Carrie Holmes

Just a spunky adventurous Mom, veteran teacher, and real estate agent. Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoosiers! Love everything about my life! God is Good!

[Indiana Football @IndianaFootball]

There's no place like Bloomington. ⚪️🔴

[Indiana Football @IndianaFootball]

💯 days to kickoff ‼️

[Curt Cignetti @CCignettiIU]

Rear view mirror was disabled. Have to keep your eye on the bullseye!

[Curt Cignetti @CCignettiIU]

Hoosiers lead the way!
#GoIU #IUFB

[Carrie Holmes @Speedie67]

She did it! 6 years at IU and now a grad school graduate in Speech and Language Pathology! Super proud of my daughter-in-law! ❤️

[Carrie Holmes @Speedie67]

@theaidenfisher @IndianaFootball Congratulations!! This is so awesome! 🙌🏻🙌🏻

[Carrie Holmes @Speedie67]

I cry every time one of our guys gets drafted! I just love them all! #GoIU #iufb ❤️🏈

[Carrie Holmes @Speedie67]

@TheMopLady Gives me the chills every single time! This will never get old!

[Indiana Football @IndianaFootball]

Playmaker headed to the Big Apple.

#ProIU

[Big Ten Football @B1Gfootball]

Pure joy in Bloomington watching Fernando Mendoza go No. 1 🥳 @IndianaFootball

[Indiana Football @IndianaFootball]

With the first pick in the 2026 NFL Draft …

#ProIU | 📺 2026 #NFLDraft – April 23-25 on NFL Network/ESPN/ABC.

[CFP @CFBPlayoff]

Monthly Reminder ⬇️🗓️

The Indiana Hoosiers are the CFP National Champions 🏆

#CFBPlayoff

[Indiana Football @IndianaFootball]

Hoosiers on the big stage.

[WISH-TV News @WISHNews8]

IU football is making sure visitors coming to Indy for the Final Four don't forget that the Hoosiers won the national championship.
https://t.co/Ufuh8ncQCr

[Carrie Holmes @Speedie67]

Hey Bloomington people! Just closed on this Bloomington home today! I could be your realtor! Call me! 🏡☎️#sold #hawkinandrootrealestate #CarrieHolmesbroker

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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

[Indiana Football @IndianaFootball]

Chapter 3 begins.

Introducing The Standard, a new series as we embark on a new season. Episode 1 available now on YouTube. ➡️ https://t.co/fOA3E1iFbW

[Carrie Holmes @Speedie67]

“Project Hail Mary”! Amaze! Amaze! Amaze! 🛰️🧫☀️🪨