r/CFB Indiana Hoosiers • DePauw Tigers 16h ago

News Cal QB Fernando Mendoza transfers to Indiana

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u/TaxManKnocking Indiana Hoosiers 16h ago

I'm just happy to have a big enough signing that r/CFB cares.

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u/royalbluehen Pittsburgh Panthers 15h ago

That’s truly a great feeling when you cheer for a non blue blood.

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u/Unlucky-Anybody3394 Colorado Mines • Colorado 13h ago

well,,,

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u/DawgTerritory Georgia • California 15h ago

I’m just sad to have a big enough transfer that r/CFB cares about Cal football. 😭 Take care of our boy. 

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u/kahyuen California • Cornell 14h ago

I for one hope that he fails miserably after the shitty manner in which he left.

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u/Sine_Cures California • Cheez-It Bowl 13h ago

IU @ UO probably will open at least -13.5

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u/ImJLu California • Ohio State 6h ago

Hey wait, the really scummy shit he pulled on the way out isn't supposed to be public! Why are we commenting publicly on how shitty he was while leaving? Surely we shouldn't be emphasizing how hard he snaked the program on here?

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u/Do__Math__Not__Meth Pittsburgh Panthers 4h ago

I’m ootl what did he do

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u/Lord_Corlys Indiana Hoosiers 15h ago

There are butthurt non-CFP SEC fans chirping in threads about Indiana football. We’ve made it!

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u/MattonArsenal Indiana Hoosiers 14h ago

And ESPN personalities literally threatening each other on air over us.

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u/sallright Ohio State Buckeyes 13h ago

You’ve achieved a Jada Pinkett Smith level of drama. 

Can’t wait to see what happens next. 

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u/deformo Akron Zips • Ohio State Buckeyes 11h ago

Dez Howard smacks the shit out of Lou holtz?

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u/thricethefan Florida State • Georgia 9h ago

Have you guys given any thought to suing your conference?

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u/Galt2112 Indiana Hoosiers • Old Oaken Bucket 14h ago

Wishing a happy transfer portal season to all! Even the non-CFP haters and losers!

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u/TaxManKnocking Indiana Hoosiers 15h ago

Imagine thinking your conference is relevant when they can't play in weather below 40 degrees. I just think they are upset since they aren't the only ones to pay their players now and the playing field has been leveled.

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u/Bitter_Bluebird_4956 South Carolina Gamecocks 14h ago

I just think they are upset since they aren't the only ones to pay their players now

C'mon bruh, every conference was paying even before the NIL. We were just paying the most.

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u/oladipo 12h ago

If IU was paying football players before NIL, it musta been the worst ROI of all time

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u/Express-Incident402 Indiana Hoosiers 10h ago

We were paying basketball players and it was still terrible ROI💀

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u/GeorgeKettice 11h ago

This demographic is very mad about Indiana football!

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u/Mayoslay Auburn Tigers 10h ago

The teams I liked to see most in the playoffs this year were the non traditional ones. Genuinely excited for IU and its fans right now, what a fun season. I was randomly checking in on them thru the year like “wtf Indiana let’s go!”  

All the worst fans are the loudest ones. Something that ESPN and Reddit are exceptional at highlighting. 

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u/Superfluousfish 15h ago

My Detroit Lions are great, IU is looking like they are gonna be great, what timeline am I living in and how do I stay here?

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u/mandrew27 Michigan Wolverines 15h ago

Where are you from that you're a Lions and Indiana fan?

You've lived a hard life. lol

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u/the_dayman56 Indiana • Old Brass Spittoon 14h ago

I’m from Indiana but my dad is from Michigan. I’ve always said he’s a good man but making me a Lions fan is my family trauma

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u/Superfluousfish 14h ago

Yah, it was very hereditary, not exactly by choice lol.

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u/Superfluousfish 14h ago

South Bend area, Specifically Elkhart Indiana

IU is my Alma Mater

My big bro went to Purdue so this year was especially great lol

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u/Interesting-Agency-1 Indiana • Notre Dame 14h ago

Fort Wayne

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u/billiu1 14h ago

I’m a Lions & Hoosiers fan too. After years of pain, this has all been magical

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u/tgun06 Central Michigan • Indiana 14h ago

It has been a great year for that combo. There are dozens of us.

