Here we go

One last ride with a shot at the natty. It doesn't get better than this.

Irish are underdogs and the Buckeyes are frontrunners. A familiar tale. We'll see if ND can rise up or if OSU will crack under the pressure

See you back at kickoff

Go Irish!

Ohio State won the toss and deferred

Touchback

1 and 10

Nothing inside for Love, tried to bounce and went right to JTT. Stuffed

2 and 11

RPO keep by Leonard, nice gain gets ND into a manageable 3rd down

3 and 3

QB counter converts

1 and 10

RL had plenty of time in the pocket, but nothing open. Tried to find Mitchell, but missed him

2 and 10

Slant to Mitchell gets 10

1 and 10

Nice swing screen to J Love gets about 7

2 and 3

QB counter gets about 2

3 and 1

Tried a sweep to Love, but defended well by OSU. No gain.

ND going on 4 and 1 from OSU 44

Another RL conversion

1 and 10

Leonard nice improv, great protection again by the ND OL. Found Raridon for a 1st

1 and 10

Plenty of time again, missed Mitchell on the hook

2 and 10

Price with some space to the left just short of the sticks. Jagusah crushed on the down block

Another conversion for RL on 3 and short

1 and 10

Love snuck through a small gap to get a couple

2 and 8

Leonard scrambles and gets about 6

3 and a long 2

Kept on the read, got it to 4th and inches

4 and inches

QB power and it's inside the 1

1 and goal

Leonard walks in on the next play. Opening drive was methodical. Took almost 10 minutes off the clock

Worried about Leonard running 9 times, but what a statement by ND to start the game

7-0 ND

Jeter kicks it through the end zone

1 and 10 at the 25

12 personnel, counter gets about 5

2 and 5

Stuffed great job by Cross at POA. Kiser cleans it up

3 and 5

Smith gets the 1st. Pushed off Moore and got 6 yards

1 and 10

Check down to Scott after pressure from Oben. Got 4. Cross looks good today

Henderson with a big gain, Bowen was hesitant there

Tight bunch screen to Judkins gets a nice gain after that

1 and 10

Watts blows up the jet sweep to Smith for a TFL. Much needed havoc to slow things down

2 and 15

Boot and Howard had lots of time. Found Egbuka for about 12

3 and 3

QB keep, Howard converts

Will be 1 and 10 in the red zone when they come back for the 2nd Q

7-0 ND

1 and 10 at the ND 14

OSU has looked good when they play heavy. 5 yards inside to Judkins

2 and 5

Chip dialled it up there. Faked Smith in motion and had to stay back for a screen. A lot of window dressing and he was wide open.

Smith flinched before the snap, but they didn't flag it

7-7

1 and 10 at the 25

Leonard missed Collins on the crosser. Lost his grip or something

2 and 10

False start on Collins

2 and 15

Leonard escaped the pressure and found Collins for about 13. It was a great play, but negated by a holding call on Jagusah

2 and 25

Tried to sneak in a run vs a light box, but Styles blitz off the edge makes it a 2 yard gain.

3 and 23 deep in ND territory

Leonard avoids pressure from Sawyer, found Evans but only gets 8

ND has to punt

Ohio State return team tackled the ND gunner, big punt and a hold on top flips the field

Ohio St ball at their 24

1 and 10

Egbuka end around for a 1st down. That hit incredibly fast. Lucky it didn't go bigger

1 and 10

PA on 1st down, plenty of protection. Rub route got Tate open

1 and 10

KVA blitz almost blew it up in the backfield, but Henderson made three guys miss to make it a short gain

2 and8

Great job by Clark in man vs Egbuka. Didn't let him get loose after the catch. Only 3 yards

3 and 5

Rush 4 and no contain, Howard scrambles for the 1st

Timeout by Ohio State with them at the edge of the red zone

Right now Chip Kelly has done a great job of keeping ND off balance. He's been on one to start this game with just about every call

1 and 10

Nice stuff by KVA on 1st down on the inside zone

2 and 8

Clark tackles Egbuka short of the sticks on the crosser, but it's 3 and 2

Howard keeps and converts

1 and goal

Judkins runs through Ausberry's tackle and scores

14-7 OSU

1 and 10

Leonard QB counter for 5

2 and 5

Pressure from JTT and Leonard had to throw it away

3 and 5

Motion from Evans and the snap hit him. Lucky that he fell on it, but ND goes 3 and out

Faison with great coverage tackles the returner for no return

1 and 10 4:53 left in the half

Great job by Clark blowing up the tunnel screen. Short ain

2 and long

Speed option and ND all over it. Short gain on the pitch

3 and 7

ND finally hits Howard, but flithy route gets a conversion

1 and 10

Sack by Burnham on the RPO pull

2 and 11

Toss to the field, gets about 4

3 and 7 when they come back after the 2 minute timeout

Howard able to step up in the pocket and makes a big throw to Tate to convert.

