The Safeway Bowl is starting to see consistency again. It’s something every rivalry seems to have, but is the matchup between North Texas and SMU actually a rivalry?
Saturday, SMU will travel to Denton for the second time in 10 years to play UNT at Apogee Stadium. It’s not a long journey-- only about 40 miles—but before 2014, the Mustangs’ last trip north was 2006.
The location might be the only thing the two programs have in common, being in different conferences and having contrasting histories. But the proximity of campuses-- one being in the heart of Dallas and the other on the outskirts of the Metroplex-- might be all that’s needed to make the UNT-SMU matchup a rivalry.