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Post-Sandusky, background check rules affected recruiting plans for Penn State's new coaches: report

(Dan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.)

During college football's evaluation and contact periods, it's not uncommon for a program to send coaches to recruit all over the country, by themselves or in groups, to check in on the academic progress or athletic abilities of a current or future prospect.

Programs like Penn State often determine who is going where based on need, time, geographical travel factors, and the position of a recruit.

But for two of the Lions' coaches, the program had little choice when it came to where they were going to help close out the program's class of 2016.