USC Verbals 7th Grader

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I'm going with...






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Is Kiffin involved or is this all coming from the kid/his parents and his coach ???

With what is swirling around the USC program I cannot see Kiffin going this route

I stand corrected on what I posted above---it is now being noted by numerous sources that Kiffin did in fact offer him a scholarship over the phone

Absolutely unreal !!!

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By phone?






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NEXT YEAR .... Son we think you have what it takes to play at SC.

I've got a son in the fourth grade...oh hang on, the phone is ringing. Maybe it's the Yankees...

Somebody needs to give these coaches a drug test...

Does a verbal mean anything in football? This has to be a joke.

7th graders don't make the best decisions...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...ext_from=PL&index=53


See what I mean?!

With his track record, does the kid really think Kiffen will be there by the time he gets to college?

I'm sure the kid is talented for a 7th grader...but this largely has to be a publicity stunt by Kiffin. Too bad he's using a young kid for the stunt.

A little on the "sick" side if you ask me (not that anyone did).

Justbaseball is right. This is mostly a publicity stunt. Even though the kid was offered a scholarship, there are many ways to get out of it. Nothing is official until signing day so this is all just media hype. Kiffin is a tool.

All I know is that Kiffin must be the worlds best interview. All he has done in the last few years is toatl garbage and he is loved by USC. Again. How many times is this guy going to be given a chance at a high level? All he does is talk the talk then run away or destroy the team.

What the heck does he have?

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What the heck does he have?

His daddy...a defensive genious.

As someone else said, Lane himself...is a tool. USC oughta be embarrassed.

I vote for stunt. Kiffin is a maniac.

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Originally posted by warningtrack:
Does a verbal mean anything in football? This has to be a joke.

A verbal isn't worth the paper it isn't written on.

Publicity stunt, pure and simple.

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A verbal isn't worth the paper it isn't written on.

Giving a verbal offer to a seventh grader may indeed be a stunt (although I don't know what Kiffin would gain by it,) but it is simply untrue that a verbal scholarship offer is worthless.

Student athletes can and do count on verbal agreements made by their college coaches, and the vast majority of the time, when a verbal is explicitly offered and accepted, the coach lives up to the agreement.

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Originally posted by Rob Kremer:

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A verbal isn't worth the paper it isn't written on.

Giving a verbal offer to a seventh grader may indeed be a stunt (although I don't know what Kiffin would gain by it,) but it is simply untrue that a verbal scholarship offer is worthless.

Student athletes can and do count on verbal agreements made by their college coaches, and the vast majority of the time, when a verbal is explicitly offered and accepted, the coach lives up to the agreement.

Thanks for your input.

While verbals are most often made with the best of intentions, they rely more on the integrity of those involved than antyhing else. According to the NCAA, there are many ways for both parties to extricate themselves from a verbal. Add to that the number of years in which both parties in this particular case have to re-consider their intenttions and you have a verbal that isn't worth the paper it isn't written on.

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Originally posted by Doughnutman:
All I know is that Kiffin must be the worlds best interview. All he has done in the last few years is toatl garbage and he is loved by USC. Again. How many times is this guy going to be given a chance at a high level? All he does is talk the talk then run away or destroy the team.

What the heck does he have?

I saw an article that said Kiffen keeps falling out of trees and landing on higher branches.