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About 25 minutes until kickoff on a drizzly day in Dublin

About 30 minutes away from kickoff. Some things I'm monitoring for Notre Dame-Navy:

ND 1st down run/pass ratio and YPC on 1st down
What kind of tempo ND uses
Pass game explosives
RPO attempts
Navy Havoc rate
How many times Navy doesn't line up in typical flexbone

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Navy defers, ND will receive

Gi'Bran Payne returns it to the 20

1 and 10

12 personnel

Tight bunch, counter trey to the right side. Estime gets about 11

1 and 10

Four man rush, Hartman to Thomas for another first on an out route

1 and 10

Navy shooting gaps up front, crowded the line more there. 1 yard for Estime

2 and 9

Tobias Merriweather drop on the bubble. Wasn't blocked well, but gotta have that

3 and 10

Love that call from Parker spread out formation, Navy all kind of games up front, inside draw play for a 1st

1 and 10

Payne nice job getting skinny and spinning for positive yards.

2 and 5

Payne another nice job going through contact and gets 4

3 and short

12 personnel, converted by Estime but will come back on a hold. Evans got his hands outside the frame of the DE

3 and long

Check by Hartman, flare out to Estime and a first down. Great job all around. Perfect check vs the blitz

Payne gets 6

2 and 4

Out to Colzie converted. Nice job on the low throw. Sets up 1 and goal

1 and goal

Estime for 7 just short of the goal line. My oh my by Alt and Evans at the POA there

2 and goal

Estime in for the touchdown!

Clinical by the Irish on the first drive

7-0 ND

First kickoff for Schrader is a touchback. Expect a lot of those this season

1 and 10 at the 25

Tai Lavatai getting the start

Fullhouse look, Navy ran power and got 5

Spread out, quick pitch out wide, first down

Navy definitely has ND off balance with different formations and different looks

1 and 10 already in plus territory

Dive inside stuffed this time. Botelho TFL

3 and 5

Jet sweep nice job by Bertrand and Kiser

4 and 4

PA and Lavatai pressured by Kiser, had to make a difficult throw, but it was a good one. SB couldn't come up with it.

ND gets the ball on downs. Really nice opening script by Navy to start, but key was 1st down Havoc by Botelho

Estime big run to start, but fumbles and luckily the ball goes out of bounds. Knocked out by Evans

Nice quick hitch to Tyree, gets nine with some YAC

2 and 1

Payne inside for another big run. These holds didn't exist last season for ND.

ND 1 and 10 at the Navy 32

Hartman takes the PA shot to Merriweather, ball was underthrown

Flag picked up, but I thought it was PI. He got there early

Hartman quick to Salerno gets ND to 3 and short

3 and 1

Wildcat to Payne and they convert, got hit at the LOS, but bounced off of it

1 and 10

JD Price to the house!

First career carry and it's six. Coogan and Alt great job, but Navy shifted and opened up that hole

14-0 ND

Schrader with another touchback

1 and 10 at the 25

Pitch on the option gets 7

Kiser gets in and hits the dive to force 3 and 3

End of 1st Q

ND 6.8 YPC and a 14-0 lead

3 and 3

Little bit of zone read or designed keep by Lavatai. I think he was just short, but they gave Navy the first

They are now reviewing it and it's a yard short

Navy will go for it

4 and 1

He converts this time. Had two fullbacks leading for him there

1 and 10

Marist Liufau with a his first Havoc play of the year! Forced fumble and scooped up by Kiser, but refs are saying it was out of bounds. 2nd down Navy, they are reviewing it but it will probably stay Navy's ball

The ruling on the field will stand

2 and 6

Marist great job running down Lavatai there for not much of a gain on the keep

3 and medium

Botelho outstanding job on the toss. Good job by Cam Hart too

4 and 4 and Navy will punt

Short punt, downed at the ND 22

Jailbreak screen to Thomas for a big gain. 19 yards

1 and 10

Jeremiyah Love gets about 10 on his first career carry. ND going tempo here

Hartman smoked when he threw the ball there, but got the ball out on time to Colzie. Another first

Play-action TD to Greathouse! All the young guys getting in on the fun

Great ball by Hartman, Rayaun Lane got beat again. this time the ball was on the money

21-0 ND

Navy dive gets good start to this drive vs ND's #2 DL

Tai Lavatai down on the field and looking at the knee that he tore last year. Looks like he is ok, but a bit scary for him

1 and 10

Arline in for at least a play

Pitch well covered by ND. Good pursuit by the ILBs and only 3 yards

Arline stays in while they fix Lavatai's brace

Stretch play for Navy, JR T couldn't run him down. Sets up 3 and 2

Brown had a chance for a TFL on the 3rd down pitch and Navy converts

1 and 10

Great tackle by Mickey outside. Outside hip and hit through

Lavatai back in and Navy has a drive going here

Fofana ran through a Kiser tackle at the LOS. Gotta go low on this kid, he brings it. Great effort from the Navy FB

2 and 6

Quick pitch as ND is attacking the QB and ND's perimeter guys aren't off the blocks in time. Another 1st

Under 3 minutes to go, Navy in the red zone

2 and 5

TFL by JJB, but the job was done inside by Cross. Fantastic. He destroyed the guard

