mentioned. "We made an effort to keep it as Americanized as possible." The staffs themselves left the United States on Wednesday evening, yet also their retirements looked different. For residential activity trip, both teams experience TSA safety and security assessment at their respective stadiums just before boarding buses and moving to their charter flights.But for a global trip, both groups need to go through the regular surveillance pipe at their respective airport terminals. It is something for Florida State to undergo its own small regional flight terminal in Tallahassee. Yet simply picture the 289-person Georgia Technology journey celebration bring up to Rout F at Hartsfield-Jackson International Flight Terminal in Atlanta georgia as well as undergoing security.Aer Lingus, the headline supporter of the activity, had to receive exclusive consent to secure an entrance. Thompson stated he has been actually ensured there will certainly be additional security streets open up to receive Georgia Technician by means of efficiently. He considers to use a "sheath body" where he differentiates the players into groups, with one assigned the captain as well as responsible for ensuring every person has their passports.Players will be actually told regularly about carry out's and perform n'ts if they are delivering baggages, including the dimension of permitted liquids." I can not wait to view when I am actually the final person that goes through the TSA line what all was actually taken during the course of that opportunity," Thompson said.Now image this upon arrival: Players loafing the luggage slide carousel, waiting for their player devices bags. Those bags must journey along with all of them considering that each staffs practiced all the way as much as their parting day. So the bags get examined onto the plane upon airport delivery, for pick-up in luggage insurance claim, aside from their own private travel luggage. For this vacation, Fla State received its players tailored curler luggage. Each groups will certainly have a light technique at the coliseum after they get here, along with the major target to acquire everybody adjusted to the five-hour time improvement. Georgia Tech train Brent Key, who went to Ireland for a video game as a UCF assistant in 2014, mentioned he carries out certainly not intend to create the travel any greater than it needs to be actually-- drawing from his previous international take in." We overcoached those children," Secret said, describing UCF's 26-24 reduction to Penn Condition. "Our company tried to provide a take in. We took them to various spots, took all of them on tours and it was only excessive things when you're discussing there to participate in volleyball game. Perform you recognize what brings in a great expertise? Gaining." To that end, Georgia Technician are going to soar home after the video game as it has a tight turn-around to the complying with full week. Given that Fla State uses a Monday night, trainer Mike Norvell made a decision to have the team remain on Sunday for some sightseeing and tour prior to returning to Tallahassee.Though that strategy is actually different, preparing the strategies in the lead-up to the activity has actually been identical. The institutions have remained in constant interaction, however there are going to be anxiousness upon appearance, in the course of the activity and also postgame, too. Whatever has to be actually repacked for traveling back home, and at personalizeds Saturday evening. In both situations-- traveling to as well as coming from-- each universities must depend intensely on individuals they have never satisfied to get the job done." Anytime as well as each time I take a trip, I fret if my bag is actually going to obtain there certainly, so you undoubtedly stress over that," Thompson said. "You're moving just about 300 people at once. So you simply need to make certain it is right and also ideal.".