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Jimbo Fisher and Mark Stoops have gone head-to-head before. This time it’s real.

They’ve done this before.

Yeah, yeah, Jimbo Fisher and Mark Stoops have never gone head-to-head as head coaches. That changes Saturday night when Kentucky, coached by Stoops, and Texas A&M, coached by Fisher, play in College Station. Yes, Stoops called Fisher boss for three years (2010-12) when Jimbo was the head coach at Florida State. In fact, Stoops was Fisher’s first defensive coordinator.

That’s when the two first squared off. There was Fisher on one side of the practice field, directing the Seminoles’ offense. There was Stoops on the other side of the practice field, directing the Seminoles’ defense.