Despite a fanbase that wasn't real thrilled with being overlooked by the ACC's Tier One Bowls, Pitt football has managed to turn a negative into a positive. The Panthers were eventually selected to play Navy in the Military Bowland got off to a fast start, quickly selling more than 3,000 tickets to the game in the first 24 hours. Those figures exceeded some of those in previous years all in the first day.
The Panthers didn't stop there, though. On Friday, athletic director Scott Barnes had a fairly significant announcement that Pitt has sold its entire 7,300 ticket allotment:
Congrats Panther Nation - we surpassed our 7300 allotment!