This will seem ironic coming from someone who’s never attended a single University of Kentucky sports event, but I’ve been overcome with blue fever. I only root for underdogs and the idea of UK’s football team playing and beating LSU on national television was redemption for a team widely neglected by their school. Until now.

As my 86-year-old father, a serious WVU fan, said last Saturday, "I have seen it all."

Here’s what Susie Quick has to say about this recipe for butternut squash pie: "My Aunt Martha only made one kind of pie (squash) and one kind of cake (hickory nut). Why, you may ask? As a self-reliant farmer whose life spanned over a century plus 10, that’s what she grew on her land.

"This simple, wholesome pie is ideal for a holiday, and the squash tastes much fresher than pumpkin from a can. You can peel and boil the squash, but roasting and scooping out the flesh is much easier.