{"id":900689,"date":"2026-10-31T04:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T04:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/900689\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T04:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T04:46:12","slug":"barstool-woman-makes-ex-boyfriend-fernando-mendoza-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/900689\/","title":{"rendered":"Barstool woman makes &#8216;ex-boyfriend&#8217; Fernando Mendoza claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Raiders fans are wondering when <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/26\/sports\/raiders-season-is-slipping-away-its-time-to-see-what-fernando-mendoza-can-do\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fernando Mendoza will take the starting quarterback job from Kirk Cousins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Indiana Hoosiers fans, on the other hand, are still in nostalgia mode regarding Mendoza, who won them the program\u2019s first national championship earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Fernando Mendoza of the Las Vegas Raiders leaves the field after a loss to the Buffalo Bills at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada, Oct. 18, 2026. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Barstool Sports personality Ella Grif made this apparent with a comment she made<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/13\/sports\/fernando-mendoza-time-raiders-approaching-quicker-realize\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> about the Raiders rookie quarterback <\/a>on Barstool\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/barstoolsports\/status\/2115612195312812034?s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">Big Boys Club<\/a>\u201d show earlier this week<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sad because Fernando feels like the ex-boyfriend that was so perfect that you\u2019ll never get back. And you just look back on it, you compare everything to him,\u201d Grif said.<\/p>\n<p>Barstool personality Ella Grif talking about Fernando Mendoza\u2019s time with the Indiana Hoosiers. (X\/@barstoolbigboys).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd also, even if we went undefeated this year\u2026 Even if it was the same thing and, we went to the Natty, it wouldn\u2019t feel the same\u2026 That makes me sad,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n<p>Grif\u2019s comments have gone viral, amassing over 1.2 million views in about two days. <\/p>\n<p>If anything, this will make Raiders fans even more eager to see more of Mendoza on the field, given the emotional impact he gave to his former fan base.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s now a matter if when, not if,<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/26\/sports\/raiders-sticking-with-kirk-cousins-at-quarterback-despite-fernando-mendoza-speculation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Mendoza will assume Las Vegas\u2019 quarterback job<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Fernando Mendoza (15) warms up before a game against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., Oct. 11, 2026. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old should get his starting opportunity at some point soon, especially if the Raiders (who have lost four straight after starting 3-0) keep losing games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Raiders fans are wondering when Fernando Mendoza will take the starting quarterback job from Kirk Cousins. Indiana Hoosiers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":900690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[17527,2356,68073,1812,349,99,1625],"class_list":["post-900689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-barstool-sports","tag-california","tag-fernando-mendoza","tag-las-vegas-raiders","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-sports-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=900689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/900690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=900689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=900689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}