Photo: Prairie View A&M University Head Football Coach Henry Frazier III
STATE FARM LABOR DAY CLASSIC PRESS CONFERENCE
Coach Henry Frazier III Opening Remarks:
“Well we are here again... its football season. We are extremely excited about this upcoming season. We had a great training camp. We concluded camp relatively healthy. We’re excited about the opportunity to bring that trophy back to Prairie View. Last year was a very good football game and the year prior to that was a very good football game, and they both came down to the last drive.
This year I anticipate it will be more of the same. Looking at Texas Southern, I know they have a good football team. Looking at their depth chart, they start eighteen seniors. In this conference or any conference, you win championships with juniors and seniors.
As for the Prairie View A&M Panthers, we are ready to roll. On the offensive side of the ball Chris Gibson is our quarterback. He had a great spring practice and a great training camp. It’s no secret that we definitely needed to work on our passing game, and that’s something we worked on all summer. We plan on throwing the ball around a little bit more. I'm sure nobody believes us, but we are going to attempt to pass more frequently, and we are going to have some fun.
Last season our defense was number one in the conference, and twelfth in the nation. We return just about all of those starters and we’ve been having very physical practices, just to get in that mind-set. We should have a pretty good defense. We also tried to address our special team’s problems from last season by bringing in three kickers. When you lose five football games by seven points or less, you’re able to contribute a lot of that to your kicking game.”
Coach Henry Frazier III Opening Remarks:
“Well we are here again... its football season. We are extremely excited about this upcoming season. We had a great training camp. We concluded camp relatively healthy. We’re excited about the opportunity to bring that trophy back to Prairie View. Last year was a very good football game and the year prior to that was a very good football game, and they both came down to the last drive.
This year I anticipate it will be more of the same. Looking at Texas Southern, I know they have a good football team. Looking at their depth chart, they start eighteen seniors. In this conference or any conference, you win championships with juniors and seniors.
As for the Prairie View A&M Panthers, we are ready to roll. On the offensive side of the ball Chris Gibson is our quarterback. He had a great spring practice and a great training camp. It’s no secret that we definitely needed to work on our passing game, and that’s something we worked on all summer. We plan on throwing the ball around a little bit more. I'm sure nobody believes us, but we are going to attempt to pass more frequently, and we are going to have some fun.
Last season our defense was number one in the conference, and twelfth in the nation. We return just about all of those starters and we’ve been having very physical practices, just to get in that mind-set. We should have a pretty good defense. We also tried to address our special team’s problems from last season by bringing in three kickers. When you lose five football games by seven points or less, you’re able to contribute a lot of that to your kicking game.”
Coach Frazier Interview
On the season: “We are very excited about this year. Our goal is to have a winning season.”
On having another down to the wire game: “I hope not, but I think it’s going to be a good football game, we are excited about it. There’s a lot of parody in this conference. I think from top to bottom on any given Saturday any team could beat any team, but being a cross-town rival makes it a little sweeter. Hopefully we can try to put them away, but they have a veteran team, and they will fight back.”
On his relationship with TSU head coach: “We know each other well. We worked together my last year at Bowie State. He was my defensive coordinator, and we had the number one defense in the country, so we know each other pretty well. He had a lot of coaches on his staff that worked for me as well, so we are also familiar with each other.”
On the Labor Day Classic: “It’s not just a regular game, it is a conference game and it’s your rival in an amazing venue like Reliant Stadium, so it is a great way to start the season.”
On the rivalry: “There are so many people that have graduated from both universities. They really pump the game up, and these kids now have grown up and some of their parents or grandparents have.
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