Jimbo Fisher said Alabama 'screwed up' during their win against Texas A&M
Texas A&M head coach Jimbo Fisher threw some shade at a decision that Alabama head coach Nick Saban made in the Crimson Tide's 26-20 win against the Aggies this past weekend. While speaking to reporters on Monday, Fisher questioned why Alabama didn't take a knee in the game's final minutes. Instead of taking a couple […]
Texas A&M head coach Jimbo Fisher threw some shade at a decision that Alabama head coach Nick Saban made in the Crimson Tide's 26-20 win against the Aggies this past weekend.
While speaking to reporters on Monday, Fisher questioned why Alabama didn't take a knee in the game's final minutes.
Instead of taking a couple of knees, Alabama threw the ball on first-and-10 with 1:42 left in the game. The Incomplete pass from Crimson Tide quarterback Jalen Milroe stopped the clock with 1:36 remaining, essentially giving the Aggies a free timeout for no reason (the Aggies had no timeouts left at the time).
Alabama then had a false start on second down, which resulted in a second-and-15 situation. Bama again ran a play — this time a run — and picked up one yard. It was pointless to run the ball in that situation as it was a very risky move (just ask Miami and Mario Cristobal).
The Crimson Tide eventually won the game, but not before Milroe threw an incomplete pass on fourth down.
It worked out for Alabama, but Saban's decision making was just as bad as Cristobal's.
Fisher mentioned the final series during his press conference on Monday.
"When they got the first down, they screwed up," said Fisher of Alabama's final sequence of the game. "All they had to do was take a knee. They threw the ball and threw a play and ran it. If they take a knee, they never have to run another play. I mean, the game would've been over with once they got the first down with a 1:30 or a 1:40. I don't know why they hurried up and threw the ball and got the clock stopped….all they had to do was take a knee and end the game. So I don't know why they did that."
Even though the decision didn't come back to haunt Saban, it was a still terrible coaching (you can't say it's on the player, it's gotta be on the coaching).
And it's also clear, by the way, that the relationship between Fisher and Saban is still "icy". Otherwise, Fisher probably skips over a situation at the end of the game that ended up not mattering, even though it was an incredibly foolish decision by Alabama.
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