Large crowd shows for Fan Day - FAMU fans upbeat about season

TALLAHASSEE, Florida - FAMU’s football fans didn’t come out to the Lawson Center on Saturday afternoon just to get autographs, collect posters and the miniature footballs that were given away.

They were seriously into their team, expressing optimism that if the Rattlers get through a tough September, they should finish well. Some even went as far as to take objection to the fourth-place finish predicted for their team.

“I’m pretty sure this is going to be our year,” James Alison said. “I don’t care what they were picked. I’m talking about something I know. They are going to be No. 1. I know the talent is here.”

Alison arrived in a motorized chair. He would have been a player for Jake Gaither, he said, if the legendary coach didn’t think he was too small when he tried out during the 1950s.

His loyalty as a fan goes that far back. And even with back issues that left him relying on a powered chair to get around, he said he couldn’t miss getting his meeting with the players on Fan Day.

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