FAMU selected to win SWAC East after rap video On Tuesday, coach Willie Simmons and the Florida A&M Rattlers had something to talk about other than the locker room rap video that made headlines, when they were selected to win the SWAC East Division at the league’s media day in Birmingham, Alabama.

FAMU lifts football pause amid rap video probe Florida A&M athletic director Tiffani-Dawn Sykes said the football team will be allowed to resume using its facilities while the university investigates the unauthorized filming of a rap video, featuring some Rattlers players, in the team’s locker room.

FAMU halts football activities in wake of rap video Florida A&M football coach Willie Simmons announced the suspension of all team activities Friday night, hours after the release of an unauthorized rap video that was filmed in the team’s locker room.