OT: Kentucky Offers Eighth-Grader From Detroit
So this appears to be the SEC's strategy to get back at Harbaugh: They're coming into our state and stealing our middle-schoolers!
Kentucky offered a 6-4, 260-pound lineman from Oak Park. Big boy - he'll be playing alongside U-M commit Ja'Raymond Hall this season.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/high-school/2016/04/26/detroit-…
April 26th, 2016 at 11:24 PM ^
I thought this was basketball
April 27th, 2016 at 10:25 AM ^
nah, kentucky basketball's been offering 8th graders for years. wouldn't be news.
April 26th, 2016 at 11:25 PM ^
That seals it, shut our program down, Kentucky will have a dynasty from 2020 to 2031.
April 27th, 2016 at 10:11 AM ^
Nah, most eight graders in Michigan can't even find Kentucky on a map.
Yeah, but most 11th graders in Kentucky can't find Kentucky on a map, so we're coming out ahead still.
April 26th, 2016 at 11:30 PM ^
Wait, what?
getting Big Blue Balls from an 8th grader
April 26th, 2016 at 11:35 PM ^
We need to get Delaney to call the NCAA and get these offers to kids not in high school banned. Think about the coaches time and their families!
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April 26th, 2016 at 11:50 PM ^
Lineman? Didn't know Kentucky had a hockey program...
April 27th, 2016 at 12:01 AM ^
I don't get it... There are no lineman in Hockey, and linesman are refs not players. BUT I'm also an idiot so I'm proboably just missing something.
April 27th, 2016 at 12:13 AM ^
Was attempting to make a joke about how everyone thought that this thread was about basketball until it wasn't so I tried to tie it to hockey instead even though it didn't exactly fit or really even make sense. Probably could've said linesman to at least make myself seem less like an idiot. Could've also put an /s.
Something about hindsight and 20's...
And it certainly loses something when you have to explain it.
Don't worry, I got your joke...
Horray! Yeah I just have up on it when I explained it. Not every joke has to pan out. It's ok.
April 27th, 2016 at 11:54 AM ^
You're all good mate, like I said.. I'm pretty stupid. :D
April 26th, 2016 at 11:57 PM ^
Did they specify if it was a committable offer?
April 27th, 2016 at 12:22 AM ^
Remember that kid that USC offered in 7th grade that was supposed to be real good but ended up at West Virginia.
Yeah, he had 7 catches for 131 yards and 2 TDs at wide receiver last year.
wow, wonder how big he'll end up being and if he turns out to be any good I think Kentucky won't have a chance at him after Harbaugh starts recruiting him.
this matters.
The novelty is that he is an eighth grader. If you thought any of us were concerned, or really even cared about the actual offer, you aren't understanding this thread. So why express your displeasure?
April 27th, 2016 at 10:36 AM ^
is really much of a novelty any more. There are plenty of kids that hit early growth spurts that allow them to excel at an early age because they out size everybody they play against. This becomes relevant news only when his skill level is determined to be as superior as his size, which happens much later in high school.
April 27th, 2016 at 11:24 AM ^
It isn't about his size either....
That's the point.
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Seven inches taller than me and 80 pounds heavier and only, what, like 13 or 14 years old (25 years younger)? Clearly, my parents were not paying attention to things like nutrition or what might be in the water.
Even though it is a non-committable offer, it is still odd that the NCAA definition of "prospective student-athlete" still allows schools to offer this young.
What's in the water? Didn't realize lead is good for growing big boys
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How far will you let this blog fall?
Quitcher bitchin.
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How is this "letting the blog fall?"
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I'll start caring about this in four years when it might actually matter.
There's no reason for any program to give an offer to a kid that hasn't even gotten to high school yet.
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was offered in 8th grade by Bobby Knight. That was about 1985.
I don't think he's a vegetarian
Are on his diet!!
Didn't we do this twice last year to kids from Florida and Georgia?
Then I realized in Kentucky that hookers and blow aren't considered proper gifts until you're 14 or 15.
Nothing to see here.
Then I realized in Kentucky that hookers and blow aren't considered proper gifts until you're 14 or 15.
Nothing to see here.
April 27th, 2016 at 11:09 AM ^
I don't really consider Kentucky a SEC school that's upset about Michigan ...
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April 27th, 2016 at 11:55 AM ^
Is this potentially the next Greg Oden. Looks like he is 40 while playing in college.
Why? He could turn out to be a great recruit, some day, but offering football recruits this early is just a dumb strategy, honestly.
Wait til he has his real growth spurt in a couple of years
He'll be 9' tall and 575 pounds!
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