Here’s the requisite open thread preceding all road trips. I’ll be in Knoxville, Tennessee on Friday and Saturday to see our boys take on the Volunteers in their first road test of the season.

So far, some of the good folks over at Longhorn Nation have suggested a few restaurants to me. The tips on BBQ include Corky’s and Buddy’s, while one Horn fan threw out Calhoun’s on the River. Apparently if you want to open a restaurant in Knoxville, you have to name it after yourself.

Have your own favorite sights or eats in Knoxville? Want to blindly send me into the bad part of town? (I hear those country-western gangs are pretty hard. They’ll cut you.) Just follow the speech bubble and throw in your two cents. And if you’ve got suggestions for Memphis, feel free to throw them in there. It looks like I’ll be passing through, so I can always make a stop if need be.

In the meantime, enjoy the great win over Arkansas and I’ll be back with a Tennessee preview on Friday night or Saturday morning. And maybe someday I’ll get to wrapping up that trip to Phoenix. You know, the one I took three weeks ago.

Thanks in advance for your tips, and be safe on your holiday travels this weekend.