No one is suggesting that the Tennessee/Virginia Tech match is the best game to ever take place. Those exaggerations, common as they are, should be ignored. However, what cannot be denied is the spectacle that fans were treated to this season. The Battle at Bristol was about so much more than college football odds and Lines.
It was an extraordinary event delivering intrigue and excitement because of the scale; with more than 150,000 people in attendance, the Tennessee/Virginia Tech game broke college football attendance records and turned a race track into a college football cathedral.
As such, it comes as no surprise that the people at Texas Motor Speedway want to repeat this phenomenon; seeing the success achieved during the Tennessee/Virginia Tech game, the Texas Motor Speedway people want to take things to the next level by packing over 200,000 people into the place during a football game.
Speaking with SEC Country, the president of Texas Motor Speedway Eddie Gossage explained that the idea of football at the race track has been around since 2002.
There were talks of Texas Motor Speedway hosting an Oklahoma/Texas game in the so-called Red Rivalry, however, the Longhorns pulled out at the last minute. The success of the Tennessee/Virginia Tech game is proof for Gossage that it is time to try again.
Gossage sounded really excited about the concept of injecting football into the Texas Motor Speedway. He also hoped that schools like Texas and Oklahoma would get a little excited.
With the athletic directors of these schools on board, Gossage believes that, together, they could achieve some truly spectacular dreams. Bristol lit the fire for this idea.
It has shown the country that the concept is not only legitimate but lucrative. It has legs and more colleges need to give it some serious consideration in order for people like Gossage to make another Bristol happen.
Of course, Gossage isn’t suggesting that games like the Tennessee/Virginia Tech match become the norm in the NFL. Rather, the concept could be saved for special games such as national championship games in order to give fans a truly spectacular experience.
Now that Bristol has proven the viability of some of these concepts, Gossage has begun toying with an idea, one that is far grander than football and the state of Texas itself.
Gossage has it in mind to renew the Texas-Texas A&M rivalry. This is something that has been on hold since 2011 and Gossage would like it to play out in front of 200,000 fans at the Texas Motor Speedway.
If you live in Texas, then this is an idea you have probably been dying to witness. There could be no more perfect game for an arena such as the Texas Motor Speedway.
Gossage isn’t the only person contemplating the idea of bringing football onto the race track. Talladega Superspeedway Chairman Grant Lynch has been in talks with interested parties to host the iron bowl between Auburn and Alabama, though, very little about those talks suggests that there is any progress being made.
There are no plans to host football games on race tracks in the immediate future, but the idea is alive and well, and it could spawn some grand events down the road.
It was an extraordinary event delivering intrigue and excitement because of the scale; with more than 150,000 people in attendance, the Tennessee/Virginia Tech game broke college football attendance records and turned a race track into a college football cathedral.
As such, it comes as no surprise that the people at Texas Motor Speedway want to repeat this phenomenon; seeing the success achieved during the Tennessee/Virginia Tech game, the Texas Motor Speedway people want to take things to the next level by packing over 200,000 people into the place during a football game.
Speaking with SEC Country, the president of Texas Motor Speedway Eddie Gossage explained that the idea of football at the race track has been around since 2002.
There were talks of Texas Motor Speedway hosting an Oklahoma/Texas game in the so-called Red Rivalry, however, the Longhorns pulled out at the last minute. The success of the Tennessee/Virginia Tech game is proof for Gossage that it is time to try again.
Gossage sounded really excited about the concept of injecting football into the Texas Motor Speedway. He also hoped that schools like Texas and Oklahoma would get a little excited.
With the athletic directors of these schools on board, Gossage believes that, together, they could achieve some truly spectacular dreams. Bristol lit the fire for this idea.
It has shown the country that the concept is not only legitimate but lucrative. It has legs and more colleges need to give it some serious consideration in order for people like Gossage to make another Bristol happen.
Of course, Gossage isn’t suggesting that games like the Tennessee/Virginia Tech match become the norm in the NFL. Rather, the concept could be saved for special games such as national championship games in order to give fans a truly spectacular experience.
Now that Bristol has proven the viability of some of these concepts, Gossage has begun toying with an idea, one that is far grander than football and the state of Texas itself.
Gossage has it in mind to renew the Texas-Texas A&M rivalry. This is something that has been on hold since 2011 and Gossage would like it to play out in front of 200,000 fans at the Texas Motor Speedway.
If you live in Texas, then this is an idea you have probably been dying to witness. There could be no more perfect game for an arena such as the Texas Motor Speedway.
Gossage isn’t the only person contemplating the idea of bringing football onto the race track. Talladega Superspeedway Chairman Grant Lynch has been in talks with interested parties to host the iron bowl between Auburn and Alabama, though, very little about those talks suggests that there is any progress being made.
There are no plans to host football games on race tracks in the immediate future, but the idea is alive and well, and it could spawn some grand events down the road.