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00:00 Good morning, Texas A&M Aggies fans.
00:06 Indy Cartham here with your Texas A&M Aggies Daily Blitz.
00:09 It is Sunday, November 12th.
00:11 We are less than, gosh, 12 hours since the Aggies tore up Mississippi State to the tune
00:20 of 51-10.
00:22 And breaking news out of College Station already off of that win as reports are that the Aggies
00:28 are expected to fire head coach Jimbo Fisher as early as today on Sunday, right after that
00:35 win.
00:36 It was first reported by Tex Ags and then later confirmed by The Athletic.
00:42 The Aggies, of course, on Saturday secured bowl eligibility for the first time since
00:47 2021.
00:50 And it was a big win.
00:51 It was a great performance.
00:53 But apparently the Aggies had made up their minds clearly before that win, you know, either
00:59 after consecutive losses to Alabama and Tennessee or after the loss to Ole Miss.
01:05 Take your pick.
01:06 Maybe even before then.
01:07 I don't know.
01:08 That's just speculation on my part.
01:10 No reports as to who will take over as the interim head coach against Abilene Christian
01:15 or LSU to end the season.
01:18 But the big news here is the buyout, of course, that's been news since rumors were floating
01:23 about Jimbo's demise in College Station.
01:26 He has owed $76 million upon his firing.
01:30 That is a record buyout for a college head coach.
01:34 The previous number, and it's not a record buy a little bit, boys and girls, the previous
01:39 record was Auburn's buyout of Gus Malzahn, which was $21.45 million.
01:46 So this is more than triple the buyout.
01:49 And the reason this buyout exists is because, of course, when Scott Woodward, the athletic
01:56 director at A&M, was hired away from the Aggies, he's the one that hired Jimbo, when he went
02:03 to LSU, there was rumors and speculation he may try to take Jimbo with him to the Tigers.
02:08 Well, that was never the case.
02:09 He never intended to do that because if he did, clearly he would have just waited and
02:13 hired him when he knew he was taking the LSU job.
02:17 The Aggies sort of panicked, offered him a 10-year contract through 2031.
02:23 Lots of guaranteed money, so this is why we are here where we are.
02:27 He never won 10 wins, 10 games in College Station.
02:31 His best finish, the 9-4 in 2018, and then the Orange Bowl win.
02:37 He had a top-five finish in the AP poll in 2020.
02:41 I believe that was a 9-1 record during the COVID-shortened season.
02:46 But really no rhythm was ever found under Fisher.
02:49 You know, 45-25 is his total record now with the Aggies.
02:53 That's not good enough.
02:55 Since winning that Orange Bowl in 2020, he's gone just 19-15, and there has never been
02:59 a sniff of an SEC West title under his, much less an SEC championship under Jimbo Fisher.
03:06 So that's the breaking news.
03:09 As soon as it happens, we'll let you know.
03:10 If there is news on an interim head coach, we will let you know.
03:14 So boys and girls, start your speculation about who the next man in College Station
03:18 will be.
03:19 I would love to hear from you @IndyCartem on the X, also on threads @IndyCartem.
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03:28 We would love to hear from you here.
03:30 Who is your first choice, second choice, third choice?
03:34 I don't know.
03:35 I've got some thoughts.
03:37 Maybe we'll do that a little bit later today or after the news is confirmed, after it happens,
03:43 after Jimbo is indeed let go.
03:46 Maybe we'll do some stuff tomorrow for you here on the Texas A&M Aggies Blitz.
03:51 But that's the news for now.
03:53 We'll get to more of it as it happens.
03:55 We will keep you up to date here on FanStream Sports, the Aggies Daily Blitz, also at AllAggies.com,
04:01 your source for Texas A&M breaking news, reports, opinion, the Sports Illustrated page for Texas
04:09 A&M Aggies Athletics.
04:11 I'm Indy Cartem, and until we do it again, boys and girls, we'll see you.
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