r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Dec 07 '25

Game Thread [Game Thread] Ohio State vs. Indiana (8:00 PM ET)

GAME Ohio StateOhio State vs. IndianaIndiana
Location Lucas Oil Stadium
Time 8:00 PM ET
Watch TV: Fox
Odds Spread: OSU -4 - Over/Under: 46.5
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u/thecravenone definitely a bot Dec 07 '25

Reddit really ate it at the end of this game :/

Postgame thread is over here: https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/1pg99up/postgame_thread_indiana_defeats_ohio_state_1310/

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u/RICO_Numbers Dec 07 '25

Mendoza speaks like White Goodman from Dodgeball

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u/willsfc North Alabama • Miami (OH) Dec 07 '25

not a good day for ohio teams in conference championships. Miami and OSU lost

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u/DCar015 Oregon Ducks Dec 07 '25

Mendoza vibe is crazy rn lmao

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u/BadTrashtalk Penn State • Transfer Portal Dec 07 '25 edited Jan 04 '26

north command recognise smart scale ancient head mighty waiting silky

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u/kingoftheplastics FAU Owls • Oklahoma Sooners Dec 07 '25

Mendoza sounds so wholesome I can’t help but wish the best for him

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u/whatupdoeeeeeeeeeee Dec 07 '25

Mendoza is firing me tf up

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u/McNultysHangover UCSB Gauchos • Oregon Ducks Dec 07 '25

This interview is gonna be a meme 😂

24

u/Putrid_Piano4986 Missouri • Missouri State Dec 07 '25

This postgame interview makes me want to not draft this kid in the top 5, lmao.

You have to have more aura to be a franchise NFL qb.

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u/That_Exchange_8589 Dec 07 '25

Mendoza seems like a theater kid, cool guy

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u/kraokrao Dec 07 '25

Indiana is a Christian school?

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u/SSMWSSM42 UCLA Bruins Dec 07 '25

No question Mendoza is Heisman

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u/OdaDdaT Verified Coach • Verified Player Dec 07 '25

Mendoza is gonna coach someday

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u/AdImportant4476 Howard Bison • Cincinnati Bearcats Dec 07 '25

Bruhhh we gotta hear this dude talk for 10 min during the Heisman ceremony lmaooo

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u/I_Hate_Traffic İstanbul Teknik • Maryland Dec 07 '25

Bruh he has Jameis Winston vibes lmao

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u/mopbucketblaster Georgia Bulldogs • UConn Huskies Dec 07 '25

Fernando is a freak 😂

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u/upstatewilly Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 07 '25

Hell of a game, Hoosiers. Hoping for a rematch!

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u/joelupi Alabama Crimson Tide • Army Black Knights Dec 07 '25

GIVE THAT MAN THE HEISMAN! GIVE THE HOOSIERS THE NATTY! THEY DID IT!

NEW #1 TEAM THE INDIANA HOOSIERS

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u/EraseTheDoubt Notre Dame Fighting Irish Dec 07 '25

Man enjoy this one IU bros

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u/2fast4yall69 Kent State • Ohio State Dec 07 '25

Whatevs that game was meaningless

6

u/SpittinMenace Georgia Bulldogs Dec 07 '25

This guy is great

6

u/anjuna42 Duke Blue Devils Dec 07 '25

Thread done broke

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u/drawnbydrew Penn State Nittany Lions • Kansas Jayhawks Dec 07 '25

Mendoza sounds like he is explaining a D&D game he just created.

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u/No_Poet_7244 Texas Longhorns • Wisconsin Badgers Dec 07 '25

Best game of the year imo.

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u/Geeman447 Boise State Broncos Dec 07 '25

Let Mendoza give every speech lol

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u/SurvivorFanatic236 Dec 07 '25

Per the Indiana QB, God wanted Ohio State to lose

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u/Warmachine_10 Kansas State Wildcats • Hateful 8 Dec 07 '25

Mendoza is… bizarre

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u/dsmithnyciii Dec 07 '25

YES!!!!!!!!!!!

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u/kshiau Texas Longhorns • Colorado Buffaloes Dec 07 '25

Real big Kirk Cousins energy

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u/JayGatsby22 Arizona State • Minnesota Dec 07 '25

This kid sang the loudest at vacation bible camp

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u/asvpdirk TCU Horned Frogs • Sickos Dec 07 '25

Congrats Hoosiers, yall deserve this one

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u/lamousername Dec 07 '25

This Indiana QB having his rex kwando moment

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '25

Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!

