Telecast starts in about 20. With all the turmoil at Notre Dame and LSU, who knows what to expect from this one. My guess is we'll find out quickly if the early season ND is there to play or the November one.

I think it will be a close one.

Go Irish

For anyone looking for clarification on Nyles Morgan, Matt has reported that he may not start today and not be a Captain today. Obviously did something he wasn't supposed to

A lot of pre-snap movement for LSU's offense. Would be more worried if Martini and Coney weren't there to handle it if Morgan is not in there, but still not great when you consider what ND is facing.

LSU won the toss and deferred. ND will receive

ND starts at 25 after the touchback

Wimbush hits EQ on the corner route play-action to start. Big play. Great catch by EQ

Tempo tried to hit Boykin deep again. Broken up

Adams with a 5 yard run and then complete to 4 for Smythe. ND tries to go quick on 4th and 1, don't block Devin White and he makes the TFL. LSU takes over

Love stride for stride with DJ Chark on the first play. Incomplete

Pre-snap movement, but ND seems to have a handle on it.

Etling with a strike on 3rd and medium. Coverage was pretty good by Coleman and Crawford

Morgan not in this series

Defense did a nice job against Wildcat for a short gain. So far DL doing a solid job up front.

3 and long after a penalty for LSU. ND brought heat, bad throw by Etling. Broken up by Love

LSU forced to punt, but will do so after a timeout

ND was already subbing in quite on the D-line. Should be able to do that because LSU does not play uptempo. Have to worry about the motion rather than tempo

Punt pinned at the ND two yard line

Adams gets them out to about the 4 on a quick hitter

QB run is positive sets up 3 and short.

Big conversion needed here. Adams gets the first after diving for it on 3 and 2. Ran right over the left side there

Pin and pull big gain with Bars leading the way. Adams get 10 to the left side

Wimbush keeps on the read for a huge gain. One on one with Delpit and he makes him miss. ND in LSU territory

ND goes double pass with Cole Kmet. Tried to hit Tony Jones, but great coverage by Chaisson.

Short gain on the QB sweep and it's 3 and long

Ian Book in on 3 and long. ND using the Music City Bowl approach. Ball is high to EQ on the screen. Almost gets picked

Good job by ND flipping the field, but no points

Bad decision by Chark to field the punt inside the 5. Love tackles him and now LSU has a long way to go

Derrius Guice breaks them out of jail with a long run to the 34. Just stiff armed Jalen Elliott in a way that will make him cringe while watching film

Elliott looking for the big hit on the next play on the swing pass. Could have picked it if he was aware. Incomplete

Martini after Daelin strung it out to make a play. Sets up 3 and 9

Tillery with pressure and ND would have gotten off the field, but Okwara jumped offside. 3 and 4 coming up

Julian Love is a baller. Big stick on the incomplete throw to flat.

LT Charles is down after the play. Wouldn't be a good development for LSU if he is out. They will punt

Wimbush back in at QB

Nice job escaping the rush, almost hit a big play to Adams on the wheel. Tremendous play by the freshman LB to break it up

False start makes it 2 and 15. Hainsey

Short gain on 2nd down forces 3 and 13

Wimbush too high on EQ on the crosser. Could have had yards after the catch and have a shot at the first.

ND punts. Chark fumbles, but ND can't recover.

Derrius Guice is a stud. LSU needs to keep feeding him and it's a mistake if they don't do it on 3rd and 2 and after tow nice gains. Coney and Guice met each other for some nice contact

And they go play-action hahahahaha

Incomplete.

3 and out

ND not having much success running the ball when not to left. Mustipher got pushed back into Adams for a loss

3 and long

EQ gets about 12, but they needed 15. Wimbush wanted to take a shot deep, but the CB bailed and he had to go underneath.

3 and out for ND

Good punt for Newsome flips the field.

Reverse hits for a big gain. Jay Hayes wasn't deep as the deepest after jumping and getting back onside

LSU has ND off-balance with the reverse then a screen for a big gain. Coney had to come back from across the field and beat two blocks to make the play

Screen game again with a middle screen to the back gets them close to a 1st.

