What Southern Miss president Martha Saunders referred to as the worst-kept secret in the state became official Thursday when Mississippi State and Southern Miss announced a two-game, two-year, home-and-home football series with games in Starkville in 2014 and Hattiesburg in 2015.

It’s almost anticlimactic to have to wait another 5 years for this after all the rumors and discussion lately, but that was as soon as the two teams’ schedules allowed according to  the schools’ respective athletic directors.

Details here.