Report: Jimbo Fisher to A&M Official

Submitted by buddha on

Was just listening to Bob Ley and he reported Fisher has "officially" left FSU for A&M. Craziness.

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Roy G. Biv

December 1st, 2017 at 3:44 PM ^

I don't get it . . . is there some back story of dissatisfaction/anger with FSU for Fisher? IMO, there is no comparison between the status of the 2 programs, and he is not stepping up.

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tsunami42080

December 1st, 2017 at 4:01 PM ^

A&M a step down but apparently administration was dragging their feet upgrading facilities. Insane how much $$ is both made and dropped into college football considering it's not a private for profit business.

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tsunami42080

December 1st, 2017 at 4:01 PM ^

A&M a step down but apparently administration was dragging their feet upgrading facilities. Insane how much $$ is both made and dropped into college football considering it's not a private for profit business.

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goblue16

December 1st, 2017 at 4:42 PM ^

I’ve never seen this much coaching turnover at so many elite or potentially elite programs. I think this is gonna take a little heat of Harbaugh going into 2018 but it all will come down to winning

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goblue16

December 1st, 2017 at 4:26 PM ^

Things like this made make really appreciate Jim Harbaugh. College football stability has become extremly rare due to all the turn around from coaching changes. We have reached some level of stability. Now just win the game baby. Cant wait for 2018!! GO BLUE!

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Sten Carlson

December 1st, 2017 at 5:44 PM ^

I was in College Station (my pops just retired from A&M) over thanksgiving. My bro-in-law is an Aggie with some reasonable insider connections and we got to talking about Sumlin’s future and who might replace him. He immediately said, Sumlin is done and Jimbo will replace him. I wasn’t 100% sold, but he gave me the run down of the A&M AD’s connection with Jimbo, and said it was said to be a done back channel deal. Anyway, I don’t get why people think this is a step down — lateral, maybe. A&M is a football crazy school whose influential alums — who have been divided between Houston money and Dallas money — have thrown millions and millions into their new facilities, and are now unified behind this new AD and his tapping of Jimbo. People outside of Texas think that it’s all UT all the time, but many forget that UT was crap for quite some time after Royal, and really Mack Brown brought them back to national prominace. But, during that time A&M was going along much more successfully. The entire split from the B12 and move to the SEC is a mess of finger pointing and long-held cultural animosity (similar in a lot of ways to Michigan vs. MSU). All that said, this a HUGE win for A&M! Texas has been floundering, but A&M (because of Sumlin in their minds) hasn’t really put a lot of distance between themselves and UT. Texas hires their young up-and-comer — with so so results thus far (year 1 caveat) — and A&M hired, arguably, one of the premier PROVEN championship coaches in CFB. I love it, and expect the Aggies to become a real CFBP threat in short order! Gig Em Aggies!

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SeattleWolverine

December 1st, 2017 at 7:27 PM ^

TAMU is an interesting job in some ways. Dollar dollar bills, facilities, Texas talent, SEC. But they have all of 6 top 10 finishes in the last 40 years and 5 of those were under Sherrill/Slocum when they were competing in the SWC and also paying players under the table left and right (hence, Sherrill getting fired in 1988 and then the 1994 probation too). So the Manziel season is their sole legit top 10 finish in the last 40 years. No BCS or Rose, Sugar, Orange or Fiesta bowl wins. Just the 3 Cotton bowl wins, again, consisting of the Manziel season and 2 others back in the mid80s under Sherrill when they were blatantly cheating. A total of 1 conference championship in 22 years in the Big12/SEC. Contrast that with FSU who has 3 national championships, 22 top 10 finishes, and 11 conference championships in the 22 years since TAMU joined the Big12. Historical performance and brand recognition of each program is not really that close. 

 

Also, I'm certainly not going to say that Sumlin is a great coach. But is he what is holding that program back? Prior to Sumlin the only coach with a better winning % since WW2 is RC Slocum and that was built on success in the SWC and again, with so much cheating in the early 90s that they were put on probation for 5 years! TAMU really hasn't had success (without cheating) since at least the 70s. I mean Mike Sherman and Dennis Franchionne were the guys before Sumlin. Not exactly a stellar history. 

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buddha

December 1st, 2017 at 6:47 PM ^

I think most people would argue FSU has had much more success than A&M (at least since WWII).

Although I can appreciate A&M alums are rabid and have deep pockets, the reality is they've really struggled over the past ±30ish years. I can't really comment on the performance of Texas post-Royal and pre-Brown, but A&M has never really recovered from the Sherill violations. Slocum had a few good years with Sherill's players, but the program never regained stable footing, and Slocum ran the program into the ground the latter part of his tenure.

Since the formation of the original Big 12 - meaning, the SWAC and Big 8 merged - A&M has one conference championship (1994), none with the SEC. In that time, their record against Texas was 12 losses to 7 wins, and they consistently finish outside of the top 25 (14 times since the formation of the original Big 12). They didn't even finish in the top half of the Big 12 South most seasons...

FSU - on the other hand - has had three national titles; three runner ups; 15 conference championships; and, and 14 straight years of finishing in the top-4...and all of that has happened since the formation of the original Big 12. 

FSU is a powerhouse program and has proven that on the national stage. Texas A&M has the infrastructure and advantages to potentially be a powerhouse program, but they've not proven it on the field (yet). Maybe Fisher can change that narrative though. Should be interesting for sure, and I'd love for someone to challenge A&M in that division!

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bronxblue

December 1st, 2017 at 6:16 PM ^

I've actively disliked FSU for decades now, so seeing them screw this up makes me happy. I still feel like A&M is going to finish second or third in that division every year.

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Warm Cockles

December 1st, 2017 at 6:58 PM ^

I don't give a flying fuck who is coaching who if it doesn't directly affect Michigan. That being said, all this turnover has to create recruiting opportunity. Any chance we get in with some dudes (ie high school seniors) not currently on our board?

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FLwolvfan22

December 1st, 2017 at 8:58 PM ^

(away from the sick child thing).

He's stunk it up at FSU the last two years, if he messes up again this next year, though he's won a championship, he's out, gonzo, kicked to the curb. If he goes to A&M, he's got a huge Texas talent pool to choose from and at least another three years before he's on the hot seat.

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Ty Butterfield

December 2nd, 2017 at 2:03 AM ^

Don’t mind that all of this coaching drama has pushed Harbaugh off the front page for a bit. Win the bowl game and have something positive going into next season. Now if only Meyer could have another “heart” issue.

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Ty Butterfield

December 2nd, 2017 at 2:05 AM ^

Double post. Should not be drinking, watching a Hallmark Channel Christmas movie, and trying to post on here at the same time.

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