Well, it's the last time we're playing them, so there's that
I am sure we will eventually play McNeese after tonight in the future at some point. Jay said on his show they chose not to renew because their AD had ordered them to play multiple money road games
One of your rational for using the term rivalry was because of the many times we play. I was simply pointing out how convenient they are, it be surprising if we didn’t play. One thing we do share is very limited funding, so it’s a win, win to play them.
As for exact definition of a rival? The definition clearly doesn’t do justice to the common understanding of the word.
Well you are 100% correct about the "common understanding ."