[AncientCityIndian]

"I have (thought about Australian trip preparation). Cal went last year, so I’ve been on the phone with Sonny Dykes to find out some of the mistakes that they made so that we wouldn’t make the same mistakes. We know to get our guys compression pants. We have a walk and stretch schedule on the airplane because of the length of the trip. Initially, we were going to put our guys on per diem. Coach Dykes said that’s a bad idea because it’s European portions and they won’t get enough calories. So we know that we need to have buffets at the hotel. His first day at practice the field was 100 meters. They had to restripe it in yards. All the people at Rice who have been working to make sure the field is right, that the travel is right. This is going to be an incredible opportunity for this football team. Not only to go play a football game. But, we’ve teamed up with the University of Sydney. We’re going to spend a day with them after practice talking about the Australian educational system and how we do it at Rice. We’ll share a nice dinner with their President and (David Leebron). It’s going to be a great day."

“When Joe Karlgaard first asked me about moving the game to Australia, you think, God, it’s going to be 125 degrees which is a home field advantage. But then you get to thinking that it will be an incredible experience for these young men, not just to go play a football game but to go to a different continent, a difference culture. With what they are going to learn when they are there, it’s worth moving a home game to do that.”

(I thought August was in wintertime in Sydney?)

[AncientCityIndian]

"I have (thought about Australian trip preparation). Cal went last year, so I’ve been on the phone with Sonny Dykes to find out some of the mistakes that they made so that we wouldn’t make the same mistakes. We know to get our guys compression pants. We have a walk and stretch schedule on the airplane because of the length of the trip. Initially, we were going to put our guys on per diem. Coach Dykes said that’s a bad idea because it’s European portions and they won’t get enough calories. So we know that we need to have buffets at the hotel. His first day at practice the field was 100 meters. They had to restripe it in yards. All the people at Rice who have been working to make sure the field is right, that the travel is right. This is going to be an incredible opportunity for this football team. Not only to go play a football game. But, we’ve teamed up with the University of Sydney. We’re going to spend a day with them after practice talking about the Australian educational system and how we do it at Rice. We’ll share a nice dinner with their President and (David Leebron). It’s going to be a great day."

“When Joe Karlgaard first asked me about moving the game to Australia, you think, God, it’s going to be 125 degrees which is a home field advantage. But then you get to thinking that it will be an incredible experience for these young men, not just to go play a football game but to go to a different continent, a difference culture. With what they are going to learn when they are there, it’s worth moving a home game to do that.”

(I thought August was in wintertime in Sydney?)