ETSU Football Coming To Bristol Too

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If BMS is going to spend the money to layout the field and build the stands on the track, they might as well use it more than once.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
Half? It will be lucky to 5,000 total. Weird move.
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Yeah! Half filled is an over-statement. The mini dome only held what 10,000? Might be lucky to even get 10,000 in there at Bristol for this one.

bamawriter said:
If BMS is going to spend the money to layout the field and build the stands on the track, they might as well use it more than once.
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Yeah, I guess so but I find it a little silly. If it was 2 bigger schools or even if ETSU was playing say a UT type program then I wouldn't have a problem with it.
 
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Yeah, this is kind of a head scratcher. I understand the rationale of ETSU being in the proverbial backyard of BMS, but it's not exactly going to be a hyped up event.

If Smith was smart, he's look at doing it as a yearly or every two year event and draw in some big name P5 schools. I mean, imagine a Michigan-Notre Dame game at BMS. Or Texas-Alabama. (much as I hate the thought of Bammers invading beautiful East Tennessee)

Get a couple of teams with known traveling fan bases and put on a show.
 
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Grand Vol said:
Yeah, this is kind of a head scratcher. I understand the rationale of ETSU being in the proverbial backyard of BMS, but it's not exactly going to be a hyped up event.

If Smith was smart, he's look at doing it as a yearly or every two year event and draw in some big name P5 schools. I mean, imagine a Michigan-Notre Dame game at BMS. Or Texas-Alabama. (much as I hate the thought of Bammers invading beautiful East Tennessee)

Get a couple of teams with known traveling fan bases and put on a show.
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This is a terrible idea. I love the Bucs don't get me wrong, but they'd have to give away free food and beer to fill BMS up for that.
 
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Why not? The field is already in place.

Everyone knows it won't sell out, but maybe a few more people will show up.
 
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Woww, this later post has 30 more views than the first post from yesterday. I guess it's best to post 2nd than 1st.
 
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TennFan said:
The giant screen that will hang over the Bristol Motor Speedway football game looks like an alien hovercraft - SBNation.com

If the ETSU/WNC game draws more than 12,000 I'll be surprised.:eek:hmy::rock::ermm:
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I'd say you're right in that 12,000 would be a challenge to get in there for this game. The mini dome sold out at 10,000. We also might be surprised too & see 20,000+.

I just don't see it though since the opponent is WCU. Maybe if it was a D1 school from a power 5 but it's not happening for this game.
 
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Most of WCU's fans are excited and I bet they bring 4-6 k. Home games for them bring 8-10k. I don't know what ETSU will bring.

Seems silly to me.
 
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