Indiana's Fernando Mendoza, Curt Cignetti complete the greatest college football story ever told originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Indiana coach Curt Cignetti took a timeout with 9:27 remaining in the fourth quarter. The Hoosiers faced a fourth-and-4.

Miami's defense put pressure on Mendoza throughout the championship game, but Indiana's quarterback delivered when it mattered.

It took several gutsy calls by Cignetti, a crucial fourth-down TD run by Mendoza and overcoming Miami in its own stadium, but the Hoosiers are on top of the college football world with one of the greatest turnarounds ever.

IU quarterback Fernando Mendoza thanked his mother in his Heisman Trophy acceptance speech. Here's what you should know about Elsa Mendoza.

Fernando Mendoza celebrated with his biggest fan after winning Indiana their first-ever college football title: his mother.

Indiana Hoosiers quarterback Fernando Mendoza is playing in what should be the final game of his college football career. Mendoza, the 2025 Heisman Trophy winner, is expected to leave school and become the No.

The Indiana Hoosiers love their quarterback, Fernando Mendoza -- especially Elijah Sarratt ... who gifted the Heisman winner a $20,000 watch right before the College Football Playoff championship game!