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Skylar Meade is the man.

Homecoming King 👑 The Oklahoma native @JBride11 sends this ball HIGH into the Oklahoma sky! #RockEm | #RRExpress

One heck of a debut @Sandman__29

SGA IS YOUR BACK-TO-BACK MVP 🌩️ 31.1 PPG | 6.6 APG | 4.3 RPG Another one for SGA 🏆🏆 (via @ShamsCharania)

That's FOUR for @JBride11 this season 💪 #RockEm | #RRExpress

Derek Jeter giving advice on how to deal with failure.

Have yourself a night, @JBride11 🫡 #RockEm | #RRExpress

Bride. Ball. Bye. Jonah notches his second homer of the year!

Nolan McLean, 84mph Sweeper (22" of break) and 97mph Two Seamer (18" of run), Individual Pitches Overlay. 40 inches of horizontal movement difference.

BRIDE BOMB 💣 Jonah delivers the first E-Train homer of the 2026 season!

SGA BREAKS WILT CHAMBERLAIN'S RECORD FOR MOST 20-POINT GAMES IN NBA HISTORY 🔥 127 STRAIGHT GAMES 👏

This Sandstorm on full blast 🙂‍↕️ #NCAABaseball x 📸 @GamecockBSB

FOR JOHNNY ❤️💙

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

“I’m proud of you, not just today, but every day.” Fernando Mendoza’s mom, Elsa, always believed in her son. Now, he’s a national champion. playerstribu.ne/Fernando @qbfernando | @indianafootball | @bigten

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The Texas Rangers have signed infielder Jonah Bride to a minor league deal that includes an invitation to Spring Training, per @JeffPassan. Bride, 29, owns a career .221 batting average across 214 MLB games with the Athletics, Marlins, and Twins. His best season came in 2024 under manager Skip Schumaker, when he posted a .276/.357/.461 slash line with 11 home runs in just 71 games. Primarily a corner infielder, Bride has also logged time at second base, giving Texas additional infield depth and versatility.

Great story about SGA at Kentucky The best players are COACHABLE “I trust you coach, go do your thing” (Via @TeamRHJAZ 🎥)

The expectation now is that OU should host a playoff game. Also a very real chance USC is the opponent. Imagine the scene in Norman.