LSU in field goal range

3 and 4

Jay Hayes does not keep contain. Etling flushed out and makes the throw for the 1st

1 and goal, ND now looking off with misdirection. Gets them to the 1 and 1/2 on a run. Morgan with a great job on the tackle on 2 and goal

3 and goal with Guice in the game now. They tried to sneak it and ND got the stop with inches to go.

They are reviewing it, but it's too close to call whether he got in or not

Ruling stands that it is short of the goal line.

4th and goal inside the 1

LSU jumped.

Big stop for the ND defense to hold them to a FG attempt

And he misses it. Huge!

Still 0-0

ND tried to go sudden change to catch LSU with a flea flicker. Well covered to Boykin, incomplete

Ball tipped on 2nd down screen to force 3 and long

Nothing on the QB sweep

3 and out

ND first sack of the day. Morgan, Tillery, and Jordan Genmark Heath, who has been playing a lot at safety today

Tranquill great job on the screen makes the play. 3 and 15

Again Notre Dame does not keep contain. Okwara this time after pressure from Tillery

Etling converts the play downfield

ND all over Guice on 2nd down

3 and long again

Elliott slows up on the blitz for some reason. What the heck was he doing?

Ball completed to Chark for the first

Tranquill blows up the reverse. Baller

3 and 18

Etling forced to check down

LSU will take a shot at another FG. New kicker

And he shanks it.

Still 0-0

Book in at QB

ND got their first 1st in a few series

Horrible pocket awareness for Book on a sack. Stepped up and then stepped back right into the sack. Bars beat there. He's struggling

Book gets the 1st on the Qb draw on 3 and 19. Great blocking and nice reads at the second level by Book

Timeout with 53 seconds left in the half. Two left for ND

Book scrambles for six.

Hits Boykin for a 1st down and ND is in the FG range. Nice patience by Book

ND finally hits a running back on a throw. Adams gets six after leaking out

Book takes a shot in the end zone and incomplete

18 seconds left. Two timeouts. 3 and 4

Book takes a sack. He needs to throw that away. Now a much longer field goal attempt coming up with 10 seconds left

Tommy Rees on the sideline for this game BTW

Yoon is good from 46

3-0 ND with 4 seconds left

Squib kick ends the half. Defense played well, but they've got to get a lot fixed in the second half on offense

Touchback, LSU takes over at the 25 to start the half

Jay Hayes keeps contain that time. Forces Etling to stay in the pocket and he has to throw it away

Nothing on the toss. Coney all over that. Up front really good job

3 and 8

They kept Etling contained and nothing open down field. Incomplete and a good 3 and out to start the half for the Irish defense

Isaiah Robertson lets the ball hit him on the punt. Finke was telling him to get out of the way, Robertson didn't listen. LSU gets another shot at it with good field position

Huge 3 and 5 coming up after LSU got a 1st down to get them within FG (attempt) range.

Slip screen to Guice for the touchdown. ND bringing the house and no one picked him up

7-3 LSU

And again ND is unaware of the short kick. Smythe with a heads up play or else it could have been disastrous

Book in at QB

PA to Smythe on play one. Adams with a toss for the first on next play

ND trying to grind it out a bit on the ground. 3 and medium. Smythe the outlet for the 1st.

Counter trey has looked good for ND. Left side caved that down. Got 5

Book on Qb sweep gets 3 to set up 3 and 2

PA to Weishar for the 1st. Nice call with LSU running around confused.

Book again finds the check down to Young. He has done a much better job than Wimbush getting something instead of nothing

Book on the keep gets the 1st on 2 and 9 after the keep

Tony Jones with the finish on the run! But it's coming back. Illegal formation. BK called timeout, but they didn't call.

After Book looked good on this drive, made a throw he didn't need to make. No one in the vicinity and he throws it right to the LSU CB. Needed to put that in the stands.

