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Bronco Mendenhall leaving BYU for Virginia, in stunner

After moving on from Mike London, Virginia is turning to Bronco Mendenhall as their next head football coach.

In what comes as a complete surprise to BYU fans everywhere -- and the college football world in general -- Bronco Mendenhall was announced as the next head football coach at Virginia Friday.

UVA made the announcement official via their Twitter account Friday afternoon:

— Virginia Football (@UVa_Football) December 4, 2015

There was no indication whatsoever that Bronco was looking leave BYU, but as has been noted int he past Bronco never intended on staying at BYU forever.