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WCU & ETSU to play at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2016?
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 4:32 pm
by The Cats
East Tennessee State University has been in negotiations to take on Western Carolina University in a Southern Conference game at the track, people close to the deal have confirmed.
The Bucs and Catamounts could play at BMS on Sept. 17, a week after Tennessee and Virginia Tech take part in what has been dubbed the “Battle of Bristol.”
An official announcement about the ETSU-Western Carolina game, which has been rumored for months, is expected soon.
http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/Footbal ... eam&lp=1&p
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Re: WCU & ETSU to play at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2016?
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 4:34 pm
by dbackjon
That would be cool.
And for Bristol, good to get another game on the field before they remove it
Re: WCU & ETSU to play at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2016?
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 8:41 am
by ASUG8
Tennessee vs. Va Tech:
Western at ETSU:
I kid, Catman.
Should be cool. You don't realize how big that complex is until you see this:
Re: WCU & ETSU to play at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2016?
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:27 am
by 89Hen
ASUG8 wrote:I kid, Catman.
Should be cool. You don't realize how big that complex is until you see this
Yeah, I was quite surprised how small a football field was in the infield. Some of the CGI is just wrong when they show it taking up most of the infield. I kinda liked this one showing Neyland inside Bristol...
Re: WCU & ETSU to play at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2016?
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:29 am
by 89Hen
And sorry Cat fans.... playing in a 80% empty venue.
Re: WCU & ETSU to play at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2016?
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:49 am
by ASUG8
89Hen wrote:ASUG8 wrote:I kid, Catman.
Should be cool. You don't realize how big that complex is until you see this
Yeah, I was quite surprised how small a football field was in the infield. Some of the CGI is just wrong when they show it taking up most of the infield. I kinda liked this one showing Neyland inside Bristol...
Did you notice that's Tallegdega on the perimeter of my pic?
Re: WCU & ETSU to play at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2016?
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 10:35 am
by 93henfan
ASUG8 wrote:89Hen wrote:
Yeah, I was quite surprised how small a football field was in the infield. Some of the CGI is just wrong when they show it taking up most of the infield. I kinda liked this one showing Neyland inside Bristol...
Did you notice that's Tallegdega on the perimeter of my pic?
Talladega is 2 2/3 miles long, built to top Daytona's 2 1/2 miles. I got a nice taste for how big Daytona is last time I was there in 2008. After the race the lines for the parking shuttles were insane so we decided to hoof it around to the other side of the track. That turned into a conditioning hike.
Re: WCU & ETSU to play at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2016?
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 10:41 am
by 89Hen
ASUG8 wrote:Did you notice that's Tallegdega on the perimeter of my pic?
Yeah, that's crazy. But IMO that's more of a track than a stadium.
Re: WCU & ETSU to play at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2016?
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 11:21 am
by ASUG8
93henfan wrote:ASUG8 wrote:
Yeah, I was quite surprised how small a football field was in the infield. Some of the CGI is just wrong when they show it taking up most of the infield. I kinda liked this one showing Neyland inside Bristol...
Did you notice that's Tallegdega on the perimeter of my pic?
Talladega is 2 2/3 miles long, built to top Daytona's 2 1/2 miles. I got a nice taste for how big Daytona is last time I was there in 2008. After the race the lines for the parking shuttles were insane so we decided to hoof it around to the other side of the track. That turned into a conditioning hike.
I went to Talladega once, and the hike to our seats was pretty long. It was raining in turn three while sunny elsewhere.
Re: WCU & ETSU to play at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2016?
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 11:33 am
by BDKJMU
Fans better bring along a hubble telescope..
Re: WCU & ETSU to play at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2016?
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 11:35 am
by BDKJMU
89Hen wrote:ASUG8 wrote:I kid, Catman.
Should be cool. You don't realize how big that complex is until you see this
Yeah, I was quite surprised how small a football field was in the infield. Some of the CGI is just wrong when they show it taking up most of the infield. I kinda liked this one showing Neyland inside Bristol...
Yeah, I think if you included the banked track area you could fit a half doz football field inside..
Re: WCU & ETSU to play at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2016?
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 9:37 am
by The Cats
Re: WCU & ETSU to play at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2016?
Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 9:18 am
by The Cats
The giant screen that will hang over the Bristol.....
http://www.sbnation.com/college-footbal ... tball-game