2015 DE Daishon Neal to Announce Tomorrow
Will be making my announcement tomorrow morning on 1620 the Zone @ 8:15!
— DJ (@DaishonNeal90) January 26, 2015
January 26th, 2015 at 6:01 PM ^
January 26th, 2015 at 6:01 PM ^
January 26th, 2015 at 6:02 PM ^
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January 26th, 2015 at 6:03 PM ^
That doesn't appear to be a good sign.
January 26th, 2015 at 6:08 PM ^
Is that Nebraska radio? Ok then. Not going to go on there to say Michigan, that would be wrong. That would be like a kid going Sam Webb's show as a Michigan commit and saying "Nebraska".
Well it was a saucy fling anyhow. Onward.
January 26th, 2015 at 7:16 PM ^
January 26th, 2015 at 7:21 PM ^
Since he lives in Nebraska that would be where he would announce....
January 26th, 2015 at 6:02 PM ^
Umm... can't see him commiting without ever setting foot on campus, parents meeting academic advisors and all that.
That would take serious snake oil.
On the other hand why wouldn't he just say "I'm Nebraska" today. Since he already is.
Confusing.
January 26th, 2015 at 6:22 PM ^
With JMFH picking off committed recruits left and right like the American Sniper, Nebraska might as well have Omaha's finest, Warren Buffett hold a gun to the kid's head while he makes his announcement. Might as well, since it's a foregone conclusion.
January 26th, 2015 at 9:45 PM ^
(What are you drinking?)
January 26th, 2015 at 6:02 PM ^
Guessing he's sticking with Nebraska then?
January 26th, 2015 at 6:02 PM ^
January 26th, 2015 at 6:11 PM ^
I mean if he's already committed to Nebraska there would be nothing to announce, right? He never made a trip to Michigan so I don't see how he would flip. It's a weird time of the year.
January 27th, 2015 at 1:22 AM ^
'Crootin.
January 26th, 2015 at 6:13 PM ^
January 26th, 2015 at 6:13 PM ^
hat thing again.
January 26th, 2015 at 6:17 PM ^
Well, I was hoping to help by having the embed display the tweet itself, just to spruce it up a bit for the OP. Apparently, getting social media to work in the OP is trickier than I first thought, so sorry about that. My bad.
It seems like the signs point to him staying with Nebraska, although this is another case where I would not mind my gut being wrong. Of course, having a stomach virus at the moment, my gut is all sorts of wrong anyway.
January 26th, 2015 at 6:25 PM ^
You're correct about that. Imbeds (Twitter, YouTube, etc.) are challenging in the original message, easier to do in replies.
January 26th, 2015 at 6:20 PM ^
Interesting article on maize and brew about Neal.
January 26th, 2015 at 6:28 PM ^
seems to be going the other way.
January 26th, 2015 at 6:21 PM ^
January 26th, 2015 at 6:27 PM ^
It's not NU radio, but Omaha's ESPN radio affiliate. Regardless, he's not committing to UM without visiting. Also, kids from Nebraska with Nebraska offers rarely go elsewhere. For many of them, playing for Nebraska is a bigger deal than playing in the NFL.
January 26th, 2015 at 9:01 PM ^
and he's signing on the line. Which is dotted. For Nebraska.
January 26th, 2015 at 6:24 PM ^
But what is he announcing? Maybe he's just trolling us
January 26th, 2015 at 6:27 PM ^
January 26th, 2015 at 7:37 PM ^
He's the top-rated recruit in the state, which means everyone in town really, really wants him to go to Nebraska. I was in high school in Omaha during the Callahan days and people were really pissed that he wouldn't recruit at all in state and the top players were leaving (usually to Iowa).
Since Neal has been open about his interest in other schools, at one point stating Oregon was his leader, his commitment was pretty thin. Thus, telling folks in town that he is in fact solid on his Huskers commitment is a good way to get people off his back. Plus, going on sports radio to have people tell him how awesome he is is a fun experience for anyone, especially high school kids.
January 26th, 2015 at 6:29 PM ^
January 26th, 2015 at 6:31 PM ^
He'll be a nice player at N.
January 26th, 2015 at 6:47 PM ^
Yeah if he actually did chose Michigan on a Husker sports radio show while being a native of Omaha, that would be one of the largest recruiting trolls since...
For those who don't know, Kevin Hart apparently trolled his coaches, parents and basically the entire town of Fernley, NV by committing to Cal over Oregon at his high school's assembly in 2008. Problem was he didn't actually have a football scholarship offer from either school. He made the whole thing up. Super sad IMO.
I always think about this case every signing day because it shows how young kids so badly want to play big time, Division I football. Even though he lied to just about everyone he knew, I actually felt really bad for this kid because it showcases how hyped of an event signing day and recruiting in general have become.
January 26th, 2015 at 6:54 PM ^
I feel bad that that picture made me chuckle. I do remember that whole self-inflicted debacle. Lucky for him he has a common enough name in addition to it being shared by a now-famous comedian. As a result, he's not the first result on a Google search for that name.
January 27th, 2015 at 1:27 AM ^
Shit, he had more sports glory in that one day that I've had my whole life.
Neither of us were going to play big time sports, he just did something, um, creative about it.
January 26th, 2015 at 6:53 PM ^
Lets say they you received an offer today, but were told that they are only taking one DE this year. They have other offers out there so first one in gets the spot.
He could be set on Michigan without visiting, depending on the confidence of his parents.
Just trying to be an optimist.
January 26th, 2015 at 7:05 PM ^
January 26th, 2015 at 7:12 PM ^
weren't we at just one more DE scholly?
January 26th, 2015 at 7:39 PM ^
January 26th, 2015 at 7:46 PM ^
January 26th, 2015 at 8:04 PM ^
lol #recruiting
January 26th, 2015 at 8:31 PM ^
January 26th, 2015 at 8:43 PM ^
I believe he said he would listen to Harbaugh and Co. out of respect but he has affirmed his commitment to UCLA around 3 weeks ago shortly after the Harbaugh hire.
January 26th, 2015 at 11:08 PM ^