JUCO OG Desmond Bland [Nebraska Commit]

To Which School Will Bland Commit?

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theknife said:
He seems like a question to qualify. If he qualifies in summer, he initially enrolls as a walk on and can be awarded a scholarship the day fall camp starts. He then counts against the 2020 class. 

Rivals and 24/7 shows he hasn't taken any officials. Did he official here? It was a completely speculative post. The 2020 class is already small, so I'm not sure the coaches would want to do that anyways. 
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no he hasnt

 
OK....I've not followed this drama hardly at all.  Can someone please summarize?

He obviously didn't sign in December and now it's possible he won't sign at all at Nebraska.  Is it because his grades won't allow him to?  Staff isn't interested anymore in a JUCO signing in the spring?  Other off the field issues?

 
Then there’s Arizona Western’s Desmond Bland, who had long been technically committed to Nebraska and flirted with visiting other schools, but ultimately won’t be a take because of academic issues. NU offered Bland on a detailed plan to get out of Arizona Western on time, but he didn’t sign in December.

 
Mavric said:
Word is the coaches still want him here but won't take his signature until it's certain that he'll qualify.
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Question.

Is the signing day next week the same for JUCOs like Bland as it is for HS kids?  It was a little different in December.  

How long can the staff wait to feel comfortable accepting his signature?

 
BigRedBuster said:
Question.

Is the signing day next week the same for JUCOs like Bland as it is for HS kids?  It was a little different in December.  

How long can the staff wait to feel comfortable accepting his signature?
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I don't know for sure what the rules are for JUCOs.  HS guys can sign any time after February 6 - most everyone signs that day but you can sign any time after that.  And you don't actually have to sign at all.  You can just show up and enroll.

I don't know what his situation is for sure but the coaches can wait as long as they want.  The only risk the coaches run is he is free to go anywhere if he hasn't signed but that's completely up to them whether they want to take that risk or not so they're obviously willing to take that risk so I'm not sure I'd expect him to sign any time soon.

 
Munson tried to reach him last night and the person who answered said he had the wrong number. They haven’t been able to make contact with him in quite a while. All they know is he is not signing today however he will be kept on the commit list with an outside chance he makes it. Doesn’t look good at the moment though. 

 
Reiterating a lot of people's disappointment on here. Seemed like a possible instant contributor which is hard to come by on the oline. 

 
I guess I kind of think it's more likely that he ends up here now.  He hasn't decommitted so it would seem that he wants to be here.  One way or another we ended up with spots left - we are currently at 85 spots without him so assuming even one guys leaves after this semester (which always happens) we have a spot to take him.

Both he and the staff seem content to wait.  If we would have told him we're not taking him he would have decommitted.  If he didn't like that we aren't letting him sign, he would have decommitted.  He would have had a lot more options if he would have decommitted a month ago and found somewhere else to go.  But that didn't happen.  So I think both sides really want it tow work out.

Just my $0.02

 
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Mavric said:
I guess I kind of think it's more likely that he ends up here now.  He hasn't decommitted so it would seem that he wants to be here.  One way or anther we ended up with spots left - we are currently at 85 spots without him so assuming even one guys leaves after this semester (which always happens) we have a spot to take him.

Both he and the staff seem content to wait.  If we would have told him we're not taking him he would have decommitted.  If he didn't like that we aren't letting him sign, he would have decommitted.  He would have had a lot more options if he would have decommitted a month ago and found somewhere else to go.  But that didn't happen.  So I think both sides really want it tow work out.

Just my $0.02
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I'd 100% take him given our situation. Not much to lose 

 
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