College Football's MOST INSANE Game... (The Battle at Bristol)

Bristol Motor Speedway, a storied track with the nickname “America’s Night Race” where cars average a speed of over 100 miles per hour on the just over ½ mile oval track. The Speedway is known as the Last Great Colosseum. It is also where Virginia Tech and Tennessee broke the college football attendance record. With the Reds and Braves announcing that they would be playing a baseball game at the Speedway next year, I thought it was the right time to go back and look at the Battle of Bristol. A football game unlike anything else

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[verlinjoseph]

I randomly think about this game once a year

[M__mn]

I would like to have this as a rivalry and have a Colosseum Trophy as a reward.

[MadDogg]

Make this an annual event! Get Tennessee, VTech, North Carolina, Duke, NC State, & Virginia to rotate as the teams involved. Make it a Week 0 opening game, like the game in Ireland

[ImNotDeanMartin]

The logistics of this game was just incredible

[DeezyP]

I'm from Johnson City, just down the road from Bristol. I'm not a fan of the either team but I couldn't miss this one. Such a great game and event in general.
FYI another reason they used Bristol is its divided by State St almost in the middle. Half in TN half in VA.

[abaker]

3:01 there were no Washington Commanders in 1961

[greenwave]

I am so glad TN won the first battle and I do hope we get more battles in the future!!!

[volunteertn]

Dobbs was something different at Tennessee, such an aggressive runner and a brilliant offensive mind.

[quintenbrasher]

Not trying to be discouraging or appear as a hater, but he really needs to work on his narration. Every sentence has the same tone pattern: start high, make it sound a question, and then go to a low tone that almost sounds like he’s not even interested in his own script. I hope he tries to add more of his personality to videos like this.

[Aleph]

8:56 This game completely changed when Wyatt Teller got flagged for back to back unsportsmanlike conduct penalties and the Hokies never got back on track the rest of the game.

[MarkCzmic]

Glad you got the issues taken care of. Another great video brother thanks

[BOSTONBEAST]

I got to march in the game following the Battle of Bristol, it was surreal experience to march in a racetrack!

[jdotwhitt]

Jerod Evans was so good. he shoulda stayed in school his senior year

[jarredthomas]

i was in middle school and worked this game and was able to get in for free after and jus wow.. i still remember the expierence like it was yesterday.

[sharplydressedrabbit]

This was the coolest football game ever. I hate that it hasn't been done again.

[theawesomefanhunter]

It was impressive the big Bruton Smith was able to do it

[Ayeee]

I was at this game, special memory for sure.

[jakefromstatefarm]

Darrell Taylor’s quote before this game was iconic

[zachphillips]

The year Tennessee should've won the East, but a Butch Jones led team can only go so far. Had so much talent and didn't know what to do with it.

[KirbysFakePunt]

This was such a time to be alive as a CFB fan