The Courting of a D-1 Recruit Part II: The Recruiting Smoke and Mirrors

By Marcis Fennell

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I took visits to The “U,” Montana State, and eventually Idaho. I wanted to go to Montana State because Bozeman, MT was a great town and a great football environment. The football community made me want to commit right then and there to Head Coach Mike Kramer. They were and are in the era of dominance on the Division 1-AA era, so I thought it was a no-brainer. Then I took the trip to the University of Idaho.

When they said I was going to Moscow, I thought I really was going to Russia. I pulled into the tiny Moscow/Pullman Airport in a commuter plane and saw nothing but hills of snow. That was a huge culture shock as a kid from Long Beach, CA. Then we got explore the campus and the Idaho Athletics Facility. The first room that they brought the recruits to was full of girls, video games, and snacks. The coaches described this room as the Players’ Lounge and that is where we all were assigned our hostesses who were our tour guides. The thing about hostesses was that the more prominent recruits were assigned two hostesses, which I enjoyed. And that is when I was sold. I was a Vandal. That weekend’s parties and festivities were just icing on the cake.