Spring Game: Florida A&M QB battle is on‎

Today's Orange and Green football game means one thing to the three Florida A&M quarterbacks who are competing for the starting job: showtime. Nothing that Eddie Battle, Martin Ukpai and Austin Trainor have done since spring practice began two weeks ago will mean as much as what they deliver in Bragg Stadium. It will be as close as they'll get to a real game situation before the season begins in September.

r-Senior QB Eddie Battle #8 has the experience and patience to be the Rattlers leader for 2010. Come out and see for yourself at the ORANGE AND GREEN SPRING GAME, Today: 5 p.m., at Bragg Memorial Stadium.

"It's going to weigh heavily and we're going to really grade this one," FAMU coach Joe Taylor said. "We should do better. It's one thing to play, but it's another thing to know the game and the more we can put them in a game-like siPublish Posttuation it gets them ready for the game." Each of the quarterbacks has very distinct styles that they have to make work in Taylor's spread offense. Battle and Trainor have a penchant for the pocket, whereas Ukpai has shown an ability to run if he has to. Of the three, Ukpai is more a situation-type player who strives on moving the offense with his arm as much has he does with his feet.

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