.Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterAug 22, 2024, 07:00 AM ETClose ACC reporter.Signed up with ESPN.com in 2010.Graduate of the University of Florida.In the lead-up to Sunday's kickoff between Florida State as well as Georgia Technician, each universities invested 17 months bring in spreadsheets, completing documents and triple-checking customs requirements to be sure they stuffed all the fundamentals for their transatlantic trip.Uniforms? Check.Cleats? Check.Ranch clothing? Umm, check?The Ramblin' Accident? Unfortunately, back in Atlanta.Renegade, Osceola as well as their flaming spear? So that pesky quarantine issue had been actually solved.Even without their very most well-known pregame traditions journeying along with them to Dublin, Florida State and also Georgia Specialist are going to headline Full week 0 along with every little thing they require to participate in soccer due to a comprehensive backstage attempt that Georgia Technician supervisor of soccer functions Josh Thompson calls "not for the pale of soul." In each, the schools incorporated to take 238 cages considering much more than 40,000 pounds-- loaded as well as delivered on cargo airplanes recently-- filled with every thing coming from game time tools to sport medicine essentials, protein grain, snack foods such as Goldfish and certainly, condiments that are actually not on call in Dublin.Editor's Picks2 Related" There is no space for mistake below," stated Jason Baisden, Fla State assistant athletic supervisor for tools procedures. "The moment our experts're there, our team exist. We can't go back or can't get in touch with and say, 'Hey, bring this with you.'" Both universities began to get ready for this activity in March 2023, quickly after it was actually announced. Fla State supervisor of soccer functions Bruce Warwick had become part of numerous abroad activities in his previous drop in the NFL, therefore he already had an excellent tip regarding what relocating an entire team much more than 4,000 kilometers away would entail.Beyond packing up all the important equipment, keys will have to be gotten, numerous in-person site visits to the staff accommodation would certainly require to be created (consisting of meals tastings) and also communication with representatives in Ireland will have to be accurate. Absolutely nothing-- like presuming that an American biscuit and also an Irish cookie coincided-- might be delegated chance." I needed to know to communicate their foreign language," Baisden pointed out. "Like, it's certainly not an attire to all of them, it's a kit. It is the English foreign language, but we had to be sure nothing was dropped with the interpretation of what our experts are actually carrying out." Baisden and also Thompson produced contact us to individuals they understood at Notre Dame as well as Naval force, two colleges that had previously played in Ireland. Baisden requested for their carnet, a documentation that promotes short-lived global imports and also exports. Essentially, the carnet specifies every thing that is taken into an overseas country line through line, along with exact numbers.Florida Condition AthleticsWant to bring snack foods for the staff? No worry. But every snack food, coming from applesauce to biscuits, should be noted. The very same goes with rolls of strip, handwear covers, protein particles. You desire to carry it? You must detail it.At Fla State, Baisden came to be the aspect person in between departments. In January, he inquired the sporting activity nourishment, sporting activity medication, innovative online video, weightlifting, radio show and also sporting activities details staffs to start identifying what they completely needed to take with them.He illustrated the method as getting ready for "an abroad dish trip." But the particular with which whatever needed to be actually detailed goes far beyond any bowl travel prep work, where colleges can merely arm their equipment trucks and get on their technique. For this journey, Baisden labeled every cage with what it was actually for-- lodging, method, game.International trip is actually why the Ramblin' Wreck as well as Renegade and Osceola were left in your home. Irish representatives had actually asked about their availability, and also each colleges possessed severe dialogues concerning locating a technique to carry out it.Renegade, the epic horse ridden by Osceola before every Florida Condition home activity to plant an ablaze javelin at midfield, would have must sequester heading back to Tallahassee as demanded by worldwide regulations. Consequently, the horse would have been not available for the home opener against Boston College on Sept. 2. Plus, this is practically a Georgia Tech home game.A gold and also white colored 1930 Ford Model A Sporting activity Sports car called the "Ramblin' Wreckage" has led the Yellow Jackets onto the field for every single home video game given that 1961. The Wreck will need to travel on a ship to come to Ireland. The traveling time home would certainly have indicated it, too, will possess been unavailable for the home opener against Georgia State on Aug. 31. There had actually been conversation concerning utilizing an Irish "relative" of the Accident, a Peugeot-type alternate coming from Dublin, yet the suggestion was actually nixed.There was actually plenty a lot more that had to be actually talked about to get to the goal. Florida Condition ended up needing to receive 85 tickets for its gamers Georgia Specialist must acquire 70 in overall between players and also staff. Possibly the absolute most unforeseen obstacle the staffs experienced was seeing to it they would certainly have the ability to utilize the brand-new modern technology permitted beginning this period-- coach-to-helmet interaction and also apples ipad on the sideline.The headset bodies trainers utilize on the sideline in the United States do certainly not work overseas due to the fact that they make use of different carrier frequency. Both colleges had to lease brand-new bodies, and that means a different belt pack for coaches to receive used to. Fla State experimented all of them in the course of skirmishes so the coaches might start to get a feel for them.Thompson claimed the schools must secure several