Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza threw for 192 yards and three touchdowns, while the defense held Alabama to just 193 total yards. Indiana earned its first win in a bowl game since 1991, while Alabama suffered its biggest loss in any game since 1998.

Fernando Mendoza threw three touchdown passes, Indiana’s defense thoroughly throttled Alabama, and the top-seeded Hoosiers roared into the College Football Playoff semifinals with a 38-3 victory in the 112th Rose Bowl.

The Hoosiers were dominant on both sides of the ball against the Crimson Tide. Though Fernando Mendoza was efficient, the team erupted when someone else won the MVP.

PASADENA, Ca. — No. 1 Indiana football won the Rose Bowl in dominant fashion Thursday, 38-3 over No. 9 Alabama, a sentence that needs no embellishment for significance. It says everything required. Here's what I liked and disliked, and what the Hoosiers ' means.

Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti addressed the media following the No. 1-seed Hoosiers’ 38-3 win over No. 9-seed Alabama at the Rose Bowl Game in Pasadena, California. Here’s what he had to say, courtesy of ASAPSports:

Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti was proud of his team following a 38-3 Rose Bowl win over Alabama in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals on Thursday.

The plane’s Rose Bowl window was moved from before the game to halftime in hopes that the weather would clear.

Longtime ESPN announcer Chris Fowler has been accused of "ruining" a special moment at the Rose Bowl on Thursday. Fowler, 63, is on the call of the Rose Bowl between No. 1 Indiana and No. 9 Alabama. The Hoosiers had a dominant first half,