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Thursday on 2 Pros and a Cup of Joe, Jimbo Fisher gives a strong rebuttal to reports that NIL deals helped Texas A&M attain the number 1 signing class this year, but Jonas Knox, Brady Quinn and LaVar Arrington explain why the report was correct and Jimbo Fisher doesn't need to be upset about it.
Jonas Knox: "Sliced Bread or not, what is Jimbo Fisher so pissed off about? I don't get it."
Brady Quinn: "I think he's upset because he feels like they worked really hard to be the number 1 class. It's the first time they've been able to accomplish this and he doesn't want it to seem like 5-star and 4-star players are all coming to Texas A&M or College Station because the money. He wants it to be about The 12th Man. He wants it to be about the tradition and his coaching staff. He doesn't want to admit that maybe it's just about the money."
LaVar Arrington: "Do you buy it?"
Brady Quinn: "No I don't buy it! The truth is Sliced Bread, Home Slice, whoever the hell he says the guy's name was, he's not wrong. It's a gigantic fund that they've literally been able to diagnose how they go about doing it... The reality is, it's above board. You don't have to be ashamed of it."
LaVar Arrington: "You're not going to get that many top recruits without having some really really good bait on the end of your hook."