Saturday, August 6, 2011

Frazier challenges NCCU Eagles to push themselves

Durham, N.C. - No whistle around his neck. Instead, N.C. Central football coach Henry Frazier III strutted to the field with a bullhorn. "It counts now," Frazier said Wednesday evening before NCCU's first practice.

The coach was savoring the Eagles having officially rejoined the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and being eligible to compete for the conference title, eligible to go after an NCAA Football Championship Subdivision crown. The Eagles will get there with trust and effort, Frazier said. That means players both buying what coaches are selling and busting their tails on the field, Frazier said.

"Players play and coaches coach," said Frazier, entering his first season at NCCU after turning a not-so-good Prairie View A&M squad into Southwestern Athletic Conference champions.



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