Kickoff in about 15 minutes.

I can't see Pitt stopping Notre Dame's offense and Pitt hasn't shown the ability to pass the ball well enough. If the Irish get up early, this could get ugly.

I know Pitt will play physical and try to establish the run. We'll see what happens soon enough.

See you after kickoff.

Go Irish

Young back to receive and it's a touchback

1 and 10 at the 25

RPO to start. Alize for 6

Swing to Dex and great cut up the field to get the first. Really great throw by Book to avoid the PBU

Mack with maybe the best play I've seen him make after the catch sets up 2 and medium

3 and 5

Quick out to Finke for the first. Good job by the OL picking up the blitz.

Next play is the first time I see Book with bad awareness in the pocket. Ran into the sack

QB draw gives them a shot at 3 and long

Another QB draw, which is it a bit weird. Book fumbled, but recovered out of bounds.

ND punts, nice job by Gilman down the field. No return

Interesting first call. WR came in motion and led inside on the run. 3 yard gain

2 and 7

PA covered down the field, Pickett hits the check down to move the chains

Nice job by Tillley at POA. 1 yard gain for Pitt

2 and 9

Toss gets them to 3 and medium

Daelin Hayes in the game on 3rd down. Stunt with him and Tillery gets pressure. Ball incomplete

Nicco Fertitta with the stupidest penalty you'll ever see. Right over the center he jumps on the punt.

Pitt stays on the field

Bilal all over the dump to the FB off the boot. No gain

2 and 10

Houston Griffith all over the slot on the RPO. 2 yard gain

3 and 8

Vaughn beat on the in. Pitt converts

Coney with the big stick on 1st down. ND doing a good job on 1st down

2 and 10

Really great catch and throw on the curl. Gets Pitt to 3 and short

Wildcat and Pitt converts

Kareem read the pitch to Hall, but got beat to the edge. Pitt going to get at least a field goal out of this drive because of Fertitta's penalty

Hold on Kareem missed on the first down toss

1 and goal

Great job by Tranquill getting the edge for the TFL on the Wildcat run

2 and goal form the 11

Bust up front and it's a touchdown Pitt. Bilal followed the pull and someone lost their gap up front

7-0 Pitt

10 minute drive.

Touchback

Pitt kicked ND at the POA on 1st down. Yikes. TFL

3 and medium after the out to Claypool. Big early play

Pitt brought the house, picked up. Great pick up by Dex. Book converts on the scramble

Book bad decision to throw the ball after not seeing initial read open. Throws a pick

End of 1st Q and Pitt has the football

My apologies for being away and missing some action in the game. Someone broke into my wife's car and I will be back to the game ASAP

Sorry for the last few drives.

Back at on this drive.

Hall got the edge on the pitch to set up 2 and 4. Next play great job by Ade setting the edge, and a hold called on the play

2 and 14

Short gain sets up 3 and 11. Delayed blitz forced the short throw

Incomplete on the out. Pressure by Okwara on the stunt.

Pitt will punt. Finke with a short return takes it into Pitt territory

Finke jet sweep for 2 and give inside to Jones gets it to 3 and 1

Really tough run by Jones to fight for that first.

Book way off to Boykin high, but roughing the passer gets ND another 1st

1 and 10

RPO to Finke gets 8. Safety playing off on the slot so that's there

2 and 2

Blitz and Book had to get rid of it. Did well to throw it away towards Finke

3 and 2 coming up after a timeout from Pitt

PA to Mack moves the chains.

Gotta give Pitt credit. They are playing the best ball I have seen from their defense, especially up front

3 and 8 coming up after Pitt was solid on play-action on 2nd down

Another Pitt timeout

They rushed four and no one open. Book scrambles and ND will kick the FG

7-3 Pitt

Doerer kicks it deep for a touchback

Jet sweep defended pretty well by Okwara. Keeps it to 5 yard gain

2 and 5

Coverage was good down the field, but no pressure. Dumped off by Pickett for an incompletion

Okwara beats the RT clean and forces an incompletion. 3 and out. Good series by the Irish

3:39 left in the half. Hard count by Pitt and they jump offside

Finke fair catch and Irish will get a chance to take the lead before the half

Pitt blitzed the CB and Mack was wide open. It was picked up. Book just rushing things when he sees the blitz.

2 and 10

Quick to Austin for a first.

Book scrambles out for a short gain. Book just not confident in what he is seeing.

And then he hits Boykin down the field on the corner route. Not a great ball, but a big play

Book just off. Fast ball on the crosser to Finke too hot to handle

Just over 2 minutes remaining. 3 and 5

Timeout ND. Irish in the red zone

3 and 5, Book hits Finke underneath short of the sticks

4 and 1 coming up

Heavy personnel. Hits Michael Young who went in motion and came back on the out. Open and Book put in on him.

1 and goal

Book sacked. Hainsey got pushed too far up the field on the bull. Didn't anchor well enough and Book got tripped up

Blitzing the crap out of ND and there are no hots built in. Sack on 3rd down. Davis with a brutal whiff that forced the sack

4 and goal

41 yard FG attempt

Yoon is good

7-6 Pitt with 5 seconds to go in the half

Well, Chip Long has to get things fixed on offense. They don't have an answer for Pitt's pressure.

ND's defense solid job after that opening drive.

Pitt gets the ball to start the 3rd quarter

Pitt takes the opening second half kick to the house. Four guys had a shot at him.

Doerer had the best shot. Might be time to get Yoon just to boot it out of the end zone every time.

