.Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterAug 22, 2024, 07:00 AM ETClose ACC press reporter.Joined ESPN.com in 2010.Grad of the Educational Institution of Florida.In the lead-up to Saturday's first in between Fla State and Georgia Tech, both institutions spent 17 months bring in spreadsheets, filling in documents and also triple-checking customs rules to make sure they loaded all the fundamentals 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 spear? If only that pesky quarantine problem had actually been solved.Even without their most well-known pregame traditions journeying along with them to Dublin, Florida Condition and also Georgia Tech are going to headline Full week 0 along with every thing they need to participate in soccer thanks to an exhaustive behind-the-scenes effort that Georgia Technician supervisor of football operations Josh Thompson calls "except the faint of soul." In every, the institutions integrated to take 238 cages examining much more than 40,000 extra pounds-- packed and transported on packages planes last week-- filled with every little thing coming from video game time tools to sporting activity medicine essentials, protein grain, snack foods such as Fish and yes, condiments that are not readily available in Dublin.Editor's Picks2 Related" There is actually no room for mistake listed here," pointed out Jason Baisden, Fla Condition associate athletic supervisor for equipment operations. "The moment we're there, our team're there. Our team can not come back or even can't phone and also point out, 'Hey, bring this along with you.'" Each schools began to prepare yourself for this video game in March 2023, quickly after it was declared. Fla Condition supervisor of football procedures Bruce Warwick had actually become part of numerous abroad games in his previous stops in the NFL, thus he actually had an excellent tip regarding what moving a whole entire staff more than 4,000 miles away would certainly entail.Beyond leaving all the needed tools, keys would need to be protected, multiple in-person website visits to the group hotel would need to have to become made (consisting of meals tastings) as well as communication with representatives in Ireland would certainly have to be precise. Nothing at all-- like thinking that an American biscuit and an Irish biscuit were the same-- might be delegated opportunity." I needed to find out to communicate their language," Baisden pointed out. "Like, it's not an attire to them, it's a kit. It is the English foreign language, but our company must see to it nothing was actually dropped along with the interpretation of what our company are doing." Baisden and also Thompson produced calls to folks they understood at Notre Dame and Navy, 2 colleges that had actually previously played in Ireland. Baisden sought their carnet, a file that helps with short-term global bring ins and also exports. Practically, the carnet details every item that is delivered in to a foreign country line through line, with precise numbers.Florida State AthleticsWant to deliver snack foods for the crew? No problem. However every snack, from applesauce to crackers, need to be actually provided. The exact same selects rolls of tape, handwear covers, healthy protein powders. You intend to carry it? You must detail it.At Fla Condition, Baisden became the aspect person in between teams. In January, he inquired the sporting activity nutrition, sporting activity medication, creative video recording, weight training, radio program as well as sporting activities relevant information staffs to start recognizing what they positively must carry along with them.He described the process as preparing for "an international bowl travel." However the information along with which every little thing had to be recorded goes far past any kind of dish journey preparation, where colleges can easily simply load up their tools trucks as well as be on their technique. For this journey, Baisden tagged every dog crate with what it was for-- hotel, method, game.International traveling is actually why the Ramblin' Wreckage and also Renegade and Osceola were left behind at home. Irish officials had asked about their availability, as well as both universities had major conversations about discovering a method to do it.Renegade, the legendary horse ridden by Osceola before every Fla Condition home video game to grow an ablaze harpoon at midfield, will have needed to quarantine en route back to Tallahassee as demanded by international policies. Therefore, the equine will possess been actually not available for the home opener versus Boston ma College on Sept. 2. And also, this is theoretically a Georgia Technician home game.A gold and also white colored 1930 Ford Design A Sport Sports car referred to as the "Ramblin' Wreck" has actually led the Yellow Jackets onto the industry for every single home activity since 1961. The Wreckage would certainly have to take a trip on a ship to get to Ireland. The travel opportunity home will have implied it, too, would have been actually inaccessible for the home opener versus Georgia State on Aug. 31. There had been conversation concerning making use of an Irish "relative" of the Wreckage, a Peugeot-type coming from Dublin, but the suggestion was nixed.There was actually plenty much more that must be actually gone over to get to the goal. Florida Condition found yourself must acquire 85 keys for its own gamers Georgia Tech needed to obtain 70 in complete in between gamers and also personnel. Perhaps the best unpredicted problem the crews faced was making sure they would certainly have the capacity to utilize the new modern technology made it possible for starting this period-- coach-to-helmet communication and also ipad tablets on the sideline.The headset systems coaches utilize on the subsidiary in the United States do not function overseas because they use different superhigh frequency. Both institutions needed to rent brand-new systems, and also indicates a various belt pack for trainers to receive utilized to. Fla Condition exercised with all of them during the course of skirmishes so the trainers can start to obtain a feel for them.Thompson stated the schools needed to protect