COLLEGE STATION -- In the moments leading up to kickoff, Texas A&M senior running back Keith Ford tries his best to stay calm.
Occasionally, he gnaws on his fingernails as the nerves start to build and his anxiousness surfaces. But when the game begins, that feeling morphs into an aggressiveness that helped him become one of the Aggies' top running backs.
Ford's physicality will be useful when A&M (4-1, 2-0 SEC) faces No. 1 Alabama (5-0, 2-0) at 6:20 p.m. Saturday at Kyle Field. Ever since he was a kid, Ford was always a little restless, a trait that could come in handy this weekend against the top-ranked Crimson Tide.