Syracuse football sells out Camping World Bowl ticket allotment

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University’s Athletics Department announced Wednesday that it has sold out its football-ticket allotment for the 2018 Camping World Bowl to be played Friday, Dec. 28 in Orlando.

Orange fans bought more than 8,000 tickets in 16 days, the department said in a news release

No. 20 (CFP) Syracuse (9-3) faces former Big East rival, 16th ranked West Virginia (8-3) at Camping World Bowl Stadium at 5:15 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPN.

Tickets remain for sale (both standard and resale tickets) at the Camping World Bowl website through Ticketmaster.

Syracuse Athletics is also directing fans to resale ticket provider StubHub, with which it has a marketing partnership.

Syracuse got into the Camping World Bowl — the ACC’s top bowl slot outside the College Football Playoff and New Year’s Six Bowl slots — after a breakout 2018 season under third-year head coach Dino Babers.

This will be the 61st all-time meeting between Syracuse and West Virginia. The Orange hold a 33-27 lead in the series. The teams last met in the 2012 Pinstripe Bowl in the Bronx, a game the Orange won, 38-14.

This meeting could be a high-scoring shootout, with both teams scoring an average of 40 points per game this season. However, West Virginia will be without its star quarterback Will Grier, who has decided to sit out the game to prepare for the 2019 NFL Draft. Grier threw 37 touchdown passes this season.

Syracuse says it also sold its ticket allotment for the 2010 and 2012 Pinstripe Bowls in which the team played.

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