The Cal community got out the vote to give Bears quarterback Mendoza the award for the second time in three weeks
Thanks to strong voting support by the Cal community, Golden Bears quarterback Fernando Mendoza was named the Manning Award quarterback of the week for the second time in three weeks.Mendoza went 40-for-56 for a career-high 385 yards, two touchdowns and one intercepion in Cal's 46-36 victory over Wake Forest on the road on Saturday. He threw 40 passes in the first half, and that was the most passes attempted in the first half by any FBS team this season.
Mendoza was also the national Manning Award quarterback of the week after the Bears' 44-7 victory over Oregon State on October 26. In that game Mendoza completed 27-of-36 passes for for 364 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. The 364 passing yards were a career high for Mendoza before he broke it in his next game.
So there were some elite college quarterbacks in that group, and Mendoza was the only one from the ACC. The winner was determined by online voting of the fans, and apparently Cal supporters came out in big numbers to vote for Mendoza.Jake Curtis worked in the San Francisco Chronicle sports department for 27 years, covering virtually every sport, including numerous Final Fours, several college football national championship games, an NBA Finals, world championship boxing matches and a World Cup.
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