FAMU's Holmes looks for quick start

Rattlers coach says wins over early non-conference foes key to playoffs

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida — The Sept. 21 matchup against Ohio State aside, coach Earl Holmes would like his FAMU football team to win its first four games – all against non-conference opponents.

Holmes’ reasoning is simple. Non-conference victories would carry a lot of weight in FAMU’s case for a postseason berth if the Rattlers would make an impressive run in conference play.

Especially if they do so and don’t finish as champions of MEAC.

“I’d rather have my hand in two boxes than just one so you try to win every game you can,” Holmes said Saturday at the Bonaventure Resort and Spa, where the FAMU National Alumni Association held its annual conference.

“If you win the (MEAC); yes, you’re in. But if you fall short; maybe a tied game or something like that but you win all those non-conference games it helps. So it’s best to concentrate on winning every game.”



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