ESPN school football announcer Chris Fowler made his impression Thursday as a guest on “The Paul Finebaum Show” with host Paul Finebaum.
Fowler spoke at length about the topic of the day: the back and forth between Alabama football coach Nick Saban and Texas A football coach.
Fisher held a press conference Thursday morning in which he presented non-public attacks on Saban. Some of the things Fisher said come with calling Saban a “narcissist” and saying about Saban that “other people think they are God. “
Finebaum asked Fowler, “There is no false impression about Jimbo Fisher today. I’m interested to know how he sees his very private attack on Nick Saban, his character and really, almost, his entire career. “
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“Yes, useless,” Fowler said. I mean Jimbo is right to say he doesn’t cheat. They’re just playing with the system. When you pretend not to know what a collective is, everyone knows what a collective is. This was the accidental result that was going to take place when you have NIL. . . . I sense that Jimbo gets angry when it is implied that he cheated. , however, he bought the players. He bought them as a component of the system. And he hit back: Jimbo is a fighting guy. “
Fowler went on to say that he interviewed Fisher several times, and most of the events occurred while he was Florida’s head football coach. Fisher was FSU’s head football coach from 2010 to 2017.
“He’s a fierce character,” Fowler said in an additional response. “He defends himself, I’m not surprised. She feels on an equal footing with Nick. He’s one of the few coaches he probably bullied and feels he can bat freely. “towards him. And he did. But I don’t. I don’t think he covered himself in glory, to be fair to you. “
Finebaum responded by saying Fisher “played at his base. “
“I don’t need to overinterpret what Jimbo Fisher said, but he criticized the integrity of Nick Saban,” Finebaum said. “We know a lot of attendees who laughed at Nick Saban’s arrogance, but all of those things equate to greatness. But I felt like in Jimbo’s case today, we went way beyond that, Chris. “
“Yes, we did,” Fowler said in response. Actually, I don’t understand, unless I say that Jimbo is a fierce character, that he gets lost. I don’t do it publicly, I don’t, I don’t know. But listen, it’s not the worst thing in the world to have coaches arguing. This is never where those guys deserve to be very smart friends. to each other. They are obstacles to passes and the potential success of each. I don’t have any challenges with that, really. Let them solve the challenge. It’s smart theater. If you crossed the line and need to pass back, OK. If he doesn’t, I guess it will be an attractive collision in midfield. “
Alabama and Texas A Teams
On Thursday, the Southeastern Conference publicly rebuked Saban and Fisher for their comments.
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Fowler has worked for ESPN since 1986. Finebaum joined ESPN in 2013.
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