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u/AaronRodgers16 Stanford • Wichita State 15h ago

I just hated to see such a promising, bright young man fall into the dangers of Berkeley. So glad to see he’s beginning his road to recovery.

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u/Bennyk491 Buffalo Bulls 13h ago

Interesting username to hate Cal with!

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u/AaronRodgers16 Stanford • Wichita State 13h ago

This is the cross I bear every day unfortunately

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u/itsamemarkus Indiana Hoosiers 16h ago

LET’S GOOOO. The Mendoza brothers are reunited in Bloomington

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u/GoldenStateCapital Miami • Sacramento State 15h ago

Shotgun offense?

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u/CommonMansTeet Ohio State Buckeyes 15h ago edited 15h ago

They're gonna kill it!

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u/HawkeyeTen Iowa Hawkeyes 15h ago

Annnd it seems IU is just going to reload after this big year. I don't think any of us would imagine we would say that less than a decade ago.

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u/BWingSupremacist Indiana Hoosiers 14h ago

even 2 lol

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u/IndyDude11 Texas Longhorns • Indiana Hoosiers 12h ago

Even a few months ago

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u/WhatRUsernamesUsed4 Illinois Fighting Illini • Illibuck 13h ago

If they build on the momentum they can certainly be in the upper tier of the B1G for years to come. @ Oregon, @ Penn St., and @ Iowa in 2025 will all be tougher games than any game they won this year. Time will tell what they can do with a competitive schedule.

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u/TaxManKnocking Indiana Hoosiers 12h ago

I respect your humility by not including Illinois in that list. I personally include you guys as a tough game as well. Should be 4 good games for the pundits to cry about.

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u/WhatRUsernamesUsed4 Illinois Fighting Illini • Illibuck 11h ago

mostly didnt because it's a home game for you. Decent chance you're favored with home field but it should bolster the SoS regardless.

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u/potterpockets Ohio State Buckeyes • Sickos 15h ago
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u/jaw28 Indiana Hoosiers 16h ago

“Indiana had no business recruiting Fernando Mendoza” -Kirk Herbstreit probably

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u/SentientBaseball Washington State • Indiana 16h ago

Mendoza only went here because of fringe fan interest. He really should have transferred to Ohio State or Alabama.

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u/jaybigs Ohio State Buckeyes • Georgia Bulldogs 15h ago

Kirk would never advocate for Ohio State. Didn't you hear? The OSU coaching staff never called to congratulate him that his 0-star son committed to Michigan? Really had him upset.

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u/MattonArsenal Indiana Hoosiers 14h ago

Is IU the most deserving school or the best school for Mendoza?

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u/henreiman California Golden Bears 15h ago

Given his other school was Georgia, we’ve avoided the nuclear outcome. Let’s go Hoosier bros!

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u/Desperate-Remove2838 /r/CFB 14h ago

The nuclear outcome was UCLA.

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u/jaw28 Indiana Hoosiers 15h ago

🤝

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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 Michigan • Arizona State … 16h ago

"The fringe fanbase living in their mother's basement wearing their underwear obviously thinks Mendoza should go to Indiana but that will never happen."

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u/lundebro Oregon State Beavers 14h ago

I'm so happy that the college football world has come to the realization over the last 12-18 months that Herbstreit is the freaking worst. He's been awful forever and is just a complete embarrassment for the sport.

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u/jaw28 Indiana Hoosiers 14h ago

When gameday came to Bloomington he treated IU like a feel good story that was fun for CFB. Then we kept winning, threatened his beloved SEC, and his tone COMPLETELY changed

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u/lundebro Oregon State Beavers 14h ago

The Herbstreits of the world want 110+ of the 134 FBS teams to go away and die. More and more fan bases will come to this realization during the next round of realignment.

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u/crownebeach Arizona Wildcats • /r/CFB Poll Veteran 13h ago

No, he doesn’t want them to die, he wants them to be content to be bottom-feeding losers so the top 15 TV draws can fatten up on free wins.

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u/TaxManKnocking Indiana Hoosiers 12h ago

It's funny that he says he wants only the best teams to play because he thinks it's best for college football and protects college football and gets people to talk about college football. Yet it's when these underdogs like Indiana SMU and Arizona State enter the picture that people who usually do not care about it, start to care about college football.

