{"id":32158,"date":"2025-11-12T17:38:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/32158\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T17:38:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:38:14","slug":"pitt-vs-notre-dame-officially-a-sellout-ahead-of-college-gamedays-return-to-pittsburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/32158\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitt vs. Notre Dame officially a sellout ahead of &#8220;College Gameday&#8217;s&#8221; return to Pittsburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When College Gameday rolls into Pittsburgh this weekend, and the 22nd-ranked Pitt Panthers take on the 9th-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish, it will be a full house at Acrisure Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Pitt announced on Wednesday morning that the game is sold out, with student tickets still available to be claimed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The nationally-televised game can be seen on ABC at noon, and it will be the first College Football Playoff Top-25 matchup at Acrisure Stadium in the playoff era.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pitt added that while the game is sold out, they&#8217;re encouraging fans who still want to attend to check their official secondary market ticketing partner SeatGeek for potential deals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>College Gameday chooses Pittsburgh ahead of Notre Dame game<\/p>\n<p>ESPN&#8217;s ever-popular college football pregame show, College Gameday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/college-gameday-pittsburgh-notre-dame-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">announced over the weekend that it would be coming to the North Shore before the clash between the Panthers and the Fighting Irish<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re thrilled to welcome College GameDay back to Pittsburgh,&#8221; said Pitt Athletic Director Allen Greene. &#8220;This is an incredible opportunity to showcase our city, our University, and the passion of Panther Nation on college football&#8217;s biggest stage. I can&#8217;t wait to unleash our fans and show the country what Pitt is all about!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the first time since the 2022 return of the Backyard Brawl that College Gamday has been in Pittsburgh. Ulitmately, Pitt would go on to beat the Mountaineers 38-31.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Along with being a top-25 matchup, the Panthers will also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/university-of-pittsburgh-aaron-donald-jersey-retirement\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">retire Aaron Donald&#8217;s number 97 jersey at halftime<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pitt students excited for the return of College Gameday<\/p>\n<p>Always built as a pregame party, College Gameday brings a fun atmosphere on Saturday mornings, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/pittsburgh-football-fans-college-gameday-notre-dame\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">that&#8217;s exactly what Pitt students are expecting<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everybody that I talked to is so excited. I&#8217;m going to try and go. I know that people are going to camp out for it,&#8221; freshman Ben Wohl said on Pitt&#8217;s campus.<\/p>\n<p>However, even with the excitement for the pregame show, some fans aren&#8217;t letting their expectations get carried away.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to be pessimistic, but I&#8217;ve seen Notre Dame. They&#8217;re a really good football team. I&#8217;m like 40-60 [on a Pitt win]&#8221; freshman Carter Jensen said.<\/p>\n<p>College Gameday will be broadcast live from the Great Lawn at 9 a.m., according to Pitt and ESPN. Parking lots will be open on the North Shore at 6 a.m., and College Gameday&#8217;s pit will be open 30 minutes later.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n        More from CBS News\n      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When College Gameday rolls into Pittsburgh this weekend, and the 22nd-ranked Pitt Panthers take on the 9th-ranked Notre&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8206,6743,3746,73,75,74,2553],"class_list":["post-32158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-acrisure-stadium","tag-college-football","tag-notre-dame","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-university-of-pittsburgh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}