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STATION COLLEGE – Texas A & M coach Jimbo Fisher did not take a step back from linebacker Tyrel Dodson's mask in the Aggies' win over Arkansas on Saturday in Arlington.
"I told him," I can not lose you, you're our team leader, you're our team captain, you're our main striker, "Fisher said at his weekly press conference on Monday. .
"I was trying to get his attention. I did not try to reprimand him. If you watch the movie when I did it, I pushed it, I hit it directly on the head and I said, "We can not get you out of there. Here, my friend. We must keep you in this game. And I turned around and left.
Earlier Monday, Dodson said that the attack that had attracted national attention was not a big deal – just as he had posted it on Twitter shortly after the match.
Tyrel Dodson on Jimbo Fisher grabs his mask: pic.twitter.com/ZZmthxzkvk
– Brent Zwerneman (@BrentZwerneman) October 1, 2018
"I just wanted everyone to know that Coach Fisher was there for me at that time – that he had my back – he was telling me to stay focused and he needed me," he said. said Dodson. "I totally understood it."
Dodson said that he had grown up with his mother who regularly grabbed his mask to get his attention. Cameras caught Fisher grabbing Dodson's face mask after a tiny fight between the teams at the end of the third quarter.
Jimbo Fisher, of Texas A & M, reacted to Tyrel Dodson's facial mask reaction in Saturday's game against Arkansas: pic.twitter.com/BhIWkTkbV4
– Brent Zwerneman (@BrentZwerneman) October 1, 2018
Some football veterans like TV analyst Marcus Spears, who played at the LSU at the same time as Fisher was there as offensive coordinator in the early 2000s, have come out against Twitter, claiming via Twitter:No need to do it! I do not approve of this, even though I have a lot of respect for the man and the coach !! It's wrong!"
Fisher reacted Monday to criticism of anyone: "I do not read all that. Listen, that's their opinion and there is nothing wrong with that. I respect that totally.
Jimbo Fisher from Texas A & M about former players like @ mspears96 and others saying that a coach should not get his hands on an angry player: pic.twitter.com/WLtZpXmOTr
– Brent Zwerneman (@BrentZwerneman) October 1, 2018
The Aggies are hosting No. 13 Kentucky on Saturday night and, in other news, receiver Jhamon Ausbon is indefinitely absent after being operated on last weekend.
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