Bronco Mendenhall loves playing option teams. Just ask him. Ask him in 2012. Or 2013. Or 2016. Or 2017. The Virginia Cavaliers head coach loves playing option teams so much, he even breaks out the old VHS player to scout option attacks from the 1960s.
That passion turned into the crucial 6th win in Virginia’s 2017 season—a rain-soaked affair in Charlottesville that took a late dime from Kurt Benkert to Andre Levrone to seal UVA’s bowl eligibility.
The Hoos have to go on the road to historic Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta this year for a pre-Thanksgiving showdown in the Coastal Division.