Fernando Mendoza
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Oct 21, 2026
TonyHOST
Obviously, Josh Hoover is not...
TonyHOST
I don't want to say he's not as good as Fernando Mendoza because I haven't watched enough of him compared to Mendoza, but he's certainly not as accurate.
TonyHOST
He had a lot of throws that I thought he ended up airmailing open guys that could have really helped.
TonyHOST
And then it kind of started at the end of the game when...
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GarethHOST
So it's pretty frightening.
GarethHOST
So, It could be a year of a receiver winning the award and, you know, following the footsteps of Devante Smith and Travis Hunter, 0.5 of Travis Hunter, maybe the receiving end.
GarethHOST
But do you see any quarterbacks coming through in contention for the We were saying, interestingly, at the start of the season, there will be a Fernando Mendoza who comes through who we weren't talking about at the start of the season, who suddenly kind of rises to prominence.
GarethHOST
And there might just be one like that.
Jack EblingHOST
But do they think that this was just a blip and that Indiana is still the best team in the league and they're still likely to be carrying the trophy at Lucas Oil Stadium in December?
Haley SchoengartGUEST
I think the fans are realizing that Josh Hoover is not Fernando Mendoza, and that's hard.
Haley SchoengartGUEST
I mean, even coming in, all the talk was how is Josh Hoover going to live up to Fernando's standard.
Haley SchoengartGUEST
Fernando was perfect in just about every way.
Jeff SundayHOST
Wrong.
Jeff SundayHOST
Fernando Mendoza never goes 20 for 40 in this game.
Jeff SundayHOST
He doesn't do that.
SteakHOST
So if you watch too, I want to be very clear.
Doug LesmerisesHOST
And I think what a lot of people like people want meaningful games, potentially like in terms of stakes, the least meaningful games on the calendar, like in the ACC and big 12, if you're only getting one in, it's a, it's a playoff game.
Doug LesmerisesHOST
In the Big Ten and the SEC where they're both in no matter what, I think it would be a death blow for college football if, for instance, the Ohio State-Indiana game last year, which wound up being they got the one and two seeds anyway, if Fernando Mendoza had taken that hit on the first play of the game and not come back in the game and we got to the postgame news conference and we said, oh, Kurt Cignetti, how's Fernando Mendoza? And he said, oh, he's fine.
Doug LesmerisesHOST
I just didn't want to play him anymore because it was like this game doesn't matter and I didn't want to risk him getting hurt.
Doug LesmerisesHOST
death.
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Bill LandisHOST
I don't think teams will be resting guys in their most important games.
Matt FortunaHOST
No.
Matt FortunaHOST
I don't either, but I just think it's on the same wavelength as Doug's concern of had Fernando Mendoza not gone back into the game last year against Ohio State because, hey, we're in the playoff anyway.
Matt FortunaHOST
That didn't matter.
Marc KulkinHOST
Now, Y- Indiana probably can make the case as having an offensive team that's equal to USC.
Marc KulkinHOST
But again, they're not-- this is not, um, Fernando Mendoza's Ind- Indiana's team.
Marc KulkinHOST
They got a couple of good wide receivers in, uh, Charlie Becker and Nick Marsh.
Marc KulkinHOST
But again, this is not that same Indiana team.
Troy TuningGUEST
But this everything came to a culmination of what I've said about Josh Hoover.
Troy TuningGUEST
The difference between Fernando Mendoza and Josh Hoover is going to be if Indiana can overcome it.
Troy TuningGUEST
Yeah, they're still one of the if not the best team, but that will be the difference.
Troy TuningGUEST
Josh Hoover has 10 yards of space to throw a rail shot with like a little bit of zip on it and the game's over.
Jim DunawayHOST
I mean, Indiana's really good.
Jim DunawayHOST
I mean, the offense isn't as good because you don't have one of the great college football players of all time, a Heisman winner, Fernando Mendoza.
Jim DunawayHOST
But, you know, Hoover is good enough.
Jim DunawayHOST
The receivers, I mean, Charlie Becker had a hell of a day against that Ohio State defense.
Ralph RussoHOST
The crux of the conversation about, are they too reliant on Jeremiah is do they have enough other things that they can do and rely on when every, but when the other team is throwing the house at Jeremiah,
Stewart MandelHOST
I will say, clearly, Indiana's offense has a ceiling this year without Fernando Mendoza.
Stewart MandelHOST
I don't have the exact stat in front of me, but they haven't scored a lot of points, frankly, the last few weeks.
Stewart MandelHOST
They still have a great defense, and again, one foot in bounds, and this is a different story right now.
JeffGUEST
Marsh obviously is huge.
JeffGUEST
Yes, Hoover does not throw the ball as accurately as Mendoza, but that's okay.
JeffGUEST
Use the weapons that you have today.
JeffGUEST
the best and I think they're gonna have to do a little more throwing to set up the run than they want to do and I just think they're going to have to do that against the better teams they're always good running the ball against the team's not so good that's never been in question but even last year up until they made that final run they struggled against the better teams early in the season and running the ball they usually average less than three yards of carry and i did that as part of big jeff's um so i threw a lot out there i have some other things i don't want to take too long jr i'll stop there just to get your comments again i don't want to take too much time
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