USC Trojans' Rob Ryan Recruiting Plan In Big Ten, College Football

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00:00talking to 17-year-old high school kids.

00:01Like, how was that first experience?

00:03Like, you haven't done that, something

00:04like that in quite a while.

00:05Well, I was with Henny, you know, who's like, I mean,

00:09that's Pete Carroll.

00:09Like, that guy's Pete.

00:10He's got energy.

00:12He's unbelievable.

00:12Everybody loves him.

00:13He walks in the building.

00:14He's like, oh, Henny.

00:16Like, he's the man, you know?

00:17So it was pretty easy.

00:19No, they did not trust me going out by myself.

00:22I would have probably broke every rule.

00:23No, I wouldn't have.

00:25Maybe a few of them.

00:26But it was awesome to be around him.

00:29And then, you know, I think I'm kind of used to, like,

00:32seeing a player, know what he looks like.

00:34And when you see a face that you're used to looking at,

00:36it's like, oh, I want that kid, you know?

00:38So I saw a couple of those on the road.

00:41And I'm like, all right, this will be pretty cool, you know?

00:44And then I got back here, and I got

00:46you looking at these young kids.

00:48You know, he's 170 pounds.

00:50Can you project, Mike?

00:52Oh, this is where it's going to be a little different.

00:55So, you know, I'm still kind of getting used to that.

00:57But, you know, it's a people business.

01:00So back when I was coaching at Tennessee State 110 years ago,

01:04I used to sign a lot of kids.

01:05So I'll be OK.

01:07I'll be good at it, for sure.

01:10Connor Morissette with uscfootball.com.