ATLANTA -- By the time Erik McCoy woke up on Monday morning, seeing an unusually early time on the clock was something he was used to.
The Texas A&M junior center shuffled out of bed at 4:30 a.m. in College Station, went to workouts an hour later and then skipped out a little early so he and a few teammates could make it to SEC media days by noon in downtown Atlanta.
When McCoy and the Aggies stepped in front of the microphones, a new and improved sense of toughness in coach Jimbo Fisher's first year was a point of emphasis.