ODU cancels 2014 football game vs. Charlotte

[Harry]

Old Dominion has canceled a 2014 football game at UNC Charlotte, one of its future rivals in Conference USA, in an effort to strengthen its schedule, officials said on Tuesday.

ODU is scheduled to host Charlotte on Nov. 16 in its final home game this season. ODU had been scheduled to play a return game in Charlotte on Oct. 25, 2014.

However, ODU exercised a cancellation clause in the contract on Monday and must pay Charlotte $60,000, said ODU senior associate athletic director Bruce Stewart, who handles football scheduling for ODU.

Stewart said when the two-game series was signed, both programs were slated to be in the Football Championship Subdivision in 2014.

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[Mean Green 93-98]

Ironic.