The rally towel is the collectable, but the memories of being in the second row to watch my team win their first national championship, an undefeated season, the Heisman winner and coach of the year was unparalleled. And to run the gauntlet and win on enemy turf made it even better. What a game! The biggest turnaround in sports history. I never would have thought it could happen in my lifetime! Hoo-hoo-hoo-Hoosiers!

Yesterday, Fernando’s younger brother, Alberto Mendoza interned into the Transporter Portal, and signed with Georgia Tech a few hours later. This has lead me to wonder if Fernando might be staying at Indiana for the 2026-2027 school year, and that’s why his younger brother left Indiana right after their win in the National Championship Game. Why would he leave one of the richest colleges in America, that just won the Natty to a team that had just now had some success, if his brother was leaving Indiana?

Of course, he might want to chase college football glory outside of Indiana, where his brother Fernando is now a legend. Which, I can’t blame him. He’s his own player, and not his brother. But, Tom Brady’s Raiders might just have to go after a QB in free agency, or draft Ty Simpson if Fernando stays at Indiana one last season. This is all speculation, so don’t freak out yet Raider fans! What do y’all think? Let me know in the comments.

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The Indiana Hoosiers take on the Miami Hurricanes for the #NationalChampionship tonight.

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While this card does not have a lot of intrinsic value, it has value to me. As an Indiana University graduate, I went to a lot of football games in the early to mid 1990s. I was born and raised in Indiana and have a long-standing relationship with Indiana sports. What has happened over the past two years is not something I ever expected to happen in my entire lifetime. Indiana has never been a football school and has been long overshadowed in the Big Ten.A turn around like this in the last two years is unheard of in sports at any level, really. It’s been so exciting to watch IU have this kind of turnaround… It’s like watching a Disney movie. Let’s see if Mendoza and the Hoosiers can cap off a perfect season with a victory against Miami on Monday night! Go Hoosiers!