SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP)—Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said that Michael Floyd
showed better movement in limited practice Thursday and he’s hopeful the Irish’s
leading receiver will be able to play Saturday against Navy at the Meadowlands.
Floyd, who caught three TD passes against Western Michigan last week, has
been nursing a sore hamstring. Notre Dame already will be without slot receiver
Theo Riddick (ankle) and tight end Kyle Rudolph (season-ending hamstring
surgery).
“We didn’t ask him to do too much,” Kelly said. “If Floyd feels that he
can play at a high level, then I want to play him every play that he can play.”
Kelly also commented on the 2012 schedule that was released this week, which
could be one of the most difficult in school history.
Traditional rivals Purdue and Michigan will join Stanford, BYU, Pittsburgh
and Wake Forest in home contests. Notre Dame will travel to Michigan State,
Oklahoma, Boston College and USC.
In addition to a season-opening tilt against Navy in Dublin, Ireland, the
Irish will play Miami at Soldier Field in Chicago.
“It is a pretty strong schedule,” Kelly said. “But that is why I came to
Notre Dame, to play those kinds of teams in those kinds of venues. We are not in
that kind of position to look at the 2012 schedule and say that we are ready to
win all those games, but that is where we are going to get to.”
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