A report in "The Syracusan" in 1890 said the decision was "predicated upon the historical affinity that once existed between the Colony of New York and the House of Orange" (H… See more

With their official color of orange, the first Syracuse University football teams in the 1890s were called "The Orioles." Somehow, it flew the coop, along with Hillmen, Bill Orange's M… See more

The BMOC has always been BO — Bill Orange. He came along in 1895 after a Syracuse victory over Colgate. A story in the Daily Orange in 1940 reported that Harry Lee, … See more

An Alpha Gamma Delta sorority member named Mabel Hatton, Class of 1922, carried a Bill Orange doll to Syracuse football games. The doll, about 3 feet long, was swun… See more