FAMU Rattlers test out new scheme

TALLAHASSEE, Florida  --  From the tone of offensive coordinator Quinn Gray’s voice, this wasn’t an ordinary test run Saturday morning on the FAMU football practice field.

“It isn’t good enough,” Gray shouted to the players on offense after a whistle was blown on two consecutive plays. “You’ve got to do better.”

The Rattlers spent most of the hour they were on the field — wearing helmets and pads – trying to get the hang of the new offensive scheme Gray is introducing. They managed to get in 40 plays before lightning halted the morning workout.

Even with the weather interruption, head coach Earl Holmes said he saw enough to begin getting a feel for who will make his first depth chart. Every player, except starting quarterback Damien Fleming, is being given an opportunity to compete for a position, he said.

“We are looking for who is going to line up and play; alignment, assignment and execution,” Holmes said. “That’s all we are looking...

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