As Virginia heads down to Coral Gables to face the #2 Hurricanes and their ‘Turnover Chain’, the Hoos have their own prop to accompany them. For the first time since 2011, the Cavaliers are bowl eligible, an achievement they earned with a win over Georgia Tech on November 4th.
“We’ve come a long way, and we’ve worked hard at it.” Coach Mendenhall said on his weekly Coach’s Corner program. “Starting with this spring, we moved all of our spring practices to the stadium.”
Normally, Virginia would practice and prepare at the new(ish) Welsh Indoor Facility. “What we remembered is ‘people don’t come to play us in our indoor facility, we play at Scott Stadium’,” Mendenhall commented.