The Pitt football team had, by most indications, a pretty successful year at 8-4. That season was 'rewarded' with a trip to the Military Bowl, but as you might expect, that didn't make many fans happy.
That's not so much a shot at the bowl, which features a very good Navy team. Rather, fans were upset because the team didn't land in one of the ACC's Tier One bowl games, being passed up by several 7-5 teams in the process.
Nevertheless, the ACC was certain that fans would be fine with this. The conference made their announcement on Twitter to happily congratulate the Panthers.