Nicolas

WSU Alum

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Let’s hear it for the MW CHAMPS!! 🏆

Washington State Cougars ‼️

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Guys.

Washington State might be fun as hell this year.

Just thought y'all should know.

Their defensive two-deep has me feeling things.

[IcyVert @IcyVert]

Watching Avs vs Wild as a neutral fan

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If Cutter GOALthier scores tonight we are giving away a jersey

Just follow @snapbacksports and @Underdog and repost to enter

[Nicolas @NicRobii]

RT @WSUCougarFB: Happy Easter Cougs ❤️🩶

#GoCougs | #MadeOfCrimson

[camille @peachofthewest]

LA is so beautiful when you are unemployed and have $46 to your name

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Jeff Fisch has tampered with WSU players.. don’t really want hear this from him

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It's March 20th.

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🗣️GOT UM‼️

Please give the warmest welcome to our new Offensive Coordinator and QB Coach, Sam King! 👑

#reigncrimson

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David Gusta who starred at WSU for 4 seasons ran a 4.88 40 yard dash at the NFL Combine and bench pressed 37 reps.

Next Gen Stats currently has Gusta with an athleticism score of 91 which ranks #1 among DT’s at the Combine.

[Arash Markazi @ArashMarkazi]

A game of inches.

[Unnecessary Roughness @UnnecRoughness]

RIP Rondale Moore

Gone way too soon

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I need some Minshew Mania in my life again

[Los Angeles Dodgers @Dodgers]

Let's get to work, Champs!

[Nicolas @NicRobii]

BIG TIME @k_mmoneyyyy #ProCoug

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No matter who takes home the trophy on Sunday, you can take home your share of $100K!

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[Greg Woods @GregWWoods]

Kyle Williams is repping WSU during Super Bowl week

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Paddy Pimblett just lost a brutal fight,

and instead of worrying about himself,

he used his airtime to tell men not to suffer in silence.

It's ok to not feel ok. Talk to someone.

[Kaden Beatty @BeattyKaden]

The chip never falls off in Pullman.

[DK🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸 @1Nicdar]

130 schools said no.
He led the losingest program in college football history to a national championship anyway.
Fernando Mendoza was a 2-star recruit from Miami.

He tried to walk on at his hometown school. They passed.
So did FIU.
So did FAU.
So did everyone else.

At 17, he was sitting in his bedroom, crying over a silent recruiting inbox—after driving to 18 camps with his dad and sending highlights to more than 100 programs.
Not one FBS offer.
His only option? Yale. No scholarship. No NFL path.

Everyone told him to be “realistic.”
“Know your place.”
“Be grateful.”
He didn’t listen.
Because Mendoza understood something most people miss:
The worst outcome isn’t failing.
It’s never getting the chance to try.

Two weeks before signing day in 2022, his phone rang.
Cal needed a body. One offer. Out of 134 schools.
He took it.
He arrived as the third-string quarterback.
Spent a year on the scout team.
Lost his first four starts.
Got sacked 41 times behind a broken offensive line.

Still got up. Every time.
Then Cal brought in a transfer instead of building around him.
So Mendoza left the only school that had ever said yes.
He transferred to Indiana—the losingest program in college football history.

People laughed.
“Career suicide.”
“Graveyard program.”
“Nobody wins there.”
One coach told him something different:
“I’m going to make you the best Fernando Mendoza possible.”
That was enough.
Mendoza wasn’t just playing for football.
His mother has battled multiple sclerosis for 18 years.

Before every snap, he thought of her.
“My mother is my why.”
Indiana went 16–0.
Beat six Top-10 teams.
Won their first Big Ten title since 1945.
Mendoza threw 41 touchdowns.
Won the Heisman—first in school history.
First Cuban-American to ever do it.

Then came the title game.
Miami. Near his hometown.
Fourth-and-4. Season on the line.
Quarterback draw.
The kid 134 schools rejected spun through defenders and dove into the end zone.

Game over.
Indiana—national champions.
The losingest program became the best team in America.
All because a 17-year-old refused to believe “no” was the end.

Rankings don’t decide your ceiling.
Gatekeepers don’t write your ending.
Being overlooked isn’t a verdict—it’s a starting point.

Sometimes all you need is one shot…
and the courage to bet on yourself when nobody else will.
Don’t quit.

Credit: Barclay Mullins