{"id":427043,"date":"2026-01-21T05:23:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T05:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/427043\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T05:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T05:23:12","slug":"trophies-meet-and-greets-and-more-how-to-celebrate-iu-footballs-win-around-bloomington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/427043\/","title":{"rendered":"Trophies, meet and greets and more: How to celebrate IU football\u2019s win around Bloomington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following Indiana\u00a0football\u2019s\u00a027-21 victory over the University of Miami to clinch its first College Football Playoff National Championship\u00a0on Monday,\u00a0Bloomington is celebrating the occasion with events throughout the rest of the week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0CFP\u00a0National Championship\u00a0Trophy\u00a0will be on display\u00a0in Bloomington\u00a0on\u00a0Wednesday\u00a0and\u00a0Thursday,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fox59.com\/indiana-news\/indiana-university-to-host-championship-celebration-on-saturday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fox\u00a059<\/a>\u00a0reported.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a024-karat gold-plated\u00a0trophy\u00a0will be at the South College Mall\u00a0Road\u00a0Kroger\u00a0from 4-7 p.m.\u00a0Wednesday.\u00a0The display will be to the right of the entrance, near the bistro\u00a0area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It will then\u00a0be on display at\u00a0Walmart\u00a0on\u00a03313 W.\u00a0State\u00a0Road\u00a045\u00a0on\u00a0Thursday, also from 4-7 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Heisman\u00a0Trophy-winning\u00a0redshirt junior\u00a0quarterback\u00a0Fernando Mendoza\u00a0announced\u00a0a meet and greet\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fernandomendoza\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">his Instagram<\/a>. It will\u00a0take place\u00a05-6:30 p.m.\u00a0Wednesday\u00a0at\u00a0Dick\u2019s\u00a0Sporting Goods in\u00a0Bloomington.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wthr.com\/article\/news\/local\/iu-national-champion-fernando-mendoza-sign-autographs-bloomington-dicks-sporting-goods-indiana-unversity\/531-19cbdf13-0b06-4e17-a8e9-acfe9734fa78\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WTHR reported<\/a>\u00a0that\u00a0Mendoza\u00a0will sign\u00a0autographs to customers with\u00a0wristbands\u00a0that\u00a0will be distributed\u00a0at 9 a.m.\u00a0outside\u00a0the store.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One\u00a0wristband will be given per\u00a0person,\u00a0and Mendoza will sign\u00a0complimentary branded photo cards only.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Indiana football will host a College Football Playoff National Championship celebration from 1-1:30 p.m. Saturday inside Memorial Stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The program announced the event via an email Tuesday night just after the Hoosiers returned to Bloomington.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The parking lots around the stadium open at 10 a.m.,\u00a0while gates open at 11:30 a.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Hoosiers will \u201cWalk to the Rock\u201d at noon. Commemorative championship rally towels will be available for distribution to the Hoosier faithful.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Indiana Team Store will be open, and limited concessions will be available. The event will be televised on the Big Ten Network.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Curt Cignetti knew he could lead Indiana football to success from the moment he arrived in Bloomington in December 2023.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                    <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following Indiana\u00a0football\u2019s\u00a027-21 victory over the University of Miami to clinch its first College Football Playoff National Championship\u00a0on Monday,\u00a0Bloomington&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-427043","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}