.Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior Citizen WriterAug 22, 2024, 07:00 AM ETClose ACC media reporter.Joined ESPN.com in 2010.Grad of the College of Florida.In the lead-up to Saturday's kickoff in between Florida Condition as well as Georgia Technician, each universities invested 17 months making spread sheets, submitting files and triple-checking personalizeds guidelines to make certain they packed all the basics for their transatlantic trip.Uniforms? Check.Cleats? Check.Ranch dressing? Umm, check?The Ramblin' Accident? Regrettably, back in Atlanta.Renegade, Osceola and also their flaming harpoon? If only that pesky quarantine issue had been solved.Even without their most well-known pregame heritages journeying with them to Dublin, Florida State and also Georgia Technology will headline Full week 0 along with everything they require to participate in soccer due to an exhaustive backstage effort that Georgia Technician supervisor of volleyball operations Josh Thompson describes as "except the pale of heart." In every, the schools combined to carry 238 crates weighing much more than 40,000 pounds-- loaded as well as shipped on cargo airplanes recently-- full of every thing coming from game day devices to sporting activity medicine essentials, healthy protein powder, treats including Fish and also indeed, spices that are certainly not offered in Dublin.Editor's Picks2 Related" There is no area for inaccuracy here," said Jason Baisden, Fla State assistant athletic supervisor for tools procedures. "When our company're there, our experts're there. We can't go back or can't get in touch with and also say, 'Hey, bring this with you.'" Each schools started to prepare yourself for this activity in March 2023, not long after it was actually announced. Florida Condition director of soccer procedures Bruce Warwick had actually been part of numerous overseas activities in his previous stops in the NFL, so he actually had a really good tip about what relocating a whole entire crew greater than 4,000 kilometers away would certainly entail.Beyond evacuating all the essential equipment, tickets would certainly have to be actually safeguarded, numerous in-person site check outs to the group accommodation will need to be created (featuring food tastings) and also interaction along with officials in Ireland will have to be precise. Nothing at all-- like thinking that a United States biscuit and an Irish cookie were the same-- can be left to chance." I needed to discover to speak their foreign language," Baisden claimed. "Like, it is actually not an outfit to them, it is actually a package. It is actually the British foreign language, but our experts needed to make sure absolutely nothing was actually lost with the interpretation of what our team are actually performing." Baisden and also Thompson produced phone call to individuals they understood at Notre Dame and Navy, two schools that had recently played in Ireland. Baisden sought their carnet, a record that assists in short-lived global bring ins as well as exports. Generally, the carnet details every product that is actually brought into a foreign nation line through line, along with specific numbers.Florida Condition AthleticsWant to deliver treats for the crew? No worry. However every snack, coming from applesauce to crackers, need to be provided. The exact same chooses rolls of tape, handwear covers, protein powders. You would like to take it? You have to list it.At Florida State, Baisden ended up being the factor person between divisions. In January, he talked to the sport nourishment, sport medicine, artistic video recording, weightlifting, radio program and also sporting activities info teams to start determining what they definitely must take along with them.He defined the process as planning for "a foreign dish travel." But the information with which everything had to be actually itemized goes far past any dish excursion preparation, where universities can easily simply load up their devices trucks as well as get on their means. For this excursion, Baisden identified every cage with what it was actually for-- hotels and resort, technique, game.International trip is actually why the Ramblin' Accident and Renegade as well as Osceola were left in the house. Irish officials had actually inquired about their schedule, and also each schools had major dialogues about locating a means to do it.Renegade, the legendary steed ridden through Osceola before every Florida Condition home game to grow a flaming javelin at midfield, will possess must sequester on the way back to Tallahassee as demanded by international requirements. Because of this, the steed would possess been actually not available for the home opener versus Boston ma University on Sept. 2. Additionally, this is actually theoretically a Georgia Technology home game.A gold and also white colored 1930 Ford Model A Sport Coupe known as the "Ramblin' Wreck" has led the Yellow Jackets onto the area for every home game given that 1961. The Wreckage will must travel on a ship to get to Ireland. The traveling opportunity home will possess suggested it, also, will have been not available for the home opener versus Georgia State on Aug. 31. There had been discussion about utilizing an Irish "cousin" of the Accident, a Peugeot-type coming from Dublin, yet the suggestion was nixed.There was plenty much more that needed to be covered to reach the goal. Fla State ended up must receive 85 tickets for its players Georgia Tech must acquire 70 in total between players as well as team. Probably the best unforeseen challenge the groups faced was making certain they would certainly manage to make use of the new technology made it possible for starting this season-- coach-to-helmet interaction and also apples ipad on the sideline.The headset devices instructors use on the side project in the United States do not work overseas due to the fact that they utilize different radio frequencies. Each colleges needed to lease brand-new systems, and that suggests a different waistband pack for instructors to get used to. Florida Condition exercised with all of them in the course of scrimmages so the trainers might start to obtain a taste of them.Thompson claimed the