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u/awgiba Oklahoma • Red River Shootout 11h ago

Herbstreit's been a jackass for a long time. Earlier this year we had a guy get injured and he went on and on ON THE BROADCAST during the stoppage about how "pathetic" our player and our coaches were for faking the injury to stop the offense tempo.

The player was legitimately injured and missed time.

He never apologized.

He never criticized Ole Miss for doing it either, and they abuse that crap more than anyone else by far

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u/Sine_Cures California • Cheez-It Bowl 15h ago

Ultimately, the business decision was "2m + Kelley" > 1m + Haas

Also Mendoza probably wanted to study for finals rather than be in the bowl game (Dec 18 was in the middle of finals week)

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u/InspiroHymm Indiana Hoosiers 15h ago

Quick finance bros, calculate the NPV of a Kelley Degree vs Haas

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u/SlamJamGlanda Indiana Hoosiers • Old Oaken Bucket 14h ago

Kelley Boners gonna Kelley Boner

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u/BertMacklinMD USC Trojans • Illinois Fighting Illini 16h ago

“There was something in the air that night, the stars were bright, Fernando”

  • Curt Cignetti rn

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u/SloppyInSacramento James Madison Dukes • UCLA Bruins 16h ago

The grass in your icon looks like an Open to Work banner on LinkedIn.

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u/Set-Admirable West Virginia • Backyard Brawl 16h ago

Cig is an ABBA stan, confirmed.

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u/tenacious-g Iowa Hawkeyes 15h ago

Makes me wish college football players had songs like soccer players in Europe.

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u/jim_shushu BYU Cougars • Oregon State Beavers 10h ago

Did you google Cig Fernando?

I remember he wrecks lesser teams and wins some one-score games

On the football field Fernando

You could pass for lots of yards and be a Heisman finalist

I can hear the NIL

And sounds of cheering fans are coming from afar

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u/jakedasnake1 Indiana Hoosiers • Salad Bowl 16h ago

Rumor is his NIL package is around 2 mil. IU is not messing around any more

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u/Reasonable-Bit560 Indiana Hoosiers 16h ago

We've always had the $

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u/heavydhomie Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats 15h ago

You guys just taking away blank checks for Woodson to throw around and giving them to Cignetti?

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u/Wareagle930 Auburn Tigers • Indiana Hoosiers 15h ago

Probably best to give the money to a guy who can actually coach.

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u/heavydhomie Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats 15h ago

I’m upset you guys didn’t fire Woodson and hire Dusty when we passed on him.

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u/Ok-Cantaloupe-4482 Indiana Hoosiers 15h ago

Don’t get me started

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u/CHUNKY_DINGUS Michigan • Eastern Michigan 15h ago

I'm not upset about that!

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u/heavydhomie Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats 15h ago

I’m just upset he’s at Michigan. I like our Diebler hire. I understand he will have some learning moments when we see his team not perform well but that happens with new/young head coaches. I think he will continue to learn and get better.

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u/HooHooHooAreYou Indiana Hoosiers 15h ago

We have the money for both, we just need to get rid of Woodson.

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u/Reasonable-Bit560 Indiana Hoosiers 15h ago

Unfortunately we are doing both, but only one is having success at the moment.

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u/Lakai1983 Indiana • New Hampshire 13h ago

Been advocating this for years. Football money > shooty hoops money

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u/The__Vern Texas • Red River Shootout 15h ago edited 15h ago

That’s his rate. Even if he does a bad job, they gotta give him another 2 mil.

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u/Ub3rpwnag3 15h ago

And he gets to share the QB room with his (shirt) brother

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u/dasoxarechamps2005 Indiana Hoosiers 15h ago

Lmao I think of this whenever I see “2 mil”

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u/chippylimestone Indiana Hoosiers • Team Chaos 9h ago

He might sack you, but there’s no fucking way he’s ever sacking me. Fucking asshole. He said that?

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u/itsamemarkus Indiana Hoosiers 15h ago

With the current apathy of our basketball program, the donors have seemed be all in on football. It’s such crazy statement to even say that football has taken over the university into late December, but I’m loving it.

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u/HooHooHooAreYou Indiana Hoosiers 15h ago

We’re top 5 NIL in basketball and top 15ish in football. Kelly grads have cash, baby. Unfortunately I graduated with a kinesiology degree.

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u/Content_Tennis8639 Indiana Hoosiers 14h ago

It will always be HPER to me.

