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Let me get to Fernando Mendoza.

Now, once again, we taped the interview on Monday.

We wanted to play it here once we got to Pittsburgh.

And he joined us on behalf of Pfizer, the Every Breakthrough Matters campaign.

Every step makes a difference starting with your cancer screening.

And the first question I asked Fernando Mendoza, if I would have told him last year he was going to win the Heisman, what would he have said?

I would have said, what are you on?

That would have been out of the realm of reality.

However, at the same time, focusing on the present moment, going to the future, there were

some projections, I said, hey, this kid has some raw ability and maybe could project to

this.

However, in reality at that point

a year ago, I just made the move from Cal to Indiana and I was getting my butt kicked by the

Indiana defense in Spring Ball and my amazing Brian Haynes defense just proved to be the best

defense in the nation. So I would have been a little skeptical, but it's been a great blessing, and those tough

experience have forged me into the player and character I am today.

Okay, but you had to have doubts about yourself that you leave Cal, you go to Indiana, and all

of a sudden you're getting your lunch handed to you.

Did you have any second thoughts about going to Indiana?

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