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u/Lalaz4lyf Auburn Tigers Dec 07 '25

Take that baby to Disney world. He deserves it

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u/Michikusa /r/CFB Dec 07 '25

This guy is so cringe

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u/rtripps Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 07 '25

Hard not to like Mendoza. Class act

3

u/CuriousMost9971 Oregon Ducks Dec 07 '25

GREAT GAME IU!!!!

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u/wiseoracle Kansas State Wildcats Dec 07 '25

Vein going to poop on Mendoza

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u/evoxbeck Dec 07 '25

I get faith but my god...

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u/ryrysofly Georgia Bulldogs Dec 07 '25

Is Mendoza on the spectrum?

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u/SweatyInBed Georgia Bulldogs • Georgia Bulldogs Dec 07 '25

Shoutout the mods for keeping a well-functioning thread 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

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u/mburns223 Michigan • Central Michigan Dec 07 '25

Oh Fernando lol he’s a corn. I love It though

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '25

Ohio State never trailed in the 4th quarter this season. Against the Hoosiers, they trailed the entire 4th quarter.

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u/OldGodsProphet Michigan Wolverines Dec 07 '25

Is this dude…ya know?

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '25

So happy for you Hoosiers, good luck in the playoffs boys!

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u/FewAdhesiveness7146 Texas Tech Red Raiders Dec 07 '25

Insane stat, but top 4 teams gave up a total of 37 points today. 9 points per game. Sheesh. Get ready to see a whole lot of D in 2026

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '25

Mendoza looks just like Kirk Cousins!

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u/YoungKeys Notre Dame Fighting Irish Dec 07 '25

Let’s flipping go

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u/Reswerve Alabama • Jacksonville State Dec 07 '25

INDIANAAAAAA WOW!!!

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '25

THE ohio state folks

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u/AngryPhillySportsFan Penn State Nittany Lions Dec 07 '25

Mendoza is such a fucking goober lol

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u/Darth_Chonker Washington State • Boise State Dec 07 '25

Mendoza sounds like a motivational speaker lmao

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u/ThatSpartanKid Ohio State Buckeyes • College Football Playoff Dec 07 '25

Squarely on Ohio State’s playcalling in the red zone I think. Hopefully Day learns like last year and applies it to a killer playoff run. Good game 1ndiana, hope we see yall again in the championship game!

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u/StarvedRock314 Texas Longhorns • Illinois Fighting Illini Dec 07 '25

It's like Fernando Mendoza made it a personal challenge to fit the maximum number of sports cliches possible in one interview

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u/Abject-Bumblebee-299 Tennessee Volunteers Dec 07 '25

Can’t give Mendoza the heisman with this interview

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u/lovbyte Cincinnati Bearcats Dec 07 '25

aw this is so cute

3

u/ericthedad Michigan • Central Michigan Dec 07 '25

Make OSU the 5 seed you cowards

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u/Capital-Flow-1501 Dec 07 '25

This is legendary stuff from Curt Cignetti One of the greatest coaching jobs of all time

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u/muchbro Oklahoma Sooners Dec 07 '25

Bro is losing aura with this interview ngl lol.

9

u/Gabians Michigan • Wayne State (MI) Dec 07 '25

God hates the buckeyes confirmed

14

u/Awatts2222 Rutgers • Cal State Fullerton Dec 07 '25

Guys--I think Corey Feldman just won the Heisman. lol

10

u/Similar_Brush1835 Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 07 '25

hard not to he happy for mendoza

13

u/Cycle-path1 Iowa State Cyclones Dec 07 '25

This man must have been rejected from BYU lol

8

u/CornIssues Clemson Tigers Dec 07 '25

That’s what Fernando Mendoza sounds like? Lmao

Go Hoosiers

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u/bmraovdeys Wisconsin Badgers Dec 07 '25

What a nerd

2

u/Practical-Pickle-529 Washington Huskies • Army Black Knights Dec 07 '25

Congratulations Hoosiers!!

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u/KirbyBucketts Syracuse Orange • Wyoming Cowboys Dec 07 '25

Is Mendoza the new Tony Romo?

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u/alterstev0 Oklahoma Sooners • Houston Cougars Dec 07 '25

congrats indiana, this has to be a great time for you guys. Enjoy it.

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u/GeneralTaos Nebraska Cornhuskers Dec 07 '25

Mendoza WWE confirmed 

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u/dumbestusername Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 07 '25

Well done, IU!

