Not the best weather today in South Bend. You would think that favors the team that runs the ball better than the other team who is better through the air.

Kickoff in about 20 minutes. See you back then.

Go Irish

ND receives and Wakes boot it out of the end zone.

PA with Wimbush having all day to throw. EQ gets the ball at the ND 49. They play quick and Adams gets a 1st down.

Screen to Claypool and he has to cut that up. The execution on these has been horrible all year. Loss of three and they throw a second one with a bad throw by Wimbush.

3 and 13

Bars gets beat by Ejiofor and it's finished off by another Wake defender for a sack. Burn the screens out of the playbook until they run an effective one.

Newsome pins Wake deep, but a wasted first drive after with those back to back calls.

Wolford PA to start, slips out of his hands. Incomplete

Quick hitter with the Irish rushing 5. Sets up 3 and medium.

Run up the middle and back runs through a Coleman tackle. No help from the other defenders who were standing around.

Coleman had another missed tackle on the perimeter on swing to the back.

Wake moving this down the field. RPO converts on 2 and 3

Coney gives the Irish D what they need. Blitzed and got a TFL to put them behind the chains. Snap infraction makes it 2 and 16

Wake gets a lot back. Watkins really bailed out and did a poor job. Got beat by the comeback.

Really rough start for ND. Wake in the red zone

Incomplete and then Bonner gets first to tackle on a screen. 3 and 9. Incomplete. Pride was beat by half a step, but would have taken a perfect throw.

Wake on the board first with a field goal.

3-0 Wake

Sanders a shoelace away from breaking his first touchdown of the year. Took it to the Wake 48. Blocked really well.

Wet day, run the rock on this drive.

And, of course, play action and Wimbush sails it. Nothing on 2nd down to Wimbush. 3 and long. Mustipher missed his block at 2nd level.

Wake brought the blitz. Picked up well. Nice throw and catch on the sideline to EQ. Then Wimbush chucks a bullet to Smythe up the seam.

ND in the red zone

3 and 4 after two Adams runs

Wimbush doesn't see what he likes and scrambles in for the touchdown. Safety had him one on one, but passive did not work.

7-3 Irish after the extra point

Wake returns line drive kick to the 26

Jay Hayes makes the play from the backside.

Tempo, tempo, tempo. Wake playing fast like last week

Wolford very sharp early. Getting the ball out quick. Ball out to midfield

Nice job not biting on the pump by ND, but beat bad on the quick hitter. Another first down.

ND needs to start winning up front. Only way to stop the tempo is to beat them up front and put them in long yardage situations.

1 and 15 after false start

Coney with the sack! Green Dog. Another scramble sets up 3 and long

Screen is incomplete and Wake will punt

Adams turns a loss into a two yard gain. Lateral movement giving ND trouble right now

KJ on the sweep and he goes for big yards to the 50. Great blocks on the perimeter by Kmet and Smythe

Wimbush fumbles on next scramble. Hainsey recovers. Great effort by him

Believe that was RPO. Hit Claypool for a 1st down.

Tony Jones with a nice run. Left side crushed them on the down block

End of 1st quarter with ND in plus territory and driving

ND 7 Wake 3

Jones up the middle for 3

Kmet targeted on 3rd down. Dropped it.

Yoon in for the FG attempt

Bad snap, handled well by VanGorder. Kick is good

Wake returns the kick to the 25

Julian Love! Saw that quick hitch and jumped all over. Pick and almost takes it to the house.

Next play a run by Jones and he is in for six.

17-3 after the extra point

Adams maybe injured?

Doerer kicks it into the end zone. Touchback

RPO for a 1st down. Next play Kareem blows up QB run for a loss

Zone read, Wolford keeps and gets 4.

3 and 8

Incomplete and RPO. ND blitzed and it's forced Wolford to get the ball out very quickly.

ND gets the ball back at about their own 30

Adams still not out there

Claypool wins the jump ball. 40 yards off the play-action. Big time play.

Quick to the line and tight window throw to Weishar. Couldn't bring it in

Looked like a miscommunication on the play. Not sure if Jones or Stepherson was supposed to be a bigger part of the fake.

Ended up in a TFL and it's 4th and 6. ND wants to go for it, but timeout on the field

Blitz by Wake and nickel ends up knocking down the pass. Still a good idea to go for it given where they were on the field.

Wake takes over at their own 31

Crawford gets beat on the deep ball and then Wolford on the draw for a touchdown. What a swing.

17-10

1 and 10 at the ND 35

Huge hole. Jones gets 12

Ball hung up on EQ. Incomplete. Complete on the out to wide side to Claypool and then Wimbush scrambles for the 1st

Wimbush scrambles and finds Claypool. Going to come back on a hold by ND. Mustipher

1 and 20 at the 50

And ND runs the draw with Wimbush for 50 yards and touchdown!

24-10 ND

Doerer boots it out of the end zone

Should have been a hold on Bonner there. No call, but Wolford throws one incomplete. Nice job on the stunt by him and Kareem.

Another missed tackle by Coleman. Not a good day so far for him

ND almost got to Wolford on the blitz. Love just missed a diving pick. Kareem is down, but should be ok

Draw sets up 3 and 5

Blitz forced the underneath throw, knocked out by Love. Close to a fumble, but it's a punt for Wake.

ND takes over with 7:27 to go

Stepherson with another jet sweep gets about 7.

