METAIRIE, La. — After Wednesday’s late afternoon practice inside the New Orleans Saints training facility, East Carolina head football coach Ruffin McNeill reiterated his firm stance on player behavior in the days leading up to Saturday’s New Orleans Bowl.

In short, it is a zero tolerance plan, which means a majority of the city’s traditional tourist activities are not available to players who visited the city just a few weeks ago when they played Tulane but had precious little free time.

With the better part of week to spend in the Crescent City this time, however, Pirate players can still get some of the best flavors in town.

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