Aren’t You a Little Young to Be Committing to Tennessee?

I think that your junior year in high school is early to commit to a college. I suppose if a school offered a full ride to my kid I would be okay with it, it just seems like sometimes it is nice to keep your options open.

So clearly I think it is nuts that University of Tennessee coach, Lane Kiffin offered a scholarship to a 13 year old this week.*

I know, it sounds like I was watching a Disney movie, but it really happened.

Evan Berry has never even played in a high school football game.

I guess Kiffin (who I am starting to think may be a few cards short of a deck) has a lot of faith in good genetics. His big brother is  UT safety Eric Berry. Eric is almost certain to be drafted early in the first round of the 2009 NFL draft.

In defense of Evan, his father and brother both went to Tennessee so the odds were pretty good that he would have wanted to there anyway.

Plus, getting a full ride football scholarship to college probably gives him a good chance of scoring some 8th grade tail.**

* Okay, technically it is illegal for Lane Kiffin to have done so, but Berry has gone to the press so I’m guessing Lane said something to the kid.

**God, I feel bad about myself just for typing that. I was an 8th grade girl once. When I was 13 I  probably still wanted to marry somebody in Duran Duran.