IU's Mendoza an early Heisman favorite? You'd better believe it

Fernando Mendoza has taken college football by storm. The question is, can he sustain it against elite competition on the road? Stay tuned.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Fernando Mendoza might be the most earnest athlete I’ve ever met. You can sense it from the minute you and the rest of the media surround him by the squat rack in the weight room for his post-Illinois game interview.

Here he was after completing 21-of-23 passes for 267 yards and five touchdowns in the 63-10 annihilation of then-No. 9…