Well, it's that time of the year.

Both teams dealing with injuries. Thomas officially out and Greathouse dressed, but doesn't sound like he will play. ND short at WR

Duke missing starting CB Myles Jones and starting LT Graham Barton, one of the best players on their team. Depth on OL an issue for them.

Kickoff in about 10 minutes. Expect a lot of heavy personnel for ND.

Go Irish

Duke deferred. Ford return the kick to the 18

1 and 10

Inside to Estime out of 11 personnel to start. Nothing inside

2 and long

Seam ball to Evans, big play. PA hits with him vs the safety. 5-8 safety

Deep ball to Tobias, great throw and almost a better catch

2 and 10

False start on Correll

2 and 15

12, but spread them out. Playing Carter outside. He crashed down and blew it up

Little short middle screen gets them back to 4 and 4, but ND will punt

ND calls a fake to Love and it converts for a big play! Heck of a call by Freeman and design by Biagi

1 and 10 in the red zone

Jet sweep gets ND to the 6

Estime in for the tuddy

ND came out swinging. Love that first drive from the Irish. They are ready to roll

7-0 ND

Blitz and pressure from Cross, Leonard throws it up and big time catch by Jordan Moore

1 and 10

Cross big hit on Leonard on the next play

2 and 10

Slant beats Watts for 10

1 and 10

Duke playing fast, Leonard throws it quick outside but Liufau all over it

2 and 10

Great tackle by Marist on the stretch. No gain

3 and 10

Hard count gets ND to jump offside. Free play broken up. JJB jumped

3 and 5

Pivot route converts. Nice concept by Duke

Duke in the red zone, pressure again from ND. Slot fade, not close

2 and 10

Cross stuff. Shot the gap

3 and 10

Leonard tried to scramble, Marist got him. No gain

Duke settles for 37 yard FG attempt and it's not good

Big stop for the Irish D

7-0 ND

Well this drive got accidentally erased, but blah blah Mitchell Evans is ballin

ND gets stopped on 3rd and 4

False start takes Shrader off the field from a 53 yard attempt

ND will punt

McFerson kicks a short one to the 12

Great open field tackle by Harper on the stretch

2 and long

X Watts pick! Leonard's first pick of the season

ND ball in the red zone. Fantastic job of robbing that crosser

Hartman got out of the pocket dumped it down to Flores but he dropped it

Would have been a nice gain

2 and 10

Inside to Love out of 22, gets about 3

3 and 6

Flores false start. Now puts ND into 3 and 11. Fourth false start tonight

Coverage sack and ND will have to settle for a FG when they get back for the 2nd Q

Shrader's kick is good from 35.

Breathe a sigh of relief there

10-0 ND

Great job by Antonio Carter on the tackle on the kickoff

1 and 10

RPO, drop by the Duke WR. Would have been a short gain

2 and 10

Nice job by JD on the jet sweep. Short gain

3 and long

Sack by JJB and Marist. E-T stunts on both sides

Tyree returns the punt to ND 41

1 and 10

Scramble for two by Hartman after the mesh didn't break open

2 and 8

Payne inside gets 9

1 and 10

Backside blitz by the safety tripped up Love or else that was going to hit big. Front side was blocked well

Checkdown for a few to Estime

3 and 6

Sprint out to the left, ball was off to the left. Staes couldn't bring it in

ND wil punt

McFerson's punt fair caught at the 11

Leonard keep, got about 4. Cross nice job there

2 and 6

Duke has some success with option routes, got a first down and some YAC after a broken tackle vs Watts

2 and 10 after Leonard sailed the intermediate crosser

RPO thrown behind and the WR slipped. Loss of 3. Had some room there if it was a better throw

Short throw on 3rd down and Duke will have to punt. JD nice tackle

Shank by the punter

ND great field position at their own 40

Evans phenomenal catch on a bad throw by Hartman. My gosh, he reached behind and then brought it in with big YAC too

Merriweather drop on the crosser on 2 and 9. A little behind, but gotta have it. Should have been a 1st

3 and 9

Flushed out and found Flores and Shrader missed the FG

It's been a problem. It's still a problem

10-0 ND still

1 and 10 for Duke

Pressure from Liufau and thrown away by Leonard

2 and 10

Marist runs down the scramble by Leonard for no gain. JJB destroyed the LG on that play

3 and 10

Botelho gets called for an offside and it takes a sack off the board.

