After an epic victory, one of Heisman hopeful’s first texts was to his high school coach

Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza, second from left, celebrates a win last month with his former high school coach, Dave Dunn, left. With them are Mendoza's father, also named Fernando, and his brother Alberto. Courtesy Dave Dunn Miami —

Fernando Mendoza is blazing a historic trail. As starting quarterback for Indiana University, he’s led the Hoosiers to their first 12-0 season, turning Bloomington from a hoops town to a hotbed of football passion.

He could be Indiana University’s first winner of the Heisman Trophy, praised by pundits and cheered on by tens of thousands of his classmates and alums screaming “HeisMendoza!” This weekend he hopes to take IU to its first Big Ten Championship since 1967, capping an extraordinary year since he first put on a Hoosiers’ jersey, takin