Welcome to Lane Kiffin's Charlie Weis Jr. experiment

So he is young. Do you know how many times Charlie Weis Jr. has heard that?

It's going on a decade now.

Do you know who else heard constantly about being young?

Lane Kiffin.

It makes sense, then, that the man who was once the youngest coach in NFL history hired the youngest offensive coordinator in college football. There is a kinship and a chemistry there, formed during the time they spent together at Alabama: Kiffin as offensive coordinator and mentor; Weis Jr. as offensive analyst and mentee.

Kiffin sees himself in Weis Jr., with their similar backgrounds, preternaturally gifted minds and love for offense making it easy to mesh. Although hiring a 25-year-old to call plays at Florida Atlantic…