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Texas A&M football coach Jimbo Fisher defends Aggies' recruiting, rips 'complete lies'

Jimbo Fisher doubled down on his defense of Texas A&M recruiting in an interview with a San Antonio, Texas TV station, saying just one of the 11 early enrollees in the Aggies' No. 1 recruiting class has an NIL deal.

Fisher fumed last week when Alabama coach Nick Saban spoke to an Alabama business group saying, "A&M bought every player on their team -- made a deal for name, image, likeness. We didn't buy one player, all right?"

The Aggies' coach responded by calling a press conference on Thursday morning and ripping Saban, saying "We never bought anybody" and calling Saban "despicable" and saying "Some people think they're God.