Pat Kersey
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Pat Kersey
@PAKid20
Sports Medicine/Performance physician. Medical Director USA Football, Target Ganassi Racing, St Vincent Sports Performance
Indianapolis, IN Katılım Temmuz 2011
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This is what develops great leaders! Being coached hard on how to improve. Not being too sensitive to understand intensity, passion, fire and love. I loved being brought up be a coach!
Gerry DeFilippo@Challenger_ST
“I love to be coached.” I said it once, I’ll say it again. This is what it means to coach. If you hate this, you are SOFT “I believe in you, but you have to want this moment.” Know the difference between mindless yelling & motivating someone you love & care about!!
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@RepBrandonGill @JudiciaryGOP you are an absolute rock star my man! keep on being you! what a leader people want to follow !
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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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Seriously!!! Amazing times to be a Hoosier!!
Zachary Greene@SportingGreene
The year is 2026 and Indiana is beating Alabama 31-3 Volume up on this one 🥹🌹 #RoseBowl #iufb
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@notthefakeSVP @Maxhoma boys! It’s the best afternoon hanging with the boys listen to the Par 3. Excellent hang boys!
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@JimmieWinbushJR @KyleNeddenriep @IndianaPreps @TopPreps @SCOT_FB @Indyrecruit_ @NE_Ok_HS_Sports Congrats Jimmie! you disserve this recognition for your hard work, great energy, and of course great play!
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Blessed to be apart of the 2025 South All-Star Team
@KyleNeddenriep @IndianaPreps @TopPreps @SCOT_FB @Indyrecruit_ @NE_Ok_HS_Sports

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@Daniel_Rapaport He's a super honest guy with high integrity as all of these pros are, except PReed!
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@PatMcAfeeShow @KirkHerbstreit Super well said Patrick! The role model statement couldn't be more spot on, for everyone! my heart aches for you and your family Herbie the love/bond with a dog is beyond special
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Ben was a bright spot in everybody’s lives.. if you met him, you loved him. If you watched him operate, you couldn’t help but smile.. You 2 were an amazing team of positive vibes. Thank you for letting us experience the greatness that was Ben.
You’re a phenomenal father to all of your kids.. watching you has inspired and taught me what all is possible with my own children and the way you treat your dogs/Ben is no different.
I will miss my friend but, we all know that Ben’ll be waiting in heaven for us.
Godspeed Ben. You done good.

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This is really hard to write but so many of you have loved and cared about Ben that I wanted to let you know. We found out today the cancer had spread throughout Bens organs and there was nothing left we could do-we had to let him go. I’ve had dogs my whole life but Ben was 1 on 1. He was smart-loving-gentle-patient-inquisitive-and welcoming to all. Always a big smile and a soft tail wag. He and I could communicate..he and I understood each other and had each others backs. He was with me more than anyone at home and traveling with me for work. Such an easy going companion. Hard day-but he will live within all of us forever. God please bless his majestic soul and thank you for putting him in my life for the last 10 years-a true blessing.
Love you Ben. 🙏🏼

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Today, a Bloomington institution, Cafe Pizzaria closed its doors. I grew up w/ my father teaching me about #iubb, @BobKnightLegacy & how Pizzaria is the best pizza in the world. It’s part of my relationship w/my Dad. Some things just mean more. It’s more than a restaurant.

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