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Here are some of my highlights from this weekend! @Southwest7v7 @CSAPrepStar @PrepRedzoneMO @CoachSutton02 @Coach_HHarris @CoachJasonJones @coach_hauser @CoachCollinsCj @Coach_Drury @Coach_Crayton @__CoachMorris @CoachCala @JPRockMO @AllenTrieu

Here are some of my videos this weekend! @Southwest7v7 @brandontaute @CSAPrepStar

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Tyreek Hill to Trent McDuffie: "Come on two two, you ain't played against nobody yet like me boy." Trent McDuffie:

2006: Jacob Wilson to Jack Wilson 2025: Jack Wilson to Jacob Wilson One the coolest moments of the season.

Momma told me as a kid , the reason you stutter is cuz it’s so important you gotta say it twice… Keep being confident young king …

Huge thank you to @PrepRedzoneMO for the write up! @brandontaute @NHSWildcatFB @CSAPrepStar

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Here are some of my 7on7 highlights from Sunday! (Bracket play) 18u @MoKan_Sports @Southwest7v7 @CSAPrepStar @PrepRedzoneMO @NHSWildcatFB @brandontaute

I am not ashamed of my journey. My life will be a testimony. But if I could offer a word of advice to any freshman, sophomore or junior athlete in high school it would be to just listen bro. All them adults in your life not just talking to talk. They been here longer. They done bumped they head already. They trying to save you from doing the same thing. Do not make the mistake of thinking your talent alone is enough. It’s not. Talent open doors. Character and grades keep you there. And if you already messed up, if your GPA not where it should be, if your name been in rooms for the wrong reasons… don’t quit. Keep digging. You can climb out the hole the same way you dug it. Class of 29, 28 and 27 hear me. Take your grades serious.
Choose who you hang around wisely.
Protect your name. Word spreads fast if you a crash out.
Respect authority. Nobody riding for you like your parents and coaches.
Work hard when nobody clapping. Do not wait until senior year to lock in. That GPA do not lie. I’m still figuring it out myself. I’m struggling but I know God got me. Be intentional.
Lock in early. Pray. Show up ready to work. I’m learning the hard way that my future is being built in the small decisions I make today. Start now.

Congratulations to @BakerU_Football alum Mack Brown on winning last night's Super Bowl title with the Seattle Seahawks! As tight ends coach, one of Brown's players, AJ Barner, scored the Seahawks' only offensive TD in their 29-13 victory over New England! #BakerBuildsChampions

Thank you to @gotmix for the camp invite @brandontaute @NHSWildcatFB @CSAPrepStar @COACHMAC515

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Proud of you, @BlaynePatterson! The best is yet to come! ❤️

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

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One very cool thing about College football this year has been how many teams centered Jesus in everything they did. Indiana was a leader in that, and so was their QB Fernando Mendoza. This is the team before they won today. Congrats Indiana!

People on the outside say, “A break would be nice.” That’s easy to say when you’re not wired this way. Seven straight years of grinding an extra month because you were in the AFC Championship or the Super Bowl — that wasn’t burnout. That was purpose. Watching these games today, sitting at home while someone else’s season is still alive, hits different. You don’t miss the hours — you miss what’s at stake. You don’t miss the stress — you miss the purpose. Is it July yet.

THIS IS WHAT SPORTS IS ALL ABOUT. Oregon just lost by 34 points and after the game an Oregon Football equipment manager approached D’Angelo Ponds and gave him the game ball from his pick 6 interception to start the game. Even in defeat, who you are as a person should shine through. THAT’S SPORTSMANSHIP. THAT’S PURE CLASS. This is what football is all about. You love to see it. #Sportsmanship #RG3 #Football

After the game, Oregon Football equipment staffer went up to D'Angelo Ponds and gave him the ball from his pick 6! What an unbelievable person! That’s what college football is all about!