If you’re a fan of college football recruiting, buckle up. Things are about to get fun.Official visit season is here and will pick up in earnest next weekend, when programs across the country roll out all their flashiest bells and whistles.Photoshoots. Fancy dinners. Snacks-galore. Meetings with coaches. All are part of the official visit experience, which often leads to a wave of summer commitments as recruits look to make their college decisions before their final seasons of high school football. And of course, in this era of college football, schools are talking money with prospects now, too.Here’s what’s going on as we inch closer to June.Note: All rankings are from the 247Sports Composite.Watch out for the scare tacticMoney has been a big part of the recruiting process ever since name, image and likeness entered the mix in 2021, but the financial piece has become even more prominent for prospects over the past year, after the House settlement ruled in June 2025 that schools can directly share revenue with athletes.Schools can’t formally present high school prospects with revenue-sharing offers until November, the month before the early signing period. But financial conversations are happening much earlier than that.And in some cases, high school prospects are being spooked into committing earlier than they otherwise might have, according to one Power 4 personnel staffer.“That’s been a common theme,” the staffer said. “There’s one school out there that’s telling kids, ‘Here’s your number. If you don’t commit within a week and you take an official visit elsewhere, that number that I presented to you is now half.’“I know one particular school that’s been doing a lot of it, but I think it’s becoming a pretty common practice across the P4 realm.”The staffer said this type of fear-mongering also comes into play with transfer prospects, but acknowledged it makes some sense with portal players, given how quickly schools have to move during the transfer window.If and when one portal prospect turns a school down, the program has to have someone else waiting in the wings. Unlike the high school recruiting process, the portal window lasts about two weeks — not months (or in some cases, years).“A guy will be on an official visit to School X, and the car service will be outside to pick him up to take him to the airport to fly him to his next visit, and they basically say, ‘Hey, if you get in that car, this offer is no longer on the table.’ Or ‘It’s shrunk. If you come to us tomorrow, it might be 25 percent less or something,’” the staffer said.“In portal life, that’s accurate. In high school life, I think it’s more just a scare tactic than anything. But it’s becoming more common. It just is. It’s unfortunate, but it’s just becoming more common.”Blue-chip QB carouselThere are 26 blue-chip quarterback prospects in the 2027 recruiting cycle. Colton Nussmeier, whose older brother Garrett recently finished his career at LSU, is the only one who is not committed. So after Peter Bourque, the No. 82 overall prospect and the No. 7 quarterback, pledged to Virginia Tech last week, it feels as though most of the blue-chip QB dominoes have fallen.But there are still some situations to monitor, mainly with Southern California native Brady Edmunds, who has been committed to Ohio State since December 2024. While the Buckeyes have Edmunds in their class, they’re still recruiting other quarterbacks in this cycle. Ohio State has demonstrated some level of interest in three-star prospect Dane Weber, who had a list of finalists that includes Cal, Cincinnati and UCLA.