STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – In the never ending world of college football recruiting, certain visit dates could mean 150-plus impressionable prospects and their families are on hand while Penn State tries to roll out the red carpet for all of them.
Such is the case during the annual Blue-White Game, a large unofficial visit weekend for many prospects. The planning and preparation for all visits means recruits knowing where to go, how to get there, where to pick up tickets or passes and then trying to build or continue a relationship during the trip. At the spring game that latter part certainly is a challenge.
“The spring game is more about the environment to be honest with you,” James Franklin said this spring during his coaches caravan tour. “We get very little contact with them because we’re so busy. … . The message is different when we’re having junior days or individual one-on-one visits and things like that. That’s the challenge I think always with football is managing the numbers.”
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