Jimbo Fisher is signed through the next decade. The entirety of his contract is guaranteed. There isn’t any pressure on Florida State’s coach to make it to the College Football Playoff this season.
The only thing that froze over in Tallahassee this winter was Fisher’s seat. Let’s get that out of the way first.
Yet pressure is not interchangeable with expectations. There are expectations for this Florida State team, and chief among them, as of March 14, is they should be among the final four in 2017.
The notion that any season that doesn’t end with a playoff berth is a disappointment is something no coach abhors more than Fisher, because few know better than him how a championship season often teeters on luck.