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The final installment (maybe) of the 'Safeway Bowl' rivalry that never was
SMU Mustangs' impending ascension to the Atlantic Coast Conference spells end of their lopsided rivalry with North Texas Mean Green, a series they lead 35–6–1.
College football fans don't often refer to the North Texas-SMU rivalry game by its proper name: the "Safeway Bowl." Who even shops at Safeway supermarkets anymore? There aren't any in Texas.
The rivalry's government name spawned from a 1994 quote by North Texas head coach Matt Simon during a pause in the series.
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