Bronco Mendenhall has never missed on a bowl game as a head coach. But UVA hasn’t been to a bowl game since 2011. Only one of those streaks will remain intact this season.
This article isn’t an opinion on whether I think Virginia will make it to a bowl game in 2016 or not. That’s a debate that Virginia fans and our merry band of Streaking The Lawn writers have had all summer long. Our staff remains almost evenly split.
The point here is to outline Virginia’s easiest path to the post-season. Week by week, we’ll chart the ebbs and flows of UVA’s bowl chances.