The 2018 college football bowl pairings are out, and the West Virginia Mountaineers will find themselves facing off with an old, familiar rival in a somewhat disappointing matchup - the Camping World Bowl against the Syracuse Orange on December 28th at 4:15PM ET on ESPN.
The matchup will mark the 61st meeting between the two programs, and the Mountaineers’ fifth appearance in the Camping World Bowl. In their last post-season trip to Orlando, West Virginia suffered a 31-14 loss to the Miami Hurricanes in what was then known as the Russell Athletic Bowl. The Mountaineers last played the Orange in the 2012 New Era Pinstripe Bowl following West Virginia’s first season in the Big 12 Conference, and lost 38-14.