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Take Two: Oliver's commitment

In today's recruiting world, highly recruited prospects blow through commitments faster than they change Twitter avatars. It's common to see a star recruit make an early pledge to one school and later flip because someone bigger or better came along. It's gotten so bad college coaches have called it an "epidemic" and the decommitment rage has been a central driving factor behind the push for an early signing period in college football.

Most recruitniks believe five-star defensive tackle Edward Oliver is next in line to join the decommitment party, but his situation just feels different than others that have come before him. But will it stick?