It’s no secret that Virginia Cavaliers head coach Bronco Mendenhall prefers to run his offensive system with a “Thorterback”—a speedy quarterback who can make plays outside of the pocket on his own. But unlike what you might expect, the model in his office of a Marvel superhero isn’t that of Thor.
Instead, Mendenhall has a statuette of Wolverine in his office.
“The Wolverine,” Mendenhall said Tuesday night on his weekly radio show, “there just seems to be this connection where he seems like a fairly normal person most of the time, but right under the surface, there’s this other thing that can come out.