Virginia is forgoing a traditional spring game Saturday in favor of a 15th, padded practice at 4:15 p.m. at Scott Stadium as part of its spring football festival. In that event, here are three takeaways from Bronco Mendenhall’s first spring in Charlottesville:
1. Well, to start, there is no spring game … But that’s OK. Mendenhall — who has made the Cavaliers earn everything this spring, from the right to practice to the right to getting to choose their jersey numbers later on — said the players earned the opportunity to have a spring game, but that everyone realized another day of work is what’s going to help the most.