Alright, let’s talk about this Jimbo Fisher fella and that Vanderbilt team, or whatever they call ’em. Folks been jabberin’ ’bout it, so I figured I’d put in my two cents, ya know?
First off, this Jimbo, he’s been coachin’ for a good long while, they say. Fourteen years, and won a whole bunch of games. Sounds like he knows his stuff, I guess. They say he won, lemme see, somethin’ like 128 games and lost 48. That’s a lot of winnin’, even I can figure that out. And bowl games? He won eight outta ten. Not too shabby, not too shabby at all.
- Years coachin’: 14
- Wins: 128
- Losses: 48
- Bowl wins: 8
- Bowl losses: 2
Now, this Vanderbilt… they ain’t exactly a powerhouse, if you catch my drift. Heard tell they been playin’ football for, what, 121 seasons? And they lost more than they won. Somethin’ like 562 wins and 648 losses. Heck, even I could do better than that, and I ain’t never even touched a football in my life, ‘cept for that one time the neighbor’s kid threw it through my kitchen window. Darn kids.
This Alabama team, though, they been whuppin’ Vanderbilt’s behind for years. Sixty wins for Alabama, and Vanderbilt only got four. And them four wins? They was a long, long time ago, back when my grandma was still a young’un. So yeah, Vanderbilt ain’t got much of a chance against these big-shot teams, it seems.
Now, they say Jimbo got fired from that Texas A&M team. That’s a shame, after all that winnin’ he did. But I guess that’s how it goes in the football world. Win one day, gone the next. Just like that prize-winning rooster I had, Old Red. One day he was crowin’ and strutin’, the next day, well, let’s just say he wasn’t crowin’ no more.
Anyways, after Jimbo left Texas A&M, some of the players started leavin’ too. Guess they didn’t like the new coach or somethin’. Happens all the time. Folks get attached to a certain way of doin’ things, and when that changes, they get all riled up. Just like when they changed the grocery store in town. Took me forever to find the dang canned peaches after that.
They talk about Jimbo’s “coaching career history” and all them fancy words. But what it all boils down to is winnin’ and losin’, plain and simple. And Jimbo, he did a fair bit of winnin’. They got books about him and everything. Must be a pretty important fella, I reckon. Though I ain’t never read one of them books myself. Too busy tryin’ to keep the squirrels outta my garden.
This new coach at Texas A&M, Mike Elko his name is, he used to work with Jimbo. They say he’s a good coach too. But we’ll see, won’t we? It ain’t easy followin’ in the footsteps of a fella who won a whole bunch of games. Just like tryin’ to make my grandma’s apple pie. Nobody can do it quite like she did, no matter how hard they try.
So, what’s the deal with Jimbo and Vanderbilt? Well, I don’t reckon they ever played each other, or if they did, it weren’t nothin’ special. Jimbo was coachin’ at them big schools, and Vanderbilt, well, they ain’t exactly a big school. They’re in different leagues, different worlds, you could say. Like tryin’ to compare my old mule Bess to one of them fancy racehorses. No comparison, I tell ya.
But that’s the way of things. Some folks are up there with the big dogs, and some folks are just tryin’ to get by. Just like in life, ya know? Some folks are born with a silver spoon in their mouth, and some folks gotta work their fingers to the bone just to make ends meet. But that don’t mean one is better than the other. It just means they got different paths to walk.
So, there ya have it. My thoughts on Jimbo Fisher and Vanderbilt. Not that anyone asked for ’em, mind you. But I figured I’d share ’em anyway. Now if you’ll excuse me, I gotta go chase them darn squirrels outta my garden again. They’re worse than a pack of hungry wolves, I tell ya.
