Tim Clegg

Job: SBA Disaster Assistance. Enjoy Tennis & Golf - SF 49ers, Giants and Del Oro 🏈⚾ fan. Divorced and living in Rocklin.

[Tim Clegg @Tim_Clegg95650]

I'm in the running to win 2 Rally Admission Passes at @TheChip thanks to @SturgisRallySD! https://t.co/8hem5YAHCf

[Tim Clegg @Tim_Clegg95650]

@sammyhagar Your ♥️ told you to stop.. you made his day, that man's impact on you maybe lasting.. think about something to do for the betterment of millions of amazing people who are homeless.. 😋 or ask grok for help. #youdonegood

[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

[Tim Clegg @Tim_Clegg95650]

@flushingitgolf Dude @Keegan_Bradley just f*cking just get ready to deliver an elite '26 as a player. That's all that f****** matters.

[Tim Clegg @Tim_Clegg95650]

@GolfDigest 5 footer for the $50k

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@NUCLRGOLF After I hit my flask, n send a prayer, then an ez 5 wood.

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@NUCLRGOLF 145yds

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@NUCLRGOLF 8i

[Tim Clegg @Tim_Clegg95650]

@SacBee_JoeD Hey Joe, CP playing/leading like a senior.. also hey how about Shaq Thompson looking reborn with the Bills! He's having a hell of a good game.

[Tim Clegg @Tim_Clegg95650]

@NUCLRGOLF 5 iron

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@NUCLRGOLF 140-150

[Tim Clegg @Tim_Clegg95650]

@barstoolsports Wish my 49ers would have taken him higher, he might just have a Rookie year like #33 Roger Craig back in the day. Great kid!

[Roland-Garros @rolandgarros]

COCO GAUFF ROLAND-GARROS CHAMPION 🏆

#RolandGarros

[Fletcher Mackel @FletcherWDSU]

Only in New Orleans!
Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry partying and singing Journey “don’t stop believing’” with fans at @Zurich_Classic after wining the 2024 team event.
🔥🔥🔥🔥

[Zurich Classic @Zurich_Classic]

Welcome to the Weekend!

[Zurich Classic @Zurich_Classic]

🐊 Early mornings at @tpclouisiana !

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[Brandon Sullivan @btsullivan91]

Nearly 10 minutes of video from multiple significant tornadoes via multiple supercells today in Nebraska and Iowa. Unreal tornado outbreak. #kswx #newx

[Tim Clegg @Tim_Clegg95650]

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[Tim Clegg @Tim_Clegg95650]

@KristiNoem As a CA Republican and federal employee, I'm SMH at our rebuttal. Katie in the kitchen... embarrassing. Wish the party had asked you instead.