Watch: Fisher's Final Press Conference Prior to Spring Game

Jimbo Fisher held his final press conference prior to this weekend's Maroon & White Game on Thursday, taking questions from the media at Kyle Field. Full video and select quotes are below.

The Maroon & White Game, presented by St. Joseph Health, kicks at 1 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free and gates open at 12 p.m. For more information visit 12thman.com/springgame.

What do you expect to see from the quarterback group in this weekend’s Maroon & White Game … 

Manage the game, run the show, like they have been all spring. Manage the situations, understand it, play good football. At the same time, take care of the football, be smart and aggressive on how they play. They need to control the tempo of the game and the momentum of the game, don’t let it overwhelm them. Which, I’d be shocked if they do because they have all done a really good job of that, I’ve been really pleased with their performances. It isn’t perfect, we have a long way to go, but they have done a really good job, in my opinion, of handling the situations, and some tough situations we put them in spring practice. 

On if the pass rush game will be even better next year than last season … 

We hope so, and that’s a big emphasis we have put on this spring. We have to be able to pressure the passer and in pass-rush-down you have you be able to get there, you have to affect the passer. There’s not always just sacks, but can they affect him, hit him, make him move off the spot, make him reset his feet, make him relocate. That’s a big objective we have tried to get out of the spring and hopefully it will carry over to the fall. 

On Ainias Smith as a leader on the team … 

That’s the big challenge, when you become the face of the leadership. Not just a leader, but one of the leaders, and I think he is growing in that regard. On the field, he’s getting better and better in learning his routes and understanding getting the ball. We didn’t give him as much running back in this spring, we gave him some, not a ton. But that’s out of design. We’ll mix it back in in the fall, we’ll keep doing both. He’s learning to grow. When you become one of the leaders, it’s different than being a leader. That’s a different burden. It’s a different thing to carry. And he’s learning how to do that.