TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- The fans got the message as they showed up in numbers not seen since a win at home against Bethune Cookman in 2012. The 2,577 fans watching the game is almost twice the number in attendance for any other home game this season. Rumors are that the Rattlers are back. Some still wishing for the unlikely return of former head coach Mike Gillespie, or a Gillespie look alike, were hoping to see a revitalized Rattler program. What they saw instead was a senior laden Rattler team that was outgunned by a freshman dominant Howard team. FAMU was not alone in what will be considered a night of upsets. On this night the “lowly” Bethune Cookman, who had lost 17 games in a row, in a mild upset beat the other conference cellar dweller Maryland Eastern Shore 69-63. Not to be outdone, a struggling South Carolina State University Bulldog team defeated Norfork State in stunning fashion 73-61; and the woeful North Carolina A&T after getting pummeled by Norfolk last week defeated the previously undefeated Morgan State in overtime 68-67. Perhaps not as much an upset, Hampton with two conference losses handed the previously undefeated Savannah State its first conference loss of the season 80-71. The only MEAC team to win a game when they were supposed to on this night was North Carolina Central, who defeated Coppin State 87-63.
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