UH, Rice talking about adding two more years to football...

Rice and the University of Houston are in talks to add two more years to the Bayou Bucket football series.

The schools are in the process of adding home-and-home games in 2024 and 2025 to the five games previously announced.

"Our intention is to carry this thing forward indefinitely," Rice athletic director Joe Karlgaard said Thursday.

The two rivals – separated by less than five miles – play Saturday at Rice Stadium. After a break, the series will resume in 2020 and alternate on-campus sites for at least the next six years.

UH-Rice joins UCLA-Southern California as the only games in the nation that feature two FBS schools from the same city.