<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0ajcv4_0vkcgj3100" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0ajcv4_0vkcgj3100" width="1080" height="810" ><figcaption>Photo: HBCU Sports</figcaption></figure><p>As the North Carolina Central football team hits the road for Indianapolis and the Circle City Classic against Norfolk State, the program is currently conducting a unique fundraiser that head coach Trei Oliver spoke of in a video shared by the Eagle athletic department on X, formerly known as Twitter.</p><p>“I wanted to take time out before we have practice to thank our supporters that donated to our $66-dollar campaign,” Oliver said in a video posted Wednesday evening, alluding to NCCU’s 66-24 romp over bitter rival North Carolina A&amp;T in the annual Aggie-Eagle Classic last Saturday.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The Double Your Impact campaign is still going!</p><p>Please share the post and remember to donate here:<a href="https://t.co/XkmonJHVMz" target="_blank">https://t.co/XkmonJHVMz</a>… <a href="https://t.co/QyWLpuNRwU" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/QyWLpuNRwU</a></p><p>— NCCU Athletics (@NCCUAthletics) <a href="https://twitter.com/NCCUAthletics/status/1839056928271729045?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">September 25, 2024</a></p><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote><p>Oliver went on to say that he would match the first $5,000 dollars donated, joking that “my wife still doesn’t know, so hopefully she doesn’t find out.”</p><p>Central begins MEAC play in the 40th Circle City Classic against Norfolk State on Saturday, Sept. 28, at 3 p.m. The Eagles have been picked to win the conference, while Norfolk State (2-3 in 2024) was selected fifth in the MEAC’s preseason polls.</p></div></body>

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Trei Oliver uses fundraiser to take one more jab at North Carolina A&T football team

As the North Carolina Central football team hits the road for Indianapolis and the Circle City Classic against Norfolk State, the program is currently conducting a unique fundraiser that head coach Trei Oliver spoke of in a video shared by the Eagle athletic department on X, formerly known as Twitter.