Smythe on the 3rd down converted. Same play they ran against USC for 1st. Smythe really taking off with his play

KJ after the catch. Gets a 1st

Wimbush should have been sacked, but turns into a 1st. He good

LB shot through backside A to make tackle for no gain on Dexter

3 and 9 on the 33

Incomplete. Ejiofor has been disruptive today. Got a hit on Wimbush

Yoon is short from 50 yards out on the field goal.

Wake playing fast and they might go 3 and out fast. 3 and 7 after a run and an overthrow

Wolford shorts of the sticks on the scramble. Pressure from Okwara on the 3 man rush.

Looking at the spot right now. Wake was going to punt

Spot was upheld. It was too close to change it.

Wake will punt. Finke let it go and it gets downed inside the 1.

ND comes out double tight in the I to give them space. Sets up 3 and 5

And a screen for a 1st down? It happened!

Claypool having a really nice day. Power to the left side and Jones gets 12. Q Nelson...that's a man out there

1:33 left

Deon McIntosh broke one for 45. Great cutback and ND is in plus territory. Huge scramble for Wimbush on the next play. Gets it down to the 1, but he is down after the play.

Looks like maybe left shoulder is the issue.

Book is in the game. 1st and goal wth 27 second left

PA Weishar is wide open. Touchdown. Great call

Wright was wide open too

ND up by 3 touchdowns

31-10

16 seconds left after a short return.

Wake runs out the clock and goes into the half down big. They will get the ball back to start the second half, but the big story is Wimbush and Adams being hurt

Great job by Regan on the kickoff making the tackle

Daelin with the TFL to start the half. Wolford made a bad read on that one

3 and long after the screen for a short gain

Okwara closes on the read and it's 3 and out to start the half

Wake forced to punt

Finke with a decent return for 10 yards. ND with good field position

McIntosh in the game and gets 4 to start. Wimbush back in the game

False start for Big Mike. 2nd of the game for him

Claypool drops an easy one. Double move and he started running before he secured it

3 and 11

Scramble and Wimbush gets the 1st. Now might be the time to slide

Great adjustment by EQ to the ball under thrown by Wimbush. Just couldn't pull it in

3 and long after McIntosh taken down in the backfield

Nice back shoulder to McIntosh sets up 4th and 1. He keeps and fights for the 1st. Man, this kid is a baller

Deep ball to Claypool and he brings it in this time.

3 and goal after no gain on a run to McIntosh and a miss by Wimbush on PA. Too hot and too high for Claypool and they settle for FG attempt

Yoon is good to make it 34-10

RPO to the TE gets 14 and late hit on Elliott gives them a big gain. Wake in ND territory

Illegal formation sets up 1 and 15

Wake moving the ball on the ground. Pace is setting that up, but pressure by Jay Hayes and a TFL on the stretch makes it 3 and long.

Pressure forces the quick throw and a FG attempt. That attempt goes wide.

ND still up 34-10

Dexter broke free and for some reason he was jogging? Was that the ankle? Still a long run, but he went off after the play

Another just missed deep ball to KJ. Looked like PI, but no call. A bit under thrown again

Couple of Deon runs sets up 4th and 2, but in range to go for it. This time stuffed by Wake.

Turnover on downs

Wolford takes a deep shot. Love with good coverage down the field.

Nice scheme there by Wake with the multiple double moves to same side. Opens up for a big play down the field

3 and short after a couple of quick plays

Nice little deception there by Wake with the sneak and then quick down the field. Pride gets beat for six. Great throw and a little bit of a push off

Wake goes for two. Rolled Wolford out and no good

Play-action to Boykin is incomplete. Would have thought ND would have run the air out of the ball. Took another shot deep, incomplete

3 and 10, WImbush could have run and instead hit Claypool on the run. Next play again to Claypool and he reaches in for the touchdown! What an effort. That was a Canadian type of effort (just let me have this)

Claypool now up to 180 on the day

41-16 Irish

Wolford still slinging it. RPO game is strong

Wake moved the ball down the field quickly

3 and 5 in ND territory and zone read hits big. Tranquill needed to be tighter on that blitz

Touchdown Wake

41-23

Sanders should have taken the touchback. Tackled at the 15

Book in at QB. Boot and he hits Weishar for a short gain

End of 3, ND up 18

RPO to Boykin. 1st down

Book loses the football. Bad exchange. That was on him.

Makes up for it with the big run on the draw next play. ND close to the red zone

Aside from that mishandled exchange, Book has been very good on this drive. Another good job on the PA to Weishar

1st and goal

McIntosh is in.

Irish up 48-23 after the extra point

Wake is still fighting. I tried to tell everybody that Wolford is a player. Best QB they've faced this year

Playing pretty soft coverage and really no need to do too much else.

Nice PBU by Coleman on 3rd down

Wake converts on 4th and get into the end zone two plays later.

48-30

Book with a 1st down on the roll when the TE was covered

ND milking the clock on each play here. Couple of Jones runs set up 3 and 5

Cole Kmet with a catch and run for a 1st, but holding on Finke. Unfortunately takes it back

3 and 10

Hits Kmet, just short of the 1st.

ND has to put with about 5 and half to go

Wake starts at their own 10

Wake has their backup QB in the game

Couple of runs to set up 3rd and long

Had a chance for 3 and out but missed tackle. ND has run this two man rush on a lot of plays with the nose spying. I guess Elko is just messing around with it because it has been...not good to say the least.

Wake keeps killing ND with the fakes. Their read stuff is impressive and it works when you're DL is not getting off blocks

Wake scores with less than a minute to go

ND ends up winning 48-37