r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Jan 20 '26

Game Thread [Game Thread] Indiana vs. Miami (7:30 PM ET) 4Q

GAME IndianaIndiana vs. MiamiMiami
Location Hard Rock Stadium
Time 7:30 PM ET
Watch TV: ESPN
Odds Spread: IU -7.5 - Over/Under: 47
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u/SleepyRocket20 Jan 20 '26

Tim Tebow 2

64

u/[deleted] Jan 20 '26

Bing bop boom boom boom bop bam

Big 10 is king yall don't understand 

25

u/_Laszlo_Cravensworth Oregon Ducks Jan 20 '26

How are they already drunk lol

89

u/Fonzie5 UCF Knights • Big 12 Jan 20 '26

Mendoza just said “my offensive line blocked perfectly”

I didn’t take him for a liar

13

u/LumpyGibbon Jan 20 '26

What a great game

48

u/The-Jabroni- Jan 20 '26

The NFL is going to corrupt Fernando Mendoza.

72

u/shawn789 Nebraska Cornhuskers • Team Chaos Jan 20 '26

After his NFL career, Fernando is 100% going to be a motivational speaker

-51

u/WeBackInThisBih Ohio State Buckeyes Jan 20 '26

He zesty as shit lmao

26

u/MD90__ Ohio State Buckeyes • Kentucky Wildcats Jan 20 '26

I might have to get me a Indiana national championship hat!

49

u/seemtobedead Houston Cougars • Michigan Wolverines Jan 20 '26

This man... he likes beer.

This other man... he loves god.

Haha. God beer the Hoosiers.

30

u/Zskillit Ohio State Buckeyes • Toledo Rockets Jan 20 '26

I love this goofy bastard

25

u/XxgamerxX734 Indiana Hoosiers Jan 20 '26

HOO HOO HOOSIERS

52

u/Helreaver Temple Owls • Team Chaos Jan 20 '26

Someone here said Mendoza is like a walking LinkedIn post and now that's all I can think of when he speaks.

32

u/UKnight14 Ohio State Buckeyes Jan 20 '26

GOOGLE HIM, HE WINS NATTYYS!

22

u/DistractedSam Miami Hurricanes Jan 20 '26

Proud of this team

25

u/Just_Jackfruit4135 Jan 20 '26

Shots from the front, from the back, doesn’t matter!

41

u/theRealBigBack91 Jan 20 '26

Did Mendoza just say he’ll take back shots for the squad 👀

9

u/Bassman95 Florida State Seminoles Jan 20 '26

Someone get that coach a beer

35

u/CW1DR5H5I64A Michigan State • Army Jan 20 '26

What a run for the Big Ten to really showcase the strength of the conference. 3 Nattys from 3 teams in 3 years. As everyone would have expected, those teams were the powerhouse programs of Ohio State, Michigan….,.and Indiana?

17

u/heretillInfinity Ohio State Buckeyes Jan 20 '26

Bro Mendoza has some battle wounds what a MAN

10

u/CardWildThings Jan 20 '26

Mendoza got back shots he said it himself

17

u/sadaharupunch Alabama Crimson Tide Jan 20 '26

Mendoza is so adorable love the kid

23

u/[deleted] Jan 20 '26

Just as I suspected, a team from Indiana was winning it all this year 😬

7

u/[deleted] Jan 20 '26

Synergy?

20

u/TooFewTulips Florida State Seminoles Jan 20 '26

Mendoza keeping those UM receipts

8

u/Cliffinati NC State • Appalachian State Jan 20 '26

NATIONAL CHAMPION INDIANA HOOSIERS

LETS FUCKING GO

4

u/Electronic-Jury3393 William & Mary Tribe Jan 20 '26

Shoutout the Miami defense, shoutout Carson Beck

-34

u/Freethinker9 /r/CFB Jan 20 '26

I hate the god shit like come on

3

u/Pleasant-Beautiful-7 UCF Knights • Alabama Crimson Tide Jan 20 '26

YAY INDIANA

11

u/OrangePeelsLemon California • Texas A&M Jan 20 '26

Lol Mendoza throwing "synergy" in there.

6

u/Velli_44 Jan 20 '26

"Ima have a beer!"

7

u/OmgNoodles Florida Gators Jan 20 '26

Boy’s willing to take shots from the front or back, whatever for his team 😆

12

u/cj622 Jan 20 '26

This guy said "I would die for my team."

Raiders better take this dude.

