Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza had a laugh Monday night when discussing his rare utterance of a curse word after the Hoosiers’ College Football Playoff National Championship Game win over Miami.
While on the podium with his teammates to receive the CFP trophy, Mendoza concluded an interview by yelling, “Let’s f–king go!” While speaking to reporters afterward, Mendoza provided some insight into the moment:
“Yeah, I would say overcome by emotion and the pinnacle peak,” Mendoza said. “All season I’ve sometimes had these cookie-cutter responses, media-trained responses where it’s like, ‘Onto the next game, onto the next play.’ And now we did it, we did it, so at that point I think it was only fitting to kind of open the floodgates for a second.”
Mendoza’s response got a laugh out of reporters, and Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti kept it going by remarking, “He’s been around Coach Cig too long.”
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