3 and 7

Lavatai QB draw gets about 3

4 and 4

Navy RG Josh Pena is down. He'll be out for a play. 20 game starter for them

Navy will go for the FG here

Only 2nd career FG attempt is wide right

Terrific stop by ND's defense

21-0 ND 1:55 left in the half

Hartman goes through progressions and 20 yards to Tyree over the middle who was wide open

Devyn Ford with a carry on 1st and then catches a check down by Hartman to move the sticks

1 and 10

Quick screen to Tyree gets it to the Navy 42. Gets about 8, ND second timeout with 1:03 left

Greathouse converts on 3 and 3

Ball clocked at 29 seconds at Navy 29

2 and 10

Targeted Tyree on the post, Rayaun Lane PI and ball on the Navy 14

Navy dropped almost everybody, Hartman patient, tried to check it down to Payne, but ball was off. Probably a good thing to stop the clock

2 and 10 17 seconds left

Navy timeout

Hartman to Thomas on the skinny post. Touchdown

Zero pressure from Navy when they don't blitz

28-0 ND 13 seconds to go in the half

Navy takes a knee

They will get the ball to start the second half

I'd say that half went pretty well for ND

6.1% first half havoc rate for Navy

9.0 YPP for ND

Another Spencer Shrader touchback

1 and 10 at the 25

Great tackle by Watts on the pitch for only two yards

2 and 8

Pitch was off, Hart hits the pitch man and it's a fumble. Navy recovered it.

Bertrand has to tackle Fofane in space on the stretch. Navy goes 3 and out

Horrible punt. ND's rep for punt blocks already having an impact

Good field position at the ND 37

1 and 10

Another counter with Rocco destroying his guy on the trap. Big gain for Estime on 1st down

1 and 10

Estime again fighting through contact for about 7

2 and 3

Estime carrying dudes to convert on the next run

1 and 10

Edge Jordan Sanders down for Navy on the play

RPO to Thomas on the out. Nice job slipping a tackle after the catch. Another 1st

Quick on the ball to Payne gets 4. Fisher drove the LB six yards back on that play

Hartman avoids the free rusher, finds Greathouse for a touchdown. Wide open. No one within 10 yards of him

35-0 ND

Stuff by ND on 1st down and second down

3 and 6

Josh Burnham with a sack, Rubio had pressure too. Another 3 and out

Tyree good return to the Navy 36

Estime inside for 6

2 and 4

Give on the RPO to Estime, he runs through more tackles. Tempo killing Navy

1 and 10

Estime ridiculous catch on a check down from Hartman. Wow. A lot of great work for four yards

Tried a little slip screen to Payne and Navy was on it. One of the few things that have not worked for ND

3 and 11

Play clock winding down, Hartman didn't see it in time, Marcus Freeman got it in before they blew it down

Hartman tried to get it to Tyree, but Lane finally had a good play. Almost broke it up and Tyree couldn't come up with it

Shrader in for a FG, but goes wide right. At least if you're going to miss one, do it when it's 35-0

QB keep for about 7, Navy got the best push they've had in a while on that play

Lavatai had a man open, but Botelho got there at the same time he was throwing it. A duck that didn't hit

Liufau with a nice job on the bubble screen. Stopped Navy short of the sticks

4 and 1

Nana got contact in the backfield, but nice leg drive by the Navy FB converts

1 and 10

Great job by Watts getting the angle on the pitch, he couldn't finish, but Bertrand did. Short gain

Lavatai off on the throw, pressured by Onye

3 and 8

Snap came before Lavatai was ready. Nana gets an easy money TFL for a loss of a million

Navy has to punt again

Fair catch by Tyree at the ND 40

Inside to Price for 7 to end the 3rd Q

Straight up domination

8.8 YPP to 2.6

35-0

Really like the vision of Jeremiyah Love who is showing he is more than just a speed guy. Couple of really strong runs as ND is just eating clock here

Well, screen to Colzie and that's the last you'll see of Hartman today. 25 yard touchdown makes it 42-0 after the extra point

Navy really just trying to what they can to churn out first downs at this point.

Thomas Harper lost his man in coverage and Navy finally got a big play. They are in the red zone

Onye big stuff to force 3 and 3 inside the 10

Marist Liufau smacks the shovel pass and stops Navy before they can convert

4 and 1

Navy converts, T formation and Cross nice play but can't stop Lavatai before the line to gain

Tried a throwback pass to Lavatai, but Liufau covered it. Mills then gets the sack on Arline who is in at SB. Big loss

Great tackle by Jaden Mickey on the pitch

3 and goal at the 13

Little HB pass and incomplete. Way out of bounds, but picked by C Lew

Disgusting field goal attempt by Navy here with 3:37 to go

Timeout Navy. Hopefully he rethink its

Boo they kicked it

Congratulations on not getting shutout lol

42-3 ND

Angeli in, 2nd team OL in

Couple of Estime runs get it to 3 and 1, Navy calls a timeout with 2:25 left

He ends up converting for a 1st after that

Nice to Rico Flores get his first career catch on Angeli's first career completion

Only two yards, but they'll remember it

That's game and ND looked very good today. Did exactly what you'd hope for.

42-3 the final

Post-game show coming up. Instant reaction after that