TAMPA, Fla. -- What does Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians, who has spent 44 years coaching football, rely on when preparing to take his team London, which comes midway through a five-game road stand spanning over 20,000 miles, with games and practices in four different time zones?
"Sports science all the way,” said Arians when asked what he listens to when preparing his players for the long journey. “My gut stinks. It doesn’t know anything.”
Arians made the trip two years ago when he was with the Arizona Cardinals. He brought his team over to London on Monday and practiced there all week, but that was because it was a 13-hour flight from Phoenix and an eight-hour time difference.