Arkansas State and Louisiana Tech will rekindle their long-dormant rivalry at 8 p.m. Saturday at the New Orleans Bowl.
Could there be future meetings after this season?
Neither school's athletic director was at Thursday's news conference at the Superdome to discuss the possibility, but both coaches said they would back such a series.
"I think it'd be great," ASU Coach Blake Anderson said. "The conversations come up, just not the opportunity, just because everybody's schedules seem somewhat filled. But I think it would be a great rivalry. Geographically, it fits everybody. We've got the same recruiting footprint.