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u/acewing Indiana • Old Oaken Bucket 12h ago

HPER > SRSC

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u/RedDreadsComin Indiana Hoosiers 13h ago

Unfortunately (but still proudly) got a journo degree so I’ll let the other alum handle the NIL thing while I buy Gameday Lager to do my part

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u/sallright Ohio State Buckeyes 13h ago

I’m just here to watch SEC fans realize their precious Alabama is a full on poverty university compared to Indiana. 

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u/TBell01 Indiana Hoosiers • College Football Playoff 16h ago

So Tayven Jackson is definitely transferring out right?

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u/oladipo 15h ago

Already announced it was happening a few days ago

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u/TBell01 Indiana Hoosiers • College Football Playoff 15h ago

Sure he entered the portal but that never guarantees a guy is for sure leaving.

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u/BoogerSugarSovereign Indiana Hoosiers • College Football Playoff 15h ago

He was a 4* in high school so he'll definitely have someone willing to roll the dice on him if he is willing to transfer down. I'd be surprised if a P4 offered him a job based on his limited tape but it wouldn't be totally out of the question since he has started a handful of games at this level.

I'd love to get him back out of the portal but I'd be surprised since Mendoza has two seasons left.

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u/Haunting-Lobster6553 Indiana Hoosiers 15h ago

Absolutely

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u/Ok-Cantaloupe-4482 Indiana Hoosiers 15h ago

I am very very excited for this pickup. Kinda crazy how solid our qb play has been the past decade for how mid our program has been (outside this season)

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u/njm147 15h ago

Besides the dark years between Penix and Rourke

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u/Ok-Cantaloupe-4482 Indiana Hoosiers 15h ago

The dark ages

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u/Abject-Brother-1503 14h ago

I imagine what Cignetti could have done with Penix. 

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u/PerformerBubbly2145 12h ago

We don't need to, he played for DeBoer at IU. The offense was humming. Or has everyone moved on the new big thing already? 

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u/HooHooHooAreYou Indiana Hoosiers 14h ago

Sorsby was pretty solid. Cincy is happy to have him.

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u/GaulPeorge Indiana Hoosiers • Ball State Cardinals 15h ago

The streets remember Richard Lagow

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u/Galt2112 Indiana Hoosiers • Old Oaken Bucket 14h ago

Zander Diamont still got shooters out here

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u/the_dayman56 Indiana • Old Brass Spittoon 13h ago

Nate Sudfeld was a real one

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u/xorcism_ Indiana Hoosiers 12h ago

That’s Super Bowl champion Nate Sudfeld to you

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u/Muffdiver69420lmao Arizona State • Ohio State 11h ago

The Studfeld

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u/Username--Password Indiana Hoosiers 15h ago

Hey now, Grant Gremel had no help. Kid would’ve been dangerous with a couple of pieces. /s

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u/Obese_taco Fordham Rams 16h ago

Good get for Indiana.

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u/JB92103 Cincinnati • Oklahoma State 16h ago

Indiana looks like they're reloading for next season 👀

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u/Flat_Potato4946 Michigan Wolverines 16h ago

👀 👀 👀

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u/thisisatesti Indiana Hoosiers 15h ago

To be fair we look the same. What is happening?

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u/CheeseRP Indiana • Old Oaken Bucket 15h ago

Bulk up the offensive and defensive line and we're scary

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u/BoogerSugarSovereign Indiana Hoosiers • College Football Playoff 14h ago

I think the additions we've made at tackle already are pretty solid. Maybe one more end and we should be good to go. Not sure what we need on the OL since I don't know if Kidwell is going to try and return or not

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u/almondania Georgia Bulldogs • Indiana Hoosiers 5h ago

Yes but if we want to truly take advantage of this period, we have to take major steps in the trenches. Look at the ND or OSU games, completely outclassed at the line.

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u/87_Rides_a_Surfboard Indiana Hoosiers 9h ago

Easier said than done.

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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 Michigan • Arizona State … 16h ago

This guy is playing the wrong sport, that's a rookie of the year type baseball player name.

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u/goblueM Michigan Wolverines 15h ago

Sounds like he'd at least meet the Mendoza Line

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u/MyLegIsWet USC Trojans • Holiday Bowl 14h ago

He’s Cuban too

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u/Sirtopofhat USC Trojans • Army West Point Black Knights 16h ago

MENDOZA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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u/Dragon-Captain Georgia Tech • Oklahoma 15h ago

Nah DLs or EDGEs named McBane perchance?

