Part of the reason the 2018 Camping World Bowl was so great as Syracuse Orange fan was because the program got knock off an old rival in West Virginia. It felt good to rekindle football rivalries as the ACC continues to feel more familiar but somehow less hostile, and the Mountaineers history with the Orange made the reminiscing easy.
While basketball certainly gets far more of the digital ink, this fanbase loves to spend time remembering the old Big East. Clashes against WVU, Rutgers, and UConn get fans nostalgic, even though Pitt, Louisville, Boston College, Miami, and Virginia Tech still regularly pop up on the schedule.