University of Tennessee Athletics
Army ROTC Cadets Running Game Ball to Bristol
September 08, 2016 | Football
“Carry the fight to our opponent and keep it there for sixty minutes” is one of General Robert Neyland’s famous game day maxims, one that fourteen Army ROTC cadets at UT are taking literally.
At 7 a.m. Friday, September 9, the cadets will embark on a 148-mile journey across East Tennessee, taking turns to run the game day ball to the Pilot Flying J Battle at Bristol in time for the 8:22 p.m. coin toss Saturday, September 10.
“With the Battle at Bristol, we thought it would be cool to run the game ball from Knoxville to Bristol as a way to celebrate the historic game and be a part of it in some small way,” said Lt. Col. Jared Crain, head of UT’s Army ROTC Rocky Top Battalion.
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