Gold & Blue Lunch Report: Barber’s back and K-State picks a QB

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The G&B Lunch Report loves preseason quarterback battles, because they give beat writers, columnists and fans chewable fodder to make the dog days bearable.

After Kansas State handed its starting job to an Iowa schoolboy legend, there’s only one unsolved mystery left in the Big 12.

No mystery, though, as to who’s playing Mike linebacker for WVU. Jared Barber’s back from a knee injury, and a nasty post surgery infection, to man the middle.

 





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