14-6 Pitt

Touchback

ND starts at the 25

Someone please punch the Leprachaun in the face for styling behind Kathryn Tappen

Book keeps for 15. LB bit on the stretch to Dex

PA to Mack gets them into 2nd and short

Easy conversion to Dex inside

Uptempo going well on this drive

PA sprint out. Claypool on the sideline and Dex inside gets another 1st

3 and 1 another conversion by Dex

1 and 10

Ball was tipped on the rush and it's picked. Kraemer beat and the DT affected the throw

ND was in a position to score. Pitt gets the ball back

Inside for two. ND's D-line has played well after that first drive

2 and 8

Vaughn beat on the slant.

1 and 10

Wildcat. Coney shuts that down. Great job shedding and making the play

Vaughn misses a tackle. Tranquill has to clean it up on the swing

3 and 3

Seems like time for some extra rushers. Vaughn beat again on the slant. Picking on him. Just bad footwork

Okwara awesome job setting the edge vs Wildcat

False start makes it 2 and 15

Nice job by Bracy preventing the big play on the screen. They put him in for Vaughn

3 and 11

And Kenny Football with a great improvisation on the pitch. Pitt converts. ND had some pressure on him

Jayson Ademilola great job winning off the snap to get the tackle backside

Going to be 3 and long again after another short completion

Pressure up front forces Pickett out of the pocket and Love outstanding running with the crosser.

47 yard FG attempt is no good. Much needed stop by the Irish defense

Still 14-6

Slant to Claypool for 21.

TK couldn't get out to CB on the screen. Way too slow. TFL. Make that block and Dex could have gone

Holding on the next play means 2nd and very long. Ruhland got called for it, but that was a bad call

Book with a great touch throw to Finke under pressure. Corner route

ND in Pitt territory again

3 and 6

Nice rub route on the outside, Finke converts

Slant to Claypool touchdown. Let's gooooooo

ND will go for two

Ball thrown a bit in front of Boykin, but feel like he could have made that catch

14-12 Pitt

Yoon line drive goes through the end zone

1 and 10 at the 25

Bubble gets 9. They have not taken one shot down the field

2 and 1, ISO inside gets 17

Ball close to midfield

HInish got penetration but lost his feet. Good gain on 1st down for Pitt

2 and 3. Fullback dive moves the chains

End of 3, Pitt driving

14-12

Gadget play miscue by Pitt. Lucky for them to only lose a yard

2 and 11 on the ND 40

They are reviewing to see if it's a forward pass. I don't think it is, but they change it to 2 and 10 and say incomplete

2 and 10

Heavy personnel out of Wildcat gets nothing. Sets up 3 and long

Love called for PI. Ball was way overthrown. Ugh, it was the right call. Love was beat and grabbed

Pitt getting nothing running the ball on 1st down. Holding gets it called back even further

Pickett scrambles and gets some yards back. 2 and 12, Tillery straight up tackled by the RT. No call

3 and long again

36 yard field goal goal attempt coming up

And he missed it again

Still 14-12

Reverse to start this drive and a facemask after an already good gain

PA slant to Claypool sets up 3 and 4

ND going to go for it on 4th and 2 after they couldn't convert to PA to Mack

Timeout Pitt

ND will now punt with 10:38 to go

Ball goes through the end zone

Pitt takes over at the 20

Bubble gets 8 to start the drive. Bracy couldn't get off the block

2 and 2

Ref with the best block of the day on Love. Get out of the way, sir.

Leads to a bigger run and moves the sticks

2 and 6 after inside zone

3 and 3 coming up after another bubble

Okwara great job peeling off on the blitz and picking up the back for a TFL. ND stops the on 3rd down. Huge play

Ball goes into the end zone

ND ball at the 20 with 7:26 to go

PA deep shot. Great ball by Book, PI prevented Claypool from making the catch

Dex gets 13. First real positive run for awhile. Awesome job bouncing it

3 and 5 after Dex inside and a Book keep

Boykin on the out. Low throw, nice grab. Good job getting the ball out

Next play for the throat, Boykin for six!

PA held the safety. Beat PI too

19-14 Irish after the Yoon extra point

Doerer back in and he boots it through the end zone

1 and 10

Nothing on 1st down. Tranquill gets Ollison for no gain. Great job up front

First intermediate throw in a long time. In to outside WR and they get about 15

Pitt going slow and happy to run the ball. 2 and 4 after ISO inside

Kareem affected the throw on the boot and Elliott almost makes the play of the year with a diving pick. Just couldn't hang on

3 and 4

Okwara got pressure and forced the bad throw

4 and 4

Pitt will fake the punt. ND covers it well. ND now with good field position and a chance to ice the game

Williams stays in bounds on the toss. Gets about 4

2 and 6 with less than 3 minutes to go

Pitt selling out to stop the run. No gain and a Pitt timeout

2:44 to go. Pitt with one timeout left

3 and 6

Book slides and is just short of the sticks. If he dived it would have moved the sticks and ended the game.

ND will have to punt after this timeout

4th and 1 and ND is going to go for it

PA and they don't get it. It was not open. Book had to run it out of bounds

Hate not running it there

1 and 10 with 2:35 left

Kareem with the sack! Huge play to start this drive. Pickett almost got away. Nothing open downfield allowed that to happen.

Okwara pressure messed up the throw. Tipped it, Griffith got a piece after

3 and 24

Pickett over the line of scrimmage, but they didn't call it. Either way, it's 4th down

4 and 24

They review it and that's a 5 yard penalty. It's going to be 4th and 29

ND going to rush three

Okwara got pressure and forced the throw out of bounds. ND's defense comes up big again when it matters

ND takes knees to finish the game.

They come out with a 19-14 win

They got the W and the defense deserved. The offense and special teams? Not so much. But everyone will take it.

Instant reaction coming up