First time meeting for Eastern, Central Arkansas

One thing that likely will not startle Central Arkansas when they first see the red Sprinturf at Roos Field for the first time will be its color.

The Bears have their own wild-looking turf at Estes Stadium in Conway, Ark. where they dispatched Illinois State, 31-24, Nov. 26 in a first-round Football Championship Subdivision playoff.

Playing on what is nicknamed, “The Stripes,” — alternating 5-yard swatches of purple and white — the 14th-ranked Bears, down 17-7, scored 24 fourth quarter points to rally past the Redbirds and earn a quarterfinal matchup with the No. 3 Eagles on the Inferno this S...

 

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