“It was $300,000 less than any offer I ever had,” says Jimbo Fisher of his FSU offensive coordinator stint. Back in 2007, he had seven job opportunities in his back pocket. But he chose to go with the Seminoles. “Some of them said, just tell me what you want, I’ll give it to you.” To his glee and surprise, a head coach offer with heavy financial incentives passed his way, but Nick Saban’s agenda put an end to it.

Jimbo Fisher’s legend at Tallahassee is a popular affair. The leader who led FSU to three consecutive championships and a perfect 14-0 season, sprinkled with a national championship title. But his switch to the Florida State Seminoles wasn’t a smooth move, as many think. If the Nick Saban episode hadn’t happened, Tallahassee was this close to losing its legendary coach.

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