The 2025 season turned into a fairytale run for Fernando Mendoza with the Heisman and the natty. But what makes him one of the most loved players in the entire nation is that he is never the one to take credit.

Chipotle is celebrating Indiana football's national championship with a new menu item in honor of Hoosiers coach Curt Cignetti.

Curt Cignetti and the Indiana Hoosiers received a strong prediction from Joel Klatt for next season without Fernando Mendoza.

ESPN college football analyst Paul Finebaum was asked at the time if Indiana was making the right choice by agreeing to pay Cignetti $11.6 million per year through the 2030 season. Finebaum shared a take that did not age well as he claimed that IU was making a mistake.