Well, it's another Navy game. Triple option...catch the fever!

Check back here around twenty minutes from now where hopefully the offense is rolling early for ND

Go Irish

Seemed like a bigger ovation for the Irish when they came out than Navy, which is not all that surprising. Beautiful day in San Diego so weather should not be any kind of factor in this one

ND will receive and Young should get a chance to return it.

He does and takes it to the 23

1 and 10

Empty to start and Boykin looking for more after the catch and a nightmare start. He fumbles. Poor job of not switching the ball to this inside hand

Navy ball at the ND 36

Gilman fills vs Perry on the pitch. Nice open field tackle

2 and 6

Nothing on the dive on 2nd down. Great job by Tillery

3 and 6

Gilman coming downhill on the pitch stops them on 3rd down

4 and 2 and Navy will go for it

Abey in the game at QB and he gets stopped for 1. They are going to be short after they measure.

Awesome stop for the ND defense

GIlman is ready to ball

Other than the fumble, I liked ND going empty to start. Nay does not have the speed to deal with them spread out like that

Inside out of the pistol for maybe two to Dex

Eichenberg and Banks driving their man on the double with Banks coming off to pick up the LB. Great job left side.

Banks and Ruhland the two starters at guard

Big hole to the left after. Dex for big yards

Book doesn't see first read, comes off to Claypool by the sideline. He gets the 1st

Armstrong on the counter for a few

2 and 7

There's the first pass to a back. Swing to Jafar like a bubble screen and he takes it for the first

1 and goal

Jafar takes it to the 1 with the ND OL moving people. In on the next play

Doerer in for the extra point and he misses it. Yikes that was not even close

6-0 ND

Doerer with a short kick, but Navy bails him out with a fair catch that takes it to the 25

PA to start, nothing open so Lewis runs it for a short gain.

2 and 8

Navy gets the first first down of the game. Just a little late to the edge vs the pitch

Dive gets them about six and Tranquill is down on the field. He got rolled up on. Did not look great. Limping big time, but maybe a sprain?

Gilman with a big fill on the QB keep. Yooooooo

3 and 2

Elliott and Drew White, in for Tranquill, stuff the pitch. Awesome job and Navy will punt

Claypool fighting for extra yards after the out on the RPO. Beastin on that play

1 and 10

Awesome effort by Dex to get up and recover to help Book on the scramble. Sets up ND with another 1st

Austin on the crosser for a big play. Book hit him in stride and he did the work for 38

ND in the red zone going tempo and Dex scores

Too easy

1:31. 80 yards

Doerer just sneaks in the PAT

13-0 ND

Also if you were wondering why White instead of JGH at LB, I think it's probably this

Another fair catch by Navy on a short kick

1 and 10 at the 25

Great job by Kareem getting back to make the tackle vs counter option

2 and 8

Gilman with another tackle on the pitch, but Navy got it to 3 and 2

Elliott over runs the tackle and Navy's pitch man gets a big gain. Ball in ND territory

Navy then decides to try for a big play with the pass and Okwara is all over it. Sack

2 and 14

False start for Navy

2 and 19

Dive gets only a few. Coney and White combine on the tackle

Lewis flushed out of the pocket by Tillery, incomplete with Pride in coverage

Another punt for Navy

1 and 10 at the 11

Armstrong gets a short gain. Nice job by Navy DL submariing up front to get penetration.

Armstrong needed to be a bit more patient on that second down stretch play. Gets a short gain when he tried to hit the hole a bit too quickly instead of waiting for it to open up

End of 1, ND leads 13-0 with 3 and long coming up

3 and 8

Empty. Book high on the throw. 3 and out for the Irish

Bad punt by Newsome. Ball in ND territory. Way too many mi****s for him this year

Perry on the pitch with a nice juke, but right out of bounds for a three yard gain

2 and 7

Tillery with penetration after the stunt. TFL

3 and 11

Short throw with ND all over it. Navy is staying on the field on 4 and 9

Navy trying to hard count and will take the delay for the punt. Will try to pin ND

Bad punt by Navy and ND will get the ball at the 32. Not a lot of net there

PA to Kmet for a short gain

2 and 8

RPO to Young on the hitch, gets a few extra for the 1st

1 and 10

There was a big hole for Dex, but Banks' leg got kicked up and knocked the ball out. Got back on the ball to save the fumble

3 and 10

Out to Mack, short of the sticks. Sets up 4 and 2

RPO to Claypool, easy conversion. Claypool a bit shaken up after.

