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The “Rivalry In Dixie” resumes this week.
The long-running football series between Southern Miss and Louisiana Tech, which began in 1935, has grown more heated since the Bulldogs joined Conference USA in 2013. Each team has won two games since then, with the Golden Eagles winning in 2015 and 2016.
“It’s another game but, yeah, it’s a game we’ve always got circled on the schedule,” Southern Miss senior running back Ito Smith said. “We’ve got to get this one.”
Fifth-year senior Draper Riley, a Louisiana native, said the intensification of the series year over year has been palpable since he arrived in Hattiesburg.