The thing that would have been tough about being an A&M fan watching the Clemson game is that Jimbo never even tried to win that game; all he tried to do was keep Clemson from blowing A&M's doors off by chewing clock and taking short yardage plays down the field.
I know Texas lost this past weekend, but contrast the approach in play styles: Herman going for it on fourth down in the red zone twice, instead of settling for field goals. Calling the timeout before half to try and get some points before heading into the locker room. Unfortunately, on Saturday each of those decisions went LSU's way and not Texas'. But if a single one of them goes Texas' way, Texas probably beats LSU. That's why Herman is a great big game coach--he's an extremely aggressive situational coach in big games.
Jimbo never even tried to put his team in a position to pull off an upset like that--even after they controlled the ball almost the entire first quarter.