LSU takes over after a block in the back has them pinned inside their 10

LSU trying to run the rock a couple of times with Guice. Coney is absolutely ballin

T-E stunt on 3rd down. Okwara misses at first, but comes back to finish with the sack. ND with great field position inside LSU territory after the punt

Book still in at QB and gets a nice run to start the drive

Adams should have been tackled for loss, but ended up with 4 after the catch

A lot trickeration for a -2 on the board and then a screen forces a Yoon FG attempt

Kick is good from 49. Clutch from Matt Freeman's favorite player

7-6 LSU

Touchback.

Try to fake ND out with a tackle over unbalanced to start, but look for something deep. Etling scrambles for 2

Hinish just got destroyed on the double. Good gain for Guice to set up 3 and 4

Etling throws one up and the tight end comes down with the ball. They are reviewing it, but pretty sure it was good.

Confirmed. Rush needed to get there quicker

Genmark Heath knifes in for a tackle. He has shown something in this game

End of 3, 7-6 with LSU around the ND 30

2 and 10

False start

2 and 15

Play-action hit Chark across the field to set up 3 and 3

Etling kept was met by Coney and Studstill right at the line. Just got the first. It was a good spot

Martini meets Guice in the hole and Guice won. Took the ball to the 3

ND stuffs him on 2nd and goal. Tranquill finished the play, but Coney wrecked the ISO

Play-action to Guice and touchdown. Coney a step too late on the coverage

14-6 LSU

Dexter Williams in at RB. He gets 6 on the toss. Book still in the game

Dexter making everyone wonder why it took until the 4th quarter to put him in. Breaks off a big chunk play

Bars got worked by 95 on that play that caused pressure. Intentional grounding. Why call a pass there?

Book fits a great throw to Boykin. Great catch in between two defenders. Big time play on 3 and 19

A run by Book and then Adams gets them to 1 and goal

Book under throws it on 2 and goal to Smythe. Took too long to let that go

3 and goal at the 6

3 man rush, Book is patient and finds Michael Young in the back of the end zone!

ND will go for two with 7:49 to go

Shovel pass to Adams and he got in, but they didn't call it. they will review it, I'm sure. Replay shows he clearly got in

Q Nelson just destroyed a dude on that two point conversion. I think he may have taken his soul

Replay confirmed Adams was in

14-14

Jonathan Jones destroyed the returner on the short kick.

Sorry missed the next play because my feed on ABC switched to "Hot Bench"

Guice with a couple of runs for a 1st down

ND brought the house, but Etling has hung in made some throws. Converted on the crosser to midfield

ND lucky Daelin Hayes didn't get 15 for a late hit on Etling out of bounds. Got a first down on a scramble, but should be close to ND red zone

Wildcat gets 11 for LSU. Shift got the Irish without enough numbers

Jalen Elliott with another bad missed tackle. Don't even know what to say at this point

1 and goal

Good stop for Bonner and Tillery on Guice

2 and goal at the 9

Guice on the counter gets it to the 4. Man, does he ever finish

Timeout ND with 2:25 left

3 and goal

Shovel pass to Guice. They marked him short. And he was short

LSU goes for the FG

He makes it.

17-14 LSU with 2:03 left. ND with one timeout

Sanders get to the 27 with 1:59 left

Wormburner to start the drive for Book

Complete to Finke for 18 over the middle

Boykin with a ridiculous grab and run after the catch! Whatttttttt!

Are you kidding me! Touchdown Irish!

21-17 with 1:29 left

LSU starts at the 24

Incomplete on 1st down

1:16 to go

Great coverage by Crawford down the field. Blitz forced Etling to throw before he wanted to

3 and 10

Etling scrambles for the 1st with 1:02 to go

Love also picks the ball off to end the game on the short out

51 seconds left. Ball on LSU 34

Etling threw one up and it was way too long

3 and 10. 45 seconds left

Love with another PBU

4th and 10 with 38 seconds left

False start

4th and 15

Incomplete!

Irish are going to come out with the W!

Victory formation and that's the game.

Wow, what a finish. A lot of off-season questions, but they got the job done.

4-8 to 10-3

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