'10 FL CB Cody Riggs (Notre Dame Transferee)

[Ironman8]

Loy is reporting this is a done deal, just waiting on confirmation from Riggs himself.

 

[rtrn2glory]

how do we consider it a "done deal"

does he sign anything like a LOI or how does this work.

what love it is truly the case

 

[Irish#1]

Loy is reporting this is a done deal, just waiting on confirmation from Riggs himself.

 

[ResLife Hero]

85! 85! 85!

Really hope Loy is right. This would be great news for a lot of reasons.

 

[Emcee77]

Not sure if it is already in the thread, but the uncle who is helping Cody with his decision is Bobby Brown, a receiver for ND in the mid-90s.

A poster on BGI says he is Facebook friends with Bobby Brown from when they were at NDLS together (Brown attended law school at ND in the mid-2000s ... I remember playing hoops with him at Rolfs during that time), and Brown has pics of their visit all over his Facebook account and it seems that both he and Cody are really excited.

And I can vouch for this BGI poster, btw; I know him personally.

 

[gkIrish]

85! 85! 85!

Really hope Loy is right. This would be great news for a lot of reasons.

It's nice that we have 85 but we have 2-3 5th years who wouldn't be on the team if there was another option. So it's more like 83.

 

[rtrn2glory]

said he hung out with Kinnon Tatum Sunday Night too

yes this Kinnon Tatum!!!

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most frickin athletic play i've ever seen from an ND player....first time i ever sweared in front of my mother watching that play.

 

[Kaneyoufeelit]

Loy is reporting this is a done deal, just waiting on confirmation from Riggs himself.

 

[irish o'phile]

85! 85! 85!

Really hope Loy is right. This would be great news for a lot of reasons.

We also have a couple/few "preferred walk-on" players. Even with some attrition, ND has a full roster+. A far cry from the last couple of years as far as I can recall.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Guy played in the best conference in football on one of the top defenses in college football and will bring a SEC attitude and experience to a defense that could use some. Everywhere we have read he is an excellent leader I don't see one negative in this.

What board does Keith Arnold post on?

I am really curious. Do all of you realize that Keith Arnold said that he couldn't understand why any fan wouldn't be crazy-happy to get a guy like Riggs? (I used smaller and hopefully more understandable words.) He was commenting on the fact that no one seemed to care about it. He obviously thought it was big.

And then Jake Brown took it, with his narrow view, solid work ethic, and his demonstrable mastery of vocabulary, and hacked it. From him the rest was history.

Keith has one think he can learn from me, he needs to express complex thoughts in very small words. And if he can't find a way, he needs to forget about it.

 

[irishfanjho15]

said he hung out with Kinnon Tatum Sunday Night too

yes this Kinnon Tatum!!!

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most frickin athletic play i've ever seen from an ND player....first time i ever sweared in front of my mother watching that play.

"That's heart, that's 'want to', that's defense."

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Would we have rather gotten 4 years of Alexander or 1 year of Riggs? You could argue the latter is preferable as Riggs will undoubtedly contribute more in 2014, and it will give the staff more flexibility to recruit to needs in next year's class.

Keith has one think he can learn from me, he needs to express complex thoughts in very small words. And if he can't find a way, he needs to forget about it.

Failing that, he could just start posting in Gaelic. That tends to solve all comprehension issues immediately.

 

[ulukinatme]

Cue the Asian chicks?

 

[irishog77]

Would we have rather gotten 4 years of Alexander or 1 year of Riggs? You could argue the latter is preferable as Riggs will undoubtedly contribute more in 2014, and it will give the staff more flexibility to recruit to needs in next year's class.



Failing that, he could just start posting in Gaelic. That tends to solve all comprehension issues immediately.

I think I'd rather have Riggs for 1 than Alexander for 4. I think next year's class being small, thus freeing up a precious schollie, perhaps played a role in my decision. If ND was going to take 25 next year? Not sure what my answer would be.

 

[Irish#1]

Would we have rather gotten 4 years of Alexander or 1 year of Riggs? You could argue the latter is preferable as Riggs will undoubtedly contribute more in 2014, and it will give the staff more flexibility to recruit to needs in next year's class.



Failing that, he could just start posting in Gaelic. That tends to solve all comprehension issues immediately.

Interesting question, but I can't answer it until Alexander has some experience under his belt like Riggs. So basically, I don't know!