Book had Armstrong down the seam for a touchdown. Ball too far inside

Armstrong gets it to 3rd and 7

Dump to Dex gets them to 4 and about 3. Nice job making the first guy miss

ND is going to go without Yoon

DE Josh Webb is out of the game after running into his own guy.

4 and 3

Book quick slant vs the blitz to Finke. First down. Threw it where the LB vacated

Navy's DB doing a good job coming up and tackling in the flat

Next play is a Dex touchdown. Breaks a couple of tackles and ND now up 3 scores. Great effort

Doerer extra point is good

20-0 ND

This time the kick reaches the end zone. Touchback

1 and 10 at the 25

Kareem stuffs the dive on 1st down

2 and 8

Great job by ND stringing out the play and forcing Lewis to cut it back into the defense

3 and 6

Dive is stuffed. Late stem from ND screwed up Navy's read

3 and out

Big punt all the way to ND's 15. Fair catch for Finke

Book with the touch throw to Armstrong for a big play. Lined up in the slot ran a corner

Nothing on 1st down for Dex on the cut back. ND didn't get anyone on the ILB on that run

Good job by Book giving to Dex and not keeping. Banks driving dudes

3 and 4

Book on the roll and didn't find anyone, scrambled for about 3 1/2

Should be just short and it's literally less than an inch

ND will go for it

Book sneak. Converts

PA and another touch throw over the LBs to Kmet for a big play

1 and 10 at the Navy 23

Throwback screen to Dex and another first down. Loved this design

PA tried to hit Boykin on the slant, but the CB read it. That was an RPO. Ruhland just killed his guy

Hits Finke on 3rd and goal and he fights to the goal line. Gets it to the 4th and just short of the goal line. Holding on the defense (looked like a bad call to me) gives ND a 1st down

They figured some stuff out and it was not an auto 1st down. Doesn't matter, ND overloaded the right side with three TEs and Dex bounced it outside. No one was there

27-0 Irish

1:04 left in the half

Tried to make a throw down field. Not even close and the post was covered

2 and 10

Bonner stuffs the dive

3 and 9

Coney lights up the dive and that's the half

27-0 ND. Aside from the fumble, about as good as ND could have hoped for

Touchback for Doerer to start the half

Perry with a big play breaks it open. Pathetic tackle attempt by Troy Pride. Gotta make that play and he just pushed him

Midline option for Navy gets 3 with them in the red zone on the next play

Gotta get Pride out of the game after another brutal tackle attempt. Yowza. Looks like he doesn't want any part of contact

Abey in on the next play on 1 and goal. Looked like it was close and they will review it. They said it stands.

Don't want to give Navy too much credit for that drive because if Pride did his job, none of it happens

27-7

Hitch to Claypool gets them 9 on first down. Claypool comes off limping

A lot of Armstrong on the field with another back

Ball knocked down on second down, PA back shoulder to Boykin. Great ball, great catch

Boykin limping a bit too

3 and long coming up and Book sees an opening, takes 21 yards

Big hole inside for Dex gets them to 1 and goal

Stuffed on 1st down, couldn't get a crease to the right side

Pick play for Finke and they threw a flag, but the ball was completed close to LOS. They said it was not close enough to behind the line, though and call it OPI. It was more of a bad job by Finke with the depth of his route than it was on anything else

Swing to Dex gets them into a better position on 3rd and goal from the 8

Blitz and Book had to avoid and tried to get it to Kmet, but led him too far.

ND will settle for the FG attempt

Doerer is good. Good for him after that first shank on the PAT

30-7 ND

Another fair catch by Navy.

Vaughn in the game for Pride

After a first down run by Perry, Lewis lofts one up to his WR and it's complete for big chunk play

2 and 5 at the ND 24

ND loses backside gap, it's set up as a cut back. Navy has made some good adjustments on this drive

Big dive sets up 1 and goal

Stuffed on the keep by Lewis

Abey going in on 2 and goal

He's short. Coney nice job

3 and goal

Sneaked it in.

