I've never been able to figure out what happened with Landon. I've literally known since he went to work for the Daily Mail as a HS beat writer and I was in HS. He was always a good guy. I'd run into him at WVU as a student and he was up working on article, same old Chuck. Graduated from college, would travel in for home games, and late in the season when basketball was starting up, I'd wander over to the Coliseum, and there would be Chuck talking to the coaching staff and watching practice. We'd b.s. afterwards and catch up, again a good guy.
When I started seeing him in the mid 90's he had a bit of an attitude, but I figure it was due to moving up the ladder. I didn't give it much thought. One Christmas I'm in for a visit and I run into the guy and he's acting like an ass that doesn't think his sh!t stinks. About a year later I hear he got the boot from "Statewide Sportsline" a show he'd been a semi-regular guest on since it's inception. He'd always been a Marshall homer, his antics along those lines never bothered me. It was his change in general demeanor and visceral hate of all things WVU that surprised me.
He had a kid at home who was on his way to being a future convict at that time. Maybe that set him off? Who knows, but it was fairly abrupt change.