INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza made all the big plays Saturday night.

Then his Hoosiers teammates and their fans celebrated like it was 1967.

Mendoza’s neatly tucked 17-yard pass to Elijah Sarratt gave the No. 2 Hoosiers the lead they needed and the defense shut down No. 1 Ohio State the rest of the way in a 13-10 win for their first Big Ten title in nearly half a century while likely locking up the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff.

“We were never supposed to be in this position, but now we're the flipping champs,” Mendoza shouted on television before he was selected the game’s MVP. "We are brothers, we know how to stick together and we’re the toughest glue ever.”

They did it in style — extending the best season in school history to 13-0, snapping a 30-ga

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