Virginia football players did their best to avoid the topic, but when the rumors and the lists of coaches on the hot seat became unavoidable, Mike London addressed his job security. It came in the form of a pregame locker room speech last November before the Cavaliers played Miami.
“Essentially he was saying his job was secure,” defensive tackle David Dean said. “He was here to stay, and he didn’t want us to focus on any of the talk that was happening with him.”
“Then we go out, and we smacked Miami,” wide receiver Canaan Severin said.