Perhaps it’s because he’s been around kids his entire life - from the time he was a youngster growing up in Morgantown, to spending time as a reserve player on West Virginia’s great basketball teams of the late 1950s (he owns the distinction of being one of the few players in school history to have more shot attempts than minutes played), to coaching prep basketball in Marshall County, to later working for years in the Frederick County, Maryland, school system.
Whatever it is, fun and games have always been fun and games to Jacobs.
Therefore, it’s not surprising that Jacobs’ youthful enthusiasm and outgoing personality never fail to show up in the work he does analyzing West Virginia University basketball games for the Mountaineer Sports Network from IMG.