Jimbo Fisher's clock management being called out following bizarre first-half ending
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
Jimbo Fisher just called a timeout after spiking the football to stop the clock and is getting paid $75 million to do so
— Grayson Weir (@GsonJW) October 10, 2020
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.
— TheRealMrACL.com (@TheRealMrACL) October 10, 2020
Live look at Jimbo Fisher managing the end of the 2nd half pic.twitter.com/1qHSwqhgfh
— Robbie M (@therobbiem) October 10, 2020