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u/ChickenGlint169 Texas Longhorns Dec 07 '25

Saying “flippin” on live TV, have some class dude

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u/crosstrackerror NC State • West Virginia Dec 07 '25

Bunch of nerds. Love it

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u/DeusMach1na Ohio State • Michigan State Dec 07 '25

Ya know they earned it

Happy for y'all Indiana

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u/surbian Tennessee Volunteers Dec 07 '25

Amazing win…

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u/fm22fnam Ohio State • Tennessee Dec 07 '25

I can't be too terribly upset cause it's Indiana. Good job Indiana

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u/LegitimateRisk- Michigan Wolverines Dec 07 '25

Glory to god lol. How about just appreciate your teammates. The Flying Spaghetti Monster didn’t help you.

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u/TurtleMaster99 Dec 07 '25

Is it weird I think Mendoza is too much of Kirk Cousins for me to want him as my quarterback in the League? lol

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u/BloomingNova ECU Pirates • Florida State Seminoles Dec 07 '25

That might be the biggest nerd I've seen winning a football championship. Let's go

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u/DIsco_Peaches /r/CFB Dec 07 '25

Fernando Mendoza is a beauty

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u/chuckalicious03 Dec 07 '25

Is Mendoza always this funny?

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u/imphatic Samford Bulldogs Dec 07 '25

lol these poor dudes just aren’t ready to be on camera yet sometimes

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u/CT_2136 Dec 07 '25

Fernando is college footballs Kirk Cousins lol

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u/eosophobe USC Trojans Dec 07 '25

this speech is so bad lmao

3

u/Beerinmotion Tennessee Volunteers Dec 07 '25

Mendoza the new Cousins

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u/arrrgh14 ECU Pirates • College Football Playoff Dec 07 '25

My man, why are you yelling at me directly into the camera?

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u/seoul_drift Michigan Wolverines • Uppsala Snakeheads Dec 07 '25

Genuinely insane work by Indiana’s defense, ggwp

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u/MegaMatrix08 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Dec 07 '25

mendoza looks like he's one hug away from crying in happiness

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u/Some-Distribution146 Dec 07 '25

This dudes got a touch of the ‘tism

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u/TeaEsKSU Kansas State Wildcats • Hateful 8 Dec 07 '25

damn i forgot how insufferable the indiana qb is

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u/DifficultMinute Indiana Hoosiers Dec 07 '25

Speechless. Just speechless.

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u/AmphotericRed West Virginia • Arkansas Dec 07 '25

It’s fun watching the birth of a meme

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u/originalbiggusdickus Columbia Lions • Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 07 '25

13-10. I've seen this before...

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u/Aggressive_Maize9249 Oklahoma Sooners Dec 07 '25

This guy is so nerdy lol

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u/Cowgoon777 Ohio State Buckeyes • The Game Dec 07 '25

congrats TTUN on living vacariously through IU this week

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u/ichinii Georgia • Georgia Tech Dec 07 '25

Bro sounds like a head coach lol

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u/acutemisadventure Dec 07 '25

I get this weird feeling that the game was fixed..

How is the coach not smiling at all?

Actually had a scowl and now the quarterbacks giving this lame ass Force WWE promo type of speech after the game just feels off

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u/Thumper13 Oregon Ducks Dec 07 '25

Mendoza wants a future in broadcasting. Look at how he manages the camera look.

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u/arbadak Clemson Tigers • Arizona Wildcats Dec 07 '25

Mendoza is such a dweeb but that's ok, still the Heisman to me

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u/HotDogHerzog Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 07 '25

Welcome to the Browns Mendoza. Welcome to football Indiana. Might see you again in a few weeks!

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u/jp1066 Penn State Nittany Lions Dec 07 '25

Cig now has and many wins vs OSU as big game James in 12 years!!

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u/alexannosaurus Texas A&M • Lonestar Showdown Dec 07 '25

This Indiana team need a movie about them in the future.

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u/gamer2412 Georgia Bulldogs Dec 07 '25

Is this Mendoza interview real?

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u/SuppleLobster Dec 07 '25

So tired of this stupid god stuff

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u/Thorteris Texas Tech Red Raiders • Hateful 8 Dec 07 '25

Mendoza gives me Andre Luck vibes personality wise lmao

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u/JTPedz Cincinnati Bearcats Dec 07 '25

Much deserved

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u/kfed23 Dec 07 '25

Mendoza crying out there wtf

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u/GoCurtin Kentucky • Georgia Tech Dec 07 '25

.....was THAT a Heisman speech?

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u/ThoughtBroad Georgia Bulldogs • Arizona Wildcats Dec 07 '25

Mendoza weird af but a helluva QB

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u/Warhawk02 Notre Dame • Indiana Dec 07 '25

I FUCKING LOVE CIGNETTI

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u/Jimbobsama Western Michigan Broncos • Team Chaos Dec 07 '25

What is with this dude looking directly at the camera with prayer hands?

