The Texas A&M staff first learned of a report that head coach Kevin Sumlin will be fired—regardless of the outcome—following Saturday’s game at LSU after they came off the practice field Tuesday night. The Houston Chronicle’s report, citing multiple people with knowledge of the situation, had been online for more than an hour. One Aggies assistant coach told SI he found out about the report when he picked up his cellphone and saw that he had six messages, two from A&M recruits.
“It’s sh**ty for it to go down like this if what has been written (in the Chronicle’s report) is accurate,” the staffer said.