Honestly I would love to move beyond this story. However, I think it is really unfair to a kid if someone is providing inaccurate information . In today’s Daily News Brian Dohn reported this:

Edwards was to compete for the starting right tackle spot, but informed the school he changed his mind and wanted to go to Cal.

However, sources said Edwards did not receive the necessary grades and never sent his transcripts to UCLA. Therefore, UCLA never had the opportunity to present Edwards to the admission's board.

That report was directly contradicted by MoragaBear, a staff writer for Bear Insider Forums (Scout.com’s Bear site):

I talked to Edwards this morning and the news about him commiting to Cal is accurate. And UCLA's line about him not qualifying are complete bs, as usual. He had a 3.5 out of high school and he simply needed to complete 24 units to be eligible to play this year. He finished his summer school classes last week -with an A and a B.

Edwards is a bright and articulate guy and he doesn't deserve the bitter UCLA propaganda slander.

Look for a story soon.

I have not seen any story yet, so I am not what conclusion we can draw.

I think Cal fans have a legitimate argument when they point out how can Dohn’s sources assert that Edwards did not receive necessary grades when he never sent his transcripts to UCLA. So something is off and unfortunately right now it’s a he said/he said situation until we see any other information coming from sources, independent from Cal, UCLA or Donovan Edwards.

Anyway, for now though I have to agree with rye. People should not be jumping all over a kid when we don’t have detailed information about the facts around this case.

GO BRUINS.

UPDATE: Dohn is sticking by his report about Edwards not having the necessary grades for UCLA:

One of the Cal Message Boards is imploding over the Donovan Edwards situation. The posters are accusing Tracy Pierson of BRO, and to a certain extent, you, of lying about whether Edwards had sufficient grades to be admitted to UCLA. In light of everything you have read/learned about Edwards, how confident are you in this part of your article on the issue:
"Edwards did not receive the necessary grades."
I'm fine with what I wrote.

also here:

how reliable are your sources on your assertion that Donovan Edwards did not receive the necessary grades ("two Bs") to be admitted to UCLA? Is Tracy Pierson one of your sources on the Donovan Edwards story? Do you ever use Tracy Pierson as a "source" for your UCLA stories?
I don't write stories based on unreliable sources. If I was willing to divulge my sources, I would do so in a story, not a Q&A session. But I can tell you I don't use other media members as sources.

Dohn also added this:

I've heard conflicting stories about D.Edwards and his de-commitment. The Bear Insiders says he was just going to summer school for the 24-units needed to play Division-1 football. While you and your "sources" say he never had the grades for UCLA. If he never had the grades or for UCLA, why would they waste a visit on him? If in fact you or your sources are wrong, do you intend to apologize to D.Edwards?
Back in June, Edwards told Daily News staffer Jill Painter he needed to get grades in two summer classes to be admitted to UCLA. The admission standards are different for Cal and UCLA, regardless of what people want to believe. When Edwards visited UCLA, he said he told the coaches he was on target to get the grades he needed, then didn't get them, which is how he wound up in summer school. Schools all over the nation have kids take visits who are not academically secure to enter college. And if Donovan Edwards wants to send me his transcripts, then I will print them. I left numerous messages with him about this topic the last few days, and still have not heard back from him.

Again if there is something from Cal front that corroborates the claim that Donovan had qualified for UCLA, I would be happy to update my post. GO BRUINS.

UPDATE II: Jim McGill at Bear Insider spoke with Mike Darr, the coach for Edwards at Diablo Valley College:

When asked about Edwards grades and qualifying issues, Darr confirmed that Edwards had the grades and units to easily be admitted to both Cal and UCLA, despite the claims of writers for the Bruin Report Online and the LA Daily News.

"They’re (UCLA) just angry," said Darr.  "He was planning on sticking around for another year, especially when teams didn’t come after him right after the season so he was taking his time with his units since he was a full qualifier out of high school.  One of the classes he took was more out of personal interest but it wasn’t transferable so he picked up some units to have enough transferable credits this summer in order to get to the minimum number of 24 units to transfer after his freshman year.  It wasn’t because he’s not a great student.  He’s an excellent student and he got the grades he needed.  Those writers will see that when he gets his degree from Cal .  He’s very focused.  That’s unfortunate that there’s apparently some sour grapes down there."

The burden now shifts on Dohn to provide basis for his initial reports on Edwards. If he doesn't I wouldn't blame Edwards and the Cal football program for having some serious grievances concerning his reporting on this story.