Pitt fans were hoping (even expecting) that an 8-4 season would get them into the ACC's Tier One bowl games. But on Sunday when the conference's representatives were selected, the Panthers were on the outside looking in.
Losing out to the likes of Miami for the Sun Bowl wasn't terrible. The Hurricanes had the same record and beat Pitt head to head. They also figure to be a markedly better draw in the south than Pitt would be. What was sort of frustrating for fans, however, was seeing Pitt passed up for the Music City Bowl (Louisville), Pinstripe (Duke), and Belk (North Carolina State).