INDIANAPOLIS, IN - JULY 23: Mel Tucker, head coach of the Michigan State Spartans speaks during the Big Ten Football Media Days at Lucas Oil Stadium on July 23, 2021 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images)
Ohio State has ‘Friday Night Lights’, Michigan has the BBQ at the Big House, and most top programs have enormous recruiting events in the summer to build momentum and forge relationships with future classes.
Mel Tucker realized he needed to add a big recruiting event of his own in order to get Michigan State football into the conversation with some of the nation’s top recruiting programs.