One facet of improvement within the Virginia Cavaliers’ football program under head coach Bronco Mendenhall has been their increased performance in high-pressure situations late in the game.
On Saturday’s 28-21 win over the Duke Blue Devils, Mendenhall said on his radio show Tuesday night that the entire game involved what he calls “time under tension.”
“The longer that game went, the more it seemed to feel that we were comfortable in that role of the stress and that time under tension,” Mendenhall said. “That phrase is something that resonates with us.