Welcome to the South — where it’s the law that you love at least two of the following four things: college football, shooting animals for sport, voting Republican, or NASCAR. But is it possible that there are people out there who love all four?
I’ve never really felt that NASCAR and college football made a comfortable mix. But I was wrong, if projections for Saturday night’s Battle at Bristol (Virginia Tech vs. Tennessee, 8 p.m. ET on ABC) is an indication. The game will be held at Bristol Motor Speedway, which has a capacity of 153,000. They expect 150,000 fans on Saturday, which would easily break the the college football attendance record (115,109 in 2013 at Michigan Stadium for the Wolverines vs.