Bristol Herald Courier from Bristol, Tennessee • 31

BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 11 2016 BRISTOL HERALD COURIER HeraldCouriercom DI 111 KESf fW A 'A ''MLXl' 3W' "A 'IflhV Wffit 'u HZTr 5 i HL li fej Ci AWr tor 5 sAz' HHf 4 A lJ' BfeVV a 1 ix uMgg A A ij i1 fllif II Wtt 'QI 7 A ilffiiiag rlTlff fl? mZ a 5 ll'r 'X raj ANDRE TAGUf I BRISTOL HERALD COURIER Tennessee quarterback Joshua Dobbs is taken off his feet by Virginia Adonis Alexander in the third quarter Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway WLS BITTLE TESTED 1os crash the Hokies' party BRISTOL Tenn The Battle at Bristol extravaganza was an event two de cades in the making The University of Ten nessee needed just 15 more minutes to show up or one quarter it was a Ilokie Pokic party at Bristol Motor Speedway The Vols however were the ones that turned themselves around The football game Saturday night inside a racetrack before a record busting crowd of 156990 fired up folks could be described in countless ways Unique? Absolutely Bizarre? More than a little bit estive? un? ren zied? No doubt But when it comes to (he action on the island of gridiron green stuck in the center of The Last Great Colosseum the Battle at Bristol buzzword was tenacity for UT woke up a little bit and we played Tennes see styie football" said coach Butch Jones Virginia Tech had a Co lossus sized advantage in total yardage in the first quarter outgaining the Vols by a 201 28 margin on its way to a 14 0 lead See HUBBARD Page D6 Nate Hubbard Commentary Dobbs brilliant in Tennessee win BY MIKE STRANGE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL BRISTOL Tenn They actually pulled it off Bristol Motor grand football dream be came a spectacular reality Saturday night And Tennessee raced to the checkered flag The No 17 (Associated Press) Vols drubbed Virgin ia Tech 45 24 before a col lege football record crowd of 156990 in a venue that names its glandstands af ter heroes like Dale Earn hardt and Richard Petty IWenty busy days after Kevin larvick won a NAS CAR race here the Vols (2 0) rallied from a 14 0 defi cit scoring 31 unanswered points in the second and third quarters Joshua Dobbs passed for three touchdowns and ran for two more on a night when he became Tennes career rushing leader for a quarterback woke up a little bit and played Tennes see coach Butch Jones said while accepting the trophy 27 yard touch down run with 6:45 to play closed the door on the Hokies making a three score lead for the Vols at 38 17 Thirteen seconds later John 4 yard touch down following a Virginia Tech fumble extended the margin to 45 17 Dobbs was 10 of 19 pass ing for 91 yards He rushed for 106 more breaking Jim my career mark for a quarterback that had stood since 1979 Virginia Tech outgained See VOLS Page D6 fARl NI IKIRK BRISTOL HERALD COIWR Tennessee quarterback Joshua Dobbs unleashes a pass against Virginia Tech on Saturday it iftKl TW 1W fr M'lj' if Banking for Business iif Bristol Ip rji Vicky Holbrook 423 989 4417 f'itivonc 844 Volunteer Pkwy vickyholbrookcitizensbank24com 1 BANK Tv EQUAL AWSl PBETBl UfllEII WkUHtHWC zzSifK' 1 i It SHBK.