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u/MySabonerRunsOladipo Indiana Hoosiers • Billable Hours Dec 07 '25

This isnt real. Holy fuck

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u/alexbananas ESPNU • SEC Network Dec 07 '25

Fernando Mendoza:

This is what winning the B1G has taught me about B2B sales

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u/ToBeeContinued Florida State • Georgia Dec 07 '25

Wait this guy is such a fucking nerd WTF

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u/MoveTheHeffalump Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets • Team Chaos Dec 07 '25

Reddit melting down lol

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u/S_C_H_L_O_R_P Miami (OH) RedHawks Dec 07 '25

Lol. Lmao even

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u/Nervous-Economist245 Georgia Bulldogs • Transfer Portal Dec 07 '25

First outright title in 80 years? Oh wow. Enjoy it WIndiana!

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u/Many_Dimension_7615 Louisville • Dartmouth Dec 07 '25

Mendoza LMFAOOOOO

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u/slider4110 Ohio State • Oklahoma State Dec 07 '25

Why does Mendoza have such a punchable face?

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u/ToeInDigDeep Fresno State Bulldogs • Pac-12 Dec 07 '25

Flippin’ champs!

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u/ResponsibleWater1697 Bradley Braves Dec 07 '25

Mendoza is a tool

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u/SirBigSpuriousGeorge South Carolina • Wooster Dec 07 '25

Glory to God, yes, God chose you over choosing the other team.

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u/chickensandwich77 Florida Gators Dec 07 '25

Holy shit. I was here

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u/HifiCompactDisc Dec 07 '25

Holy shit this Mendoza guy seems like he might be insane

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u/IhateLukaDoncic Dec 07 '25

Ew wtf NVM I hope mendozza doesn't win Heisman

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u/mattyshiba Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 07 '25

For as upset as I am

Mendoza has to be a fucking meme the coaches have been praying this side of his altar ego doesnt show

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u/brickledick22 Dec 07 '25

Omg this kid's media training went too far

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u/lm_NER0 Georgia Bulldogs Dec 07 '25

Dear Indiana fans,

I told you so.

https://www.reddit.com/r/IndianaHoosiers/s/HKD7hnicxX

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u/lincb2 Tennessee Volunteers Dec 07 '25

ALL GLORY TO DR PEPPER

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '25

man fernando is so sweet

8

u/GP_ADD Alabama • Mississippi State Dec 07 '25

Oh he’s one of those guys, I love it and I hate it. Mendoza is goofy dude

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u/Kyloren1923 Texas Tech Red Raiders Dec 07 '25

Never heard Mendoza talk. Should be playing for BYU, by golly!

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u/BriskManeuver Arizona State Sun Devils • Navy Midshipmen Dec 07 '25

Mendoza going corny mode but he deserves it

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u/0le_Hickory Tennessee Volunteers Dec 07 '25

3 linemen 10 yds downfield on the last hail Mary anyway.

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u/SexyChernyshevsky Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 07 '25

Fernando talks to the camera like a WWE hype interview

6

u/purplebuffalo55 UConn Huskies Dec 07 '25

So is fernando mendoza just kirk cousins on steroids? And why this mofo staring at me through the TV screen lol

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u/SaintsSooners89 Red River Shootout • Oklahoma Dec 07 '25

Hoosier Daddy Historic

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u/Ok_Scheme_4579 Dec 07 '25

Has the champion cup since Vietnam war?!

3

u/WC95 Auburn Tigers • South Alabama Jaguars Dec 07 '25

I wanna run through a wall for this guy

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u/Noonie13 Texas A&M • Sam Houston Dec 07 '25

Mendoza is on WWF Nitro tomorrow.

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u/far-out-dude Arizona State Sun Devils Dec 07 '25

Well Mendoza is gonna be a coach

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u/efstyle Oregon Ducks Dec 07 '25

Lowkey never wanna hear Mendoza post game again lol

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u/Mindless_Weather9576 Dec 07 '25

Good godd Mendoza that was cringy as fuck

Still a whole playoff to go

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u/lightninhopkins Minnesota Golden Gophers Dec 07 '25

Is this guy in the WWE?

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '25

Do I hear “Fire Ryan Day” chants

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u/BobStoops401K Oklahoma Sooners Dec 07 '25

Mendoza is such a dork. I love it lol.

