Old Dominion and East Carolina have signed a six-game, home-and-home football series that will continue a rivalry that has produced close, well-played games and will provide easy access for fans of both programs to see their teams on the road.
Located 2 ½-hours from Norfolk, ECU is the closest Football Bowl Subdivision school to ODU.
Reducing spending has become more of a priority for college athletics since the coronavirus pandemic began and this series allows both schools to trim travel costs significantly.
Fans traveled well in the first three games of the series, including 2013 when ODU took 22 busloads of Monarch faithful to ECU for its first game there, and first game against an FBS opponent.