Texas A&M Football: Aggies will be dangerous in Jimbo Fisher’s first year

Texas A&M football enters the 2018 season overflowing with hope and pregnant with expectation. Can Jimbo Fisher deliver in his first season in College Station?

Haven’t you heard? There’s a new head coach in Aggieland. In what has become the most well-covered coaching transition in Texas A&M football history, Jimbo Fisher has assumed command in College Station. His charge: National Championships. Plural.

Before the Aggies hoist their national championship trophy since 1939 they’ll have to find a way to topple Nick Saban’s Alabama juggernaut and win the SEC West. Waiting for them in the SEC Championship game would presumably be Kirby Smart‘s Georgia squad. Survive that gauntlet and the opportunity for a College Football Playoff berth will be at hand. Hey, nobody said it was going to be easy.

Fisher brought immediate intensity to the recruiting front and has the Aggies’ within reach of the No. 1 recruiting class in the nation as the summer winds down. He already has the No. 1 tight end in the country committed and has his eyes on more elite recruits. The future is bright in Aggieland and could get brighter if the 2018 season goes well.

Here’s what Jimbo Fisher has to work with on both sides of the ball in 2018, starting with the offense: