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The Indiana Hoosiers will play the Alabama Crimson Tide<\/a> in the quarterfinals of the College Football Playoff on New Year\u2019s Day in what may be the team\u2019s biggest challenge yet.<\/p>\n

The Hoosiers<\/a> solidified their spot in the Playoff earlier this month with a Big Ten Championship win over the Ohio State Buckeyes. It will only get more difficult from the squad led by Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza from here on out.<\/p>\n

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Mendoza said he will embrace the challenge that the Crimson Tide will provide. His comments on the Big Ten Network<\/a> on Tuesday suggested he has the right mindset to pull off a win.<\/p>\n

“I think a message we call encompassed is, \u2018Pressure is a privilege.\u2019 Although we\u2019re the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff, we have all these high expectations, it\u2019s the first time Indiana has ever done this. At the same time, we\u2019re grateful and we want this opportunity. This is what we\u2019ve been working for the entire offseason.<\/p>\n

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“It\u2019s not like we\u2019re here to go defend something. We don\u2019t have this win in the Rose Bowl. We don\u2019t have the national championship. We don\u2019t have a semifinal win yet. We don\u2019t have the Rose Bowl trophy, or we don\u2019t have roses in our mouth yet. We gotta go get it. We gotta go take it \u2013 especially against such a great team like Alabama, an SEC juggernaut. We gotta go take it. We\u2019re very blessed and honored for the opportunity. Like (coach Curt Cignetti said), it\u2019s something we\u2019re going to remember for the rest of our lives, and although the New York boys trip was a blast, I would say we\u2019ve all been working very diligently because we all worked out entire lives for this moment and for this opportunity. As younger kids we dreamed about this, as older men, we\u2019ll remember this.”<\/p>\n

The Hoosiers finished undefeated in the regular season for the first time since 1945 when they were 9-0-1. The team was ranked No. 1 in the final Associated Press regular-season poll for the first time ever.<\/p>\n

A lot of it has to do with how Cignetti coached his team during the year and how Mendoza stepped up in games despite costly turnovers.<\/p>\n

Now, Indiana will certainly get to prove whether they are true national title contenders<\/a> in going up against a behemoth in Alabama.<\/p>\n

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