multiple collections of regularity for the interaction headsets to work. The iPads required control with Aviva Arena and also local sellers for details thread series utilized to upgrade online video in real time. The universities have had every week phone calls with the ACC as well as various providers to ensure every little thing is ready to go. Whatever will be assessed Friday.Florida Condition Athletics" The trainers don't such as improvement. I don't like improvement," Thompson stated. "Everybody is a creature of of habit. I wish to stroll in to the stadium when the group strolls in as well as see to it every thing is done. I don't would like to need to be running around panicking, 'All right, exactly how are our team mosting likely to manage this?'" The staffs experienced various airports to have their payload soared over, all at the direction of Aer Lingus, the activity's label supporter. Fla State packed up a vehicle recently that left behind for Orlando, where its dog crates were then positioned on cargo plane pallets gotten in touch with "cookie sheets" for worldwide traveling and then soared to Dublin. Georgia Technician possessed its cargo take place an aircraft to Chicago, and then on Dublin.Everything flown over gotten there before the crews got inside Thursday morning. Each team sent out an advance team early to open up crates and also start arranging items for make use of at the hotel or even arena. Tools managers put together their particular locker areas for Thursday practice. On top of that, both staffs possessed dozens instances of Powerade as well as water bottles straight delivered to both the lodging and also stadium.The resorts were chosen for their similarities to usual street accommodations. They must have huge adequate rooms available for team appointments, but likewise food items that tried like home. Warwick mentioned grits, for example, were actually a nonstarter considering that the chefs can certainly not prepare all of them to spec. Fla State gamers have an alikeness for cattle ranch dressing, A1 steak sauce as well as Tabasco, things not available in Ireland, so those specific condiments were actually loaded." The meals is actually the most significant difficulty due to the fact that they like what they as if as well as they understand what they know," Warwick claimed. "We made an effort to maintain it as Americanized as feasible." The crews on their own left the USA on Wednesday night, yet even their departures looked various. For residential activity travel, both staffs look at TSA surveillance screening at their particular stadiums just before boarding buses and moving to their charter flights.But for an international excursion, both crews need to look at the normal safety and security pipe at their particular airports. It is actually a single thing for Fla State to experience its tiny regional airport terminal in Tallahassee. But just think of the 289-person Georgia Technology travel party locating to Concourse F at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Terminal in Atlanta as well as going through security.Aer Lingus, the headline sponsor of the activity, had to get unique permission to safeguard an entrance. Thompson claimed he has actually been actually assured there will be additional security streets open up to get Georgia Technician via effectively. He intends to utilize a "capsule body" where he separates the gamers into teams, along with one marked the leader and also responsible for seeing to it every person has their passports.Players will certainly be told frequently around carry out's and carry out n'ts if they are actually delivering baggages, featuring the measurements of allowable liquids." I can't hang around to view when I'm the final individual that goes through the TSA pipes what all was taken during that time," Thompson said.Now picture this upon landing: Players standing around the luggage slide carousel, waiting for their player tools bags. Those bags needed to take a trip with all of them since each teams practiced all the way around their parting day. So the bags get inspected onto the aircraft upon airport delivery, for pickup in luggage claim, in addition to their own personal travel luggage. For this vacation, Florida State got its own players individualized curler bags. Each groups will certainly possess a light method at the arena after they show up, along with the primary goal to get everyone accommodated to the five-hour time change. Georgia Technician train Brent Key, that headed to Ireland for an activity as a UCF associate in 2014, stated he performs certainly not intend to create the excursion any larger than it needs to be actually-- drawing from his previous international take in." Our company overcoached those kids," Trick pointed out, describing UCF's 26-24 loss to Penn Condition. "We made an effort to provide an experience. Our experts took them to different areas, took all of them on tours as well as it was actually only too much stuff when you are actually going over there to play volleyball activity. Do you recognize what creates a great knowledge? Succeeding." Therefore, Georgia Technology are going to fly home after the activity as it has a tight turnaround to the complying with full week. Due to the fact that Fla Condition uses a Monday evening, instructor Mike Norvell chose to have the team stay on Sunday for some sightseeing and tour prior to going back to Tallahassee.Though that approach is different, organizing the logistics in the lead-up to the activity has actually equaled. The schools have been in continuous interaction, yet there are going to be stress upon landing, throughout the video game and also postgame, too. Everything needs to be actually repacked for trip back home, as well as at customizeds Saturday evening. In both cases-- travel to as well as from-- each institutions need to count intensely on people they have actually certainly never met to get the job done." Anytime as well as whenever I take a trip, I fret if my bag is actually going to get there, so you undoubtedly bother with that," Thompson stated. "You are actually moving nearly 300 folks at one time. So you just have to make certain it is proper and correct.".