colleges needed to safeguard a number of product lines of frequency for the interaction headsets to work. The iPads demanded sychronisation along with Aviva Stadium as well as nearby merchants for particular fiber product lines made use of to upgrade video recording directly. The institutions have had every week calls along with the ACC as well as different sellers to see to it every little thing prepares to go. Whatever will certainly be tested Friday.Florida State Sports" The instructors do not like change. I don't like improvement," Thompson stated. "Everyone is actually a critter of of practice. I wish to stroll in to the stadium when the crew walks in as well as ensure whatever is performed. I don't want to need to be actually rollicking panicking, 'All right, just how are we heading to handle this?'" The crews experienced various airport terminals to have their packages soared over, all at the instructions of Aer Lingus, the activity's headline supporter. Fla Condition packed up a truck recently that left for Orlando, where its own pet crates were after that put on freight aircraft pallets phoned "cookie slabs" for international traveling and afterwards soared to Dublin. Georgia Technology had its own packages go on an aircraft to Chicago, and afterwards on to Dublin.Everything soared over arrived prior to the groups entered Thursday morning. Each group sent a development group early to open up pet crates and start sorting items for usage at the resort or arena. Equipment supervisors established their corresponding storage locker rooms for Thursday strategy. Additionally, both crews had manies situations of Powerade as well as water bottles straight shipped to both the accommodation and also stadium.The lodgings were actually chosen for their correlations to ordinary roadway lodgings. They must possess huge enough areas offered for group conferences, yet additionally meals that tried like home. Warwick claimed grits, for instance, were a nonstarter because the gourmet chefs could not cook all of them to specification. Fla State players have an affinity for farm dressing, A1 steak dressing and also Tabasco, products unavailable in Ireland, therefore those specific condiments were actually packed." The meals is actually the largest challenge given that they like what they just like and they recognize what they know," Warwick pointed out. "We tried to keep it as Americanized as feasible." The teams themselves left the USA on Wednesday night, yet even their partings appeared various. For residential activity traveling, both crews go through TSA protection screening process at their particular coliseums just before boarding buses as well as heading to their charter flights.But for a global vacation, both groups must experience the regular protection line at their corresponding airport terminals. It is one thing for Florida State to go through its small local airport terminal in Tallahassee. However just envision the 289-person Georgia Technology journey party pulling up to Concourse F at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta and going through security.Aer Lingus, the title supporter of the activity, had to get special consent to secure a gateway. Thompson mentioned he has actually been actually guaranteed there will be additional safety and security lanes available to obtain Georgia Specialist by means of successfully. He organizes to make use of a "shell system" where he differentiates the players right into groups, with one designated the leader and also behind making sure everyone possesses their passports.Players will definitely be advised regularly about do's and also perform n'ts if they are actually carrying carry-ons, featuring the dimension of permitted fluids." I can not wait to find when I am actually the final individual that looks at the TSA line what all was actually taken during that time," Thompson said.Now photo this upon arrival: Gamers standing around the baggage carousel, waiting for their player equipment bags. Those bags must travel along with them since each groups exercised all the way as much as their separation day. So the bags obtain inspected onto the airplane upon airport delivery, for pickup in luggage case, aside from their very own individual baggage. For this excursion, Florida State received its players customized roller suitcases. Each staffs will certainly possess a light practice at the coliseum after they arrive, with the principal target to acquire everybody accommodated to the five-hour opportunity change. Georgia Technology train Brent Secret, that went to Ireland for a video game as a UCF aide in 2014, stated he performs not would like to create the journey any much bigger than it must be-- reasoning his previous overseas experience." Our team overcoached those children," Key said, describing UCF's 26-24 reduction to Penn State. "We attempted to give them an encounter. Our company took them to different locations, took them on scenic tours and it was merely too much things when you are actually reviewing there to play football game. Perform you know what brings in a terrific knowledge? Winning." To that end, Georgia Tech will fly home after the video game as it possesses a strict turnaround to the following full week. Considering that Fla Condition plays on a Monday evening, trainer Mike Norvell decided to possess the staff stay on Sunday for some sightseeing prior to returning to Tallahassee.Though that technique is various, planning the strategies in the lead-up to the video game has actually been identical. The colleges have actually remained in consistent interaction, but there will be actually anxiety upon landing, during the course of the activity and also postgame, also. Whatever must be actually repacked for trip back home, and also at personalizeds Sunday evening. In both instances-- traveling to as well as from-- both colleges need to rely highly on people they have certainly never complied with to get the job done." Anytime as well as whenever I travel, I stress if my bag is going to get there, so you definitely stress over that," Thompson stated. "You are actually relocating virtually 300 folks at one time. So you merely need to make sure it is actually correct as well as ideal.".