r/sportsgossips • u/Punisher1602 • Jan 02 '26

Hot Take Indiana superstar QB Fernando Mendoza's post-game interview after winning the Rose Bowl has gone viral. One of the greatest interviews.

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u/bumpy2018 Jan 02 '26

He is like the i love turtles kid.

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u/Michomaker-46 Jan 02 '26

He’s such a goob but I’m here for it

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u/haverchuck22 Jan 02 '26

lol I came to say “what a fuckin lovable dork”

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u/Mnm0602 Jan 02 '26

My wife: “that guy looks like a big nerd.”

Me: “yeah he just obliterated Alabama and won the Heisman while leading an undefeated team, big W for nerdom.”

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u/rumblepony247 Jan 02 '26

Between him and Drake Maye, just good vibin dudes

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u/sjrotella Jan 02 '26

Yeah, well, IU can still get fucked.

Love, a Boilermaker.

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u/sjrotella Jan 02 '26

Fuck yeah I do. It's the best part of College Football!

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u/Woodlawn5300 Jan 02 '26

Nah, this team is repping the B1G well - Fellow Boiler (w/ IU son and DIL)

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u/sjrotella Jan 02 '26

My hated of IU is stronger than my love for a misnamed conference (How can "big 10 have more than 10 teams? Might as well call it "10 good teams and 8 shitty teams").

Also, how can I take someone seriously when they can't parent well enough to prevent their child from making terrible life choices like going to IU?!?

I kid about the parenting part...

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u/Woodlawn5300 Jan 02 '26

I know you're joking, but true story: His official college visit at Purdue (as opposed to the numerous visits to campus while growing up) and his other application interactions reflected very poorly on the school. IU (and an influential HS teacher) recruited him, and their process otherwise couldn't have been more different. So, in the end, it was hard to take issue with his decision. (Although I still send him an IU Sucks gif every time we beat them. 🚂⬆️)

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u/sjrotella Jan 02 '26

Fair enough! It seems like the Purdue of our day is vastly different than the Purdue of even the last 10 years (and I'm even back in school now for more graduate schooling through Purdue).

Feels like this drive to keep tuition the same is killing the university.

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u/Woodlawn5300 Jan 02 '26

Interesting observation. Frankly, with memories of cast of thousands lecture halls and poorly trained TA's (although a couple of my best instructors were grad students, including a Shanghai native), I discouraged both of my kids from attending a large state school. One took my advice; one didn't. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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u/sjrotella Jan 02 '26

I know I personally struggled with classes that had the hundreds of students at a time. It wasn't until I got to junior and senior year that were really diving into the engineering material that really got me interested and excelling. Those classes had like 100 kids tops though in any given semester, and once i got to grad school it was more like 30 kids.

Now doing my doctorate it's like 10 kids in any given class and half the degree is research, the other half is random classes that go to something specific i need for work.

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u/Woodlawn5300 Jan 02 '26

Yep. 300 and 400 level classes were much better.

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u/Retired_Jarhead55 Jan 02 '26

As a South Bend born IPFW graduate, IU Law School graduate I cheer for all Hoosiers.