Name: Big Ten Championship Preview & Heisman Trophy Implications
Uploaded: 2025-12-06T12:51:49-05:00
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Description: Donnie Rightside and Joe Lisi analyze the Heisman hopefuls Fernando Mendoza and Julian Sayin in a pivotal game, assessing their chances of winning the trophy.

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Donnie Rightside and Joe Lisi analyze the Heisman hopefuls Fernando Mendoza and Julian Sayin in a pivotal game, assessing their chances of winning the trophy.

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Two 0s, Joe, somebody's gonna have a 1 at the end of this game, but both will be moving on. But understand this as well. Julian San Fernando Mendoza. Props in this game, 229.5 for Sa, 206 for Fernando Mendoza. If we look at their touchdown, props here to throw over 1.5 minus 148 for saying, for Mendoza over 1.5 at a plus 130 price. Joe, I'm gonna ask you about those in a moment. But this feels like it could be an unbelievable eliminator for who's going to win the Heisman Trophy. And if you look at the odds to win it, Mendoza plus 155, saying plus 200, squeezed in there, Diego Pavia. Tell me about this game, Joe, and what it means to these quarterbacks and the expectations for you on how they can deliver in this game. Yeah, so you, you see the total 46.5, right? So we're expecting, I mean, the Brooks expecting a lower type of game. So again, if if Mendoza throws for 200 yards. One touchdown, no interceptions, and they win. Is that good enough to get him to Heisman? I don't know. He's got 32 touchdowns, 5 interceptions on the year, completing well over 70% of his passes on the flip side, you have saying 30 and 5, again, not as much of a household name as Mendoza, but again, he lights up Indiana and all of a sudden he throws for 330 yards and 4 touchdowns, he's gonna explode onto the scene. So, you know, it's an interesting matchup. I'll, I'll just say this. When you look at this game, it's gonna be, can Mendoza attack that secondary over the top because when you look at what Ohio State has done, they're only giving up 128 passes in the Archs per game, Donnie. They are very good in the back end, holding the opposing quarterbacks to a completion percentage under 60%. They've only allowed 5 passing touchdowns all year. So again, I think Cooper, I think those wide receivers are gonna have to be active. I don't think they take the approach of run the football first. I think they have to take the. Approach, play action on 1st and 2nd down. Open up the defense a little bit, then you could run a little bit later in this matchup. We know that Ohio State has a great front seven holding opposing offenses to 75 rushing yards per game, 2.5 yards per rush. It could be very difficult, but I will say when you look at the body of work for Ohio State, this is the most explosive offense. They have played 56% complete, uh, conversion rate on third downs for Indiana. They're averaging basically 480 to. Yards per game, 229 on the ground, 254 through the air. And when they run it, they are effective. The problem is gonna be, they're gonna stock the box, and Ohio State's gonna say, we're gonna play big boy football. You have a Heisman Trophy winner or a potential guy, try and beat us over the top against our secondary. Easier said than done, but I still think Indiana could do it. I think Signettti learned from last year. He has better weapons and a better quarterback than last year with. I think they won this ballgame. Yeah, Rourke was out there at the end of the year like on a torn ACL still trying to play some football here. Let's play scenario style in this game, Joe. I'm gonna give you the final score 23 to 20. Doesn't matter who wins the game because I'm gonna explain it this way. I feel Fernando Mendoza right now as the favorite to win the Heisman Trophy. 23, 20 score. It doesn't even, and again, unless he threw 3 interceptions. They win talking about Indiana, Joe, he's the Heisman. Reverse it. 23-20 Ohio State. I don't think Saints. it's the I, I, I agree because he's right now plus 170, right? Yeah, entering the weekend he was entering, uh, plus 170. He's not gonna play, but again, he has the hype. You think about Diego Pavia, right? You know, the, the, the hype for, uh, Vanderbilt in Nashville. He's got the stars hanging out with him. He's, he's a household name, you know, Diego Pavia. So again, it's gonna come down to if this game blows into the 50s. And both of these quarterbacks light it up, then yes, they could steal the show because they're gonna have basically maybe close to 40 touchdown passes in college football, which is phenomenal with an undefeated record. We'll see exactly how this plays out. I will just say this, if Indiana, Donnie, can run the football, again, I don't think that's the approach tonight. I think they take the, you know, play action pass first and throw it to run it later. But if they can run the football, they have 6 games this year where they rush for over 3. 100 undefeated, the margin of victory and one of, one of them is included with an FCS opponent. 47.3 points per game. And it's, I mean, that's almost 50 players. That's unheard of. You're covering numbers, whether you be a dog or, or a favorite in that type of situation. And I talk about the front seven for Ohio State, you know, they are one of the best in the nation. 81 yards per game allowed 2.7 yards per rush. This is gonna be the matchup. I hope that Signettti is more aggressive with the passing attack because if they just play it straight up, that's a game that Ohio State wins. Answer me this too, Joe, because I all year long we've been impressed with Ohio State, particularly defense, but sometimes you look at their, you know, roster of games and say it's a little bit underwhelming. Loved what they did against Michigan last week, but that's a Michigan offense that tends to struggle. Indiana doesn't struggle. Ohio State is built for. You give me 22 degrees and windy conditions, we'll shut you out. This isn't a dome against an offense that they haven't seen all year. Is this gonna change your mindset, because again, both of these teams, you know, win or lose, they're going to the college football playoff. If Indiana wins this, are they your favorite to win the national championship? Yeah, because again, you, you take a, you pick apart. It's how they win. They pick apart this defense tonight through the air, which again, I'm not suggesting that. I think that they win the game, but it's on Mendoza. He's got to live up to the hype. If he picks apart through the, through the air, something that Arch Manning couldn't do, they win.

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