Listed Military Bowl Seating Capacity: 34,000
40% would be 13,600 fans.
So basically all Pitt alumni and student football season ticket holders attended?
Nice!
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Listed Military Bowl Seating Capacity: 34,000
40% would be 13,600 fans.
So basically all Pitt alumni and student football season ticket holders attended?
Nice!
If you say so, sure didn't look that way on the TV. There is a poster on this board, B Brown, who attended the bowl and I think he would strongly disagree with your assessment of the attendance.
Hell, if 1000 Pitt fans show up, that is a good thing.
That said, I work and live in Pittsburgh, and I don't know a single Pitt guy who went. And I know a lot of guys who have Pitt season tickets, although they hardly ever use them.
That said, I work and live in Pittsburgh, and I don't know a single Pitt guy who went. And I know a lot of guys who have Pitt season tickets, although they hardly ever use them.
Oh, I was there, too. Our "side" was completely sold out. About 10-15,000. Someone "strongly disagreeing" with that would be wrong. I rewatched the game and saw empty seats in the end zone. In the stands, the upper corners of the Navy side were empty. Not much else was. Pitt had the "Gold" side of the stadium, goal-line to goal-line, two levels, and it was full. The Navy "Blue" sideline, goal -line to goal -ine was sold too (to Navy fans) except for the aforementioned upper corners. it was a pretty full, and even though a small stadium, it was a nice atmosphere both ways.
Whatever. The question is, will the Pitt reputation be any different next year? How many Pitt fans would come to Florida, say, let alone Arizona? Probably no more than 25.
Next year, Pitt will still be on the outside looking in, as usual. No real bowl wants Pitt. None. Zilch.
Next year, Pitt will still be on the outside looking in, as usual. No real bowl wants Pitt. None. Zilch.
It was a very good showing for Pitt. I was glad to see it. Like I said, over 10,000. almost 9000 through the school's three allotments, which like I said, sold out.
I'll give you an honest reply on this. If we are playing a ranked opponent, I think we travel well. I think this is true throughout college football bowl games these days - and why there are so many empty seats in these bowls running up to NY6.
Pitt has never traveled well.
Look, it's easy logic. Most Pitt games in Pittsburgh draw maybe 35,000 max, no matter what phony number gets announced. Given that, it is extremely unlikely that more than 15,000, max, are traveling anywhere outside of town. Pitt has no fan base outside of Pittsburgh, as their alumni base is small. If you can't get people to travel to the North Side, you can't get them to travel to a bowl game that requires an airplane trip. It has never happened, and it never will.
Look, it's easy logic. Most Pitt games in Pittsburgh draw maybe 35,000 max, no matter what phony number gets announced. Given that, it is extremely unlikely that more than 15,000, max, are traveling anywhere outside of town. Pitt has no fan base outside of Pittsburgh, as their alumni base is small. If you can't get people to travel to the North Side, you can't get them to travel to a bowl game that requires an airplane trip. It has never happened, and it never will.
Before you insult someone's intelligence, you should probably make sure your post doesn't have any basic spelling/grammar errors.
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I see four here: NCAA College Football Championship History
1910 (recognized along with with Harvard), 1916,1937,1976
Funny thing - I don't see Yale fans puffing up their chests and shouting out loud about their 16 championships.
I had seen that before. Unlike that idiot 9PretendNationalChampionshipsThatReallyDontExistButWePretendTheyDo, I actually make sure I can back up what I post. He really is the worst troll ever. Now he'll crawl back into his pathetic little hole known as the panther liar free board, and continue to engage in the mutual masturbation that passes for intellectual discourse we'll see him in another 3 months when he embarasses himself again. I really hope he doesn't have a degree because it really cheapens it for people with college degrees everywhere, not just at Pitt.
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Where is the insult? I usually do pay attention the grammar and spelling and thank you for noticing.
For an afternoon, you were the source of entertainment on and for this board. You have a future....doing anything other than "curbside refuse service" would be a major accomplishment.
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Still waiting for that list of 9 NCAA recognized national championships.
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And 9MoldyInchesOfKielbasiInMyPantsThatActuallyImprovesTheSmellOfMyCrotch fails again.
There were as many or more Pitt fans than Vatech fans last year --- and vatech is closer to Annapolis. Attendance at this bowl was really a non-issue and Pitt fans were supportive of their team. The mostly empty Heinz field games are another question --- but I wouldn't want to attend games off-campus at a pro stadium either.
Not according to Map Quest. Pittsburgh to Annapolis is 267 miles (mid-point of city to mid-point of city) - that's about a 4.5 hour drive possibly slightly less if you're willing to push your speed... Blacksburg to Annapolis is 307 miles center-to-center or about a half-hour to 45 mins further depending on how fast you drive.
Franklin_Restores, that Pittsburgh, PA is closer to Annapolis, MD by 30 miles is confirmed by every site I searched. For example, two others that I checked were travelmath.com and distancesonline.com.
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I was at the game and there was a pretty good representation of Pitt fans there. Normally I would never go to a Pitt game since they're one of my most hated teams, but my company had freebies so my wife and I went and invited a couple of our neighbors (and of course we rooted for Navy!). In fact we were surprised by how many Pitt fans were at the game. Was every seat on the Pitt side filled? Of course not just like not all the seats were filled on the Navy side (considering it was essentially a home game for Navy I was surprised by this as well). But there were a lot of Pitt fans at the game. I don't think a 35-40% Pitt fan ratio is unrealistic based on what I saw at the game and in the parking lots.
You're being hopeful. It's been so long since Pitt has been truly good, it's hard to say. Pitt's biggest issue is that they just don't have as many alumni as the bigger schools, and no tradition of traveling together.
An important factor is how you have to drive in virginia. That will also slow you down.
It's amazing that we had to bring in the Navy to get rid of the trolls, but it seemed to work!