3 and 5

ND shows pressure, drops. Leonard throws it away

ND's defense is ballin

3 and out

Just nothing for Audric today. Has had zero holes

Gain of 1

2 and 9

Holding on Spindler tackled the blitzer when he stumbled

2 and 19

Hartman missed Flores and would have made it possible to convert on 3rd. Now not so much

3 and 19

Tried to sneak in a run and only got five

3 and out for ND

Good punt, short return to the Duke 30

1 and 10

Leonard keep on the read, gets 5

2 and 5

QB Power gets 6

1 and 10

Only two vs IZ

2 and 8

Stuffed. Cross great job at the POA

3 and 8

Leonard steps up and finds a hole in the zone

Leonard recognizes man and runs for a nice gain

Duke just outside of the red zone

56 seconds left

Slant gets them a 1st down. 52 seconds left. Duke in the red zone and takes their first timeout

Jalen Calhoun hurt for Duke and that's a big deal

1 and 10

Good coverage incomplete with nothing open

2 and 10

Designed run gets about 4

3 and medium, can get a first before the goal line

3 and 5

ND forced a fumble, blitzed Harper and he didn't realize the ball was out. Duke recovered. I think Cross knocked it out

Good stop for the ND defense to force a field goal

25 yard field goal is no good!

ND doesn't get the fumble luck, but get the college kicker luck

10-0 ND at the hafl

Defense has played great. Offense has been rough other than Evans being an A+

Deep kick goes for a touchback

1 and 10 at the Duke 25

RPO tipped, almost picked by Watts. JJB got his hands on it

2 and 10

Tried to spread ND out with a QB draw, Marist made it a five yard gain

3 and medium

Leonard hit by Marist off a T-E stunt, ball was off

3 and out to start the half for ND's defense

Tyree with an absolutely stupid play to try and get the short punt and lucky to have ND recover it. Great job by Henderson

Toss to Audric gets 4

2 and 6

Tyree makes up for his stupid decision by catching the ball in traffic and getting YAC

Hartman great job managing pressure

1 and 10

Audric inside for four

2 and 6

Hartman missed Flores down the seam. Throw was just off

3 and 6

Hartman forced to scramble and lowered his shoulder to get four. Wow, guess he wanted to prove a point there

ND going on 4 and 2

Tried to sneak out Payne, Hartman escapes the blitz and scrambles to move the sticks. Huge play

1 and 10

Estime now getting more push, gets 4. Nothing breaking yet, but ND wearing them down a bit

2 and 6

Inside gets about 3 to Audric

3 and 3

Brought the blitz and Coogan got beat to give up a hit on Hartman

Shrader made the field goal, but delay of game on ND takes it off the board. The penalties tonight have been an issue

Shrader is good from 45

ND up 13-0

Shrader boots it out of the end zone

1 and 10 at the 25

IZ gets two yards

2 and 8

Counter gets Duke into 3 and short

Brown hits the back in the hole, but he falls forward to convert

1 and 10

Quick on the ball for Duke, but Calhoun is back in the game and drops it

Duke hits their biggest run of the day. Bad run fit there for ND

1 and 10 at the ND 29

Tried a wheel to the TE, nice job by Watts step for step

2 and 10

Blitz inside disrupts the play, lucky to get a few yards

3 and 7

Tried to sneak in a run and got 5. Duke going to go for it

4th and short

Faked the sweep and converted with a little spring out to the slot

1 and goal

Stuffed by ND. Great job up front

Cam Hart called for an offisde. you've got to be kidding me

Waters just got in

13-7 ND

Love returns it to the 24

Hartman threw the post to Tyree, he thought the safety was going to run with Flores and didn't almost threw a pick.

