Longhorns Daily News: Texas A&M won’t admit Texas’ 2024 SEC move factored into HC Jimbo Fisher’s firing (but we all know it did)

As you might have heard by now, Texas A&M fired their very expensive head football coach, Jimbo Fisher, over the weekend. The move came ahead of the Texas Longhorns’ joining the SEC in 2024. In explaining Texas A&M’s thinking, Aggies athletic director Ross Bjork tip-toed his way around explaining that Texas and Oklahoma’s SEC introduction was a non-factor.

But let’s be real ... it was more than a non-factor.

“Here’s how I looked at it,” Bjork explained, according to On3. “Everything impacts the next year. But as we sit here, we finish the season hopefully strong. The transfer portal’s coming and going. Signing Day. A bowl game. Maybe we hire some new assistant coaches and do those kinds of changes,” Bjork began.

“I wasn’t confident in that plan, which then would have impacted the 2024 season. So it’s not about transition of SEC. It’s all about can we go through those next eight weeks and have the right plan and succeed in that environment? To build for [2024]? I didn’t see a pathway to then lead into 2024,” Bjork added.

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS

Austin American-Statesman: Texas Longhorns report card: How UT graded in its win over TCU

Austin American-Statesman: Bohls: No. 7 Texas has several playmakers to lean on (just ask TCU)

Austin American-Statesman: Golden: No. 7 Texas can sure help itself rise in the CFP rankings

Austin American-Statesman: Texas football notes: Xavier Worthy, Quinn Ewers show off connection

247Sports: With Jonathon Brooks lost for the season, CJ Baxter has an opportunity to rise to the occasion for Texas

Inside Texas: A couple of intriguing Texas rumors that have legs

Inside Texas: Coach V: Positives and negatives from Texas’ escape from Fort Worth

ICYMI IN BURNT ORANGE NATION

Texas RB Jonathon Brooks out for the season after tearing ACL vs. TCU

Inside the Numbers: Another second-half near-miss for Texas

No. 7 Texas 29, TCU 26: Five observations and Sunday chat

No. 7 Texas 29, TCU 26: Three things we learned

No. 7 Texas at TCU final score: Late completion to AD Mitchell helps Horns hang on, 29-26

Four-star CB Wardell Mack flips from Florida to Texas

No. 18 Texas 86, Delaware State 59: Three takeaways

No. 18 Texas vs. Delaware State final score: Longhorns finally blow it open against the Hornets for 86-59 win

No. 7 Texas opens as an eight-point favorite over Iowa State

RECRUITING ROUNDUP

247Sports: The Stampede: Checking the temperature on over a dozen Texas flip targets

247Sports: TXHSFB weekend playoff guide: Area round

247Sports: National analyst weighs in on what Wardell Mack brings to Texas

Inside Texas: Texas moves to No. 7 in class rankings with Wardell Mack flip

Inside Texas: Tre Johnson could be the highest ranked guard to pick Texas

Inside Texas: Rodney Terry pleased with his No. 9 class, which could surge higher in the rankings depending on Tre Johnson’s decision

Inside Texas: Potential Texas recruiting impacts of Jimbo Fisher’s abrupt dismissal from Texas A&M

BIG 12 BREAKDOWN

Austin American-Statesman: ‘We’re not done’: Texas forges on in Big 12 race despite injury news

Dallas Morning News: Texas-TCU takeaways: Longhorns hang on for road win after Jonathon Brooks’ injury

247Sports: Who is college football’s best one-loss team? Cases for Texas, Alabama, Oregon, Louisville

247Sports: PFF Grades: Top 10 Longhorns against TCU

Inside Texas: 2023 TCU Horned Frogs Postmortem: Defense/Special Teams

Our Daily Bears: Instant Reaction: Baylor at Kansas State

Frogs O’ War: Quick Thoughts: TCU Football 26, Texas Longhorns 29

Frogs O’ War: Men’s Basketball: TCU continues hot start with win over Omaha

Frogs O’ War: Football: TCU comeback falls short in 29-26 loss to Texas

Crimson and Cream Machine: OU dominates West Virginia, 59-20

The Smoking Musket: West Virginia boat raced by Oklahoma in final Big 12 showdown, Mountaineers fall 59-20

The Smoking Musket: What I think after Oklahoma drubs the Mountaineers

Wide Right & Natty Lite: Iowa State dominates BYU 45-13

Wide Right & Natty Lite: Men’s basketball stays perfect

Bring On The Cats: FINAL: K-State 59, Baylor 25

Rock Chalk Talk: Texas Tech turns Kansas inside out, 16-13

Rock Chalk Talk: Who is Cole Ballard?

Black & Gold Banneret: UCF can’t pull one out against Miami

Vanquish The Foe: Updated look at BYU’s non-conference schedule after Week 1

WHAT WE’RE READING

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SB Nation: Jimbo Fisher’s historic buyout at Texas A&M shatters college football record for fired coach

NEWS ACROSS LONGHORN NATION AND BEYOND

• Texas volleyball beat Cincinnati over the weekend.

• Texas women’s basketball beat Liberty yesterday.