Call it more art than science.
One of the most important decisions that head coaches, their assistants, and the support staff make on key official visits is determining the host, who is responsible for hitting the right experiential notes over the visit’s course.
When New Orleans (La.) Isidore Newman quarterback Arch Manning took his official visit to the Forty Acres last weekend, one of the biggest official visits in program history, the Texas Longhorns braintrust selected as his host redshirt freshman walk-on defensive back Michael Taaffe, pictured below with Manning (left) and Manning’s high school teammate and recent Texas commit Will Randle (right), a tight end.