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Home > Friday Roundup > Friday Roundup: The “85” Edition

Friday Roundup: The “85” Edition

February 21, 2014 by Ryan Ritter

Friday RoundupAfter a successful signing day, Brain Kelly still had one more scholarship available for the 2014 season. That spot has now been filled by Cody Riggs, a Flordia graduate transfer. 

The defensive back brings some much needed depth and experience to a secondary that can certainly use it; however, I’m more impressed with the outlook of the program overall. 

And it isn’t just hitting the 85 scholarship cap either. The class of 2015 has a minimum of 11 scholarships available and that’s only if all 15 eligible fifth years stay. That’s a crazy amount of flexibility that will translate into serious upperclassmen depth which is rather crazy when you consider the senior class of 2015 will only have 13 of the 16 members that it started with. 

That kind of depth allows Kelly to not rush his recruits, giving them a potential redshit year to further develop. Those potential fifth years can then in turn allow the strong upperclassmen depth to remain. 

Some of the bigger headlines in recent years have been players transferring, weaseling out of their national letter of intent, or leaving early for the NFL, yet, through all of this noise, Kelly has fully restocked the Notre Dame roster and has the Irish in great potential shape for many years to come. 

The Roundup

So, I guess some Michigan man can claim he owns Hoke. Personally, I’d ask for a refund. 
 
You stay classy, Southern Cal. Maybe you should pay attention when cameras are rolling. 
 
Justice is apparently spelled P-i-z-z-a-H-u-t. The pizza chain gave a WCU student his rightful $10,000 prize after the school refused to pay up. 
 
I’m going to link Daniel Bryan stories every week at this rate. Now, USA Today has done a story on his impact into other sports. KEEP TAKING OVER THE WORLD IN ALL YOUR BEARDED GLORY!
 
And now your moment of zen… Seriously considering naming this after Irish Chocolate because he continues to find his way in this section. 

The Booze

It’s been a while since I’ve gone with a straight beer suggestion in this section. In the same vein, as I was at dinner the other night, I realized it had also been a while since I’ve gone with a good red/amber beer as of late as I’ve been on an IPA/stout/whiskey kick as of late.
 
Plus with the weather slowly transitioning out of winter, it makes sense to go with a red as a transition from the darker brews of winter. 
 
I ended up rolling with a local, Rahr’s Texas Red, but I’d love to hear of other reader favorites in this category. 
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Texan by birth, Irish by choice.

First-generation Domer and a former student manager, HLS podcast host, HLS Sim creator, Extra Life streamer, and technical problem haver. You can find more non-Notre Dame related writing on his Patreon.
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Filed Under: Friday Roundup, Notre Dame Football Tagged With: Brian Kelly, Cody Riggs, Louis Nix III, Michigan, USC

About Ryan Ritter

Editor-in-Chief
Texan by birth, Irish by choice.

First-generation Domer and a former student manager, HLS podcast host, HLS Sim creator, Extra Life streamer, and technical problem haver. You can find more non-Notre Dame related writing on his Patreon.

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