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Posted on 12/13/2025 5:14:13 PM PST by FamiliarFace
Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza has won the 2025 Heisman Trophy, beating out Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love, Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia and Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin. The Hoosiers shot-caller became the first Indiana player to win the award.
Mendoza was instrumental in IU's historic regular season, steering the Hoosiers to a 13-0 record, the program's first outright Big Ten championship since 1945 and the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff. He led the country in passing touchdowns (33) and is the third Big Ten quarterback since 2000 with three straight games of at least four passing touchdowns and zero interception
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How so? OSU lost to IU, the Hoosiers finished the season undefeated, that’s not the way it works. They might again too...
Gino Tourette should never have won the Heisman over Marshal Faulk.
He must be truly blessed because because he has the biggest smile I’ve ever seen. So here is my dilemma as a Raiders fan. Do they draft Mendoza or Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss who I believe will be another Mahomes?
Maybe they don't get a chance to - the Jets have three 1st Round picks to trade up.
There is more than one pretty good football player ... so picking a Heisman winner, in the end, is basically arbitrary.
But in the end, the intangibles do come into play. IU was, until halfway through this season, the losingest program in the history of major college football. IU has never had a Heisman winner. (I think Ohio State has a few on the mantelpiece.) In the last two years IU has been the biggest Cinderella story in a loooong time, maybe ever. That alone should be a tiebreaker.
And Mendoza was magic when it counted. How do you resolve a coin flip call? Magic moments. I won’t say that the last minute drive to beat Penn State after Penn State got an interception in scoring position and took a late lead — second and long (after a first down sack) at the IU 17, less than a minute to play and no timeouts, Penn State teeing off on every down (because they all had to be pass plays), great pressure on Mendoza on every throw, defensive backs draped over every receiver — was the one of the greatest last minute drives in CFB history. There have been a lot of games played so I won’t say THE greatest. But there has never been a better one: no trick plays, no finding a seam and someone taking off for a miracle 80 yard gain, just clinical with perfect throws and highlight reel catches on several of them. And the TD was one of the greatest catches in the history of great catches.
If you haven’t seen the final drive, go to YouTube and watch it. That was the single greatest clutch performance by any quarterback this year. It won Mendoza the Heisman. Julian Sayin had a pretty nice year, but Ohio State was cruising all year after a close opener with Texas, until Indiana upset them in the head to head. And in the head to head, Mendoza delivered in the clutch. Sayin didn’t.
This was the right choice. And it should have been an easy choice for most voters.
Come on man. The Raiders rank 32 of 32 in most power rankings. We deserve #1 pick. We will get pick 1 ,2 or 3 for sure.
I’m in agreement with you, and I say that as an ardent Ohio State fan. Sayin is young. His time will come.
Mendoza deserves the Heisman this year.
LOL
His knee was down, he lost the game and he lost the Heisman . Only a brown useless nut would be mad.
Apparently he goes to mass every day. And he was headed to Yale to study math until he got a single solitary D1 offer. Smart kid. Great student. Good kid.
I admit…I’m not much of an NFL fan, so…draft your favorite player! I’m sure either choice will give it their all.
Yeah, Sayin had a great year. But nothing like this. Just sayin.'
I lied earlier. There was 1:30 to play, but still no timeouts. And it was second and 17, with 83 years to go to pull out the game.
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He was rattled, yes, but came back shortly. Maybe missed two plays.
I don’t know what’s going to happen when those huge linebackers nail him going full speed with malice. That looked like just a little two step hit.
Sure looks like it. Neat too who he is because of his family.
The announcers were indeed discussing whether that hit should have been called.
Mendoza is 6’5” and weighs 225. He runs the ball effectively when he has to, and IU has some planned runs for him. He regularly picks up good yardage when he’s flushed from the pocket, and IU runs variations of a quarterback draw, usually off the RPO. He’s big, versatile, and pretty tough.
But yeah, no one is indestructible. Mendoza stands in and delivers the ball under pressure. He takes some big hits as a consequence.
It was, as you said, a two step hit.
Great QBs in college don’t always translate to great QBs in the pros. Some do. We will see how he does. I wish him all the best in his career.
Bucks fan here
Mendoza deserved the Heisman Trophy. I felt bad for Mendoza when it looked like Bucks Curry knocked him out of the game. But Mendoza was back in the next play and did well enough to beat the Bucks.
I’m confident IU and tOSU will meet in the Natty. They are truly the 1st and 2nd best teams in college ball.
But upsets happen, it’s due to one minor or seldom used player having the game of his life.
Hopefully Hartline will not take the day off if the Buckeyes make it to the Natty.
DEI BS. Unqualified minority.
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