Twice in the 15 home games for the Virginia Cavaliers football team under Bronco Mendenhall have the announced attendance numbers at 61,500-seat Scott Stadium gone above 41,000 — 49,270 for his first game in 2016 against the Richmond Spiders and 48,609 last season against the Virginia Tech Hokies.
As Saturday night’s date with the Miami Hurricanes approaches, Mendenhall wants to capitalize on the progress his team has made in the last 34 months.
“A year ago, we were playing well in that game [for] a long time — not long enough. The message is not simply one of capability, it’s consistency,” Mendenhall said on his radio show Tuesday night.