COMMENTARY
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Nov. 16, 2013, aka the day West Virginia’s pride sank with the Kansas goal posts to the bottom of Potter Lake, was a painful one for Jared Barber.
And he wasn’t even in Lawrence.
A week after tearing knee ligaments, Barber watched from his Morgantown couch as the Jayhawks stopped their string of 27 consecutive Big 12 losses by embarrassing West Virginia 31-19.
“That was tough,” recalled the linebacker, who was unable to walk that day, making him only slightly less effective than WVU’s upright defenders who yielded 315 rushing yards.