As Texas A&M fans are well aware, the Aggies’ schedule for September is not for the faint of heart. No other team will play the two most recent national champions in the first month of the season. Jimbo Fisher was asked about the “daunting task” of facing Alabama and Clemson within the first four weeks of the season. It’s safe to say his coach speak reflexes are as sharp as ever.

Fisher’s answer started out strong, pointing out it helps the team focus in offseason workouts.

“Well, I think it gets your attention, I’ll say that,” Fisher said. “It definitely makes your kids wonder. I think when you have those kind of games in the early parts of the season, I think it makes your summer that much better. I think it gets your attention. They understand the competition level and what you come to.”

Then he went into coach speak mode. It’s not about facing the Crimson Tide or the Tigers. It’s all about the Aggies, according to Fisher.

“But, you know, the great teams I’ve ever been a part of, as crazy as this sounds, you prepared for your opponent, but that wasn’t what it was about,” he added. “It was more about the culture in which you created from within yourself and the way you wanted your team to play, and I think that’s what we have to understand first and foremost.

“It’s great that we play those two teams, the top two ranked teams in the first four games of the year. I think great teams, it’s not that your opponent becomes faceless, it’s not that you disrespect them; it’s just that you understand how you want to prepare. I’m hoping that’s the way our kids go about it.

“It doesn’t matter, because when you play those two, it doesn’t matter, when you go play LSU, you go play Auburn, you go play Mississippi State, you go play Georgia, you go play Florida, you go play Ole Miss, you go play Arkansas, whoever you’re going to play in this league, it’s going to be that way, the venues and the competition level.

“Hopefully it’s about us getting ourselves ready to compete against everybody all year long.”

To be fair to Fisher, that’s par for the course at SEC Media Days. It looks like he’ll have no trouble fitting in with the rest of the conference coaches.