"I'm still riding the high from IU's beatdown of Oregon last night, and it's taking quite a bit of restraint for me to keep from turning this into a celebration of Curt Cignetti and the Hoosiers. So don't worry, I'm not going to include a bullet on how Fernando Mendoza has thrown eight touchdowns to just five incompletions in two CFP games."
"And you can rest assured that I won't crow about the Hooisers' +473 point differential on the season being the largest in CFP history. Rather than discussing how Miami natives Mendoza and D'Angelo Ponds get to play for the natty against a team that didn't recruit them, or how Mendoza's father was a high school teammate of Hurricanes coach Mario Cristobal, I will share some baseball nuggets."
"What I will say about the Hoosiers is that their improbable run to the CFP title game is giving me very strong 2016 Cubs vibes. Their coach is a main character who's won everywhere he's been - Google him - and who has led a historically downtrodden program to the pinnacle of the sport in his second year at the helm."
Fernando Mendoza posted eight touchdowns with only five incompletions across two College Football Playoff games and had five games this season with more touchdowns than incompletions, a rare achievement this century. The Hoosiers finished the season with a +473 point differential, the largest in CFP history. Miami natives Mendoza and D'Angelo Ponds reached the title game against a team that did not recruit them, and Mendoza has a family connection to Hurricanes coach Mario Cristobal. Curt Cignetti transformed the program in his second year, drawing comparisons to the 2016 Cubs. CubsCon will feature Trevor Cahill and Addison Russell.
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