10

u/pen15_club_admin UCF Knights • Florida State Seminoles Jan 20 '26

Mendoza auditioning for that halftime analyst gig in 25 years

18

u/[deleted] Jan 20 '26

Cignetti is fucking amazing. Kurt Warner crazy story (maybe more crazy). He also gives the best freaking sideline interviews, sharing real insight etc.

3

u/Ok_Card9080 Notre Dame • Pittsburgh Jan 20 '26

You knew Fernando was going to have an all time post game interview tonight

5

u/FlagellatedCitrid0 Jan 20 '26

there were no holds or pass interference in the game

2

u/Fall3n7s Penn State • Georgia Jan 20 '26

that arm may fall off

-1

u/theow593 UCF Knights • Florida State Seminoles Jan 20 '26

Confirmed Mendoza will take backshots for his team

6

u/Glove_Upset Jan 20 '26

“He got no protection.” “My offensive line was perfect.”

9

u/Proper_Artichoke8550 North Carolina Tar Heels Jan 20 '26

Give that man a beer. He earned it and more.

6

u/tgtm65 Penn State • Lehigh Jan 20 '26

Cignetti's happy. I'm scared.

4

u/LazyDocument4528 Jan 20 '26

Side line reporters are absurd. Also love Mendoza thinking God was rooting for Indiana

5

u/FrizzleFried23 Penn State • Indiana Jan 20 '26

HOOSIERS

-16

u/51NC3RE Cincinnati Bearcats Jan 20 '26

He comes off so inauthentic lol

4

u/IammYourDAD Florida Gators Jan 20 '26

Mendoza is him

5

u/IowaJL Iowa Hawkeyes • Northern Iowa Panthers Jan 20 '26

Miami just can’t catch a break in bowl games against red midwestern I states.

0

u/ManufacturerWest1156 Georgia Bulldogs Jan 20 '26

Taking shots from the front and the back??

18

u/Kealion Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens Jan 20 '26

Beck is a Tom Brady ass loser walking off the field can’t go shake Mendoza’s hand.

7

u/Equivalent_File_3492 Oklahoma Sooners • Indiana Hoosiers Jan 20 '26

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IJDB2qomVlA

The Big 12 refs tried to rip us off, but we won anyway. Go (future) Raider!

2

u/NippleSqueezer421- Jan 20 '26

Imma die for my team, what a dude

8

u/BarbieTheeStallion South Carolina Gamecocks • Salad Bowl Jan 20 '26

Mendoza is such a cute kid

2

u/xeru98 Jan 20 '26

Guy in the World Cup thought this was the other football

3

u/TonightSheComes Jan 20 '26

Miami was no slouch but Indiana’s defenders were like magnets to the ball all night.

4

u/adamanlion Wisconsin Badgers Jan 20 '26

Every time I hear Mendoza answer interview questions I swear hes using chat gpt in real time.

8

u/8and16bits Ohio State Buckeyes Jan 20 '26

Somebody take the belt to Michael Irvin.

3

u/Wolfhound_Papa Michigan Wolverines • Army Black Knights Jan 20 '26

Dude just offered to take back shots for his team. I like his moxy.

7

u/annasalerno1993 TCU Horned Frogs • Texas A&M Aggies Jan 20 '26

Fernando genuinely loves that team and the sport. What a dude! Congrats Hoosiers!

-1

u/mighthavebeen02 Jan 20 '26

Take back shots for the team?

3

u/Dirbs Jan 20 '26

What a fucking game man (well refs aside)

2

u/Aggressive_Maize9249 Oklahoma Sooners Jan 20 '26

Bad play by Miami did them in

Missed FG Blocked Punt And the INT to end it

1

u/AnalMinecraft Jan 20 '26

Listening to Mendoza do this interview makes me want to buy something.

8

u/Horror_Tennis_2993 Alabama • South Alabama Jan 20 '26

Tonight we are all Hoosiers! Congrats Indiana!

-20

u/Ok-Can-2409 Illinois Fighting Illini Jan 20 '26

Mendoza being happy and shit like he did something this game lmao

3

u/nomadjackk Georgia • Georgia State Jan 20 '26

“My offensive line blocked PERFECTLY”

Bro up there sounding like he’s rattling off state propaganda lmao

2

u/Bitgod1 Tennessee • California Jan 20 '26

Shouldn’t the Raiders draft God #1?