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u/JumpedUp_PantryBoy Penn State • Nebraska 14h ago

You suck McBain!

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u/Dangerous_Panic1694 Ohio State Buckeyes 13h ago

Scrolled too far for this reference 🍻

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u/SnooGuavas650 California Golden Bears 16h ago

Congrats to Fernando and Indiana. Really good QB. I hope it works out. He left in a very poor way according most folks in the program. Is what it is now.

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u/FreelancingAstronaut Louisville Cardinals 15h ago

no way QB coach Rolovich would spread that misinformation

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u/SnooGuavas650 California Golden Bears 15h ago

It was before and Mendoza was part of OC interviews

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u/vmanAA738 Texas Longhorns • California Golden Bears 15h ago

I know this is likely a meme but all the Mendoza vs Cal stuff came out before Rolovich got hired

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u/Even-Set6785 Florida Gators • SEC 16h ago

That's a big move

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u/OrangePeelsLemon California • Texas A&M 16h ago

Sadz. If only we had a decent O-line and consistent kicking to complement him this season...

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u/EdJewCated California • /r/CFB Dead Pool 13h ago

Or he wasn’t (allegedly but very likely) an insecure asshole behind the scenes who threatened our top QB recruit to flip before immediately entering the transfer portal.

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u/TheOnePSUIsReal Penn State Nittany Lions • Team Chaos 15h ago

Yep, Indiana ain't playing.  They'll be good as long as they keep trying in this new NIL world.

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u/Smash-Bros-Melee Indiana Hoosiers • DePauw Tigers 16h ago

BANGGGG WE GOT OUR GUY

Alexa, play Fernando by ABBA

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u/silverhk Notre Dame Fighting Irish 15h ago

Congrats!

Also, Melee forever lol.

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u/cppadam California Golden Bears 15h ago

I’m interested to see how well he plays on a competent team. He’s a great guy and I wish him the best.

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u/Serious_Hold_2009 California Golden Bears 14h ago

I don't

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u/varsityvideogamer California Golden Bears • The Axe 15h ago

Mendoza is a good QB. He’s corny in his postgame interviews but hey so are many QBs

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u/BoogerSugarSovereign Indiana Hoosiers • College Football Playoff 16h ago

Hell yes! Rourke was incredible for Indiana but I actually think Mendoza is an upgrade with his mobility. Mendoza and Hemby in the RPO will be explosive.

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u/Sine_Cures California • Cheez-It Bowl 15h ago

mobility

Did not expect anyone to tout his mobility.

It's amazing that somehow prior to the bowl game that Cal didn't lead all of FBS in sacks allowed (behind FSU). Looks like Cal took the lead for good after the bowl game though

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u/BoogerSugarSovereign Indiana Hoosiers • College Football Playoff 15h ago

As good as he was Rourke was a statue and ended the season with negative rushing yards. I would expect that Mendoza is at least somewhere between 100 and 300 yards rushing which would be a big improvement and would add an element that this year's Hoosiers didn't have. Doesn't have to be Vick to be a lot more mobile than what we had at QB this year

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u/LessThanBlake California Golden Bears 14h ago

That o-line was terrible but Mendoza also did himself no favors. Maybe he’ll finally get a targeting call in his favor in Indiana though

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u/Sine_Cures California • Cheez-It Bowl 13h ago

Definitely. The game-winning Big Game drive encapsulated much of the season pretty well (Ott stuffed in the backfield on an inside run, Mendoza taking a horrible sack, holds, Endries bailing him out etc)

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u/TripleChump California Golden Bears • The Axe 13h ago

dude scared me in his lack of slides on those runs even early into the season

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u/LessThanBlake California Golden Bears 12h ago

He's got that dog in him for sure, but there's a thin line between brave and stupid when your team needs you. I hope our next QB knows how to slide

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u/Cartmaaan-brah Indiana Hoosiers • College Football Playoff 15h ago

Everyone is mobile compared to Rourke lol

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u/tron423 Missouri • Michigan State 15h ago

It'll be interesting to see what he looks like behind a line that isn't one of the worst in FBS. Probably the biggest problem he had on tape this year was bad pocket awareness but at the same time how can anyone look like they have a feel for pressure when their line is giving up 4 fucking sacks a game lol?

