The disappointing taste of Saturday’s 33-15 loss to rivals Virginia Tech won’t be washed away by a bowl game, as the Virginia Cavaliers announced Sunday that the program would decline any bowl bids and conclude its 2020 season.
The decision was reached after discussion amongst the team’s student leaders. “I told our team I valued their feedback and I wanted this to be their decision,” head coach Bronco Mendenhall said. “Just as we met at the beginning of the year to make the choice to play, this was their choice to end the season at this time.