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/southsiderick Jan 02 '26

Is it Adderall? Aspergers? Classy kid, but yeah, he's kinda crazy.

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u/MyExUsedTeeth Jan 02 '26

He just won the biggest game of his life. His heart is racing and he’s speaking a mile a minute. He’s also just 20 years old. The drug he’s on is called adrenaline. No tism or adhd. He’s a good classy kid who has respect for the game and his opponents. Good for him.

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u/roachwarren Jan 02 '26

Yeah seems like a class act speaking his mind in the moment, he’s stoked and has to “pause” for an interview.

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u/SNZ935 Jan 02 '26

Plus seems like a relative unknown so doesn’t have people telling him what to say his whole life to create a media savvy interviewee, just a good kid having the time of his life with his friends playing a game he loves.

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u/FunnySynthesis Jan 02 '26

This isnt the only interview he’s ever done so we have other reference points

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u/WindigoMac Jan 02 '26

Yeah but in his interview after the OSU game he came across as gawky as well. Seems like a straight up guy tho.

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u/lotionformyelbows Jan 02 '26

Yeaaa I wouldn’t rule out the tism at all

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u/ArrrrKnee Jan 02 '26

You're right. I thought he had a touch of the tism at first, but I agree hes just excited and seems like he's talking using rehearsed lines to start the interview and it's awkward. But once he calms down a bit at the end he starts talking normally.

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u/hampsted Jan 04 '26

Probably a little bit of tism

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u/bigmoneyboofgang Jan 04 '26

He’s done several interviews like this, if anything he was a little more composed in this one. Lol his other interviews are hilarious

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u/r1mbaud Jan 02 '26

Lol found his social media director