While Pitt isn’t off the list, yet. It would appear that it is just hanging on.

Former Tennessee quarterback Brent Schaeffer has narrowed his list to USF, Clemson, Texas A&M, North Carolina and possibly Pittsburgh.

His mother, Chandra Schaeffer, said Tuesday her son visited Clemson last week and will visit Texas A&M in two weeks before deciding where to transfer. She said Brent has eliminated Miami, UCF, Maryland and Miami (Ohio).

I think you can cross North Carolina off the list as well. They just accepted the transfer of former Nebraska QB Joe Dailey (via Rutgers Blog).

Unless he decides to take a visit to Pitt, you can bet he’s not coming. It looks like it will be Texas A&M or Clemson.

Now we all know about Schaeffer’s legal issues at Tennessee. Somehow, the AD at Clemson is pretending not to know anything at this point:

Clemson athletics director Terry Don Phillips said that when it comes to accepting players with legal concerns — such as former Tennessee quarterback Brent Schaeffer — each case must be considered on an individual basis.

Schaeffer took an official visit to Clemson last week and will meet with other schools, including Texas A&M. He is scheduled to appear in court next week for a misdemeanor assault charge from a fight April 10 at a Tennessee dorm.

Phillips said Tuesday he would learn more about Schaeffer’s legal issues from coach Tommy Bowden at a later date.

“He’s made me aware there was an issue there,” Phillips said. “He will fully brief me on it, but I don’t have all the ins and outs of what happened. It’s my understanding he’s visiting with several other schools as well as Clemson.”

Phillips said Clemson does not have a set policy about accepting players who have been arrested.

Such a pathetic attempt at plausible deniability. You mean to tell me that the AD at a Div. 1-A school in a major conference didn’t even know that a potential stud QB transfer had been charged with assault until the football coach mentioned there might be an issue?