Jimbo Fisher was fired for his inability to win road games.SunrayAg said:
Nothing against Elko at all. Hoping for the best.
But we just pouted and whined and shrieked and paid a 77 million dollar buyout and wrecked the finances of our entire athletic department because our starting quarterback got injured… and then hired a coach from a basketball school.
And then the AD responsible for it bolted to a program without that red number hanging over it.
1. Jimbo Fisher went 16-6 (0.727) in SEC home games, including 10-5 (0.667) against SEC West teams. In contrast, Kevin Sumlin went 8-14 (0.571) in SEC home games. Even worse, he went a putrid 3-12 (0.200) in home games against SEC West teams, including a 7-game losing streak at the end of his tenure.
2. Jimbo Fisher was 7-14 (0.333) in SEC road games. Even worse, he went a putrid 3-11 (0.214) in road games against SEC West teams, including a 6-game losing streak to end his tenure. In contrast, Kevin Sumlin went 13-9 (0.591), including 9-8 (0.529) in road games against SEC West teams.
3. Jimbo Fisher ended his tenure with 9 consecutive road losses, including 8 consecutive SEC road losses. Even if we count a 10-7 win over Colorado in Denver as a road win, Jimbo went 8-16 in true road games, including losses at Clemson in 2019 and Miami in 2023.
4. In his 5th year, Jimbo Fisher lost to Appalachian State 17-14 at home on 9/10/2022. That was the first time we lost to a non-Power 5 team since an 18-14 home loss to Arkansas State in 2008, which was also the previous time we missed bowl eligibility before a 5-7 finish in 2022. Sumlin's worst regular season finish was 7-5 in 2014 and 2017.
5. In his 5th year, Jimbo posted a 2-6 SEC record and finished last in the SEC West because he lost both games against SEC East opponents South Carolina and Florida. Sumlin's worst SEC record was 3-5 and worst finish was 6th in the SEC West in 2014.