A legendary Texas A&M head coach was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia. He played QB at Samford University. He turned down a spot on staff with Nick Saban at Alabama to join Bobby Bowden in Tallahassee as the Seminoles’ offensive coordinator. Fair enough considering the teacher-student duo had a war of words that time. Saban singled out his competitor for “buying” its top-ranked signing class and threw a spotlight on NIL. That was 3 years ago. Fisher has always carried the polish of a man shaped by titans, even if he ended up at odds with one.

“I mean, we were second in recruiting last year,” Saban had told the audience dating back in 2022. “A&M was first. A&M bought every player on their team — made a deal for name, image, likeness. We didn’t buy one player, all right?” But that

See Full Page