"I had to go airborne. I'd die for my team, said Mendoza, the likely No 1 pick in this year's NFL draft. They need me to take a shot in front or the back, whatever it is, I'm going to do it, and I know they'd do it for me. That's what makes us so close and this national championship so special."
"Fernando Mendoza bulldozed his way into the end zone and Indiana bullied their way into the history books on Monday night, toppling Miami 27-21 to put the finishing touch on a rags-to-riches story, an undefeated season and the national title. The Heisman Trophy winner finished with 186 yards passing, but it was his tackle-breaking, sprawled-out 12-yard touchdown run on fourth-and-four with 9:18 left that defined this game and the Hoosiers' season."
"The College Football Playoff trophy now heads to the most unlikely of places: Bloomington, Indiana a campus that endured a nation-leading 713 losses over 130-plus years of football before Cignetti arrived two years ago to embark on an extraordinary revival. Indiana finished 16-0 using the extra games afforded by the expanded 12-team playoff to match a perfect-season win total last compiled by Yale in 1894."
Indiana defeated Miami 27-21 to secure an undefeated 16-0 season and the national championship. Fernando Mendoza finished with 186 yards passing and delivered a tackle-breaking, 12-yard touchdown run on fourth-and-four with 9:18 remaining that proved decisive. Mendoza, the Heisman Trophy winner and likely No. 1 NFL draft pick, said he would sacrifice for his teammates. Coach Curt Cignetti led a rapid revival after arriving two years ago; the program had endured a nation-leading 713 losses over 130-plus years. Miami mounted a late charge powered by Mark Fletcher's 112 yards and two scores but never took the lead.
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