ESPN’s College GameDay expected at Battle at Bristol

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ESPN’s College GameDay expected at Battle at Bristol | WNML-AF

Ben Trout, the VP of customer service and guest experience at Bristol Motor Speedway, told The Food City Lead Lap on Saturday that ESPN will likely broadcast College GameDay from Bristol that morning.


“We have a pretty good indication, pretty good feeling, that Kirk Herbstreit and his crew will be in town for College GameDay,” Trout said. “We feel like that’s going to happen. We’re still waiting on some official confirmation on that.”


Tennessee last played at a GameDay location on Sept. 15, 2012, when Florida beat the Vols 37-20 in Knoxville. Before that, Tennessee appeared at a GameDay location a total of 17 times from 1995-2006.

A prime time game against a quality opponent in front of the biggest crowd to ever attend a football game, you can bet Gameday will be there.
 
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We have an audition in front of the biggest crowd to ever attend a football game to show that we are officially back as a CFB powerhouse.

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Pretty hard for them to chose any other game. Going to break the attendance record with 2 teams that don't play each other that much and you know ESPN wants to get on the hype train early so they can say they were following us all along. The atmosphere should be great but if anyone is expecting an actual game to take place then they are on something. I say we win pretty handily and don't even have to get halfway into the playbook to get the W.

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Take a look at how huge this season is game by game.

ASU - Home Opener. Big regardless.

VT - Regional Power at the biggest venue in CFB history. ESPN Game Day.

Ohio - OK. Nothing exceptional here.

UF - #1 East Rival and 11 game streak on line.

UGA - #1b east rival on the road vs new coach

ATM - 1st SEC match vs traditional power before 100k+

Bama - Possible 1v2 matchup on TSIO at Neyland.

USC - Hated coach, but no bigger than a typical SEC division rivalry.

TT - Breather, but homecoming and interstate game.

UK - Possible East champ to be secured.

Mizz - New coach. Possible East champ to be secured.

Vandy - Possible East champ to be secured.

SECCG - Huge and possibly 1st time back in a decade.

Final 4 - Hype

Championship - Hype²

There are easy story lines here for every game besides Ohio & TT. Even the final 3 will get some action if we are in the driver's seat for the East and especially 1 loss or less. I just can't imagine a scenario where a season could be any higher on the national attention scale IF we take care of business (0-1 loss reg season SECCG + FF win.

The good news ... our team is probably the best we've had since 2001 (maybe 2006). So, we have a realistic chance at making it to the title game.

Can't wait!
 
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I just hope they bring Desmond and all his negativity, so he can cry about his big house, then get trampled by the crowd.
 
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dduncan4163 said:
ESPN’s College GameDay expected at Battle at Bristol | WNML-AF

Ben Trout, the VP of customer service and guest experience at Bristol Motor Speedway,told The Food City Lead Lap on Saturday that ESPN will likely broadcast College GameDay from Bristol that morning.


“We have a pretty good indication, pretty good feeling, that Kirk Herbstreit and his crew will be in town for College GameDay,” Trout said. “We feel like that’s going to happen. We’re still waiting on some official confirmation on that.”


Tennessee last played at a GameDay location on Sept. 15, 2012, when Florida beat the Vols 37-20 in Knoxville. Before that, Tennessee appeared at a GameDay location a total of 17 times from 1995-2006.

A prime time game against a quality opponent in front of the biggest crowd to ever attend a football game, you can bet Gameday will be there.
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VolPack22 said:
Pretty hard for them to chose any other game. Going to break the attendance record with 2 teams that don't play each other that much and you know ESPN wants to get on the hype train early so they can say they were following us all along. The atmosphere should be great but if anyone is expecting an actual game to take place then they are on something. I say we win pretty handily and don't even have to get halfway into the playbook to get the W.

UT 38
VT 10
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Well also, I mean...have you looked at the week 2 games in general?

Whoever scheduled this for that week was a genius, because the others are almost all bad games verses mid majors or bad games vs FCS teams.
 
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I think this was a foregone conclusion. ESPN won't pass up the biggest spectacle in the history of CFB.
 
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ESPN will follow the money to Bristol. No way they'll fail to capitalize on history in the making.

Downer Desmond will predict a close game, Corso will say "Not so fast" and hoist Smokey on the table and Herbstreit will reiterate UT as his pick to win the SECE. It will be epic.
 
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LA Vol said:
ESPN will follow the money to Bristol. No way they'll fail to capitalize on history in the making.

Downer Desmond will predict a close game, Corso will say "Not so fast" and hoist Smokey on the table and Herbstreit will reiterate UT as his pick to win the SECE. It will be epic.
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I like it. I like it a lot.
 
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kiddiedoc said:
I think this was a foregone conclusion. ESPN won't pass up the biggest spectacle in the history of CFB.
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Yeah it isn't a shock to anyone, it's just something else to look forward to. The entire sports world will be focused on this game, and it is the perfect setup for us to shine.
 
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September will tell us how this season will go! If we are undefeated going into October and GA game, it will be a Great season, if not.........






