The University of Pittsburgh and Penn State are separated by less than 150 miles.
On the football field, the two intrastate rivals have met 100 times.
Penn State has a 10-game edge in the overall series, and it won the last three meetings -- 2017-19 -- by a combined 66 points.
Yet it is veteran Panthers head coach Pat Narduzzi who Tuesday called out the Nittany Lions and called for the suspended series to resume.
Narduzzi capitalized on a question Tuesday at ACC Media Days about the renewal of the 'Backyard Brawl' -- Pittsburgh versus nearby neighbor West Virginia -- to drive home his point about James Franklin's Penn State program.
"Great to have that rivalry back," Narduzzi said of the Mountaineers series, which sees the two programs meet inside the season's first month for a third-straight year this fall after 11 seasons without a game. "We embrace rivalries. We embrace rivalries. We'd love to play Penn State if they would play us.
"If they won't play us, we'd love to play West Virginia as many times as we could play them. They're coming back to Pittsburgh."
Pitt leads the overall series against West Virginia, 62-41-3. The Mountaineers won last year at home and visit the Panthers Sept. 14.
"Our kids couldn't be more excited," Narduzzi added. "They have an idea after two years what a real rivalry game is. I think you need to lose a rivalry game to understand what it means to you. These guys might be able to talk about that a little bit.
"I think you have to lose one to know, I don't ever want to lose a rivalry game again. That's kind of what we go into this game with in '24."
Pitt also faces Cincinnati, a former Big East foe, as well as Kent State and FCS program Youngstown State in non-conference play.
Penn State also plays West Virginia as well as two MAC programs -- Kent State and Bowling Green -- in its non-conference play. The Nittany Lions have nine Big Ten Conference games whereas Pitt has just eight league games as a member of the ACC.