Lawmaker calls for FAMU head coach's firing

ORLANDO, Florida -- State Rep. Ramon Alexander, a Florida A&M University graduate, wasn't a happy fan Saturday. 

Alexander went to Twitter following FAMU's 29-24 loss to Bethune-Cookman to call for head coach Alex Wood’s immediate firing.

Wood's contract is up next month.

“It is extremely rare that I will make this type of public comment...,” Alexander wrote after the game.

“Coach Alex Wood MUST be fired immediately for the fake punt call in the 4th Quarter of the Florida Classic....and I mean immediately.”

The Rattlers blew a 14-point fourth-quarter lead in the game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando.

At one point in the fourth quarter, ahead 24-17, the Rattlers tried a fake punt, which was stuffed.

Bethune-Cookman scored a touchdown on the next possession, though FAMU held on to its lead.

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