NCCU Eagles plan to focus on Hampton, not cameras

Hampton U. @ North Carolina Central

Thursday, Oct. 18

Time: 7:30 pm ET

Durham, N.C., O'Kelly-Riddick Stadium

TV: ESPNU

 

DURHAM, North Carolina — There are to be no extra compression sleeves, skull caps or anything else that isn’t normally worn when an N.C. Central football game is not on national television, Eagles coach Henry Frazier III said.

The music at O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium won’t be any louder, either, Frazier said.

“We’re going to stay in character,” Frazier said. “When we stay in character in terms of working hard, respecting our teammates, then I expect us to go out and perform the way we’ve been performing.”

NCCU will be looking to hold onto a share of first place in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tonight when it hosts Hampton (7:30 p.m., ESPNU).

The Hampton game is the last of three in 12 days for NCCU (4-2, 3-0 MEAC).

Frazier believes his team physically is strong enough to hold up during that stretch, and he said the task of making sure the Eagles don’t get blinded by the bright lights of national TV exposure falls on the coaching staff.

 

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