Central Arkansas to Open 2009 Season
According to David McCollum of the Log Cabin Democrat:
UPDATE: The Advertiser has a quote from Greg McMackin.
After several weeks of negotiation, UCA has signed a contract to play the University of Hawaii at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu on Friday, Sept. 4, 2009. The time will be announced, but Brad Teague, UCA athletic director, expects it to be about 6 p.m. Hawaii time, which will be about 11 p.m. (CDT).Via 4uhfan on WSN.
Hawaii, a Western Athletic Conference team that played Georgia in last year's Sugar Bowl, will pay the travel expenses for the UCA team and furnish at $125,000 paycheck for UCA to play the game.
UPDATE: The Advertiser has a quote from Greg McMackin.
"I'm happy to be playing our first game next year at home," UH coach Greg McMackin said. "I know Jim (Donovan, UH's athletic director) called a lot of teams, and Central Arkansas stepped up to the plate. They're going to be a good team to open with. I have a lot of respect for their program."
posted by Tombo Ahi @ 7/22/2008 10:35:00 AM HST permalink
2 Comments:
At Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 1:09:00 PM HST,
Anonymous said…
From that same article, are we still in the WAC or did we move up? Lol. At least they think highly of UH--we better play well!
"That said, it's going to be a great challenge with all the travel logistics and then playing a team from a BCS conference that has played in the Sugar Bowl. It's the type of game you'd like to end the season with, but that couldn't be worked out. So it is what it is to open the season and we're excited about it."
At Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 4:22:00 PM HST,
Tombo Ahi said…
it's easy to get confused i guess. too bad fresno's gonna ruin the WAC streak!
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