Is a Twitter post that is deleted more credible or means something is likely to happen more than a mention on a sports radio show?

You may recall last summer that the Georgia Tech AD Dan Radackovich said that GT was nearing a deal for a home-and-home with Pitt. Pitt’s AD denied, and nothing has come of it.

This time Block U noted a tweet from Utah’s Assistant Athletics Director of Corporate Sales and Ticket Operations, Zack Lassiter (Who’s picture is a huge disappointment for someone named Zack Lassiter.) saying that Utah was close to having Pitt come to Salt Lake City in 2010.

The tweet has since been deleted, and there is no other word. It might be a case where it got leaked before the parties had finished a contract or were ready to release.

Or it could simply be way too soon and merely teams still talking and not even close to an agreement.

UPDATE (4:40): And just like that I’m smacked upside the head by the Pitt athletic department. Here’s the announcement on Utah.

Pitt and Utah have agreed to a home-and-home football series beginning with the 2010 season, University of Pittsburgh athletic director Steve Pederson announced.

Pitt will play at Utah on Sept. 11, 2010. The Panthers will host the Utes the following season on Oct. 15, 2011.

The 2010 encounter will mark the first-ever regular-season game between the two schools.

Happy to be shown up.