TAMU gave Jimbo a national title trophy that doesn’t exactly exist

Sure, Aggies.

Well hello there. It’s February, and you probably thought the days of claiming national championships — a la our beloved UCF Knights — were over. Well folks, Texas A&M’s chancellor, John Sharp, just presented Aggie head coach Jimbo Fisher with an “NCAA Division I Football National Championship” trophy. The date is blank, reading simply “20--” for the year:

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So, figuratively speaking, Jimbo’s got a whole 82 years to get that championship in! It was presented to Fisher after Texas A&M-Commerce’s Colby Carthel got a similar award from the A&M system recognizing Commerce’s 2017 DII title.

But, there are a few important things happening here.

1. This “NCAA Division I Football National Championship” trophy doesn’t exist on the FBS level. In fact, this is technically an FCS — the actual Division I — national title trophy.

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2. This isn’t the first time Texas A&M has claimed a national title. Like UCF did in 2017, Texas A&M claimed one in both 1919 and 1927!

3. This is hardly the first dubious claim the Aggies have had this week — on Monday, TAMU used this poster to illustrate how many great defensive backs Fisher has “coached.”

Let’s just say former FSU DB Jalen Ramsey called the B.S. here perfectly.

From making February 26th a national holiday like Alabama did to what the Knights did last season, declaring things seems to be college football’s hottest new trend! Let’s hope someone tells Fisher about the one tiny wording detail that makes this trophy not the same one he’d get if the Aggies were to win an actual national title.