After giving up scoring drives to start the first half and to it end, Bronco Mendenhall let the UVa defense have it in the locker room at half time.

Micah Kiser confirmed that to Andrew Ramspacher of the Daily Progress following Virginia’s 42-23 win at Boise State on Friday night.

"Dropped a couple f-bombs,” said Kiser of Mendenhall. “It was awesome, honestly.”

After the game, Mendenhall was asked about the rear-end chewing he gave his defense at the break.

"They hadn't seen that side of me, much,” said Mendenhall. “It was good for everybody.”

It worked.

In the first half, UVa’s defense gave up 14 points and 193 yards of offense.

In the second half, the Wahoos starting defense pitched a shutout, with the lone second half touchdown coming with reserves in the game.

“It’s just our players were assignment sound and they played with an edge,” started Mendenhall of the second half defensive performance in a post-game interview with Jay James. “They tackled and covered well. That gave us a chance to keep the points down.”

UVa’s defense held the potent Broncos rushing attack to just 30 yards on 24 carries in the win. They also limited Boise State to converting just 4 of 16 third down attempts.

Once again the Virginia defense produced a turnover, while the offense did not. That pick was by Brenton Nelson, who now has interceptions in back-to-back games.