3 and 8

Hartman sacked

ND offense has been horrendous since the first drive

3 and out

Not a great McFerson punt. Duke ball at their own 40

IZ for 3

2 and 7

Leonard keep, Mills was there on the E-T stunt. 1 yard

3 and 6

Leonard lucky to not have the intermediate picked by Watts

3 and out

Stuffed on 1st down

Parker is getting owned here by Santucci and Elko

ND lucky break with unsportsmanlike from Duke after the play

Get a free 15

1 and 10

Mitchell Evans is having a Gronk game

Carried some dudes to another 1st down

End of 3Q

ND up 13-7 with ball at midfield

Inside to Estime for four. Spread them out a bit and got some more space

2 and 6

Estime trips and only gets 2

Evans playing on a bum ankle and still putting in work

3 and 3

Flag on Duke, but they pick it up because the ball was uncatchable. It was probably the right call (you can guess that they've gotten a lot wrong tonight)

Big time kick by McFerson. Coffin corner ball goes out at the 1

They reviewed and called it a touchback

RPO pulll on 2 and 5 broken up by Jaden Mickey

3 and medium

ND stuck without a sub-package on 3rd down there and paid for it. Not sure why they had NaNa, Rubio, and JR T out there in that situation

QB designed run and Leonard breaks a tackle from BMo and gets them into the red zone

1 and 10

Kept there and got crunched on a short gain

2 and 9

They are reviewing targeting on the play. Botelho ducked his head on the hit, but if this gets called, give me a break.

Botelho called for it. Booted from the game.

Burnham has a TFL, but cant finish. Waters carries a bunch of ND defenders to the 1 yard line.

2 and goal

Cross with a TFL. Boy did ND need that

3 and goal from the 3

No one went to the motion and Moore was wide open in the end zone

14-13 Duke

Jeremiyah Love with a nice return off the bounce to the ND 30

1 and 10

Pin and pull gets 4 on 1st down

2 and 6 has been a horrible down for ND this game

It was again there. Flores runs into Love, gets no yards

3 and 6

Slant to Staes is incomplete. Duke rushed four, Alt got beat around the edge

3 and out and bad punt by McFerson. Duke ball at their 32

1 and 10

Short gain on IZ

2 and 7

Waters now running through tackles. Marist whiffs at the line, Duke 1st down

1 and 10

Mills nice job getting Leonard on the keep

2 and 9

Marist timed the blitz perfectly, Leonard escaped and got about 4

3 and 5

ND pressure, Leonard scrambles and gets the first

1 and 10

Cross great play. Beats his man, TFL

2 and 11

Leonard on the QB counter gets about 6

3 and 4

Blitz Watts off the edge and TFL with him and NaNa.

ND calls a timeout with 2:41 left.

4th and 6 coming up

Duke with the pooch punt on 4th down. Down the ball inside the 5

And a false start to start the drive

1 and 12

Hartman escaped the blitz to avoid the safety. PI on Duke gets ND out of jail

1 and 10

Duke got pressure with 3

Had to force to Estime and lost 2

Incomplete back shoulder to Flores

1:57 left

3 and long

And guess who? Evans over the middle converts

1 and 10

Big play over the middle to Flores, corner fell down

1 and 10

Shot to Merriweather and not only did he drop it, he pushed off and they called OPI

1 and 25

Drop 8 and had to check it down to Estime. Called a timeout with 1:02 left

Got 9

2 and 16

pressure and Hartman threw it up and missed an open Evans

3 and 16

Blitz again and Hartman forced to his left and tried to make a play, almost picked

4 and 16

Hartman moved the chains with a scramble. Wow. Spiked it

38 seconds left. One timeout left

2 and 10

And they called it to Audric and he finally broke free for a touchdown! 31 seconds left and the Irish are back up by five

Will go for two, ND calls a timeout

Finds Flores for the two point

Sam. Friggin. Hartman. What a drive.

ND 21-14

31 seconds left

Touchback

1 and 10

Gets 5, 27 seconds left

2 and 5

Howard Cross finishes it with the sack! Forced the fumble and Marist recovers

Ball game!

Leonard down after the play and you hate to see that, but you love to see Cross make that play

Rung it with Estime and that's ball game

ND with a huge comeback win after a horrible performance on offense. The defense balled out

Post-game show coming up