Fernando Mendoza aced Indiana’s Rose Bowl test

PASADENA — Fernando Mendoza badly wanted to fit like a glove in Bloomington.

Some may have called him creepy, or a stalker, Mendoza said. Others may just say the Heisman Trophy winner was well-prepared.

Transferring into Indiana from Cal – on the heels of the Hoosiers’ first College Football Playoff berth – the redshirt junior printed out pictures of each of his new teammates. Like a playbook, he memorized the names, the faces of Indiana’s roster – study habits from the once Yale-committed signal caller remaining true.