"We definitely try to impress the coaches," said Cole Peraza, center and linebacker.

Adds Alo Moli, "You think if you show your best, they'll want to look at you."

And running back Isi Sofele, whose actually had a few offers this spring, in part because of those workouts, said the players push much harder, even though most try not to think about whose watching.

"Everyone gets tired and more pumped," said Sofele.

Bingham's players echoed what the Colts said about the visits.

"I think it makes us work a little harder ... but you have to put it out of your mind," said Remington Peck, whose had offers from UNLV and Weber State. When it's the coach of a program they're interested in, all of the players said it makes for more nerves, more adrenaline.

LT Filiaga, a linebacker from Bingham got an offer from Arizona after coaches visited the school, watched him workout and watched a highlight DVD. He said coaches made the offer to his coach and parents but he anticipates talking with them him self in the near future.

"I am really interested in the Pac 10," said Filiaga, who has offers from BYU, Utah, Stanford and Washington, as well. "I'm open to anybody, but the PAC 10 has always been my favorite conference."

Filiaga said pretending college coaches he admires aren't in the room when he's working out is difficult.

"It gets kind of nerve-wracking," he said. "I just do what I do and try not to worry about it ... It gives me more motivation to be as good as I can be."

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