It certainly wasn't the way Indiana football fans had hoped the Big Ten Championship Game would start.

After the first play of the game, Fernando Mendoza had to be helped to the sideline, thanks to a huge hit by Ohio State's Caden Curry that knocked Mendoza to the ground and kept him there for several minutes.

The hit came moments after Mendoza attempted his first pass of the game, a 13-yard completion to Elijah Sarratt. Curry collided with Mendoza's throwing shoulder while the Hoosiers quarterback was moving right, delivering a blow that sent Mendoza to the turf on his back. Expand Tweet Article Continues Below

While Mendoza was down for a while, causing the game's television commentators to speculate if it was a shoulder injury, he only missed one play, during which his you

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