"NOBULL's Mike Repole tells FOS that the company he co-owns with Tom Brady has closed a $50M funding round that now values the company at $1B," Front Office Sports wrote on Instagram in a joint post with NOBULL and Brady.

That’s not even what made it clear for the Raiders—it was what Mendoza did. He won a National Championship against his childhood team in his hometown. He also willed his team to victory. His fourth-down run in the fourth quarter was stunning. Some would call that cinema, and the Raiders brass must have loved every second.