Kickoff in about 15 minutes, beautiful day for Notre Dame's home opener

This game shouldn't be close. We'll see if the Irish can continue to execute on offense like they did against Navy and the defense finally gets to play in their regular defense this week

See you back in a bit.

Go Irish!

ND receives and the ball is kicked through the end zone

1 and 10 at the 25

Toss to Audric gets 9, but Alt has the rare loss at the POA on 2nd down. Loss of 4

Hartman couldn't find anyone on 3 and 5, good patience and makes the LB miss to scramble for the first

1 and 10

Devyn Ford 3 inside, quick tempo and a stick route to Flores converts. Nice tough run after the catch

1 and 10

Estime bad job bouncing it. Looking for a home run. Got to hit that inside. TFL because of it.

2 and 11

Check down to Estime near the sideline and gets 7

Counter and hard run by Payne carries the LB over the line to gain. Love seeing him lower the pads there

Two plays later Jeremiyah Love house call. Made a guy miss and then hit the turbo button

7-0 ND

Schrader boots it through the end zone

1 and 10 at the 25

Daveon Bryant ends up coming out as QB1. Big run coming back on a hold. It was on the WR. Poor job by Mills getting reached there

1 and 15

JJB got the stuff. Slanted the line and he ran right into it

2 and 15

Botelho dropped off vs the back on the swing and he missed the tackle. Ended up getting 7

3 and 8

Marist with pressure off the edge and forces the QB out of the pocket. Harper gets called for a PI on the incomplete pass.

1 and 10

Inside zone gets 4

Bubble gets 4 on 2nd down, nice job by Watts

3 and 2

QB keep converts

Mills missed the tackle for loss on 1st down, back gets 8

1 and 10

Pressure from Burnham and couldn't complete it

3 and 10 after they got nothing on inside zone

Marist lost contain and the QB found the WR coming back to the ball

2 and 10

Another inside zone success for 5 yards

This is a horrendous drive from the ND DL, get off a block

3 and medium

Pressure on the cross dog from Sneed and the ball is off on the fade

TSU is in FG range. Makeable 37 yarder is good

7-3 ND

A horrible hit by a TSU player helmet to helmet on Devyn Ford. This has to be reviewed for targeting. Ford was knocked out. Ball came out, but no way they can't call this back

If they let this go, what are we even doing here?

Okay, so I guess you can just go helmet to helmet if you don't lower it? What a joke

TSU ball in the red zone

Pressure from JJB forces an incompletion. Botelho nice job coming inside with a stuff on 2nd down

3 and 10

Pressure from Marist, BMO with a PBU

ND defense with a great response and then block a field goal. Think that was Onye

Tremendous job by the ND defense

1 and 10

Hartman couldn't find anyone on 1st down, scramble for no gain

2 and 10

Estime with a nice job falling forward for 7

3 and 3

Quick little stick route to Merriweather to move the chains

End of 1Q, more eventful than anyone thought it would be

7-3 ND

Estime kicks off the second Q with a 50 yard run, with him getting big yards after contact

2 and 6 with ND in the red zone after the gave him another touch

Blitz by TSU nice little flare to JD Price converts to get ND to 1 and goal

No room on 1 and goal for Payne

2 and goal and Estime back in the game

Hartman with the keep and flip over the defender into the end zone

No joke, a flip lol

Touchdown ND

14-3 ND

Another touchback on the kickoff by Shrader

1 and 10

Great play by Harper to blow up the bubble for a TFL

2 and 13

Cross with the pressure on play-action, diving interception by Ramon Henderson as the QB just threw that up for grabs. Good play up front leads to a big play on the back end

Hold by the OL and declined by ND

Tunnel screen to Thomas gets 7

2 and 3

Run blitz and a TFL, Correll couldn't get off the double in time.

3 and 4

Big YAC of Thomas on the crosser. 23 yards, Evans down the field helped spring him

1 and 10

Corner route by Tyree, on the money from Hartman, dived after the catch to get into the end zone

ND rolling

21-3

DJ Brown on the tackle on the kickoff, returned to the 21

1 and 10

Inside zone gets 2

2 and 8

Screen to the back was a nice play vs the blitz, but TSU only got 4. Lewis with a tackle in space

3 and 4

Pressure from Sneed was wow. Mills got a hit on the QB, ball incomplete

Another 3 and out

Hartman makes the free rusher miss on the boot. Throws the ball away on 1st down

2 and 10

That out was telegraphed to Merriweather. CB jumped it. Lucky the ball was off

3 and 10

Good protection, easy completion to Thomas for 23 on the in route

1 and 10

Wheel to Evans was well covered. Incomplete

2 and 10

Another pin and pull with Love gets about 8

3 and 2

Quick hitter to Payne moves the sticks. ND 6 for 6 on 3rd down

1 and 10

Great balance after contact by Payne gets about 13. Puts ND into 1 and goal

1 and goal

Estime inside breaks a tackle and scores

28-3 ND. Feels like a long time since that fumbled kickoff

Big kickoff return for TSU. Jr Tuihalamaka missed a tackle and he off into ND territory

1 and 10

Cross with penetration, three yards on zone to the boundary

2 and 7

Keep by the QB gets TSU into 3 and 3

Heavy formation and got maybe a yard and a half

4th and short

Timeout by TSU as they wanted to check into the right play, but didn't have things settled with the play clock running down

Zone read, QB keep and he just converts. Bertrand wrapped him up, but couldn't stop forward momentum

Forced fumble on the next play, but the ball pops right to the TE and he advances it to a first down. Antonio Carter big hit to force it. QB Bryant is hurt after that hit

