Poll: how many Pitt fans at Military Bowl?

[Sean Miller Fan]

Looking forward to a good trip, some warm weather (Sunday anyway), and a state championship and Lambert Trophy clinching win. Would be kinda cool if the Lambert Trophy was on hand and the announcers made a bigger deal out of what is the championship game of the NE.

 

[Jeismeister]

No reason not to bring it to the game:

http://www.rantsports.com/ncaa-foot...-for-winner-of-pittsburgh-navy-military-bowl/

 

[doubleAA's]

What an amazing turn-out!

Shows what Pitt nation can do. It was nearly a home game. I say it was 50-50 there in the stadium, and it was packed! One of the better bowl game atmospheres I ever been to

 

[Piranha]

The Pitt fans showed up for sure. We did our part.

 

[JokePa]

Wish I could have been there!

 

[PittPanther44]

Great turnout considering it was in the other team's stadium and it was "minor" type bowl in cold weather

We need to bottle some of this. The pitt fans had a "college crowd" feel to it. We lack that a lot because i think a lot of the "fringe" fans dont cheer like that because they have other pro teams that come first. Winning will change that (different convo) but point was i was proud of what we had there. It was a good time despite some mud and long lines for the pisser

How many? I would say 40%. Whats that place hold like a tick under 40k? So i would think 15ish was the number

 

[oldpanther]

Great turnout considering it was in the other team's stadium and it was "minor" type bowl in cold weather

We need to bottle some of this. The pitt fans had a "college crowd" feel to it. We lack that a lot because i think a lot of the "fringe" fans dont cheer like that because they have other pro teams that come first. Winning will change that (different convo) but point was i was proud of what we had there. It was a good time despite some mud and long lines for the pisser

How many? I would say 40%. Whats that place hold like a tick under 40k? So i would think 15ish was the number

Arrived Sunday and spendt the evening in the downtown area there were Pitt fans everywhere, my guess would be 13000+ in the stadium and perhaps that figure is low. Pitt left 17 to 24 points on the field but the inability to stop the Navy offense especially thee FB was costly. Not all is lost a/c of the defeat, it is a new begining and looking forward to the hiring of the OC, the conclusion of the recruiting process for the incoming class(perhaps 3 to 6 more), letter of intent day and bring on Spring football. Lastly, beat Syracuse Weds. night. HTP!

 

[UPitt '89]

I originally voted 12,500 before the game. But having been there, it was roughly half the stadium. So I would say 15,000-17,000 now.

 

[20-20Hindsight]

I originally voted 12,500 before the game. But having been there, it was roughly half the stadium. So I would say 15,000-17,000 now.

I agree that we easily had half the attendance yesterday. I'd say 17K is a good estimate.

 

[Burgh15]

It felt like it was close to a 50-50 split, though outside the stadium there seemed to be more Pitt fans with the Navy fans arriving closer to game time. Although the team fell flat, it was still a good time and it was great to see such a showing from the Pitt supporters!

 

[OUBobcatz]

Sitting on the Navy side I had a clear view of the Pitt side. Panther fans had the entire upper deck and about 60% of the lower deck (it was very definitive line in the lower level each time the Pitt fans rose up and cheered). Also a good portion of the hill seats. Thanks for coming out for the game. The bowl has been lucky to have good fan support from all it's programs (VT, Marshall, Cincy and Navy). Everyone except Maryland, which is to be expected. They couldn't even fill up their side in 2013.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

How many? I would say 40%. Whats that place hold like a tick under 40k? So i would think 15ish was the number

That was my guess as well, around 60-40. Since the attendance was 36,000 that would mean somewhere around 14,000 - 15,000 Pitt fans. Seems about right.

 

[CaptainSidneyReilly]

"UPitt '89, post: 684959, member: 942"]I originally voted 12,500 before the game. But having been there, it was roughly half the stadium. So I would say 15,000-17,000 now.
Good Post & just Gee & Wow!!!!

All these years I have been told by some Posters (Not You), on the Board that the Coach Selection and Athletic Director was not the problem for Pitt?

It was always the Pitt Alumni, Students, and Fans not supporting Pitt Football as Coaches came and went, but a certain A.D. stayed and failed to increase support with his ego driven Branding???

All of sudden a New Chancellor fires him, a New Coach is found in weeks that wants to be at Pitt, and 6 Months later a New A.D. comes in with a Fan Committee he created and listens to his Coaches, and comes up with Pitt Bowl Plan to attract more Pitt Fans going to Bowls???

Now over 15,000 Pitt fans traveled to a Bowl Game and all done this has changed in one year!!! How can that be???

Moreover, Pitt Posters & Fans were always told by another Former A.D. that a Revived Back to Pitt Script would not make Pitt Win more Games???

Additionally, compare Pitt Fans going to going to the Military Bowl versus 3 Years of Compass Bowl???

What a change in one year and the Pitt Script will be everywhere next year on all Athletic Teams as our New A.D. is quoted, he has not heard one Fan tell him they do not like the Script?

Must be a New Pitt Era in Football with an Old Logo minus the Old A.D. that everyone is glad was fired?

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

My guess is 19K Navy, 15K Pitt.

FWIW, I had to get tickets from the bowl website so I was in the non-Pitt lower level, but on the Pitt sideline and those sections were 50/50 split so take those 8000 we sold plus whatever 50 percent of those sections were plus there were Pitt fans on Navy side and endzones.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

plus there were Pitt fans on Navy side and endzones.

Of course there were also Navy fans sitting in the "Pitt sections" too. For instance a family sitting a couple rows in front of us and another group a few rows behind us. Which isn't all that surprising, since that happens at just about every sporting event ever.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Of course there were also Navy fans sitting in the "Pitt sections" too. For instance a family sitting a couple rows in front of us and another group a few rows behind us. Which isn't all that surprising, since that happens at just about every sporting event ever.

In the sections that Pitt was selling? That would be odd for Navy fans to call up Pitt's ticket office to buy tickets but I guess they could have......or got them some other way like if the Pitt fans who bought them decided they couldnt go and listed them.

But I was talking about the sections on Navy's side that Navy wasnt selling. The MB website sold lower level seats on both sides from about midfield to the endzone. I was on Pitt's side in those seats, which was 50/50 Pitt/Navy. So, I'd wonder what percentage of Pitt fans bought tickets through the MB website on the Navy side.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

In the sections that Pitt was selling? That would be odd for Navy fans to call up Pitt's ticket office to buy tickets but I guess they could have......or got them some other way like if the Pitt fans who bought them decided they couldnt go and listed them.

Yeah, some of us actually buy our tickets through the school. Crazy, right?

Probably people who bought them off of Pitt fans who had them and couldn't use them or people in a group that had some Pitt fans and some Navy fans. But why do you think that's so odd? Do only Pitt fans sit in the sections that Pitt sells as season tickets at Heinz or are there somehow fans of the opponents who find themselves with tickets in those sections? The Ravens sell out their games to their fans, yet weren't there somehow thousands of Stiller fans in those seats on Sunday? Doesn't that sort of thing happen at pretty much every stadium for every sporting event?