1

u/butteredpopcorn10 California • Boston College Jan 20 '26

PAUSE

I’ll take any shot from the front back anywhere my team needs

1

u/dgpat Team Chaos Jan 20 '26

Pause

2

u/dontworryboutmeson LSU Tigers • Vanderbilt Commodores Jan 20 '26

Indiana and their synergy

3

u/Detective_57 Ohio State Buckeyes Jan 20 '26

Incredible. Have yourself a night Hoosiers

-1

u/pardonmyignerance Ohio State • South Carolina Jan 20 '26

"If they need me to take shots in the front or the back I'll do that for my team" -Fernando

-2

u/Clyde-God Penn State • North Carolina Jan 20 '26

Feel like Mendoza got some good media coaching to tone down the religious stuff, I think we can all appreciate that

1

u/accordionzero Mississippi State • Delta State Jan 20 '26

dude i love this kid

1

u/rayzer208 Washington State • Idaho Jan 20 '26

HES GONNA TAKE BACK SHOTS FOR HIS TEAM

-5

u/smith288 Ohio State Buckeyes Jan 20 '26

Mendoza is a great qb, but the WORST interview.

1

u/Potato_fortress ESPN Classic • Team Chaos Jan 20 '26

“Taking shots in the front and the back” should be on a t shirt. Just probably not a college football one. 

3

u/MysticBoner24 Iowa Hawkeyes Jan 20 '26

He's such a fucking nerd, he's awesome.

3

u/[deleted] Jan 20 '26

Lmaoooo this kid is such a likeable goober.

0

u/Snarktoberfest California (PA) Vulcans • PSAC Jan 20 '26

Did Fernando say he takes back shots for the team?

2

u/Lopoetve Colorado Buffaloes Jan 20 '26

Congrats boys. No one deserves it more. Enjoy it.

2

u/Dapper-Satisfaction2 Jan 20 '26

based on hypotheticals. Indiana would have won by double digits. that’s why hypotheticals stink

5

u/Wolverine2121 Michigan • Wisconsin-River Fa… Jan 20 '26

My favorite part of Indiana wins are the post game share holder meetings.

2

u/princesspur Jan 20 '26

Someone has been going to class, someone not so much.

1

u/jrau LSU Tigers Jan 20 '26

Take shots WHERE???? Fernando! NOT IN THE FRONT AND THE BACK!

7

u/titanup001 Tennessee Volunteers Jan 20 '26

Announcers: “the Carson beck story is a movie, and we’re about to get the last 51 seconds. Carson beck has 41 starts and knows exactly where to go with the football.”

Carson Beck: “hold my beer.”

1

u/booopsboops Alabama • Penn State Jan 20 '26

i love this kid

2

u/snuffleupagus86 Ohio State Buckeyes Jan 20 '26

Mendoza just seems so damn likable.

2

u/Bayerl_r0ll Dana Vikings • Midland Warriors Jan 20 '26

1 beer. What? 2 beers. What? 3 beers. What? 4 beers. What? 5 beers. What? 6 beers. What?

3

u/ru_kiddingme_rn Georgia • Michigan State Jan 20 '26

Honestly, waiting to see how often he smiles next year. See yall next season!

5

u/Stinkyballcheeese Jan 20 '26

Mendoza is such a cheesedick lol I love him but he’s a cheesdick

8

u/TiredMemeReference Miami Hurricanes Jan 20 '26

One blocked punt away from a national championship. Proud of our boys, no one thought we would even get here. Looking forward to next year and well played to Indiana.

-2

u/Putrid_Piano4986 Missouri • Missouri State Jan 20 '26

I can't stand this kid

2

u/CaiusCosadesPackage Penn State • Land Grant Trophy Jan 20 '26

Let’s go Indiana!

6

u/Unlucky-You-1334 Ohio State Buckeyes Jan 20 '26

“I’ll die for my team”. He means that shit.

2

u/BigB_ Oregon Ducks Jan 20 '26

Bro’s taking backshots for the team

3

u/philphan25 Notre Dame • Penn State Jan 20 '26

"MY OLINE BLOCKED PERFECTLY"

Bro I did watch the game

2

u/VoiceofReasonability West Virginia Mountaineers Jan 20 '26

Fernando is a lovable nut 

4

u/SPCsooprlolz BYU Cougars • Fresno State Bulldogs Jan 20 '26

Someone check on Finebaum

1

u/trumpuniversity_ Jan 20 '26

BAH GAWD THAT’S STONE COLD CURT CIGNETTI’S MUSIC

0

u/Nagolhtims Virginia Tech Hokies Jan 20 '26

shots in the back you say?

