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The Monday After: Hell, let's play seven SEC games at once in Talladega

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College Football Playoff Projections (9/11)

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On Saturday night in Bristol, Tennessee, they played a college football game in the middle of a racetrack.

Not the kind of track you see around so many college and high school football fields across the country, but the kind of track built for cars to approach speeds that would get you thrown in jail if you attempted to reach them on your local expressway.

And it was pretty cool, I have to admit. When they first announced plans to hold the Battle at Bristol between Tennessee and Virginia Tech Hokies , my initial reaction was more along the lines of "you've got to be kidding me" than it was "that makes sense!