CHARLOTTESVILLE — Three-plus years after the abyss, and eight days after justice, the University of Virginia football program can truly rejoice.

For what transpired inside frigid Scott Stadium on Saturday night was far more enduring than the three top-25 victories UVA subsequently authored.

This was a 27-7 beatdown of nemesis Virginia Tech. This qualified the Cavaliers for next week’s ACC championship game against SMU or Duke. This secured a second 10-victory season for a program that dates to 1888.

This was history, and Virginia made it in style, before a ravenous crowd of 58,832, Scott Stadium’s largest in 14 years.

All the baggage and demons linked to past failures in this series? The Cavaliers never let them, or the Hokies, breathe.

Gifted prime field position by Maddox Marcellus’

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