8

u/FootballFan-Joe Utah Tech Trailblazers Jan 20 '26

I would love to see Curt Cignetti pull his belt off and start beating Michael Irvin’s ass

5

u/SchlicklyWitDaBlicky Michigan Wolverines Jan 20 '26

espn talking about how great this is for miami. can we stop the dckrding holy sht. talk about the guys who won not the losers

1

u/beasterne7 Jan 20 '26

OH MY GOD

1

u/mexihuahua Nebraska Cornhuskers Jan 20 '26

SYNERGY

3

u/dd42949 Wisconsin • North Dakota State Jan 20 '26

Honestly couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy

9

u/OneFourtyFivePilot Jan 20 '26

I liked watching Mendoza coming out to shake hands and the camera cutting to Beck slinking off the field as quick as he can.

1

u/lenaldo Michigan State Spartans Jan 20 '26

Haha. Mendoza is so awkward. Fricken love it. Just uncomfortable to watch.

2

u/Psy-Cun0 Oklahoma • Arizona State Jan 20 '26

Congrats Indiana

3

u/wattatime Jan 20 '26

Refs tried their best

1

u/mmmmmmmmmmmmmgm Notre Dame Fighting Irish Jan 20 '26

INDIANA HOOSIER SYNERGY

2

u/Chocolate-Geek Penn Quakers Jan 20 '26

Bro Cig REALLY loves his beer. That's the only thing I've ever seen him smile about lmao

0

u/rdmwarface Ohio State Buckeyes • Dayton Flyers Jan 20 '26

Did I just hear that Mendoza will take shots in the front and back???

2

u/[deleted] Jan 20 '26

Pisses me off A&M was a non-Marcel Reed away from beating this Miami team that played Indiana the best all year.

FUCK YOU MARCEL REED

0

u/lil_splash Virginia Tech Hokies Jan 20 '26

MENDOZA WOULD TAKE SHOTS WHERE??

1

u/marquess_of_pherae ECU Pirates Jan 20 '26

Google him!

1

u/Prestigious_Farmer87 Florida State Seminoles Jan 20 '26

They should zoom in on Cignetti's face a little more

5

u/MD90__ Ohio State Buckeyes • Kentucky Wildcats Jan 20 '26

Indiana changed history and broke a trend in Chinese Astrology for the year of the snake... A Florida based college football team did not win the natty!

1

u/pArKy24 West Virginia • Johns Hopkins Jan 20 '26

Synergyyyyyyy

1

u/senoricceman USC Trojans Jan 20 '26

Lmao this guys interviews are always great 

-6

u/OrangMan14 Iowa Hawkeyes • Missouri Tigers Jan 20 '26

Fernando is a bit of a tool eh?

3

u/Doogitywoogity Texas A&M Aggies • Florida Gators Jan 20 '26

He’s such a goofball it’s great

3

u/DirectTV_AndrewLuck North Carolina Tar Heels Jan 20 '26

Mendoza is diplomatic. That o-line got him killed all night lol.

1

u/OKC89ers Oklahoma Sooners • Big 8 Jan 20 '26

I'm sorry, SYNERGY? Conglomeration??

2

u/ThatLineOfTriplets Georgia Bulldogs • /r/CFB Donor Jan 20 '26

Classic fucking game all things considered

0

u/Trekbike32 /r/CFB Jan 20 '26

Backshots for Fernando

1

u/Guttz_San Miami (OH) RedHawks • Harvard Crimson Jan 20 '26

Look, I love Fernando, but this dude talks like a politician.

2

u/DowntownSasquatch420 Nebraska • Omaha Jan 20 '26

GOD BLESS AMERICA 🇺🇸

-5

u/fanblade64 Jan 20 '26

Horrible qbs. Great catches on awful throws.

1

u/Less-Box-8812 Texas Longhorns Jan 20 '26

IM GONNA BEER

1

u/Your_Worship Texas A&M Aggies • Texas Tech Red Raiders Jan 20 '26

Good heavens. What a game. This is wild.

0

u/carterlynn Jan 20 '26

“Whatever shots I need to take, front, back, whatever. I’m taking it for my team.”

1

u/Be_My_FriENT Texas A&M Aggies Jan 20 '26

HE'S GONNA HAVE A BEER

3

u/11Slip532 Arizona State • Michigan Jan 20 '26

Cignetti is allowed one smile a year and he already used it for 2026.

