Monday, October 7, 2013

Florida A&M Rattlers start looking to the future

Holmes says younger players will get their chance

BALTIMORE, Maryland — After spending the last five weeks trying to find a solution to what ails his FAMU football team, first-year head coach Earl Holmes is leaning toward giving young players a shot at trying to help the Rattlers stop their losing skid.

While falling for the fourth consecutive time Saturday, FAMU showed a lot of the same problems that plagued the team since the second game of the season. They missed tackles, dropped balls and quarterback Damien Fleming was intercepted three times.

No position will be safe, Holmes said, frustration ringing in his voice following the Rattlers’ loss in front of a homecoming crowd at Hughes Stadium.

“Of course not,” he said.

“We have to go with some young guys,” Holmes said. “If you look at what we are doing (wrong), the same names keep showing up. The writing is on the wall.



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