UCA Bears Rewarded With Trip To Hawaii

Central Arkansas is playing a bowl game in September. Sort of.

Actually, the Bears are opening the season Sept. 5 in Hawaii, but they’re looking at it as like a postseason reward. Because the Bears are still ineligible for post-season play due to their transition to Division-I, the coaches are looking at this game as sort of a regular-season bowl game.

Coach Clint Conque also views this game as a bonus for the large senior class that has not been able to play in the postseason during their time in Conway

“This is a reward for our players, particularly our seniors, for taking us through this transition,” Conque said.

Conque, like many coaches before him, is a little worried that his team will lose focus while in the islands. Not to mention more than 3,500 miles separate Honolulu and Conway.