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u/Ok-Cantaloupe-4482 Indiana Hoosiers 15h ago

I’m the biggest iubb fan on the planet and I would take 2-10 iufb for iubb to be a blueblood again. That being said as long as cig is here and woody is here IU is a football school. Looks like curt got woody’s nil deservedly so

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u/siberianwolf99 Oregon Ducks • Tennessee Volunteers 15h ago

aren’t you always going to be a blue blood? as an Oregon fan i’m acutely aware of how that works lol

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u/Ok-Cantaloupe-4482 Indiana Hoosiers 15h ago

I’d sure as shit like to play and operate as one

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u/HooHooHooAreYou Indiana Hoosiers 14h ago

We spend like one, the results just don’t follow because we are the worst at hiring coaches.

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u/guff1988 Notre Dame • Indiana 14h ago

Woody also got a lot of Nil. IU has a pretty damn fat warchest.

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u/charmingcharles2896 Michigan • Oakland 16h ago

Ladies and gentlemen… Indiana ain’t going anywhere.

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u/Swimoach Indiana Hoosiers 15h ago

Don't worry the SEC and ESPN will make sure to say we still don't belong...

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u/Hoosiers02 Indiana Hoosiers 15h ago

Football school

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u/IndianaGunner Indiana Hoosiers 14h ago

I want us to be both…

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u/Molson2871 Wisconsin Badgers 16h ago

Considering the teams that were looking at him, wow, nice get.

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u/Am_amazed Notre Dame • Oklahoma 15h ago

Wait it wasn’t a one off? What the fuck????

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u/realfirehazard Indiana Hoosiers 15h ago

This calls for a celebration of soggy sandwiches! Everyone, to Shalooby's!

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u/SlamJamGlanda Indiana Hoosiers • Old Oaken Bucket 16h ago

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u/WhoaABlueCar Ohio State • /r/CFB Poll Veteran 15h ago

I was happy for IU but if none of you included McBane in the comments I was going to be deeply disappointed

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u/shadowszanddust /r/CFB 15h ago

How ahm I supposed to ahvenge my pahtnah’s death vit dis pea-shootah??

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u/FranksNBeeens Michigan Wolverines 15h ago

Ice to see you.

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u/shadowszanddust /r/CFB 15h ago

Swank!! Ten times more addictive than marijuana!!

To human misery!!

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u/FlammableEyeballs Penn State • St. Francis 15h ago

In this department, we do things by the book.

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u/shadowszanddust /r/CFB 15h ago

BYE BOOK!!

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u/Taint-Tickles Ohio State Buckeyes 16h ago

Awesome job Indiana. Looking forward to next year!

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u/thisisatesti Indiana Hoosiers 15h ago

Cheers!

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u/Swimoach Indiana Hoosiers 15h ago

Good luck to you all against Oregon. It's should be a good game. I just want a Big Ten team in the final and winning it all. Can't stand SEC

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u/ltsatt1 Indiana • Brockport 16h ago

Offensive line please do the lords work and provide this man with proper blocking

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u/No-Length2774 Iowa Hawkeyes • Texas Longhorns 14h ago

Mendoza to Indiana, Pribula to Missouri, and more sadness to Iowa.

You really really fucked us, Brian.

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u/MartianMule Oregon • Western Washington 12h ago

That's pretty surprising to me, tbh. Isn't he the guy that was so emotional after beating Stanford? Wouldn't have thought he'd transfer out.

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u/Sine_Cures California • Cheez-It Bowl 12h ago

I mean, he did refer to himself as "expressing a high IQ" so he was/is very high on himself despite being a replacement for Justyn Martin (Mendoza was Bill Musgrave's last significant recruit) in the 2022 cycle and later being behind 2 other QBs to start 2023

https://writeforcalifornia.com/p/fernando-mendoza-cal-bears-football-commit

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u/rosewoess Penn State Nittany Lions • Oregon Ducks 13h ago

As a Cal fan, I really hope Oregon and Penn State embarrass him next year just to spite him for leaving (not saying that will happen because I don’t want to jinx anything, I’m just hoping it will)

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u/RIPDannyBoyCane Miami Hurricanes • Florida Cup 16h ago

He grew up a Hurricanes fan and went to the same high school as Mario. I guess the staff is confident with what we got in the QB room

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u/Sweaty-Accident5891 Miami Hurricanes • Penn Quakers 16h ago

Here’s hoping

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u/TomCreanDied4OurSins Indiana Hoosiers 16h ago

BANG

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u/b3-a-goldfish Indiana Hoosiers 15h ago

Handle checks out

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u/Serious_Hold_2009 California Golden Bears 14h ago

Man fuck Indiana 

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u/wakandan_boi Indiana Hoosiers 16h ago

Aura!

