Bowl Watch Week 8: The Miami win could change everything

As I drove back (very late) from Charlottesville Saturday night, I thought through the big-picture significance of the Virginia Cavaliers football team’s win over Miami:

First win over a ranked opponent during the Bronco era…first win over a top 15 team since 2011…national television…big recruiting and alumni weekend…timed perfectly at the start of a fundraising campaign…etc.

Give me enough time and I could spin you a boundless yarn about the 16-13 triumph and wax philosophic about what it means for the program’s trajectory.

But I’d rather discuss why it was a big moment for this season. Because in addition to what it might do for the program’s future, Virginia’s win over Miami put this season…