What we learned from Jimbo Fisher’s SEC media day presser

Texas A&M Football head coach Jimbo Fisher took the podium at approximately 11:30 AM Central time on Thursday during the last day of SEC media days, answering a flurry of questions from reporters, ranging from his personal outlook on the 2022 season, the ensuing quarterback battle, NIL, Conference realignment, and of course, the status of his relationship with Alabama head coach Nick Saban after their widely publicized war of words between the two on May 19th.

At the start of the press conference, Fisher greeted the audience and went through a quick review of the 2021 season noting his disappointment in going 8-4 on the year due to an inability to properly finish games, while visibility excited about the depth and experience on offense and defense going into 2022. To no one’s surprise, the first Saban-centric question came next, with the reporter asking “When you look back at the press conference in May, do you have any regrets over how that was handled? Do you feel like you owe Nick an apology? How do things stand between you and him? Jimbo, taking the mature, professional route in pocketing any public emotion towards Nick Saban answered:

Listen, we’re great. Two competitive guys that go at it. We all learn from things we do in our business. Two competitive guys on a topic that is very – everywhere, as they say. There’s no rules in this thing, where it goes. Each state has different laws and everything.

And like he said, I heard a statement he made, the arguments we had in the staff room and on the basketball court and all those things. But on the basketball court, we didn’t have them. We were always on the same team. So we usually had them against other people.

I have great respect for Nick. Unfortunately, our thing went public. Sometimes that happens in this world. Nothing is private anymore, is it?

As the questioning began to dive into NIL regarding A&M’s personal involvement, one reporter asked, Hypothetical question. If there’s no NIL, do…