Sometimes coaches will fall asleep at the wheel. Whenever you’re the head coach of a Power Five program, you have so many buttons to push, that gamedays have to be considerably exhausting. So if Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher missed a play or two, it would be understandable.
What’s not understandable is how Fisher ends up five yards on the field during a scoop and score fumble. It’s not as if the player in question was done by contact. It was a forced fumble, with a clear recovery and return, and there was the Texas A&M head coach serving as a leader blocker for Auburn.
This angle of Jimbo Fisher on the field during Eugene Asante’s scoop’n’score 🤣 pic.twitter.com/8fIyJXrMIf
— Cam Mellor (@CamMellor) September 23, 2023
At the beginning of the fourth quarter of Saturday’s contest between Texas A&M and Auburn, Tigers freshman cornerback Kayin Lee forced a fumble, swiping the ball out of Aggies freshman running back Rueben Owens’s hands.
The ball was scooped out of the air by Eugene Asante, who had to sidestep and run around Fisher, who for some reason was on the field.
This missed tackle officially ends Jimbo’s Heisman campaign pic.twitter.com/iO29xNwrVJ
— Karen Howell (@karenehowell) September 23, 2023
Move Jimbo 😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/puLCb5b0So
— Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz (@LeBatardShow) September 23, 2023
Jimbo squaring up for the tackle https://t.co/d1GMJpBLQ4
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) September 23, 2023
Jimbo Fisher: the literal 12th man. #GigEm pic.twitter.com/mpK8zCVHLQ
— The Next Round (@NextRoundLive) September 23, 2023
Those in the college football world were quick to react, as many wondered what it was that Fisher was doing on the field in the first place.
JIMBO OUT ON THE FIELD FOR THE AUBURN SCOOP N SCORE pic.twitter.com/e4i5tzvVh4
— Sickos Committee (@SickosCommittee) September 23, 2023
THEYRE NOT GOING TO KEEP JIMBO OFF THE FIELD TONIGHT https://t.co/nnHQyp8KOS
— Sickos Committee (@SickosCommittee) September 23, 2023
JIMBO YOU GOTTA MAKE THAT TACKLE SON pic.twitter.com/HngX0DLnnu
— Rush Roberts (@DrNorrisCamacho) September 23, 2023
Jimbo in position to make the tackle on Auburn’s scoop and score. pic.twitter.com/YQRmMG0vbk
— Brandon Zimmerman (@BZSEC) September 23, 2023
We’ll have to see what Fisher says about being in the middle of this play come the postgame press conference.