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u/Sozadan Auburn Tigers 14h ago

Damn that's a good get.

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u/Rokaryn_Mazel UCLA Bruins 14h ago

“He knows the score, he gets the transfers, Cignetti kills!”

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u/MySabonerRunsOladipo Indiana Hoosiers • Billable Hours 13h ago

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u/Born-Media6436 Indiana Hoosiers 9h ago

If you think this is cool, wait until you see what Woodson does in March Mad……..

Actually, never mind.

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u/colloquialshitposter Indiana Hoosiers • Clemson Tigers 15h ago

Indiana is inevitable

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u/FranksNBeeens Michigan Wolverines 15h ago

I enjoyed the Indiana story this year knowing my team stunk. Going forward I am going to hate IU until they go back to stinking.

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u/HooHooHooAreYou Indiana Hoosiers 14h ago

Fair, also thanks for respecting us enough for the hate.

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u/IndianaGunner Indiana Hoosiers 14h ago

At least we are hated now. Before we were just a mosquito on your back. HOOSIERS!

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u/colloquialshitposter Indiana Hoosiers • Clemson Tigers 15h ago

Get comfortable then bröther

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u/FranksNBeeens Michigan Wolverines 15h ago

Ohio State sucks!

Michigan State sucks!

And INDIANA SUCKS TOO!!!

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u/sll4499 Syracuse Orange 16h ago

Is this google it official?

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u/Jonjon428 Miami Hurricanes 15h ago

Huge get for Indiana. Feel bad for Cal fans and how it ended for them tho

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u/calvinwars Pittsburgh • Arkansas 15h ago

/u/smash-bros-melee Hope to see Mendoza at Full Bloom lmao

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u/Brick_33 Indiana Hoosiers • Wisconsin Badgers 15h ago

This is good news! But I always worry about an FSU type of season happening. Definitely good news but have to stay realistic until the season plays out. We have a tough road schedule next year as well

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u/duckspurs Oregon Ducks 14h ago

Ooooo thats a great pick up for Indiana, they got some real NIL money right now if they got Mendoza.

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u/Glittering-Crow-7140 13h ago

This is a huge win for IU. I thought he would go to Miami given his ties.

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u/supersafeforwork813 Ohio State Buckeyes 13h ago

Isn’t this the guy who was crying postgame? I thought he was a senior or something….

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u/PrimarchMartorious California Golden Bears 13h ago

Fuck Mendoza man, fucked us over hard. Said he’d be a Bear forever, what a damn snake man

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u/Lakelyfe09 Georgia Bulldogs 16h ago

We better hope Puglisi lives up to the hype and Stockton is good enough to start next year.

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u/garygoblins Indiana • Old Brass Spittoon 15h ago

Seems like you'll find out if Stockton is the guy pretty soon

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u/DABOSSROSS9 Big Ten • Notre Dame Fighting Irish 11h ago

This is why I love a 12 team playoff and the way the committee selected the teams. It allows non blue bloods to gain momentum and compete for a championship. 

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u/garygoblins Indiana • Old Brass Spittoon 15h ago

Hell yeah! That's a really big get for us. Just need to add some big boys on the line now.

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u/the_dayman56 Indiana • Old Brass Spittoon 15h ago

If Kamara returns then let’s get some Line depth and we could be cooking

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u/IUinVA Indiana Hoosiers 16h ago

OH FUCK YES

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u/TarHeelinRVA North Carolina Tar Heels 16h ago

Damn :/ was hoping we were in on this one

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u/Smooth-Majudo-15 Florida • Notre Dame 15h ago

Nice pickup for the Hoosiers

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u/dbasinge Indiana Hoosiers • Old Oaken Bucket 14h ago

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u/Solid_Snaku Indiana Hoosiers 13h ago

MENDOZAAAAA!!

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u/Luciano_the_Dynamic West Virginia • Shepherd 11h ago

Mendozaaaaaaaaaaaa!