Penalties continue to hurt FAMU's momentum

TALLAHASSEE, Florida  -- There is a segment of daily practice for the FAMU football team that offensive coordinator Quinn Gray wishes he didn’t have to go through. But at the rate that the Rattlers have been committing penalties, there is no escaping it.

Up until this week, FAMU was tied for being the most penalized team in the MEAC. Going into this week’s game at Norfolk State, the Rattlers are the fifth in penalties in the league.

“We practice them, not to get penalties, but they are part of the game,” Gray said. “We have to practice every situation and that’s one of them where we do find time to put that in practice.”

Penalties have killed drives that started with plenty of promise for the offense in almost every game. They haven’t been whistled as many times as they were in the opening games of the season when they had 15 for 160 yards, but they’ve had plenty.

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