Fernando Mendoza
- ERIC CRAWFORD
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Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza after being named MVP of the Big Ten Championship game.
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The Hoosiers, owners of more historical footnotes than national headlines, just took down the defending national champions 13-10 in front of a record title game of 68,214 in Lucas Oil Stadium.
The redshirt junior from Miami has authored a dream season: 33 touchdown passes, six more on the ground, and a No. 1 playoff seed for a program that hadn’t won an outright Big Ten title since 1945.
The turf burn wouldn't let him sleep.
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