Beginning next season, the Simpson Storm football team has added one of the toughest opponents in the nation to their schedule, with defending national champion and powerhouse University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in a home-and-home series. The Storm will travel to Belton, Texas next year for the season opener against the Crusaders, before hosting UMHB in 2021 inside Buxton Stadium. Mary Hardin-Baylor has won two of the last three national titles, and have lost only eight games since 2010.