LSU reportedly threw a bank vault at Jimbo Fisher in an attempt to steal him from Texas A&M.
According to Brett McMurphy and Billy Liucci, Fisher was offered $125 million over eight years to leave College Station and coach the Tigers in Baton Rouge. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football)
How bad did LSU want Texas A&M’s Jimbo Fisher? In late November, LSU was prepared to offer Fisher an 8-year, $125 million deal – $13 million/year – to come to LSU, sources told @ActionNetworkHQ. Those numbers earlier reported by @billyliucci
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) December 8, 2021
Fisher didn’t accept the deal and the Tigers ended up hiring Brian Kelly away from Notre Dame for roughly $100 million.
Will Lincoln Riley be more successful at USC or will Brian Kelly be more successful at LSU?@dhookstead reveals the answer is a lot more complicated than people realize. pic.twitter.com/5H6jgrxUKN
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) December 4, 2021
I’m actually surprised that Fisher didn’t leave to take that deal. I understand he’s already rich, but making $125 million over eight years is unheard of in college football.
He would have become the highest-paid coach in all of college football, and the margin would have been substantial.
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Instead, he opted to stick with the Aggies over coaching the Tigers in Baton Rouge. He’s still getting paid very well by Texas A&M, but his deal is damn sure not for $13 million annually.
It’s hard to put into words what kind of money that is at the college level. Hell, there’s only a handful of coaches in the NFL who even sniff that kind of cash.
Yet, LSU was willing to drop it off in a duffel bag for Fisher’s services.
“I ain’t going nowhere, I don’t wanna be nowhere else. I love being right here.”#GigEm pic.twitter.com/JecQShQAKU
— Texas A&M Football (@AggieFootball) November 15, 2021
I guess it just wasn’t meant to be!