Carl Franks on ESPN.com article

[chazmeister]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recruiting/football/columns/story?id=3223751

Some players just have different priorities -- uniform color, stadium size, bowl rings, TV appearances -- you name it, coaches have heard it all. USF recruiting coordinator Carl Franks said even heard about a player who once saw an animal crossing the street, and it happened to be the school mascot so decided it was fate.

"So they took that as a sign of where they needed to go," Franks said, from somewhere in the middle of Florida between Okeechobee and Sebring.

"When you've been a college coach for a number of years, things cease to surprise you or where you wind up. Sometimes you can be in the lowest end of the socioeconomic scale, where you can see dirt through the floors of a house. And you can be in the upper end, where you may be in a $2 million dollar home. I've been down a lot of dirt roads, a lot of nice places and everywhere in between. The most enjoyable part is the chance to get to meet all different types of people."

If all goes as planned, the coaches eventually earn a families' trust -- and some of their best recipes.

[smazza]

the most enjoyable part should be to snag 4/5 star recruits

[Paul Wall]

It would be better to snag 1-2 star that people didn't know about that turned into an All-American