Seems to be the case. Informal poll from former classmates in western PA that a good bit of them/friends/family did that. I doubt the Pitt AD cares, they got their check.
It’s interesting. I don’t hate Pitt because of the rivalry, I hate them because when ever I went out there w/ friends in school, those yinzer…

This glorious abomination of a trophy, created in a Michigan High School Wood Shop class, it truly representative of the land grant bowl