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Jimbo Fisher’s clock management being called out following bizarre first-half ending
By SDS Staff
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Jimbo Fisher gets paid a ton of money to make tough decisions.
Clock management during the first half of SEC games shouldn’t rate among the toughest tasks the Texas A&M coach has to face but the $75 million dollar man really struggled to handle the clock at the end of the first half on Saturday.
Texas A&M’s final possession of the first half started with 4:14 on the clock, yet the Aggies ran out of time and were forced to kick a field goal to end the first half.
The worst aspect of that drive came when Texas A&M got a first down that put the ball at Florida’s 4-yard line with 11 seconds remaining.
Instead of taking a timeout, Texas A&M spiked the ball, which took 3 seconds off the game clock.
After the spike, about 15 seconds later, Jimbo Fisher called a timeout on the sideline.
So what was the point of spiking the ball and losing those precious seconds?
Texas A&M managed to get one play off after the timeout, which resulted in a Florida penalty. However, due to having only 4 seconds remaining in the half, the Aggies kicked a field goal.
That decision may come back to haunt the Aggies, as Florida leads 21-17 at halftime, with Texas A&M showing little ability to slow down Dan Mullen’s offense so far.
Texas A&M had to kick a field goal on 1st and goal on a drive that started with 4:14 remaining in the half. Yikes on that clock management.
— Brandon Zimmerman (@BZSEC) October 10, 2020
Jimbo Fisher is paid 7.5-million dollars to coach football.
You’d think clock management would be of the highest priority.
His time in College Station has been a head scratcher so far.
— Brad Logan (@BradLoganCOTE) October 10, 2020
What a disaster of time management for Jimbo Fisher. My goodness.
— Trent Smallwood (@SmallwoodTrent) October 10, 2020
A&M is paying Jimbo Fisher $7.5 million a year and he just called all three first half timeouts with the clock already stopped.
— Mark Ennis (@MarkEnnis) October 10, 2020
How much does Jimbo Fisher make? What awful clock management.
— Todd Archer (@toddarcher) October 10, 2020
https://twitter.com/GsonJW/status/1314981331038867458?s=20
Jimbo Fisher just had his guys spike the ball to stop the clock, and then called his final timeout 20 seconds later. Can't make this stuff up if you tried.
— ACL-Sports.com®–Sports Investor (@TheRealMrACL) October 10, 2020
https://twitter.com/therobbiem/status/1314981291075526656?s=20
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