Winter comin' at us like a freight train

The forecasters (especially the television talking head types) are starting to use phrases like "coldest air in a decade" to describe the Arctic air coming our way toward the end of next week. I'm not certain that's anything more than an attempt to get us - the public - to watch their weather news, but the numbers for high temperatures projected for late next week are below freezing. For this southern boy that's C-O-L-D no matter how you spin it. Here in northern Virginia the normal highs this time of year are in the low 40's (F), so it looks like the thermal underwear will see action starting about Wednesday next week.
In the meantime I was glad to see that the BCS football championship game was a good one, even tho' the Sooners lost. Moreover, the Hokies of Blacksburg finally won a BCS bowl this year and that's a good thing, because they start the upcoming season against a potentially very angry Alabama team which lost its last two games this season. The good news is that the Hokies return most of their starters on both sides of the ball, given that this past year they were one of the youngest teams in the ACC.
Now, about that upcoming chase season...