Dublin down on a BXII Champy: 8/23 Roll Call

[mocat]

Sorry if covered elsewhere or wrong thread but how did the team travel to Ireland? Are there private charters that can go all the way from MHK to the Emerald Isle? Did some of the backups have to travel 3rd class on a ship?

Looks like they got a nonstop chartered from mci

[mocat]

Sorry if covered elsewhere or wrong thread but how did the team travel to Ireland? Are there private charters that can go all the way from MHK to the Emerald Isle? Did some of the backups have to travel 3rd class on a ship?

Looks like they got a nonstop chartered from mci

Might have been this one (aer lingus is the official sponsor of the game so that would make sense)

https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/EIN40KW/history/20250820/2235Z/KMCI/EIDW

[cfbandyman]

NGL, surprised they left so "late", like why not get there on Wednesday, not Thursday. Rather make sure they are fully adjusted.

[DaBigTrain]

We’ll be fine

[star seed 7]

NGL, surprised they left so "late", like why not get there on Wednesday, not Thursday. Rather make sure they are fully adjusted.

Do you know how much it costs to lodge 150 people!

[wetwillie]

Accommodations all paid for by Aer Cunni(Lingus)

[Sandstone Outcropping]

Sorry if covered elsewhere or wrong thread but how did the team travel to Ireland? Are there private charters that can go all the way from MHK to the Emerald Isle? Did some of the backups have to travel 3rd class on a ship?

Looks like they got a nonstop chartered from mci

Thanks!

[mocat]

NGL, surprised they left so "late", like why not get there on Wednesday, not Thursday. Rather make sure they are fully adjusted.

They'll be fine

[Trim]

Lol at this game in ireland in the middle of august.

[mocat]

Lol at this game in ireland in the middle of august.

It's absolutely absurd

[wetwillie]

It's not in the middle of August bro's. Has this board become so out of touch with sports they don't know about Week 0?

[star seed 7]

It's not in the middle of August bro's. Has this board become so out of touch with sports they don't know about Week 0?

You might want to take a look at the other "week 0" matchups

[Sandstone Outcropping]

Accommodations all paid for by Aer Cunni(Lingus)

I can't stop saying this in my head. Glad to see I'm not the only one.

[michigancat]

It's not in the middle of August bro's. Has this board become so out of touch with sports they don't know about Week 0?

You might want to take a look at the other "week 0" matchups

Last year the Ireland game had Florida State the same week. Maybe I'm not real sure what's going on here

[star seed 7]

Like us, I doubt Florida state had much say in the matter

[wetwillie]

It's almost as if the Aer Lingus Football Classic happens on the same date every year since 2022...

[DaBigTrain]

What should I cook on the griddle for this game? Is there some Scotland thing that would be good?

[ben ji]

LOL! I flew direct from ORD to DUB this morning and spent a couple of days in Chicago before leaving. Last night at the hotel bar I was getting ROCKED in my Katz gear when a cute old couple from Storm Lake sat next to me and it turns out they were ISU fans.

Frank and Sharon were taking their first international trip to watch the SUClyones play the Katz over in Dublin then were going to London and Paris before coming back to show their grandkids pictures.

I ended up getting Frank TOASTED at the bar, Sharon went to bed around 9pm and he said he would be up soon.

SCENE CUT

It's now 11pm, Frank is face down at the hotel bar and I swiped his passport out of his back pocket and flushed it down the toilet!!! He woke up eventually and I helped him to his room.

This morning when I left I saw Frank talking to the front desk asking if anyone had turned in a passport he lost last night!!! LOLZ!!! Go Katz!

[nicname]

What should I cook on the griddle for this game? Is there some Scotland thing that would be good?

Bangers and mash brah. Irish poutine aka fries covered in cheese curds and brown gravy w beef on there too