COLLEGE STATION -- Jimbo Fisher's metaphor for life in the SEC West is a vivid one that involves dismemberment.
"If you get caught up on one person, there's about three more that will tear both legs and an arm off," the first-year Texas A&M coach said earlier this week. "You can't get into that."
There's just one problem. In this case, the "one person" is Alabama, a program that doesn't rip off limbs -- it swallows prey whole.
Starting on Saturday, when the No. 22 Aggies (2-1) face No. 1 Alabama on the road, Fisher will get a close look at the daunting challenge.