The Indiana Hoosiers won the national championship under the head-coaching of Curt Cignetti. But the biggest storylines of their 2025 seasonwas the Heisman award-winning quarterback, Fernando Mendoza.

Geno Smith had a season to forget, as the Las Vegas Raiders ended the regular season at the bottom of the AFC West table. Now, the Indiana Hoosiers QB Fernando Mendoza is being heavily linked to be the Raiders’ starting quarterback next season.

Firing defense-minded head coaches in back-to-back years, the Raiders would presumably be more interested in going in another direction during

Raiders front office brass, including owner Mark Davis, GM John Spytek and Tom Brady, are in Miami to watch Fernando Mendoza in the CFP title game.

Fernando Mendoza has already given the Las Vegas Raiders enough reasons to draft him with the No. 1 overall pick in April, but he's given them a few more during Monday's national championship game.