The obvious sidebar to Virginia’s visit to BYU on Saturday night is Bronco Mendenhall’s return to Provo, where he was head coach of the Cougars for 11 seasons (assistant for two).

Virginia wide receiver Dontayvion Wicks was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Wide Receiver of the Week for the second-straight week. It marks the third time this season a Virginia pass catcher has been honored by the league.

Seems like every game Brennan Armstrong plays, he sends the record-keepers reaching for the White Out. As his eye-popping numbers continue to swell, so do the accolades, the reputation.

Riding its longest conference winning streak since 2011, Virginia is starting to catch the eye of the nation’s football poll voters.

Let’s just call this Virginia offense what it is: “Dr. Bob’s Flying Circus.” Get your game tickets while they’re hot.

The Cavaliers rallied from an early deficit, exploded offensively and held on to sting ACC Coastal Division foe Georgia Tech, 48-40, in front of a loud, boisterous crowd of 45,837 at Scott Stadium.

Georgia Tech’s defense has carved out a reputation for an aggressive blitz package over the past couple of seasons, but the Yellow Jackets might want to think it over before throwing a bunch of blitzes at Virginia quarterback Brennan Armstrong on Saturday night.

Virginia fans will learn in just a few hours if the nation’s No. 1 offensive lineman, Lynchburg’s Zach Rice, will become a Wahoo. Rice, a 6-foot-6, 280-pound offensive tackle from Liberty Christian Academy, will announce his decision at 8:15 p.m. this evening.

Maybe it’s the curse of the 1990 Virginia football team on Georgia Tech, but since that fateful night 30 years ago, when the Yellow Jackets broke the No. 1 Cavaliers’ hearts, Scott Stadium has been a House of Horrors for Tech.

Virginia (5-2, 3-2 ACC) will be home for the second-straight week and host ACC foe Georgia Tech (3-3, 2-2 ACC) on Saturday at Scott Stadium. The contest is scheduled to air live on ACC Network at 7:30 p.m. 

Bronco Mendenhall said during his Monday press conference that senior defensive end Adeeb Atariwa will not return to the team this season.

Virginia had four student-athletes – QB Brennan Armstrong, WR Dontayvion Wicks, OL Bobby Haskins and DE Mandy Alonso – listed as ACC Players of the Week at their respective positions.

If you lived through the peaks and valleys of the 1990 Virginia football season, the Cavaliers improbable climb to the nation’s No. 1 ranking and its gut-wrenching defeat to Georgia Tech, then you can relive it again.

Virginia’s passing game, which features the nation’s No. 1 passer and four of the top 77 receivers in the country, is keeping defensive coordinators up at night trying to figure out how to defend what seems unstoppable.

In Saturday’s homecoming game against Duke, the Cavaliers put it all together and defeated the Blue Devils for the seventh consecutive time.

Postgame Virginia team/player stats and quotes from Duke’s David Cutcliffe and quarterback Gunnar Holmberg.

Anthony Poindexter, an All-American defensive back for Hall of Famer George Welsh, will be honored, and the first five black players to integrate UVA football in 1970 will also receive a special tribute by the Virginia Football Alumni Club.

At the midpoint of the season, Virginia fans should be encouraged about what has developed and will continue to develop in the second half, particularly with the Cavaliers’ offense.

Zach Rice, a five-star prospect from Lynchburg’s Liberty Christian Academy, has made up his mind and will reveal his choice between five finalists: Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, Notre Dame and Ohio State.

Heading to Virginia to face the nation’s top passing offense, Duke coach David Cutcliffe was asked how the Blue Devils planned to defend the Cavaliers. “I guess you start every morning with a good prayer, right?” Cutcliffe said.