… some people talk about Cody as a recruit that really flew under the radar, and point to it as a failure of the recruiting “experts” and evaluations in general. If you recall, Rivals had Cody as only a three-star, and truthfully Cody would have probably spurned ’Bama for Miami (his favorite school growing up), but the ’Canes never gave him a firm offer.

On the other hand, though, if you think about it, the Cody that was so dominant last year at ‘Bama wasn’t even near the person that he was when he arrived. Truth be told, Cody arrived at Alabama somewhere in the neighborhood of 420 pounds, and a lot of people thought he was going to redshirt. Remember, he had three years to play two. I really do not think our staff knew what to expect of him when he showed up, but he really busted his ass in the S&C program and with the nutrition program that we gave him, and he lost a lot of weight by the start of Fall camp, and he quickly showed that we didn’t have an interior lineman that could consistently handle him.

I’m not sure what any of us thought about him when he was seen on the roster last year. His weight was a issue but yet a kind of good thing too, because we hadn’t had a large man like that in the middle ever that I can remember, but yet I wondered if he would pan out. He proved he was worth every pound of him, and then some.

media guides can’t get correct heights and weights? Do the writers just not care, or is there some strategy involved, or what? I can see how weights might fluctuate, but unless you’ve been tackled by Cody, your height is probably gonna stay the same…

…is a master at seeing these diamonds in the rough and motivating them into shiny beauties. I bet Cody’s thankful now Miami didn’t offer since he’d never have a chance to get a ring there.