Warmups are done and about 20 minutes until the telecast starts.

Looks like it will be Book at QB in his first career start. Should be interesting to see how he handles it.

Go Irish

Stadium filled in a bit from what it looked like earlier. ND will receive

Sanders takes it out to the 18

Adams for not much up the middle to start. Crawford DT from UNC is a good player

Big hole to the right side for 1st down. Mack nice job with his block on the perimeter

Book first pass complete to Claypool on the hitch. Need to get that out a little quicker

Smythe with a false start when they try to go quick

Bad exchange between Cam Smith and Book. That was on Smith. Gotta open up the basket for Book there. Could have been a big play

3 and long

Adams gets about 15, but it as 3 and 23. ND will punt

That drive not on Book. Smith needs to do a better job.

UNC trying to play fast

Surratt with a nice throw on the run on 2nd down. 3 and 1

Great job by Daelin Hayes staying home on the boot. UNC 3 and out to start after Surratt throws it away. Nice coverage on that play too

Adams on the outside zone and then back inside. ND trying to play with tempo.

Keeping it safe with Book for now, but let's see on 3 and 4.

PA and Book doesn't see anything open. Brock Huard on the telecast is write. Hate these one read plays. Not there and Book has to look to scramble right away. Give him a chance to make another throw because the protection was good enough for him to find someone else

3 and out and decent punt return for UNC puts them near their 40

Terrific job by Drue Tranquill on that first play. Getting off the block and forcing runner back inside. Jay Hayes cleans it up for TFL

3 and 9 after a short completion. Pressure inside from Trumbetti and from Okwara on the edge, but he loses contain. Surratt has to throw it away

Big punt pins ND deep. Don't think ND has had a punt return longer than 10 yards this year. Going back to 2012 with the struggles there

Book needs to keep on that 1st down play. Up the middle to Adams for only 1

EQ with the hitch and he gets about 8 after he breaks a tackle.

Bars comes out of the game, but he looks fine. Bivin in for him

Book on the boot and he hits Claypool for a big play

UNC DB styling like that wasn't PI on the deep ball to EQ

Nice rhythm throw to Boykin on the out. 3 and 1. Nothing there for Adams and then they go sneak after losing a yard?

That's a mistake by Chip Long. That's all on him. Terrible call by him

Crawford comes off the edge with a blitz and he gets the sack

UNC has a long way to go and ends up going 3 and out.

ND defense has looked great so far.

Not a great job by the ND O-line on that last drive. They need to turn it around with some help from their OC

Bars back in the game

Book keeps and gets 4 on the read

Bad snap by Mustipher and Book recovers to fit one in to Mack for a 1st

Toss to the boundary gets about 4

Tony Jones in and he has a nice hole to run through to get the 1st

All day protection for Book. Scrambles for 8. He's settling in now

Heck of a play by the Sam linebacker to get the TFL, but Claypool needs to get more of him.

Tony Jones needs to have a better read on 3rd and 3 run. Ran right into the line.

ND goes on 4th down and Book hits Mack in the flat for the 1st

Book has been really sharp on this drive. Hits Boykin in a tight window and then they go quick to Adams for the 1st

Book with a strike to Mack and nice play by the UNC DB to break it up. Could have been DPI, but it was close.

Book gets about 9 on the boot. Mobility really helping him.

0-0 after 1st quarter, but ND in the red zone. 2 and goal after the break

Sorry, make that 1st and goal

1 and goal at the 6

On the roll, hits Cam Smith for the touchdown!

Nice motion to Adams led to Smith coming open across the formation.

7-0 after the extra point

Flag down on the kickoff by Yoon. Offside

Will negate a CJ Holmes tackle and since he was the one who offside, it makes sense. Got a little too amped up there

Re-kick it and ND calls a timeout. Some confusion there

ND goes for the pooch trying to avoid a big return, but that didn't work out well. UNC gets it past their 40

Terrific job by Okwara setting the edge. Tillery cleans up the play for only 1

Incomplete on 2nd down. Worm burner by Surratt

3 and 9

Surratt completes the 3 and long, but their LT holds D Hayes

3 and 19

Morgan misses a chance for a big hit on the sack. Think he was shocked he got through so clean. Surratt scrambles, but UNC has to punt. Shank.

ND gets the ball at the 26

Book off balance. Wet ball now that it started raining. Sails one. Lucky to not be picked

Then like that, Josh Adams to the house!

73 yards. Yowza

Left side destroyed UNC there.

17 second drive

14-0 ND

5th carry of over 60 yards for Adams on the season

Looks like the rain is coming down pretty hard now

Yoon puts it through the end zone

Coney gets a hit on the RB at the mesh point. Bad exchange by Surratt and it's a fumble. Loss of 4, UNC recovers

3 and 5 after a designed QB run. Incomplete with a PBU by Watkins

5th 3 and out for UNC

Tony Jones gets 4 on the inside zone. Gets another 4 on 2nd down

Nice adjustment by Mack on the 3rd down PA. Irish convert

False start sets up 3 and 5

UNC loading the box with ND going with 12 personnel. Obviously being a bit conservative of the weather.

Book throws it away on 3rd down after no one springs open.

Very good kick by Tyler Newsome. UNC starts inside their own 15

1st first of the game for UNC.

Bilal always looks lost in coverage. He gave up the completion. Another quick 1st after on a run up the middle with a broken tackle.

ND needs to win more up front in pass rush. Giving Surratt too much time on the drive.

Surratt with the great read for a big chunk run and UNC is in business.

Then they are out of business with Surratt straight up fumbling the football. Kareem scoops it up and ND gets the ball back.

