GREENSBORO, N.C. — Redshirt freshman quarterback Austin Trainor will start today for the Florida A&M football team against North Carolina A&T. FAMU coach Joe Taylor said late Friday night that Trainor, a North Florida Christian graduate, is getting the start while Martin Ukpai works through personal issues. Taylor denied rumors that Ukpai had withdrawn from a class and became ineligible to finish the season.
FAMU expects tough game from NC A&T
Even with North Carolina A&T having a 1-8 record, Florida A&M coach Joe Taylor wasn't just spewing out some quotable lines for the media during his weekly news conference when he tried to explain how dangerous the Aggies are. "I know what type of guy he is," Taylor said, referring to Aggies coach Alonzo Lee. "He is not a quitter and his team won't quit."
FAMU players don't forget their roots
One of the first calls that Oye Ojo received soon after he sustained a broken foot in his first college football game came from his high school coach Jarrod Hickman. The conversation wasn't long but Hickman said enough to lift the spirits of his disappointed protege.
"I was listening because I knew he knows what he is talking about," said Ojo, a redshirt sophomore safety on the Florida A&M football team. "The first time that I was injured (in high school) he was there for me so I knew he would give me good advice."
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