BLACKSBURG, Va. — If Danielle Bartelstein does her job well on Saturday — the way she fully intends to — no one watching Virginia Tech take on No. 14 Tennessee at Bristol Motor Speedway will have any idea who she is.
Bartelstein, the Hokies’ director of football operations, hopes that all of the logistical questions tied to an unfamiliar football venue will be asked and answered by the time game day rolls around. She and her counterpart at Tennessee have had a handful of operational meetings and tours of the racetrack, preparing themselves for this moment.
For example, coaches’ boxes have been constructed but are significantly farther from the field than usual.