Michael Floyd News

Playing in just a little over three games, Michael Floyd has 23 catches for 499 yards and six TDs.

If Dave Wannstedt and Charlie Weis feel like they've been here before, it's because they have.

Pitt's players are not letting their newly minted top-10 ranking affect their preparation for Saturday's game against Notre Dame.

Quarterback Bill Stull was disappointed when he missed last year's four-overtime, 36-33 win at Notre Dame.

After the disastrous loss to Navy, should Charlie Weis be relieved of his duties? Is it time to find a new head coach to take the potentially loaded 2010 Irish to new heights, or should everyone calm down and wait to see how the final few games go? The CFNers crank up the debate in the latest Tuesday Question.

This was a tough, tough week for the BCS title hopes of Texas. They played at, what -- 11 in the morning? They played against some directional Florida school? While Oklahoma was exposing itself as worthless, therefore destroying UT's strength of schedule? Still, it must be said -- UT plays absolutely crap teams from here on out -- so they may go ...

Notre Dame's spot in the Top 25 is gone after a surprising loss, and with that likely went its hopes of a trip to a BCS game.

The University of Notre Dame football team ran aground Saturday against Navy. The 23-21 victory by the Midshipmen flooded any chance the Fighting Irish had of playing for anything that mattered in January.

Notre Dame's best wide receiver in September will be back for November. With Michael Floyd's broken left collarbone healed, the sophomore said he feels 100 percent heading into this weekend's tilt with Navy.

Generally, until juniors actually declare themselves for the NFL draft, they don't receive the official write-ups the pros do for seniors.

As institutions, Stanford, Northwestern and Notre Dame have a lot in common. All are academically renowned private schools with Division I-A football programs.

Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis said receiver Michael Floyd endured more contact this week at practice than he thought the sophomore would at the start of the week.

Since Buddy Green became Navy's defensive coordinator in 2002, the Midshipmen have faced six quarterbacks who went on to become first-round NFL draft picks, including current NFL starters Philip Rivers, Jay Cutler, Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco. But when Green is asked about Notre Dame junior Jimmy Clausen, the veteran coach thinks back to 1990, and a quarterback from Southern Mississippi. He sees Brett Favre.

Clausen 'reminds me of the way Favre was playing when he was a senior,' said Green, who was an assistant at North Carolina State when the Wolfpack beat Favre's Golden Eagles in the All-American Bowl. 'The way he's throwing the ball, the way he's scrambling out of the pocket when he gets pressure, and hitting people on the run, his reads, picking you apart -- soft corners, hard corners, deep balls -- he reminds me so much of Favre.'

Evan Sharpley was a bit impish about all the attention he was receiving. It's been a couple of years since Sharpley was part of the Notre Dame football conversation.

College football caps including Alabama-LSU, Notre Dame-Navy Submitted by SHNS on Thu, 11/05/2009 - 19:34 LAST WEEK: Northwestern lost at home to Penn State, 34-13. Iowa beat Indiana, 42-24. SERIES HISTORY: Iowa leads, 46-21-3 .LAST MEETING: Northwestern won, 22-17, last year.

No one on No. 19 Notre Dame needs convincing about how tough Navy is to play. The Fighting Irish remember how the Midshipmen gave them a scare last season by recovering two onside kicks and scoring two touchdowns in the final 99 seconds before the Irish held on for a 27-21 victory.

He quotes Scripture - and Lou Holtz. He even quotes Scripture in Lou Holtz's voice.

For a few hours Wednesday night, Charlie Weis got to be just a fan. For the record, the Notre Dame head football coach didn't demand anyone get fired.

When Notre Dame receiver Michael Floyd went down with a broken collarbone against Michigan State on Sept.

It's almost like watching the perfect storm start to form.A The ingredients for the Notre Dame-Pitt game, only nine days away, are starting to come together and turn it into one of the biggest games both teams have played in years.