collections of frequency for the interaction headsets to operate. The iPads demanded sychronisation with Aviva Coliseum and also nearby merchants for particular fiber product lines used to upgrade video recording directly. The institutions have had once a week phone calls along with the ACC and various suppliers to see to it every thing is ready to go. Whatever will definitely be checked Friday.Florida Condition Athletics" The instructors do not such as improvement. I do not as if modification," Thompson pointed out. "Everyone is actually an animal of of habit. I desire to stroll into the stadium when the staff walks in and also see to it every thing is actually carried out. I do not desire to need to be actually running around panicking, 'All right, exactly how are our experts mosting likely to manage this?'" The staffs experienced various airport terminals to have their freight soared over, all at the instructions of Aer Lingus, the activity's headline supporter. Florida Condition evacuated a vehicle recently that left behind for Orlando, where its pet crates were after that put on cargo airplane pallets phoned "cookie pieces" for worldwide traveling and after that soared to Dublin. Georgia Specialist possessed its own cargo happen an aircraft to Chicago, and then on Dublin.Everything flown over come in before the groups got in Thursday early morning. Each team sent out an innovation team early to open up cages and also begin sorting products for make use of at the hotel or even arena. Equipment managers set up their particular closet spaces for Thursday strategy. Additionally, both staffs had numerous situations of Powerade as well as canteen directly transported to both the hotel and also stadium.The accommodations were selected for their resemblances to regular roadway accommodations. They had to possess large enough rooms on call for staff appointments, however likewise meals that tried like home. Warwick claimed grits, for example, were a nonstarter due to the fact that the cooks can not prepare all of them to requirements. Fla Condition players have an alikeness for ranch dressing, A1 meat sauce and also Tabasco, products not available in Ireland, therefore those certain dressings were actually loaded." The food is the most significant problem because they like what they just like and they understand what they understand," Warwick said. "Our experts attempted to maintain it as Americanized as achievable." The groups themselves left the USA on Wednesday evening, yet even their partings looked different. For domestic activity traveling, both crews experience TSA safety and security testing at their corresponding arenas just before boarding buses and also heading to their charter flights.But for an international travel, both groups need to experience the normal security pipe at their respective airport terminals. It is one point for Fla Condition to go through its own tiny local airport terminal in Tallahassee. But just envision the 289-person Georgia Tech journey party locating to Rout F at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Terminal in Atlanta georgia as well as experiencing security.Aer Lingus, the headline supporter of the activity, must obtain special consent to get an entrance. Thompson claimed he has been assured there will certainly be actually added safety and security streets open up to receive Georgia Technician via effectively. He considers to utilize a "capsule system" where he separates the players in to teams, along with one assigned the leader as well as responsible for seeing to it every person has their passports.Players are going to be told frequently about perform's as well as carry out n'ts if they are bringing baggages, featuring the measurements of permitted liquids." I can not stand by to view when I am actually the last person that looks at the TSA pipes what all was taken in the course of that time," Thompson said.Now picture this upon arrival: Gamers loafing the baggage slide carousel, waiting for their player devices bags. Those bags needed to journey with all of them because each teams engaged in right up to their separation time. So the bags get checked out onto the aircraft upon flight terminal delivery, for pick-up in luggage claim, besides their very own personal luggage. For this excursion, Florida Condition acquired its players tailored curler travel suitcases. Each groups are going to have a light method at the stadium after they get there, along with the principal objective to receive everyone adapted to the five-hour time adjustment. Georgia Specialist trainer Brent Trick, who visited Ireland for a game as a UCF aide in 2014, stated he carries out certainly not would like to create the trip any bigger than it has to be-- reasoning his previous overseas experience." Our team overcoached those children," Key said, referring to UCF's 26-24 loss to Penn State. "Our company made an effort to give them an experience. We took them to different areas, took them on scenic tours as well as it was merely excessive things when you're examining there to participate in football game. Do you understand what makes a great experience? Succeeding." To that end, Georgia Technician are going to soar home after the game as it possesses a limited turnaround to the following full week. Considering that Fla Condition plays on a Monday evening, coach Mike Norvell made a decision to have the group stay on Sunday for some taking in the sights prior to going back to Tallahassee.Though that approach is actually various, intending the coordinations in the lead-up to the video game has actually been identical. The universities have actually resided in steady interaction, yet there will certainly be anxiousness upon appearance, during the activity and also postgame, too. Every thing has to be actually repacked for trip back home, and also at custom-mades Sunday night. In each cases-- traveling to and also from-- both universities must rely heavily on folks they have never ever fulfilled to finish the job." Anytime as well as every single time I travel, I panic if my bag is going to acquire certainly there, so you undoubtedly fret about that," Thompson stated. "You are actually relocating virtually 300 folks at once. So you simply must be sure it is proper as well as right.".