Burnham sack after that, pure motor because Howard had space to run if he didn't get there

2 and 13

Comeback to Smith and Gray was in bail. YAC moved the sticks

Watts with a great job picking up the rail by Henderson, almost picked it. Broke it up

2 and 10

Pressure from Hinish, Howard escaped and scrambled for the 1st

2 and 4

Timeout Ohio St with 33 seconds left

ND on the ropes here. If OSU gets in the end zone here, going to be very tough

Howard got out of the pocket and sucked in the LBs because of his running. Found Judkins wide open in the end zone because of it

21-7 OSU

Screen to Collins gets 7, but ND will let the clock run and OSU will get the football before half

21-7

Mistakes on offense, Will Howard dicing them up like no one has before on defense

My notes got deleted so that whole drive got wiped out.

Clinical on the opening drive of the 2nd half.

28-7 OSU

1 and 10

Leonard short on the throw after the rush got knocked back into him

Love IZ for two yards sets up 3 and 8

Faison on the crosser gets 6

4 and 2

Faked it and Angeli tried to hit Faison in the flat, couldn't come up with the low throw.

Would have been a tough catch, but have to come up with it. It would have converted

Henderson jump cut makes Rubio miss in the hole, 0 yards turns into 4

2 and 6

Howard keep gets the 1st

1 and 10

Moore just gets Henderson down or he was out the gate

2 and 7

Holding on a Shuler blitz makes it 2 and 17

Stuff

3 and 16

Howard had Tate open on the double move, but missed him.

OSU FG is good

31-7

QB draw gets about 6

2 and 4

Tunnel screen to Mitchell moves the sticks

1 and 10

Collins gets about 10

Inside to Price gets about 1

2 and 9

Late recognition the blitz, sack by Styles

3 and 19

Threw up a 50/50 ball vs Igbinosun and the most penalized man in football gives ND a 1st down

Outside to Raridon gets 6

Leonard with a couple of runs get ND a 1st

2 and 10

Greathouse with some big YAC for the touchdown!

His 1st target of the game, maybe throw the guy the ball a bit earlier

Shovel pass to Love gets 2

And amazingly ND is down 16 after that drive

31-15 OSU

Well covered on the screen it was going to be 3 and 8. Oben handed them 15 with a late hit on Howard. Oof

Inside zone goes for a couple to end the 3rd quarter

31-15 Ohio State

Egbuka reverse goes for big yards, but Bowen hustles and punches the football out!

Recovered by KVA and ND gets the football back

1 and 10 jet sweep to Faison, big time play by Downs to beat the block. Only 1 yard

2 and 9

Leonard forced out of the pocket, had to throw it away

3 and 9

Big play to Greathouse converts! Matched up vs the LB

Ball in OSU territory

Flag on Igbinosun gives them another 1st

Screen to Harrison didn't hit, loss of 4

2 and 14

QB lead only gets about 2

3 and 12

Out to Evans gives them a shot on 4th down

4 and 5

Another 1st down to Greathouse. Filthy route

1 and 10

Out to Greathouse gets free yards

2 and 4

Jump ball to Harrison, holding on Hancock and another 1st

1 and goal

Tried a QB run, nothing there. Loss of 1

2 and goal

Tried the fade to Evans, didn't give him a shot

3 and goal

Broken up to Greathouse. Wasn't really there

OMG doink by Jeter and it's no good

31-15 OSU

Judkins stuffed on 1st down

2 and 10

QB power and Howard gets the 1st

1 and 10

Judkins gets a few on 1st down

Big pop by Bowen on the sweep, 3 and 3

Howard misses a gimme

OSU will punt with 6:34 to go

Hurleman return to the ND 20

1 and 10

Leonard found Collins after working his way through the pocket

1 and 10

Out to Evans gets 4

2 and 6

Evans with some huge YAC to get ND to the OSU 31

Sack on Leonard, but it was a coverage sack. Protection was okay

JTT got the sack, but he is down after the play

2 and 12 with 4:40 left to go

2 and 12

Screen to Collins only gets about 3

3 and 9

Touchdown to Greathouse! Perfect ball! Perfect catch!

ND going for two with 4:15 left

Two point throw by Faison on the reverse is complete! ND now down 8!

31-23

1 and 10 after the squib kick returned to the 24

Judkins inside for a few

2 and 7

Howard keep and cut back gets the 1st, JR T lost contain

Jordan Clark down on the play. Walking off with help

1 and 10

Howard tripped up by Shuler on the blitz. Great play

2 and 10

ND called a timeout after that. 2:49 remaining

Another QB run, Howard stuffed. Another timeout by ND

3 and 11

Gray cooked by Smith on the deep ball. Just the wrong matchup to have in that situation, great route.

1 and goal at the 2 minute timeout

That's pretty much going to be ball game unless Ohio State fumbles the ball here

1 and goal at the 10

False start on the OSU TE

Judkins short gain

Timeout with 1:53 left

QB sneak, they are just running the clock and then will kick the FG

1:13 left with OSU taking a timeout

Howard keep for a loss

Clock will run down to less than 30 seconds

Kick is good

That's it. A valiant comeback for the Irish, but down 11 and it's ball game