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Fernando Mendoza was yelling straight into the Fox Sports camera Saturday night, tears in his eyes, voice cracking.

Indiana had won the Big Ten football championship for the first time in 58 years, and the crowd at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis roared in the background for the home-state team.

“We were never supposed to be in this position, but by the glory of God, the great coaches, great teammates, everyone we have around us, we were able to pull this off,” Mendoza yelled in the postgame interview. “Whoever thought the Hoosiers would be here? But now the Hoosiers are flipping champs! Let’s go!”

Mendoza was a major reason Indiana got there, both in Saturday’s 13-10 victory over then-No. 1 Ohio State and in the undefeated march to the co

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