Kyle M.

Jacksonville Jaguars fan. US Army AH-64 pilot. Crystal Palace FC fan. Likes/retweets =/= endorsement

[Crystal Palace F.C. @CPFC]

Crystal Palace, Champions of Europe ❤️💙

[Kyle M. @YellowDmon]

Sarr will tear you apart!! #CPFC

[Kyle M. @YellowDmon]

@UncleChaps I’ve honestly been waiting for you to bring back the parade pics

[Kyle M. @YellowDmon]

@Beniesta_ I would say after the season. Doing it now leads to things like: let the people that want to be here play or let the young guys play. When he does play and doesn’t do well, it is assumed that he just wants to be gone and already quit.

[Kyle M. @YellowDmon]

@gus_logue Oh that’s fair. If my math is right, he was in high school still. And he got drafted in 2025 (I think) which would mean he wasn’t even committed to Syracuse in 2020. You are a sleuth and I didn’t even catch that

[Kyle M. @YellowDmon]

One of the best managers ever mentions Selhurst Park and Camp Nou in the same interview. Love it! #CPFC

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨 Pep Guardiola: “I will miss not going to Camp Nou, I'll miss Bayern Munich - hopefully we can go through and go there - and I will miss that, when I stop and retire”.

“I will miss these nights because they are so special. I'll miss Selhurst Park as well, I love it. Premier League, these stadiums”, told TNT Sports.

[Kyle M. @YellowDmon]

@E_Dilla Definitely. Just funny trying to figure out what’s happening on the TL. A face offside, handball apparently, rugby tackles, and now a red card penalty

[Kyle M. @YellowDmon]

@AlfieBCC That’s ridiculous. He took the whole pitch on and still put it where no one could stop it

[Kyle M. @YellowDmon]

Overtime goal for #USAHockey for the win!

90’ goal for #CPFC for the win!

What a way to start a Sunday!

[Kyle M. @YellowDmon]

Charlie Puth just crushed the National Anthem. Holy cow that was good. Love the back up vocals and mix. So good! #SuperBowlLX

[Kyle M. @YellowDmon]

@E_Dilla It’s so good

[Kyle M. @YellowDmon]

In case they delete lol

[Kyle M. @YellowDmon]

Dang it, Palace lost two home games today! #CPFC

[Kyle M. @YellowDmon]

@FabrizioRomano Darren England

[Kyle M. @YellowDmon]

Then nearly the same thing happens to the opposition 20 mins later with an arm actually extended and they don’t even look at it lol #CPFC

[Kyle M. @YellowDmon]

Wait, so you can kick a ball at full speed and a guy standing less than a yard away has to somehow move his arm (at his side btw) out of the way or it’s a penalty regardless? #CPFC

[Kyle M. @YellowDmon]

Wait, so you can kick a ball at full speed and a guy standing less than a yard away has to somehow move his arm (at his side btw) out of the way or it’s a penalty regardless? #CPFC

[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

[Kyle M. @YellowDmon]

@ShopTalkingWigg My head hurts trying to understand that. Why did you do that to me?