The Syracuse Orange haven’t done a great job staking their claim to the color... orange since arriving in the ACC. With four other schools (Clemson, Miami, Virginia, Virginia Tech) utilizing the color as well, SU is far from unique in its new conference. That said, it’s in the name. “Orange.” You can stake a claim to it pretty easily, especially once the orange jerseys showed up.
One of the biggest issues regarding that turf war over orange is what we’ve done against Clemson. You may recall the last three years:
On national television (against Clemson and others), we’ve sported a disconcerting lack of orange.