Defensive End Dan Vaughan out of Central Catholic gave a tepid verbal to Syracuse. Not because he wanted to, but because his options were limited.

Vaughan, had offers from Syracuse, Pitt and Stanford, but Pitt and Stanford pulled them.

“For now, I had to commit to Syracuse because of the scholarship,” Vaughan said. “They are running out of scholarships because they got other recruits. What’s happening now is apparently (Pitt) is trying to give me another scholarship. If that were to happen then I would decommit from Syracuse and take Pitt.”

Pitt rescinded Vaughan’s offer the day after his official visit last weekend. Vaughan said he hopes to know if he’ll have another offer from Pitt by Thursday when Pitt coach Dave Wannstedt meets with Central Catholic coach Terry Totten.

Vaughan had an offer on his official visit, but didn’t decide then. The day after the visit, Pitt pulled it.

The whole thing amuses the hell out of me. It points to some of the silliness of recruiting. The kid decided to take one extra day. Maybe to talk a bit more with his family. Weigh the choices and perhaps be responsible about this decision. Now he’s only got one choice.

Yet, he can wait and see about another one opening up while tying up an Orange scholarship. Perhaps even waiting until at some point on NLI Day to find out where to fax his paperwork.