It’s a good year to be a Hoo. The men’s basketball program obviously won it all earlier this year and, last week, the football program shook a 15-year monkey off its back after finally beating Tech 39-30. It’s a huge step for Bronco Mendenhall who has posted a better record every year since he took the job in Charlottesville. A (hopefully) rejuvenated competitive rivalry with Tech signals for an era of sustained success at Virginia.
It’s fitting that a win that big and that symbolic had huge implications for the Hoos. They secured the ACC Coastal Division for the first time, became ranked at No.