The Florida A&M Rattlers, Making Waves in Sports —
In 1979, they had their crowning achievement when they defeated the Miami Hurricanes. This was the leading edge of a coaching era that would run for 25 years. During this run, there were 35 players that went on to have a career in the NFL as well as several players that made their way into the College Football Hall of Fame. This was looked at as being one of the golden eras of the team and a period that allowed them to have their best success.
The football team is one of the best in their conference and has taken a lot of measures in the past few seasons to better their overall season outcome. While this season is a little less than stellar, there are many that feel that after a start of 1-2 the Rattlers have settled down and are finding their groove. Many are seeing the rest of the year to be a great experience and as a result, they see that this will lead the Rattlers to having a better finish than their season last year when they went 7-3 and one of those loses last season was to the mighty Hurricanes of the University of Miami. With them not on the schedule this season, there is a lot of hope that this will be the year of the Rattlers.
There is more to the success of Florida A&M than just football, there is also the women’s Volleyball team, having one of their best seasons in a long time the Lady Rattlers have taken on all of their opponents and shown why they are on their way to a championship in volleyball. The first games of the season have shown that the Lady Rattlers are settled down from the less than great season from last year and are not focused on taking the needed steps to put them back on the top of the mountain in the world of volleyball.
Soccer is another sport that is taken all too seriously when talking about the Rattlers. With the season about to come to a close, the soccer team will need to push hard to have a strong finish and take the needed steps to ensure them a place in the post season. There are a lot of tough games that are ahead of them and this will impact their performance with the new coach in place as well as a couple of transfers the Rattlers soccer team looks poised to take on the world and overcome all of the negative press that has been thrown at them in recent years.
The Men’s Basketball team has had a decent amount of luck in the last several years. In the last ten years, they have made their way into the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. While they have not had a long stay here, there have been a lot of people that have given them the credit for at least making it this far in the series. Looking at the basketball team this season, there are a lot of people that say that this could lead to a repeat return to the post season if the team does as well as it is expected to do. There are a number of walk on freshman that have shown a lot of potential in preseason pools that look to be the answer that the Rattlers have been looking for in this department.
Regardless of the sport that you are a fan of, there are a number of excellent reasons why this would be the best time to become a fan of the Florida A&M Rattlers. There has never been a better time to look at all of the many achievements that the team has had in the recent few years. The school as a whole is going through a change and this will lead to there being a lot more successful seasons to enjoy in the years to follow.