The upcoming matchup between the Tennessee Vols and the Pittsburgh Panthers this weekend got some added juice on Monday via a report from WNML's Jimmy Hyams.

According to Hyams, Pittsburgh only offered Tennessee seats in the 500 level at Acrisure Stadium (previously known as Heinz Stadium).

UT refused those tickets after allotting 2,200 tickets in the lower level of Neyland Stadium for Pittsburgh a year ago.

Hyams noted that Tennessee received 400 tickets in the 101 section, but those tickets are mostly for UT's band.

Tennessee fans apparently didn't buy any of the Pitt ticket allotment since Pitt only offered seats in 500 level (which UT refused) after UT allotted 2,200 to Pitt in lower level last year. UT did get over 400 tickets in Section 101, primarily for the band.

— Jimmy Hyams (@JimmyHyams) September 5, 2022

This is just a poor look from Pittsburgh. And it reeks of them not wanting Tennessee fans to infiltrate their stadium.

That's a shame, considering UT was more than hospitable to the Panthers in 2021.

It shouldn't be a surprise, though. Pittsburgh head coach Pat Narduzzi was incensed at the idea of West Virginia having more fans at the Backyard Brawl last week (which was at Acrisure Stadium) than the Panthers. He even threw shade at ESPN after Pittsburgh's win.

From SI.com:

 Coming into the Backyard Brawl, the storyline was that West Virginia was going to have "75%" of the fans at Acrisure Stadium. That wasn't the case, as Pitt Panthers colors flooded the North Shore for the largest attendance in Pittsburgh sports history.

70,622 Pitt fans packed the seats of Acrisure Stadium for the season-opener, and the atmosphere was so loud that the press box actually shook from the crowd noise.

After the game, head coach Pat Narduzzi called out the network for their reporting of the expected crowd, saying "ESPN disrespected our fans."

"I knew they had some bad facts," Narduzzi said. "They disrespected our fans and our fans showed up. They were unbelievable all day today. I thank them all because they were critical in our victory."

Pittsburgh is obviously concerned about Tennessee's fans drowning out their own fan base.

Considering the way Vols fans travel, that's probably a valid concern.

By the way, Vol fans are resourceful. I have no doubt that many UT fans lit up various resale ticket websites to secure tickets for that Vols' trip to Pittsburgh on Saturday.

There will still be plenty of orange in the stadium, despite the Panthers' best efforts to prevent that from happening.

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