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Texas A&M Football: 5 takeaways from Aggies’ 2018 season

By Shelbie Warr

JACKSONVILLE, FL - DECEMBER 31: Kellen Mond #11 of the Texas A&M Aggies reacts after rushing for a 62-yard touchdown on the second play of the game against the North Carolina State Wolfpack in the first half of the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl at TIAA Bank Field on December 31, 2018 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
JACKSONVILLE, FL - DECEMBER 31: Kellen Mond #11 of the Texas A&M Aggies reacts after rushing for a 62-yard touchdown on the second play of the game against the North Carolina State Wolfpack in the first half of the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl at TIAA Bank Field on December 31, 2018 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /
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Texas A&M football finished the season 9-4 and 5-3 in conference play under new head coach Jimbo Fisher. What did we learn from the 2018 season?

The Aggies were done with Kevin Sumlin, that much was certain. However, no one was sure who would take his spot — who would be willing to take the spot.

Of course, now we all know exactly who took that spot — Jimbo Fisher out of Florida State. Now in 2019, he has led Texas A&M to a 9-4 record including a two-point nail biting loss to now national champion Clemson.

Now the question is this. What did we learn about Texas A&M from this season of ups and downs? Let’s get right to answering that shall we?

5. This team, this program needed Jimbo Fisher

Yes, I’ve said this multiple times before and I mean it every single time. This is not to say that Kevin Sumlin couldn’t have figured stuff out eventually, though I’m honestly not sure he would have. However, this is not meant to be a Kevin Sumlin hate column so I am going to leave that there and move on to the point of this section: Jimbo Fisher.

Fisher is what this team needed. He is what the program needed and what the university as a whole needed. He has taught lessons that Sumlin never did, some we will visit later. He brought the beauty of reachable and exciting expectations to Texas A&M. He broke the November curse. He brought this team to a place that they weren’t expecting to be, bringing forth a change of culture and a huge increase in confidence.