Carter got kicked out for targeting. He hit the shoulder first, but I guess that doesn't matter. What a joke. I don't even know what the hell targeting is

False start on 1 and goal and then TSU has to call a timeout on the next one because the play clock was running down

BMo all over the coverage on the potential back shoulder. WR should have got called for a push off

2 and goal at the 10

Inside zone gets maybe 2

3 and goal. ND takes a timeout with 1 minute left in the half

Another false start with ND showing blitz

3 and goal at around the 14

Botelho with the sack, showed three man rush and brought people from depth. Liufau was in free as well

ND another timeout 57 seconds left

TSU 35 yard FG is no good

Big stop for the ND defense

ND 28-3

Little swing screen to Payne. He gets out of bounds and stops the clock

2 and 7 48 seconds

Strike to Evans gets ND and then to him again on a corner route

1 and 10 35 seconds in TSU territory

Another first down to Evans

I guess Hartman doesn't hate TEs

To Greathouse and ND is 1st and goal with 20 seconds left. Still one timeout

To Staes, big time catch on the crossing route. Good coverage, tight ball placement

35-3 to ND

15 seconds left in the half

TSU will take a knee and take it into halftime

Have to love that half for ND outside of the first series for the defense. Fantastic response from them. Offense pretty much doing whatever the heck they want

9.6 to 2.5 YPP

Hartman will not play in the second half. Why would he?

TSU 1 and 10 at the 25

Liufau and Botelho combine on the inside zone for the stuff

2 and 10

Another inside for 4

3 and 6

Pressure from Cross, but Bryant found a WR after escaping. Their biggest play since the first drive

JD Bertand TFL on 1st down

2 and 12

Harper trips up the Qb on the zone read keep. 3 and long

Pressure from Marist, tried to throw up the screen and Botelho drops the INT That will haunt him, but ND gets another stop

Angeli in with the ones

1 and 10

Inside and Estime moves the pile for about 5

2 and 5

Merriweather on the screen and he gets tackled by the safety for one. Nice play by him

3 and 4

Nice RPO read by Angeli, hits Thomas on the hitch and he made the DB miss, but slipped. Could have been a huge play

1 and 10

Angeli waited too long to get rid of it, got smakced and ball fluttered. He got crunched

2 and 10

Estime on the toss gets about 7, really nice block by Flores there outside

3 and 3

Angeli probably should not have thrown it to Love on the swing, but it was PI on the defender. First down ND

1 and 10

TSU DL went down after the play. Hopefully he was ok. He was the one who got the pop on Angeli earlier

Counter gets a few with Estime

2 and 7

RPO give to Estime gets about 5

3 and 2

TSU strung it out on the pin and pull, short gain for Payne

False start by Coogan and ND will end up punting now rather than going for it in plus territory

McFerson's punt goes into the end zone

1 and 10 at the 20

Henderson with a nice fill for a short gain

2 and 7

Sneed forces the ball inside and NaNa cleans it up. Two yard gain on the stretch

3 and medium

Incomplete on the seam route vs Clarence Lewis flag down on the field. They got him for a PI, but there was a late hit after the play by a TSU OL. It's a first down, then back 15

Sneed misses in space on the swing pass. It ends up as a first down. His biggest thing is playing out of control. Love the speed, but needs to be better at slowing down when needed

1 yard gain with Kiser making a play from the backside

2 and 9

Nana with a hit on the QB on the rollout. Ball nowhere close to complete

3 and long

Screen goes nowhere. DJ Brown all over it and incomplete

TSU punts

RPO to Staes gets about 6

2 and 4

Estime over 100 yards after a big run. 114 on the day

1 and 10 in TSU territory

I don't know why Estime is still in the game now. Get him out at this point

Inside for two

2 and 8

Angeli was off on the out to Flores on the RPO

3 and 8

Strike to Evans on a much better throw. Evans has caught the ball well today

TSU safety blows up the toss to Price

2 and 14

Angeli escapes a sack and finds JD Price after Rocco and Coogan got beat bad. Price made a guy miss and scores a 40 yard touchdown

42-3 ND

Burnham and Ausberry in on the tackle to start

Sneed and Ausberry in at LB

Pick six for Clarence Lewis. Sat on a route and made a guy miss. Pressure from Burnham

49-3 ND

Qb keep gets 5

JR T made the tackle

End of 3rd Q, going to be a lot of PT for the young guys to close it out

Four yards inside to get it to 3 and short

Nice job on the pitch, but TSU just converts. Sneed and Adon Shuler running that down

Burnham TFL chasing down the stretch from the backside sets up 3rd down and 9

Tried the deep ball and Barnes was in coverage. Ball was too long

TSU will punt

Tyree with a short return

Love is a stud. Too quick and finishes runs. Once this guy gets better in pass pro, look out

Flores on a cross and great job after the catch, love the fight and gets 20 yards

1 and 10

JD Price with another hard run gets about 9

2 and 1

Angeli didn't see anything, nice job throwing it away instead of forcing it

3 and 1

Payne converts. He's been very good in short yardage

1 and 10

Checkdown to Payne and he had a ton of daylight. Ran it from over 40 yards out for a tuddy

56-3

Threes/fours in on defense now for ND

Brenan Vernon repping at 3-tech got a TFL. Love to see it

No one open down the field and TSU QB had to throw it away

3 and out

Minchey in the game and he looked pretty good. Had a nice step up on 3rd down and found Sherwood on a crosser, but it was short of the sticks and ND had to punt

Big Kahuna had a TFL, nice play by Ausberry forcing the QB back inside on 2nd down, and nothing on 3rd down.

3 and out again for TSU

59-3 was close. Final score was 56-3 ND

Just a good win all around for the Irish. See you in the post game show