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Wish they would go back to the original version of the Game Day intro. The original version's main verse of the song referenced the "traditional programs" in the song, including OU, Bama, UGA, UF, OH st., ND, USC, Michigan, and emphasis on "Rocky Top TN!" in the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_lIB1VEmVc

The current version (updated in 2011) eliminates the reference to TN and adds programs like "GameCocks" and "TCU". Hope they update it again for this season and add TN back!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_lIB1VEmVc

Plus the original version such sounds better!
 
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TrueOrange said:
Well also, I mean...have you looked at the week 2 games in general?

Whoever scheduled this for that week was a genius, because the others are almost all bad games verses mid majors or bad games vs FCS teams.
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I put together the schedule for that week. Big games in bold.
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Let's put this to rest now.

Gameday is coming to Bristol Week 2.

Here's the 1-A schedule for September 10th (All half-way interesting games in bold):

Old Dominion @ Appalachian State at Kidd Brewer Stadium, Boone, NC
Tennessee-Martin @ Hawaii at Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI
Portland State @ San José State at Spartan Stadium , San Jose, CA
Georgia State @ Air Force at Falcon Stadium, Usaf Academy, CO
Texas San Antonio @ Colorado State at Hughes Stadium , Fort Collins, CO
Georgia Southern @ South Alabama at Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile, AL
McNeese State @ Louisiana Lafayette at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA
Wyoming @ Nebraska at Memorial Stadium*, Lincoln, NE
Ball State @ Indiana at Memorial Stadium*, Bloomington, IN
Central Michigan @ Oklahoma State at Boone Pickens Stadium, Stillwater, OK
Prairie View A&M @ Texas A&M at Kyle Field, College Station, TX
Rice @ Army at Michie Stadium, West Point, NY
Boston College @ Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA
Nicholls State @ Georgia at Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA
NC State @ East Carolina at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, Greenville, NC
Penn State @ Pittsburgh at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, PA
UCF @ Michigan at Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI
Cincinnati @ Purdue at Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN
Lamar @ Houston at TDECU Stadium, Houston, TX
Howard @ Rutgers at High Point Solutions Stadium, Piscataway, NJ
Charleston Southern @ Florida State at Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, FL
Troy @ Clemson at Memorial Stadium*, Clemson, SC
Stony Brook @ Temple at Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA
Youngstown State @ West Virginia at Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, WV
Utah State @ USC at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA
Ohio @ Kansas at Memorial Stadium*, Lawrence, KS
North Dakota @ Bowling Green at Doyt Perry Stadium, Bowling Green, OH
Mercer @ Georgia Tech at Bobby Dodd Stadium, Atlanta, GA
Connecticut @ Navy at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MD
Tulsa @ Ohio State at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH
Illinois State @ Northwestern at Ryan Field, Evanston, IL
Akron @ Wisconsin at Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, WI
Wake Forest @ Duke at Wallace Wade Stadium, Durham, NC
Eastern Illinois @ Miami (OH) at Yager Stadium, Oxford, OH
Nevada @ Notre Dame at Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame, IN
Kentucky @ Florida at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, FL
Western Kentucky @ Alabama at Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, AL
SMU @ Baylor at McLane Stadium, Waco, TX
Wofford @ Ole Miss at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, MS
Middle Tennessee @ Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt Stadium, Nashville, TN (j/k)
Indiana State @ Minnesota at TCF Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN
Idaho @ Washington at Husky Stadium, Seattle, WA
Idaho State @ Colorado at Folsom Field, Boulder, CO
Florida Atlantic @ Miami at New Miami Stadium, Miami, FL
Morgan State @ Marshall at Joan C. Edwards Stadium, Huntington, WV
North Carolina A&T @ Kent State at Dix Stadium, Kent, OH
Elon @ Charlotte at McColl-Richardson Field, Charlotte, NC
North Carolina Central @ Western Michigan at Waldo Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI
Bethune-Cookman @ North Texas at Mean Green Stadium, Denton, TX
South Carolina State @ Louisiana Tech at Joe Aillet Stadium, Ruston, LA
Savannah State @ Southern Mississippi at M. M. Roberts Stadium, Hattiesburg, MS
UTEP @ Texas at Royal Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, TX
Louisiana Monroe @ Oklahoma at Memorial Stadium*, Norman, OK
Maine @ Toledo at Glass Bowl, Toledo, OH
Northern Illinois @ South Florida at Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL
South Carolina @ Mississippi State at Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, MS
Arkansas @ TCU at Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, TX
Arkansas State @ Auburn at Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn, AL
Iowa State @ Iowa at Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA
BYU @ Utah at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, UT
Eastern Michigan @ Missouri at Memorial Stadium/Faurot Field, Columbia, MO
Jacksonville State @ LSU at Tiger Stadium*, Baton Rouge, LA
North Carolina @ Illinois at Memorial Stadium , Champaign, IL
Southern @ Tulane at Yulman Stadium, New Orleans, LA
Tennessee @ Virginia Tech at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
New Mexico @ New Mexico State at Aggie Memorial Stadium, Las Cruces, NM
UNLV @ UCLA at Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
Sacramento State @ Fresno State at Bulldog Stadium , Fresno, CA
Texas Tech @ Arizona State at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZ
Washington State @ Boise State at Albertsons Stadium, Boise, ID
California @ San Diego State at Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA
Virginia @ Oregon at Autzen Stadium, Eugene, OR
Grambling State @ Arizona at Arizona Stadium, Tucson, AZ
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Yeah, we're about it for that week.
 
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