Every Tennessee fan is counting down the days for the Tennessee-Virginia Tech showdown at Bristol.

Coming at somewhat of a surprise — all 150,000 tickets for the “Battle at Bristol” were sold well ahead of time.

“I don’t think any reasonable person could anticipate that with 150,000-plus seats that the track would be announcing a sellout well ahead of the game,” Tennessee athletic director Dave Hart said this spring. “To me, that was not anticipated by very many people.”

Obviously, first, Tennessee must handle Appalachian State on SEC football’s opening night of September 1.

“The Roaming VOL’s” hype video is one that both Tennessee and Virginia Tech fans can get behind.