FAMU football team looking past distractions

Tallahassee, Florida -- As Tuesday's practice wrapped up for the Florida A&M football team and the players headed into Galimore Fieldhouse, throngs of students began flocking to the Lawson Center nearby for a homecoming event.

Traffic on Wahnish Way outside Lawson Center was beginning to jam up — and it wasn't even midweek yet. By the time the Rattlers meet Howard on Saturday afternoon, lots of shows and concerts will have taken place. A lot of it will be on campus, within an eye shot of the players.

They insisted they won't be distracted, though. FAMU football coach Joe Taylor said they shouldn't be. He turned to a weekly itinerary that the players have had from day one and have abided by up to now. Homecoming and its trappings isn't the time to change.

"If you're not going to be a champion every day, you're not going to be a champion on game day," Taylor said. "To me it's a process and making sure you do the process."



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