DESTIN, Fla. -- By the time the maroon carpet was rolled out, the band was assembled and Jimbo Fisher arrived in Aggieland, Texas A&M athletic director Scott Woodward was exhausted.
In early December, Woodward had officially reeled in a football coach many thought was unattainable. On the flight from Tallahassee to College Station, with Fisher officially headed from Florida State to A&M, Woodward was spent.
"It was one of those things where you want to be excited about everything, but it was one of those things where I was too tired to celebrate," Woodward said.
It was easily Woodward's biggest known accomplishment since he was hired in 2016 by A&M, a school that has run through three athletic directors since playing its first SEC football game in 2012.