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u/livsjollyranchers Dec 07 '25

Is Mendoza cutting a 1980s wrestling promo?

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u/PuzzleheadedBuy4619 Nebraska • San Diego State Dec 07 '25

FLIPPIN CHAMPS

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u/mora82 USC Trojans • La Verne Leopards Dec 07 '25

Incredible game. Incredible run by the Hoosiers. Grateful to be a fan of this sport to know why this is so much fun to watch.

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u/KingHanky Dec 07 '25

Mendoza sounds like a voice over 

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u/NakedByEllaMai Dec 07 '25

this is the first time i've seen a mendoza interview, is he always like this lol

3

u/Briman19 Oregon Ducks Dec 07 '25

It had to be the 13-10 final score lmaooo

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u/themidnightrambler18 Tulane Green Wave Dec 07 '25

He's a bit adorable.

5

u/EyePlay North Carolina Tar Heels Dec 07 '25

I don't know why they're launching it down like that instead of setting up laterals but am I crazy or was Sayin throwing as far as he could and that it was extremely underwhelming?

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u/QuarterNote44 Weber State • Missouri S&T Dec 07 '25

BYU needs to poach that guy stat

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u/citrus1330 Alabama Crimson Tide • Michigan Wolverines Dec 07 '25

Mendoza is hilarious lmfao 😂

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u/GhostOfHarryLee LSU Tigers • Tulane Green Wave Dec 07 '25

oh Fernando... Brady would never

2

u/ThePerfectBeard Georgia Bulldogs • Oregon Ducks Dec 07 '25

Well fuck… this will go viral

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u/j3zmund Indiana • Notre Dame Dec 07 '25

W1ndiana is a real thing.

To all the toxic buckeye flairs, go back to your mom's basement and soil some socks

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u/Kimber80 Notre Dame Fighting Irish • USF Bulls Dec 07 '25

Congratulations Hoosiers!

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u/NervoussLaugh UCF Knights • Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 07 '25

congrats wIndiana!

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '25

Omg ok cut him off

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u/catkoala Harvard Crimson Dec 07 '25

that is not what i expected mendoza to sound like lmao

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u/SpaceGhostSlurpp USC Trojans Dec 07 '25

First time hearing Mendoza speak lol

2

u/BrokenClxwn NC State Wolfpack Dec 07 '25

Why did Sayin hold the ball so long on the play before

1

u/MentalCantaloupe216 Texas Tech Red Raiders Dec 07 '25

Nice job Indiana!

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u/h3rp3r Ohio State • College Football Playoff Dec 07 '25

GG Hoosiers, you earned this victory with a great team.

See you in the NC.

2

u/Stellar_Doors Georgia • Georgia State Dec 07 '25

THE GLUE WAS STRONG

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u/not_the_world USC Trojans Dec 07 '25

Mendoza seems sweet, aww

3

u/FitzCats Northwestern Wildcats Dec 07 '25

Fernando is AI coded

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u/mowtowcow Georgia Bulldogs Dec 07 '25

Holy hell relax bro. Lmao

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u/Daenonn Dec 07 '25

Check fielding fanduel

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u/nostrategery Dec 07 '25

Whoa Mendoza lost the heismn on this interview

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u/GeneralAgrippa Michigan Wolverines • VCU Rams Dec 07 '25

I'm proud of you 1ndiana. Go win it all boys.

3

u/Fedoras-Forever-Mom Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 07 '25

Damn good fucking game Indiana! Hope to see yall again in the Championship!

3

u/GrundleThief Penn State • Lehigh Dec 07 '25

Mendoza taking a massive hit to his aura here ngl

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u/WHSRWizard Notre Dame • Virginia Dec 07 '25

what a fucking day

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u/Fragrant-Helicopter1 Indiana Hoosiers Dec 07 '25

INDI-FUCKIN-ANA!!!!!

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u/tuckernuts Oklahoma • Central Oklahoma Dec 07 '25

Fuck yeah dude look directly into my soul and scream cry

Honestly, mood. I'm gonna cry too

3

u/INT_MIN USC Trojans Dec 07 '25

LMAOOOOOO MENDOZA STOP

3

u/CriticalPolitical Dec 07 '25

Wow. To all the Hoosier fans out there, congrats and hats off to Indiana’s performance. Cignetti is an old school coach, and has 2 spirit animals…Woody Hayes and Bo Schembeckler in one. GG Hoosier fans. Until we meet again in the playoffs, beat the breaks off of Bama and Georgia if you play them

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u/A_Successful_Loser Arizona Wildcats Dec 07 '25

Indiana's QB is awesome. Love that energy