Jimbo Fisher shares how much loss against LSU hurts

Texas A&M fell to 8-4 after a disappointing loss against LSU in the final seconds of Ed Orgeron’s coaching career. After falling behind 17-7, the Aggies stormed back to take a 24-20 lead which disappeared in the final seconds of the 27-24 loss.

After the game, Texas A&M head coach Jimbo Fisher addressed how much the rivalry week loss to LSU hurt and how it compares to other losses throughout his career.

“Listen, they all hurt,” Fisher told reporters during his postgame press conference. “They all hurt when you don’t have success. There’s no one that hurts any more, they’re all the same.”

Over his career, Jimbo Fisher has been lucky enough to accumulate more wins than losses, with a 117-37 record overall between Florida State and Texas A&M. The former LSU offensive coordinator was brought up as a candidate to take over for Orgeron but has firmly denied any rumors.

Jimbo Fisher on LSU rivalry

The LSU vs Texas A&M rivalry has become an interesting matchup on the field and the recruiting trail over the years. Despite 59 all-time meetings between the two, the rivalry sat dormant from 1996-2010 before the Aggies joined the SEC West. The on-again, off-again rivalry has started and stopped multiple times throughout the years, with LSU leading the series 34-22 over Texas A&M.

Last week, Texas A&M head coach Jimbo Fisher addressed the rivalry which exists with LSU and how he approaches it on the field and the recruiting trail.

“Well I can say – whether it’s a rivalry or whatever – they’re important games because they’re SEC West games,” Fisher told reporters during a press conference. “All the West games – I call them ‘double whammies’ – they’re league games and they’re interdivisional games. They’re all rivalries to me. But you’re so close in proximity and we recruit Louisiana, they recruit Texas like everybody does. But they’re very close and they’ve always had great success here so I think that kind of makes it that way. And that’s another great team. They’re one of the teams we’re gonna have to contended with year in and year out because they’re always gonna have great players.”

Since 2011, LSU is now 9-2 with the only Texas A&M wins coming in 2018 and 2020. Fisher’s arrival from Florida State marked a turn in the series, going 2-1 the Aggies way heading into Saturday’s game, but the loss dropped him to .500 over four seasons.