Suppose you’re longing for content surrounding the upcoming 2023 college football season. In that case, SEC Spring meetings in Destin, FL, may entice you enough to listen to what every of the 14 SEC head coaches has to say on varying matters. Still, this is as technical as our jobs get as scheduling, NIL, and transfer portal “tampering” take center stage for the next few days.
Outside of Alabama head coach Nick Saban’s bizarre stance on Texas A&M, Texas, and USC’s NIL collective programs (which are entirely legal, mind you), the debate surrounding conference scheduling, specifically a choice between an eight or-nine-game SEC schedule, Aggies head coach Jimbo Fisher, who caught up with reporters on Tuesday afternoon, shed some light on reigniting the Lone Star Showdown between Texas and Texas A&M while talking to Kirk Bohls of the Austin American-Stateman.
“When Texas comes into the thing, of course, you’d want Texas. because that’s a traditional rival.”
Fisher noted that LSU, who the Aggies have played every year since entering the conference in 2012, has become a significant rivalry for both programs.
“Of couirse, there’s a lot of great ones in the SEC. LSU’s become a great rivalry for us, but I think you go a traditional route.”
Lastly, in classic Jimbo Fisher fashion, Bohls stated that Texas would not pick A&M as a permanent rival, leading to Fisher’s now memorable and clear-eyed response.
“We’re not going to live our life worrying about Texas. We’ll worry about A&M. That has nothing to do with them. They’re a great school. They do what they need to do; we do what we need to do.”
While the scheduling format is primarily tied to the most straightforward path toward the College Football Playoff, which will expand to 12 teams in 2024, Fisher is 100% correct in focusing on what is best for Texas A&M as a whole because whatever changes are made, all 14 SEC programs will have to adjust accordingly.
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