Holiday-related traveling today; back tomorrow with great things exceeded only by my unrealistic expectations for them and - hey! - the interminable march through December bowl season starts Thursday.

In the meantime, stay warm – the (new) West Virginia way:

At least in his short, uh, blaze of glory at WVU, Rod apparently pushed Appalachia that much further from its couch-torching forebears. It's evolution, really, until somebody's deck goes up in hate-fueled retributive tragedy.

More John Denver-backed bile here. Back Wednesday.