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Michael Cunningham: Jimbo Fisher to hire Bobby Petrino, bad guy and diminished coach

Jimbo Fisher is getting paid Nick Saban money at Texas A&M while delivering Kevin Sumlin results. Fisher supposedly is an offensive guru, but his Aggies stink on offense. So, Fisher is doing what college football decision-makers tend to do when they get desperate for results and don’t care how it looks.

Hire Bobby Petrino.

Petrino is set to become Texas A&M’s offensive coordinator, according to multiple reports. ESPN said Fisher still will be heavily involved in the offense, but that Petrino will be the primary play-caller. Petrino took the job in his typical fashion. He’d agreed to be UNLV’s coordinator less than a month ago.

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