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06:39 AM ET 02.03 | North Allegheny High School football player Ryan Schlieper has backed out of a verbal commitment to Maryland and will instead play at Pitt. Schlieper, a 6-foot-5, 275-pound offensive lineman and a member of the Post-Gazette Fabulous 22, had committed to Maryland last summer. But he always held out hope that Pitt might offer a scholarship. The Panthers offered Friday and Schlieper accepted last night. He will sign with Pitt tomorrow, the first day high school players can sign a binding letter of intent with a college. Schlieper said Maryland was upset.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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February 3, 2009  08:14 AM ET
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upset??? you mean they weren't ecstatic??? the stache does it again...

February 3, 2009  09:03 AM ET
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I love how when a teenager changes his mind, during a period where teams are NOT allowed to sign them, this becomes news. Its not a commitment until its signed. Neither the college or the athlete is under any sort of binding commitment until signing day starts and they actually sign.

February 3, 2009  09:05 AM ET
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Yes, the school and the player may "verbally" agree and commit, but neither is under any legal obligation at that point to follow through. Well, at least in terms of the NCAA. Otherwise, payers would be formally allowed to sign whenever they want.

February 3, 2009  10:26 AM ET
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Boy Maryland athletics ain't so hot right now are they?

February 3, 2009  10:27 AM ET
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Hey he is from PA and wants to play for the best team in that state. When they finally ponied up that scholarship, it became a no-brainer.

February 3, 2009  12:43 PM ET
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GoPSULions, thanks for explaining information which no one asked for and everyone already knew.

February 3, 2009  03:51 PM ET
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Is there much difference between playing at Pitt or Maryland?

February 3, 2009  09:06 PM ET
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QUOTE(#7):
Originally posted 03:51 PM ET  02.03 by LA Riva

Is there much difference between playing at Pitt or Maryland?

Exactly!

COLLEGE CHOICES INTEREST...WAY TO GO PITT!!

Pittsburgh (solid verbal) COMMITTED

Temple
West Virginia
Buffalo
UCF
Florida International
Kent State
Miami-OH
Delaware
Connecticut
Maryland

 
February 4, 2009  07:43 AM ET
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Originally posted 12:43 PM ET  02.03 by Jimmy Freshwater

GoPSULions, thanks for explaining information which no one asked for and everyone already knew.

From reading the comments from so many of these article, ripping a kid for changing his mind, I thought not "everyone" knew this. Thank you for pointing helping me understand. I will write to you for approval on all future posts (well,except this one).

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