Scott Nelson admits it was a gamble, but he knew first-hand that the tactic worked and he liked his chances of pulling it off. Some of the top football prospects in the nation were making their official campus visits to Wisconsin on June 8 and Nelson, a redshirt freshman free safety from Detroit, had been assigned to serve as host to Spencer Lytle, an outside linebacker recruit from Redondo Beach, California. "I don't want you to come here if you're not going to be happy," Nelson told Lytle. "I want you to come here because this is the place for you."
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