Last year, Clemson led the nation in scoring defense and ranked in the top five in both total and rushing defense. Just three teams totaled more than 312 yards on the Tigers last season. Those three were Alabama (443 yards), South Carolina (600 yards) and Saturday’s opponent Texas A&M (501 yards). It’s not surprising the […]
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Clemson and Texas A&M are not rivals. However, their respected head coaches are. When Jimbo Fisher left Florida State to come to Aggieland last December, the first thing he did was take a peak at the Aggies’ 2018 schedule. He could not believe what he saw. Week 2: vs Clemson at […]
When he first saw the schedule, after committing to play football at Texas A&M last December, tight end Jace Sternberger could not believe his eyes. There they were, one of the top teams in the country sitting right there for the taking in Week 2. “That’s a big opportunity to open some eyes,” he said. […]
For those who think second-ranked Clemson is going to walk into Kyle Field Saturday night and get an easy victory, obviously, they have not been listening to Dabo Swinney. During Wednesday’s ACC Coaches teleconference call with the media, the Tigers’ head coach said the Aggies’ program is not far off from being where his program […]
Jimbo Fisher may no longer be at Florida State, but his main principal remains the same. He wants to bloody your nose. In other words he wants to shove the football down his opponent’s throat with a strong running game and then throw the football over the top with play action to the tight end […]
Clemson’s football team travels to Texas A&M in Week 2 for a critical non-conference game with national championship implications at stake. The Tigers will face familiar foe Jimbo Fisher, who is the new head coach of the Aggies after leaving Florida State last year to come to College Station, Texas. The game time has been […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney seemed a little surprised when he was asked to give his thoughts on Jimbo Fisher’s resignation from Florida State to become Texas A&M’s new head coach on Friday. Fisher announced his resignation at lunch time, just as Swinney began his press conference to preview the top-ranked Tigers’ […]
Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher does not believe Emmett Rice’s targeting hit on Clemson cornerback Ryan Carter was intentional. Fisher said during his Monday press conference he has spoken with Rice about his actions in the third quarter of Clemson’s win over the Seminoles this past Saturday, and said that is not the way […]
When he became the head coach at Florida State back in 2010, Jimbo Fisher already knew where his toughest competition in the ACC lied. Clemson has always been dubbed a football school in a basketball conference. Before Dabo Swinney took over the program midway through the 2008 season, the Tigers were known as one of […]
This time last year, Jimbo Fisher was trying to get his Florida State Seminoles prepped for what they were about to see from Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson. Lamar mania was just taking off and Jackson took it to another stratosphere when he went off for 216 passing and 146 rushing yards, while totaling five touchdowns […]