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Richmond Times-Dispatch: Bronco the right hire at the right time

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2014, file photo, BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall stands on the field after the team's 41-33 victory over Virginia in an NCAA college football game in Provo, Utah. Virginia has hired Mendenhall away from BYU to be the Cavaliers' new coach. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Based on his name alone, the University of Virginia made a good choice.

If you're going to hire a football coach, you want someone with a name that says rough and tough and ready to go.

What says that better than "Bronco?"

But Virginia didn't want Bronco Mendenhall to be its next football coach because of his name.