In the hours that have passed, this became less and less significant, but when I first noticed it, it kind of punched me in the nose.

WVU football was 3-0 every year from 2004-2007. Actually, 4-0 three times and 7-0 another. WVU hasn’t started 3-0 since — 1-2 and 2-1 in Oll Stewart’s two seasons — but can get back to what was once familiar Saturday against  Maryland.

Again, probably not very important, except that, with the conditions of late, it kind of is. I guess that’s where you are these days, something you can discuss in the live chat at 2 p.m.

From WVU’s “At least we’re not … ” file, the Terrapins haven’t been 3-0 since 2001. The past three times they were 2-0 they lost to WVU. So Saturday, something has to give. Maryland seems to know and believe this as it prepares to prove itself.

The early direction of the season is on the line, and WVU sure could use every bit of momentum heading to Baton Rouge, but, in at least one household, it’s something of a secondary matter.

Meet Troy Gloster, freshman linebacker for the Mountaineers, and Drew Gloster, senior defensive end for the Terrapins. It’s a brotherly brawl.

Unravel the common thread that binds them as the next in line in a football family and follow it back to when Drew was playing pee wee football as a 7-year-old.

Troy, still four years younger, was admiring from the cheering section.

“Troy saw one of my closest childhood friends break his arm playing football,” said Drew, a starting defensive end who has played tight end and linebacker for the Terrapins. “Troy was young, but he was old enough to remember a thing like that. He remembered, ‘Hey, Travis broke his arm playing football,’ and from that point on as he got older, he said he didn’t want to play football because he didn’t want to break his arm like that.”