30-14

Deep kick and touchback.

1 and 10 at the 25

Banks driving his guy through the whistle. 5 for Dex on 1st down

3rd down PI moves the sticks for ND. Bad play by the Navy LB after he made a TFL on the play before

Book keeps and gets the 1st. That play is there with the way Navy is getting sucked in by the back

Big run inside by Armstrong. Caught Navy in a stunt

RPO screen to Finke and a big play. Nice block by Weishar.

Timeout for ND on 2nd and goal. Get the touchdown here and it makes it awful tough for Navy to have any chance of coming back

2 and goal from the 7

Dex gets it to the 3

3 and goal

Rub route, Boykin on the out. Money from Book. Touchdown

37-14 after the extra point

Another fair catch for Navy.

1 and 10 at the 25

Coleman in at CB on this drive

Keep for Lewis, 1 yard gain. Kareem did a good job stringing it out

2 and 9

Lewis flushed out by Okwara on the pass. Got outside but couldn't find anyone. Almost picked

3 and 9

Coney. Baller. Stuffs the pitch

Navy will have to punt when they come back in the 4th quarter

Finke lets it bounce, downed at the ND 30

Reverse to Jafar for a big play to start the drive. Love staying aggressive.

Good job by Book not forcing the screen when it was covered

2 and 10

Tony Jones running behind a pulling Banks. Nice patience

PA and ND throws the slant. Book didn't identify the LB and he's picked. Makes a TD saving tackle

6 from Lewis on 1st down

And then a bust up front by where it looked like they ran a counter to the FB. Touchdown Navy

Going for 2

PA slips the TE across the formation and it's converted

37-21

Excuse me, 37-22 after the two point conversion

Young takes it out for a return to the 25

Dex with another big run to the left side on the zone. And then a big hole inside gets two straight first downs

Another nine over the left side. Next play is holding on Banks. Iffy call IMO

2 and 11

Swing to the right gets 2

3 and 9

Book had a ton of time with them rushing three. Improvised and Jafar got open down the field for a huge conversion

3 and 7 after a couple of short runs

Back shoulder to Boykin. CB had no chance. Great ball. Touchdown Irish

44-22 after the extra point. Great job by the OL picking up the blitz as well

Touchback.

1 and 10 at the 25 with 8:29 left

Reverse pass from Abey is incomplete

Toss to Perry, they call a late hit on Elliott. Tough play for him to slow up.

Bilal is down. He got lit up on crack back block. At the very least he got the wind knocked out of him. Maybe worse.

Perry cuts across the field after the toss and turns a loss into a nice gain. Just a great play by him

Pitch man forced out of bounds after six

Good job by Okwara on the keep on the next play.

3 and 1

Late pitch and the slot back couldn't handle it. Jamir Jones recovers it and ends any chance at a scoring drive for Navy

1 and 10 with 6:21 left in the game

After a short Dex run, timeout Navy

Dex over the left side again gets it to 3 and 1

Looked like a bad spot with Dex getting it, but they marked him short. Thanks for going to commercial CBS and not showing the replay.

Timeout Navy with 5:35 to go. Give me a break. Give it up, Navy. The game is over

ND decides to punt and Navy has a long way to go from their own 15

1 and 10

Stuffed on 1st down on the dive

Missed tackle by Hayes on the toss and Perry gets the first

Counter dive gets 5

2 and 5

Give up Navy, you're going to get your best player hurt. Perry gets lit up on the pitch

Should be intentional grounding, but the refs are in hibernation.

Dive for a short gain

3 and 8

Navy will go for it with another toss for Perry.

Aaron Taylor with some nonsense analysis like this last drive means anything.

Lewis lit up by Okwara. Just what you want to see with your starting quarterback in garbage time

3 and 6

Incomplete. ball was way short and inside

Complete to Perry converts on 4th and 6

Next play picked by Elliott and it's over. It was over awhile ago, but you know what I mean.

ND taking knees to end the game, but will have to punt one more time. With nine seconds left. Navy takes a knee to end it.

44-22 ND

Navy made a couple of good adjustments to create some plays in the second half, but their defense was just not good enough to give them a shot. ND out gained them by a huge amount.

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