East Carolina football fans will be treated to some of the usual Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium fanfare during this Saturday's conference title game, but they will have to endure a few Houston-related spectacles as well. As part of Conference USA's effort to maintain a neutral feel for its championship game, ECU officials have been asked to make some adjustments to their usual strategies for revving up the fans.

Greenville, ECU roll out the purple-and-gold carpet

East Carolina football fans will be treated to some of the usual Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium fanfare during this Saturday’s conference title game, but they will have to endure a few Houston-related spectacles as well. As part of Conference USA’s effort to maintain a neutral feel for its championship game, ECU officials have been asked to make some adjustments to their usual strategies for revving up the fans.


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