1

u/thescottula Georgia Bulldogs • Texas A&M Aggies Jan 20 '26

First off, praise Christ, so jot that down

0

u/Livid_Ad_6269 Jan 20 '26

Shots from the front or back hmm

0

u/finnigansache Auburn Tigers Jan 20 '26

Back shots mentioned

1

u/CoachBrooks Oregon Ducks Jan 20 '26

Curt Confetti

2

u/socialaxolotl Jan 20 '26

Pay attention everyone, this is the last time you'll ever see Fernando smile after a football game again

1

u/Mako_ Georgia Bulldogs Jan 20 '26

If you told me mendoza was the water boy I would believe you

2

u/Hirorai Stanford • Georgia Tech Jan 20 '26

Miami had a really good chance at the end there. Thank you for making this game entertaining!

3

u/Francis_X_Hummel Colorado Mines • Wyoming Jan 20 '26

How to lose a football game

thanks for coming to my BECK talk

2

u/Funguyffggc Missouri Tigers Jan 20 '26

He’s stimming

2

u/Colyy Jan 20 '26

SHOTS IN THE FRONT OR THE BACK. I LOVE THIS GUY

1

u/vasquca1 Mississippi State Bulldogs Jan 20 '26

Nice job Indiana. Standing O for you guys.

1

u/N1e0 Texas Longhorns Jan 20 '26

Taking shots from the front and back... pause

1

u/lumpy_brewster Michigan Wolverines Jan 20 '26

Mendoza is the man

5

u/TheSpinsterJones Wisconsin Badgers • Virginia Cavaliers Jan 20 '26

CARSON BECK WELCOME TO USED CAR SALES

1

u/Superlolp Union (NY) Garnet Chargers • Syracuse Orange Jan 20 '26

Who is Indiana's coach? I want to Google him

3

u/TheGeeMan360 Washington Huskies • Sickos Jan 20 '26

“i’m gonna have a beer” -me after winning the natty in CFB 26

2

u/UKnight14 Ohio State Buckeyes Jan 20 '26

Absolutely unreal, good for you guys Indiana.

1

u/Siliencer991 Missouri • Missouri State Jan 20 '26

Fuck, I don’t want to see him twice a year

2

u/zwikl Ohio State Buckeyes Jan 20 '26

Mendoza has that streamer accent

5

u/Sidewinder83 Florida • Washington State Jan 20 '26

Hard to call it a Cinderella story when they led for the entirety of every playoff game. Felt like, despite their history, this team was just inevitable this season.

GG Hoosiers!

1

u/lifetake Michigan Wolverines • Florida Gators Jan 20 '26

Mendoza stop being so likable. I’m not prepared to hate you when you play in the NFL

1

u/GoldFingerSilverSerf Tennessee Volunteers Jan 20 '26

I would die for my team - Fernando Mendoza

1

u/Komada337 Alabama Crimson Tide • Team Chaos Jan 20 '26

Someone please clip that full frame Cig smile

0

u/frieswithqueso Mississippi State Bulldogs Jan 20 '26

Front or back shots? Hollup

0

u/gungoesbangbang Jan 20 '26

Hahahaha he'd take back shots for his team 

1

u/lijijil Sickos • Team Chaos Jan 20 '26

Fernando is insane

Love that kid

1

u/garbanzobean15 Oklahoma Sooners Jan 20 '26

Fernando knows SYNERGY

0

u/arrowmarcher Minnesota • Florida State Jan 20 '26

Shot from the back?

1

u/Own-Lavishness4029 Texas Longhorns Jan 20 '26

He has to say synergy. We need Mendoza synergy merch.

1

u/Fit-Penalty-5751 Minnesota Golden Gophers Jan 20 '26

Have a beer coach!

1

u/rum-n-ass Texas A&M Aggies Jan 20 '26

Damn have that beer

0

u/inraiolawetrust Nebraska Cornhuskers Jan 20 '26

Taking backshots for the team !!!

1

u/Capital-University-6 Northwestern • Northwestern Jan 20 '26

Mendoza so wholesome

1

u/troubledannoyance20 Jan 20 '26

What a wholesome man, just a midwestern dad

0

u/Pinche-Daddy Jan 20 '26

Better than the 2001 Miami team. I think so!

1

u/Chemical_Ad_2435 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Jan 20 '26

In for classic Mendoza post game interview

1

u/ImGaslightingYou Miami Hurricanes Jan 20 '26

There is 0 reason to throw that ball. 0

1

u/Clear-Bookkeeper-276 Jan 20 '26

Cigs gonna have a beer! Dude deserves a KEGGER

1

u/thecasualcaribou Indiana Hoosiers Jan 20 '26

Build the Cignetti & Mendoza statue tonight!!