Scott Polacek@@ScottPolacek
Featured Columnist IVDecember 28, 2023
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The 2023 season was one to forget for Texas A&M, so it was only fitting it ended with another loss.
Oklahoma State defeated the Aggies 31-23 in Wednesday’s Texas Bowl at NRG Stadium in Houston. The Big 12 representative improved to 10-4 on the campaign and will have some momentum heading into 2024 after it bounced back from a loss to Texas in the conference title game.
Texas A&M cannot say the same after it fell to 7-6 and continued a theme of losing to the quality opponents on the schedule in the same season in which Jimbo Fisher was fired as head coach.
To be fair to the SEC team, it was far from full strength with a number of players missing due to injuries, opt outs and the transfer portal. It was fighting an uphill battle from the opening kickoff, and things got even worse when starting quarterback Jaylen Henderson was injured on the first snap of the game.
Rather than criticizing a shorthanded team, much of the social media reaction focused on the end of an era at Texas A&M:
PokesToday @AggiesToday
We’re officially free of Jimbo Fisher’s tenure at Texas A&M.
A victory in Aggieland.
texas bowl enjoyer @ccherubrock
one thing all aggies can agree on: GOODBYE JIMBO FISHER ERA. FOREVER.
Lots of coulda shoulda woulda tonight
Pretty much sums up and closes out the entire Jimbo Fisher Era
In case anyone wondered if Jimbo Fisher’s fingerprints were still on this team, Texas A&M just punted on 4th and 5 from the OSU 41.
The Jimbo Fisher era is over!!
BRYCE ANDERSON/HAYDEN HEFNER SZN @HtxAg19_
JIMBO FISHER ERA OFFICIALLY OVER WE WIN REGARDLESS
if you’re A&M, you have to feel hopeful after what you watched tonight. they played with heart, grit, and passion—something that’s long been missing throughout the jimbo fisher era.
& that’s all of my aggie content. i’ll resume hating them now.
geaux tigers!!!
The DB play of the Jimbo Fisher era right there man. Just no clue where the ball is. Just run with your hands in the air and pray the receiver doesn’t catch it.
One more half of Jimbo Fisher football. We can get thru this
What a winnable game… (also my thoughts during the entire Jimbo Fisher era)
Anthony Spinelli ⚾️ @AnthonySpin15
I feel like that type of game happened almost weekly in the Jimbo Fisher era. Fall behind, catch back up, then lose it in the final seconds. Hopefully that ends up leaving with him.
