WVU football's Week 4 showdown with Kansas is still underway as of the time this article will be published, but a WVU loss seems all but a forgone conclusion at this point. And while the play on the gridiron has been ugly for the Mountaineers, the Jayhawks were able to add a bit of an extra insult to their dominant performance as a former WVU starter has embarrassed the Mountaineers on multiple plays.
Trey Lathan transferred to Kansas after the Mountaineers fired Neal Brown last season, but started for the West Virginia in 2024. Entering Saturday's game, he led Kansas in tackles – and against his old team, he demonstrated why first-year Mountaineers' coach Rich Rodriguez should have worked harder to retain him during the transition between coaches.