 

[Emcee77]

Would we have rather gotten 4 years of Alexander or 1 year of Riggs? You could argue the latter is preferable as Riggs will undoubtedly contribute more in 2014, and it will give the staff more flexibility to recruit to needs in next year's class.

Man, what a tough call. I could see arguments for both sides. It's hard to say without knowing just what role Riggs will play, but I think I'd rather have 4 years of Alexander.

Right now the consensus seems to be that Riggs will be our nickel corner next year, and Alexander, if we had landed him, would probably have played the same role. That's not a hard role for a freshman to play, as the last two years have shown (Shumate was a difference maker as a nickel corner in 2012 and Luke played the position in 2013). Then, in subsequent years, we would have a great cover corner to complement Watkins, who has the makings of a great zone corner, in this class.

But if Riggs turns out to be a Jamoris Slaughter jack-of-all-trades in the secondary this year, and if we nab 2 or 3 awesome corners in the 2015 class, including at least one solid cover corner, then I'll be happy with the way things worked out.

 

[Luckylucci]

Only bringing in 1 CB this year could be a good selling point for CB's like Fitzpatrick but I would rather have Alexander for 4 than Riggs for 1. Not to mention that we also have to play Alexander for 4 years now.

 

[ryno 24]

I said this at the time, I did not think Alexander was elite. It would have been extra and a good pick up, but he is not elite.

 

[IrishLion]

I think I would have rather had Alexander for 4 years simply for roster stability.

Assuming he would settle in and stick around, he gives you a bit of cushion (along with Luke and Butler being sophomores, Kinlaw being a RS frosh, and Watkins being a true frosh) in case you miss on a CB prospect over the next class or two.

 

[Rack Em]

Would we have rather gotten 4 years of Alexander or 1 year of Riggs? You could argue the latter is preferable as Riggs will undoubtedly contribute more in 2014, and it will give the staff more flexibility to recruit to needs in next year's class.

1 year of Riggs and 4 years of (hopefully) Reid, Lewis, and Fitzpatrick

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4 years of Alexander

IMO, this year's CB class is very good and we seem to have a good shot with a couple of highly rated prospects.

 

[Me2SouthBend]

Guy played in the best conference in football on one of the top defenses in college football and will bring a SEC attitude and experience to a defense that could use some. Everywhere we have read he is an excellent leader I don't see one negative in this.

What board does Keith Arnold post on?

This one, why?

 

[adsnorri]

This one, why?

That's Great! Haha

 

[Walter White]

1 year of Riggs. Because he is a proven starter on one of the best secondaries in the country. Alexander is a riskier pick. If he doesn't start, it means that Luke is very talented. Its at worst guaranteed depth for a one year stop gap.

Not to mention he opens up doors for other 5th year transfers for ND and he can hit like this:

 

[rocket66]

1 year of Riggs. Because he is a proven starter on one of the best secondaries in the country. Alexander is a riskier pick. If he doesn't start, it means that Luke is very talented. Its at worst guaranteed depth for a one year stop gap.

Not to mention he opens up doors for other 5th year transfers for ND and he can hit like this:

Exactly. And let's not pretend Alexander was some elite recruit. He was a high 3* with average offers and a decent upside. I'll take the proven guy for a year and save that scholly for a better prospect in '15. No question.

 

[IrishInFl]

This one, why?

I KNEW IT!!1!

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Would we have rather gotten 4 years of Alexander or 1 year of Riggs? You could argue the latter is preferable as Riggs will undoubtedly contribute more in 2014, and it will give the staff more flexibility to recruit to needs in next year's class.



Failing that, he could just start posting in Gaelic. That tends to solve all comprehension issues immediately.

Roinnt éisteacht leis an rud céanna is cuma cad é an teanga, agus tá ach tá i bhfad a thaispeáint chun é!

 

[Pa Golden Tate Fan]

I would take Riggs over Alexander short term. Long Term Defiantly Alexander.

 

[GBdomer]

I would take Riggs over Alexander short term. Long Term Defiantly Alexander.

Well wouldn't everyone seeing how Riggs has 1 year to play and Alexander has 4?

 

[GBdomer]

This one, why?

Are you Keith Arnold?

 

[NDWorld247]

I would have rathered 4 years of Alexander to be honest. I think he's going to be a stud for Stanford.

But it's really a moot point. I'm pleased we're adding a player like Riggs for one season.