Home Sweet Home

 
It’s always nice to see a coach returning to his roots to help out with his old mentors.  It’s very important to keep relationships alive since you never know when you will need (or want) to reach out to some familiar faces.

On Nov. 9, 2013, the very last play of an overtime loss to Texas, the redshirt senior linebacker tore his ACL, derailing his plan to make 2014 his final season with the Mountaineers. For about two and a half months, I fought it, [but] nothing got rid of it, Barber recalled this past weekend. Finally got rid of it and they said if that didn’t work, they didn’t know what they were going to do.

(PHOTO: Geoff Coyle)News and notes from Saturday’s drills at Ram Stadium as the Mountaineers kick off their 2015 spring tour in the Mountain State. News and notes from Saturday’s drills at Ram Stadium as the Mountaineers kick off their 2015 spring tour in the Mountain State.    if (Worldnow.EventMan) Worldnow.EventMan.event(‘WNStoryRelatedBoxdone’); MORGANTOWN – Seventeen months ago, Jared Barber’s journey at West Virginia University took a major detour.

It was a pretty scary time, but I overcame it.” Battling through injury and infection became more about future than about football.

Barber’s life outside of his sport was the priority, with his final year on the gridiron taking a backseat for the time being. Read more…