A message to the best receiver in college football. (I am not sure who you are, but some say you are Oklahoma State’s Dez Bryant. Some say you are Alabama’s Julio Jones. Then, there are others that say Georgia’s A.J. Green, or Illinois’ Regis Benn.) Whoever your are, your days may be be numbered. There is a new kid in town. The entire nation has now been introduced to Irish sophomore sensation-Michael Floyd.

To be fair, Floyd was not an unknown. He has the best receiving season for a freshman in Notre Dame history: 48rec, 719yds, and 7 touchdowns. The national media did give him some props, but it was always as second fiddle to the receivers mentioned above. Especially annoying was that 2 of those (J. Jones, and A.J. Green), are both true sophomores like Floyd, show similar talent levels as Floyd, but they (and not Floyd) are considered the cream of that year’s crop. It must be because those boys play in the SEC , and that automatically means they’re numbers have a higher value than Floyd’s (Okay, they had a little bit better numbers, but you had to worry about the Tide’s running game first when playing ‘Bama, and Green was only the third ‘Dawg to worry about after game-planning for Moreno and Stafford). Or maybe he was overshadowed because Jones had some picture that went viral where he appeared to be doing his Incredible Hulk impersonation and leaping over the Empire State Building.

A look at any college football analyst’s best wide receiver list looks something like this:

1. Dez Bryant, Oklahoma State
2. Julio Jones, Alabama
3. A.J. Green, Georgia
4. Damian Williams, USC
5. Arrelious Benn, Illinois
6. Jordan Shipley, Texas
7. Golden Tate, Notre Dame
8. Mardy Gilyard, Cincinnati

Hmm… there is a certain name missing. But, after September 5th, Michael Floyd’s name will not be missing anymore. Not after a 4 catch, 189 yard, 3 touchdown clinic. Not after showing the holy receiving trinity of size, speed, and leaping ability. Basically, Floyd has more potential as a receiver than Luke Skywalker had as a Jedi. And it won’t hurt Floyd that he has Clausen throwing to him, and having Tate and Rudolph will make it dangerous to double him.

So college football talking heads, scratch your heads, get your erasers or white-out ready, make your finger ready to hit delete on your keyboard, and be prepared to move Michael Floyd on up to the east side of college football’s best receivers. (Even thought you don’t want to because he’s a Domer.)