A lot of luck there with UNC finally getting a drive going.

They are reviewing it, but it is a fumble

EQ dropped the ball when ND tried to go sudden change. A bit under thrown by Book

Book bad read on the Qb sweep. Had yards inside, but stuck outside and got 1

3 and 9

Bad throw by Book inside to EQ. No chance for him.

ND three and out

Designed QB run gets 3. J Hayes with a good job forcing that inside

Elliott with awesome coverage on the play-action to the tight end. Gets the breakup

3 and 7. Tranquill jumps offside. Was coming on the blitz

3 and 2

Coleman almost with a pick, but UNC receiver took it away from him.

Coleman with a PBU after ND got pressure on 2nd down. Coverage has been very good today

Julian Love giving UNC WR no room. Some boos looking for PI, but good no call

Punt downed at the 1 yard line. Took a good bounce for UNC

Bivin has been in at RG for most of this game after Bars came back

After a gain on 1 on 1st down, Book takes a shot down the field, but should have threw it away.

Basically an arm punt gives the ball back to UNC at midfield. Pick by the safety

ND nice job shutting down the gadget play. Nothing there on 2nd down with the either the reverse or the double pass. 3 and 4 with UNC's right guard down on the field

Elko needs to attack that new RG on 3rd down

Surratt keeps and Okwara got sucked in to the dive. 1st down at the ND 25

Surratt crushed on the blitz throws up a duck. Elliott beat on the double move. UNC wide receiver has a sure TD. Drops it

Love with the blitz from the boundary and he knocks the pass down

3 and 10

Love gets beat on the jump ball. Didn't turn back for the ball. Unsportsmanlike conduct after the play but it counts

14-7

1:50 left in the half

15 yards on the kickoff, but the kick was huge. Sanders has to go back for it and only gets the ball to the 25

Quick to Mack for 6. Claypool on the out gets to the 40

Scrambles for 9 and gets out of bounds with 1:08 left

Ball at ND 49

Quick out to Mack for the 1st

Protection was great. No one open and Book throws high over Boykin out of bounds

Mack drops the screen on 2nd down

Book too high to Mack and ND has to punt with 51 seconds left

Sounds like EQ might be hurt according to Matt. That would explain quite a bit. He does not look the same right now

Ball downed at the 1 after the great punt by Newsome.

UNC decides to throw deep out of their own end zone? Then Jay Hayes and Tillery combine for a safety.

Thanks Fedora?

Slant by the ND D-line and ND gets two points and the ball back with two timeouts. 28 seconds left

CJ takes it to the 40, but a holding call on brings it back.

ND takes a knee and goes into halftime with a 16-7 lead

Need to run the ball better in the second half. Defense carrying the team so far.

Yoon boots it deep into the end zone. Touchback

TFL, Tillery blew it up

2nd and 12

Quick out sets up 3 and 4 with ND playing off

Okwara with a tip to himself and a pick! Woooo, what a play

I literally saw Okwara work on a drill just like that where he did the same thing. Turns into a big play there

ND in the red zone

Tried an RPO on 1st down. All covered and Book scrambles for a couple

Next play big hole on the pin and pull to the right. Just short of the 1st down

Left side moved UNC 4 yards off the ball on 3rd and short. Claypool with a pancake on the outside too

Bivin with a false start

Lead draw to the QB. Not much

Bivin with a hold that is declined. 3 and goal

UNC did not have enough guys on the field and had to call a timeout

Had enough guys, just didn't properly.

Back shoulder to Claypool. Good throw, but tough catch

ND settles for FG try. Penalties killed them

19-7 after Yoon's FG is good

Another deep kick. Another touchback

Short gain on 1st down. Love with a nice tackle on the hitch. Another nice tackle by Crawford on the field side hitch

Nyles Morgan with a great tackle on Surratt on the speed option. 3 and out.

Notre Dame has to get back to running the football. Putting too much on Book.

High snap, nice job by Book to snag that and get the hand off to Jones. Hands to face on UNC gives ND a 1st

More play-action boot and Book hits Smythe coming across on the dig. Nice catch by him

Deon McIntosh in the game. Nice play by MJ Stewart the UNC CB on the tackle

Another hands to the face on the defense. Believe that was Q Nelson locking up Dalton that forced that

ND in the red zone and Book with a bad throw to Smythe. Intercepted

Surratt keeps and gets 8

Bilal with a nice job fighting off the block from the tight end to make the play on the bubble. 3 and short

Bad throw and dropped by UNC. Maybe run the ball next time.

3 and out

Finke finally gets a good return. 24 yards and ND is back in UNC territory.

Book keeps on the play-action and he gains 11

Let's all a run here?

And they do, McIntosh has a big hole and makes the safety miss. Touchdown Irish

Exactly what you want to see from him. Second week in a row he has now made a DB miss in the open field.

26-7 ND

Love with nice coverage down the field on the fade

False start on the right guard.

2 and 15

Okwara with a great work hard rush. Gets the hit on the Qb and forces the incomplete pass

3 and 15

Daelin comes through unblocked and gets a gimme sack.

3 and out again

KJ Stepherson on the crosser. Think that was his first action of the game. Cam Smith got called for OPI, though.

Screen to McIntosh gets a couple back on 1 and 25

Another UNC player is down. Donnie Miles, starting safety. Feel bad for them at this point

Nothing open and Book scrambles around. Eventually gets his pass knocked down

Book has had a lot of time today.

Draw to McIntosh and ND forced to punt. Tough drive after that 1st down penalty

Tyler Newsome continues his good day punting the football