Stop the Fernando Mendoza Heisman Hype, Is Indiana Football Fraudulent?
Menace2Sports with Zach Smith
Menace 2 Sports with Zach Smith
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🗓️ 10 November 2025
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
🔥 Stop the Fernando Mendoza Heisman Hype | Is Indiana Football a Fraud? 🔥
Fernando Mendoza has exploded onto the scene at Indiana Hoosiers, dominating early season games and vaulting into Heisman Trophy contention. But here's the real question: Is Indiana football built for this spotlight or is it all hype? Are they a true contender—or just bluffing with a hot QB and soft schedule?
In this episode we dig deep into:
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Why Mendoza's Heisman hype is skyrocketing — his stats, efficiency and national buzz.
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The bigger picture: Indiana's program, schedule strength, defense, and whether they can sustain success.
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Potential red flags behind the hype: where Mendoza or Indiana falter, and what it means for legitimacy.
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How this narrative affects both Heisman race and Big Ten power dynamics.
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Final verdict: should we buy into the hype or pump the brakes now?
Whether you're a hardcore Hoosiers fan, a Heisman watch-er, or a college football skeptic—this breakdown gives you hot takes, data, and everything you need to know about the "Indiana hype machine."
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| 0:00.0 | it is Monday November 10th another victory Monday another boring game but the bug guys didn't |
| 0:08.5 | cover so wasn't as boring as it's been in weeks past didn't that make it more boring |
| 0:13.1 | yeah I mean kind of they didn't cover because of garbage touchdown yeah game so it's not like |
| 0:17.9 | I guess like when I think we not like the boring game like here we go when Ohio stage just airs it out for like you know even like three or four drives like oh like this is fun like yeah we're going belt ass but it's fun. But when you don't cover and it's sleepy that's like the most boring. There's no doubt. There's no doubt. But I mean it's still 24 point victory over over a big 10 opponent, not a good one, but an opponent. Nonetheless, they did have a team. Per don't. Per don't. Per don't. Good old per don't. But if you haven't noticed, I hope you've noticed, because hopefully you are here. Everyone's here has noticed. We got another strike. and there's a lot of a lot of shit going on |
| 0:55.1 | behind the scenes that i will address at some point but it's it's i've been told that there is a |
| 1:02.3 | absolute scumbag piece of shit that's out there taking credit for getting our channel struck in |
| 1:09.4 | and i'm waiting for confirmation. |
| 1:12.6 | And when I get it, it will be fucking war. |
| 1:16.3 | You're now fucking with my livelihood, Pat and Chris's livelihood, my kids' livelihood, |
| 1:22.0 | the food that I put on their table for them. |
| 1:24.2 | And if you think I take that lightly, I will beat the fuck out of you. |
| 1:27.0 | Make sure you understand that. You keep fucking with me. And you you think I take that lightly, I will beat the fuck out of you. Make sure you understand that. |
| 1:28.2 | You keep fucking with me. |
| 1:30.2 | And you know who you are. |
| 1:32.1 | And when I get confirmation, we'll make a little, a little challenge, a little charity |
| 1:37.5 | event. |
| 1:38.4 | All that tough talk from your mom's basement, bitch. |
| 1:41.8 | Let's see if you actually fucking pull up. |
| 1:44.1 | Try me one more time. |
| 1:46.5 | Anyways, we're live on Twitter. |
| 1:48.4 | We appreciate those of you that are watching. |
| 1:50.1 | If you could retweet it for us, that'd be great. |
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