I have to side with Kiffin on this. This staff is not stupid. They know it is a risk, but Kiffin has met with him and talked to others about him and feels confident enough to sign him. Even the Knoxville Catholic principal is staking his school's reputation on Hood. If everyone close to the situation says the same good things about him, then they are probably true. Given that, if he has good grades and he can play, I see no reason to continue to punish him for something that happened when he was so young.