Jimbo Fisher is a character. Mark Stoops’ old boss is a National Championship-winning head coach that does not pull punches. During his trip to Hoover for SEC Media Days he was overshadowed by conference realignment talk from one of his school’s old rivals, but still found a way to sound like the coachiest football coach that’s ever coached.
A favorite phrase among coaches is, “The standard is the standard.” What exactly does that mean? Great question. During his 30-minute conversation with the media, Jimbo said “standard” 26 times. One answer in particular invoked his favorite cliche, eventually leading him to say this:
“How you do that is that Kent State is Alabama.