EUGENE -- In late July, as Darren Carrington and his family were searching for a landing spot for the dismissed Oregon receiver, one of their first stops was a visit to Utah's campus in Salt Lake City.
Once there, the family was given lanyards to identify them as important visitors. On recruiting visits, such lanyards often are customized to feature a player's headshot or the stadium.
The Utes went a different direction. Instead, they used a photo taken eight months earlier, of Carrington catching Oregon's game-winning touchdown to upset Utah in Rice-Eccles Stadium with two seconds left in regulation.