Revisiting Four Trends Bronco Mendenhall Must Break For Virginia Football, Part 2

A four-part series on Virginia football.
Bronco Mendenhall navigated some challenges when he arrived at Virginia. ~ Photo courtesy Virginia Athletics.

In August of 2016 I wrote a four-story series entitled Four Trends Bronco Mendenhall Must Break For Virginia Football. The story focused on four leading factors (among dozens) that I felt were necessary for the new head coach to alter if Virginia were to begin winning with any consistency again.

Five years in, let’s look back at the four trends as part of the “50 Thoughts Before Virginia Football Kickoff” series. We’ll again break it into four parts. Part I is here.

First, a reminder on the four trends I thought had premium importance.

  • Losing the field position fight
  • Offensive inefficiency – lack of explosiveness and the quarterback carousel
  • Defensive adaptation – inability to defend the emergence of college spread offenses
  • Establishing a defined program culture

Offensive Inefficiency – Lack Of Explosiveness And The Quarterback Carousel

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