Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher is leaving to take the same job at Texas A&M, SB Nation’s Bud Elliott and others reported on Friday.

Jimbo Fisher is leaving FSU to assume the lead job with the Texas A&M Aggies, sources told Tomahawk Nation. In addition, after getting his new contract approved by the Texas A&M Board of Regents and giving his resignation to Florida State President John Thrasher, Jimbo Fisher won’t be coaching the Seminoles vs. Louisiana-Monroe. Fisher had a massive contract with the Seminoles, but the Aggies were content to spend away on Fisher after also buying out the remainder of previous coach Kevin Sumlin’s contract. Fisher will reportedly get a raise in College Station with what’s been said to be a 10-year contract worth $75 million.

That’s a lot of money, yeah.

Holy smokes.



Texas A&M officials have approved a 10-year, $75 million contract for Jimbo Fisher, which is the richest deal in college football history in terms of total value, sources told my guy @Mark_Schlabach. — Marty Smith (@MartySmithESPN) December 1, 2017

And he’s going to get every single penny of it too.

Sources told ESPN that Texas A&M officials have approved a 10-year, $75 million fully guaranteed contract for Fisher, which is the richest deal in college football history in terms of total value.

For context:

I mean, imagine getting $20,548 a day for 10 years. And you could be bad at what you do and you'd still get it. — Ben Kercheval (@BenKercheval) December 2, 2017

And be comparison to when Bobby Bowden was hired nearly 50 years ago it’s an even starker comparison.

How times have changed: Jimbo Fisher leaves #FSU for reported $75 million deal at Texas A&M. The man who preceded him at FSU - Bobby Bowden -- was given a 3-year, $37,500 a year contract in his first season with the Noles in 1976.

https://t.co/v1dPvd44Mz via @_newspapers pic.twitter.com/ZDQ3joE3Sb — Sentinel Sports (@orlandosports) December 1, 2017

The news comes shortly after this happened:

#FSU coach Jimbo Fisher has put his Christmas tree outside his house to be picked up as garbage pic.twitter.com/N0pgrdL0bN — Wayne McGahee III (@WayneMcGaheeIII) December 1, 2017

In the meantime, Florida State’s 2018 recruiting class is losing players rapidly.

Don’t be surprised if FSU targets Oregon’s Willie Taggart as its top candidate.

Fisher is 83-23 in eight years as the Seminoles’ head coach.

That run includes a national championship in 2013 and three ACC championships along the way.

The former LSU offensive coordinator has made a bowl game every year of his FSU tenure, and Florida State will get bowl-eligible again if it beats UL-Monroe in a rescheduled game this weekend.

A fan was ejected from Fisher’s live call-in show Thursday after he tried to ask the coach about his loyalty to Florida State.

VIDEO: A Florida State fan gets kicked out of Jimbo Fisher’s radio call-in show after asking “where is the loyalty?” amid Texas A&M rumors. #Noles #Gigem pic.twitter.com/yYgfD7QWGY — Safid Deen (@Safid_Deen) November 30, 2017

Fisher said he was sorry that the man was removed.

Jimbo Fisher on Sirius XM about fan being removed at coaches show: “The man asked a question, he deserved an answer. I’m sorry we did that. I am loyal. We’re busting our tails 16 hours a day. No decision has been made. We’re busting our tails to make a bowl game” — Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) November 30, 2017

The 2017 season’s been a disaster, and Fisher bears ultimate responsibility for that.

But it’s nobody’s fault that FSU quarterback Deondre Francois was lost for the season late in a Week 1 loss to Alabama, when the Noles were the No. 3 team in the country. They had to start true freshman James Blackman in Francois’ absence, and it was on Fisher that FSU didn’t have the depth to better withstand his QB’s loss. 2017 debrief analysis by FSU writers tends to center on his stagnant coaching staff.

Regardless of 2017, Fisher’s still one of only four active head coaches with a national title.

Fisher’s name has come up in connection with other jobs plenty of times over the years.

He was regularly rumored as a candidate for the head job at LSU, which was a little odd but made some sense in the right light.

Fisher has enjoyed strong job security in Tallahassee despite not contending for the title the last few years.

He’s been working under a contract that pays him about $5.5 million per year and runs through the 2024 season. That deal includes a huge buyout, reportedly about $40 million on Dec. 1, 2017.

FSU is one of the best coaching destinations in the country.

There’s certainly a fair argument it’s the best one on the market right now.

So why would Fisher leave?

One explanation: