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College programs live and die by their ability to keep the roster stocked with fresh talent.  The courtship between recruiters and topnotch high school players can be delicate, a relationship forged on notes in the mail, telephone calls, and critical hours spent in the family living room.  "You have to be relentless," Orgeron said.  In his first few years at USC, the Trojans were anything but.  They were still relying on reputation to attract the best prospects and, as a result, homegrown talent was slipping away.

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