| FTBL FSU-GT Trip to Dublin

[252BAMA]

Unbelievable what all they had to do.

Inside Florida State and Georgia Tech's wild planning for a season opener in Ireland​

"In the lead-up to Saturday's kickoff between Florida State and Georgia Tech, both schools spent 17 months making spreadsheets, filling out documents and triple-checking customs regulations to make sure they packed all the essentials for their transatlantic trip."

No Renegade, no Ramblin' Wreck, lots of ranch dressing: How FSU and Georgia Tech packed for Ireland

The highest-profile matchup of Week 0 involved reconsiderations of everything from coach headsets to breakfast foods.

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[It Takes Eleven]

It's 4,000 miles from Tallahassee to Dublin, which is only 900 miles farther than Boston College to Cal.

 

[TerryP]

It's 4,000 miles from Tallahassee to Dublin, which is only 900 miles farther than Boston College to Cal.

On that note.

It's 11 hours to Chicago where GT had their equipment shipped before heading to Dublin. It's six and a half to Orlando, where FSU had their stuff shipped from. Why didn't GT ship theirs to Orlando?

 

[TerryP]

condiments that are not available in Dublin.

Warwick said grits, for example, were a nonstarter because the chefs could not cook them to specification. Florida State players have an affinity for ranch dressing, A1 steak sauce and Tabasco, items unavailable in Ireland, so those specific condiments were packed.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Glad its not bama involved. Hawaii was far enough n cost me plenty. Lol

 

[Rsedge72]

On that note.

It's 11 hours to Chicago where GT had their equipment shipped before heading to Dublin. It's six and a half to Orlando, where FSU had their stuff shipped from. Why didn't GT ship theirs to Orlando?

Or better yet why not Atlanta???

That’s where we used have our equipment shipped when we went out of the country…

Not for sports though, for work…

 

[Rsedge72]

Or better yet why not Atlanta???

That’s where we used have our equipment shipped when we went out of the country…

Not for sports though, for work…

Scratch that, may not fly direct we went to Middle East…

 

[rammerjammer]

Just saw a snippet on IG where Saban is already in Ireland in prep for Saturday's game. He was at practice with former Bama assistant and current GT HC Brent Key.

 

[PurlJam]

Scratch that, may not fly direct we went to Middle East…

Delta has direct flights to Dublin out of Atlanta. Pretty sure they're not the only one.

 

[TerryP]

Or better yet why not Atlanta???

Delta has direct flights to Dublin out of Atlanta. Pretty sure they're not the only one.

Hazarding a guess. The players and staff flew out of ATL. I'm guessing the plane out of ORD was cargo only? Like a Fed Ex plane type of deal...

 

[Rsedge72]

Hazarding a guess. The players and staff flew out of ATL. I'm guessing the plane out of ORD was cargo only? Like a Fed Ex plane type of deal...

Yeah I was just thinking the cargo could’ve flown out of Atlanta also, but maybe they don’t do that??? They used to, I’d fly my equipment through cargo “delta” but that’s been many moons ago…. Late 90’s….

 

[PurlJam]

Yeah I was just thinking the cargo could’ve flown out of Atlanta also, but maybe they don’t do that??? They used to, I’d fly my equipment through cargo “delta” but that’s been many moons ago…. Late 90’s….

Could have sent it to Memphis and used FedEx.