Following a thrilling regular season and a conference championship weekend that put the stamp on the College Football Playoff field, it's time to hand out some hardware.
Fernando Mendoza is on the brink of history. The Indiana quarterback has already cleaned up on college football’s biggest individual honors, winning both the Maxwell Award and the Davey O’Brien Award on Friday and being named the Associated Press Player of the Year.
Indiana head football coach Curt Cignetti and quarterback Fernando Mendoza each earned accolades during ESPN’s 35th annual The Home Depot College Football Awards, while a trio of Hoosiers were selected for All-America honors during the telecast.
In 1989, IU football legend Anthony Thompson was the first Hoosier to be invited to the Heisman Trophy award ceremony. 36 years later Fernando Mendoza is in New York City as the second Indiana invite.
With the Heisman Trophy ceremony on the horizon, it begs the question—who will win the award? Diego Pavia, Jeremiah Love, Julian Sayin and Fernando Mendoza all head to New York with big dreams of taking home the Heisman. This year’s candidate pool has been lamented by some.
The Indiana Hoosiers have secured the No. 1 seed and a first-round bye in the College Football Playoff. It came after defeating the Ohio State Buckeyes 13-10 in the Big Ten Championship Game.
Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza is expected to be one of the first players taken in the 2026 NFL Draft. If he somehow winds up with the New York Jets, he could end the team’s dreaded quarterback curse.
Before he'd ever taken a regular season snap at Indiana, Fernando Mendoza let his mind wander to the bright lights and big stage of New York City in all its mid-December glory.
The Indiana Hoosiers have had an incredible 2025 season thus far. With an undefeated 13-0 record, Indiana is the No. 1 team in the country and the Big Ten champions heading into the College Football Playoff.
In the first few days following the 2025 NFL Draft, rumors were already abuzz that Texas quarterback Arch Manning was the favorite to follow in his uncles’ footsteps as the future No.
Fernando Mendoza and the Indiana Hoosiers are ranked as the No. 1 seed in the upcoming College Football Playoff as a result of the team's historic Big Ten Championship 13-10 win over the Ohio State Buckeyes on Saturday.
Pat McAfee Show producer Ty Schmit sat down with ESPN's Adam Schefter on Tuesday and didn't mince words when discussing Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza.
Indiana football redshirt junior quarterback Fernando Mendoza met with reporters Tuesday night at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington to discuss being named a Heisman Trophy finalist Monday night.
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The four 2025 Heisman Trophy finalists were unveiled last night on ESPN ahead of Monday Night Football. Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love, Indiana
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If you’re a Cal fan who saw Fernando Mendoza’s postgame TV interview after Indiana’s victory Ohio State on Saturday, your mind had to be on déjà vu overdrive.
Fernando Mendoza made some huge plays on Saturday night to lead Indiana to its first Big Ten championship in more than 50 years, but Johnny Manziel was not quite as impressed with the quarterback’s performance as many people were.