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FSU Football: Jimbo Fisher ranked worst coach in 2017 by website

By Jason Parker

GAINESVILLE, FL - NOVEMBER 25: Head coach Jimbo Fisher of the Florida State Seminoles reacts during the game against the Florida Gators at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on November 25, 2017 in Gainesville, Florida. (Photo by Rob Foldy/Getty Images)
GAINESVILLE, FL - NOVEMBER 25: Head coach Jimbo Fisher of the Florida State Seminoles reacts during the game against the Florida Gators at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on November 25, 2017 in Gainesville, Florida. (Photo by Rob Foldy/Getty Images) /
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FSU football had a season to forget last year – and the man who “led” them got a dubious honor by one college football website.

For just over seven and a half months, FSU football fans have to wait until the 2018 season kicks off when the Seminoles host Virginia Tech. It will be a great day because it will be the start of the Willie Taggart era as head coach and the time when we can officially bury any talk about what took place during the 2017 season.

It was truly a year that those around the Seminoles wouldn’t mind never being brought up again – a season that started with a loss on the field and to their starting quarterback, close losses and embarrassing defeats and having to reschedule a football game just to become bowl eligible and keep a couple streaks alive.

It was also the final season as head coach of FSU football for Jimbo Fisher (well, most of a season since he reportedly stopped recruiting and fulfilling his duties long before bailing) before he resigned ahead of the season finale against Louisiana Monroe. Since he missed out on the final two wins, Fisher is credited with a 5-6 season with a team that could have gone to the CFB playoff.

For all his good work before somehow getting Texas A&M to overpay him for the next decade, Fisher did get one award for the 2017 campaign – being ranked the worst FBS coach last season by College Football News because of how little he did with as much as he had.

"It was an inexcusable season from one of the nation’s most talented teams and a national championship-caliber head coach. Losing a starting quarterback in the opening game was an obvious issue, but Florida State was too good to be 7-6."

Fisher finished dead last at 130th – behind coaches from Baylor, Oregon State and Kansas that went a combined 3-33 last season. But remember, folks – the problem was the facilities and that he couldn’t get along with the higher ups in the administration, right?

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There isn’t a question that Jimbo Fisher was a good coach during his time with FSU football – but it has become evident that the success of the 2012-14 seasons – a national title, three ACC crowns, Heisman Trophy and other awards with a 39-3 record – had more to do with the caliber of players over that span as opposed to the “leader” on the sideline.

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