Kickoff in about 20 minutes.

Should be interesting to see how the crowd is.

Big opportunity for ND to win convincingly and cement themselves in the top-4.

Go Irish

Jordan Genmark Heath getting the start at Buck today

ND won the toss and will receive.

Short kick, returned by Young to the 25

1 and 10

Run blitz on 1st down stops Dex for no gain

2 and 10

Big hole on 2nd down moves the sticks. ND had favorable numbers there

QB draw gets a couple

2 and 8

Bad exchange, Book gives the ball away at the ND 35. Just didn't secure it well enough

Bowser inside gets 5. Bilal made the tackle

2 and 5, good pressure forces Thorson to step up, complete to get the first down

1 and 10 at ND 21

Terrific job up front by ND DL. Nothing

2 and 10

Love with the PBU all over the underneath stuff

3 and 10

Incomplete. Pride good coverage

NW will kick a FG. No good

Another big stop by ND defense

1 and 10 at the 21

Drop by Finke on the out. He's had a few of those in recent weeks

2 and 10

What a strike by Book to Claypool. Perfect ball placement

Ruhland couldn't sustain his block on the Dex run

2 and 8

Book needed to pull on the read , not much

3 and 7

False start on ND. Looked to me like it was drawn by NW movement

3 and 12

Great throw to Boykin moves the sticks. NW rushed four and not a sniff

1 and 10 at the 50

Looked like it could have been PI on the deep ball to Claypool, but no call

2 and 10

Dex hesitated a bit on the swing, good pursuit by NW's defense

3 and 11

Book doesn't see what he likes dropping back and gets 8 on the scramble.

4 and 2 and ND will go after a timeout

4 and 2, ND goes empty

Money throw on the slant to Finke.

Inside to Jafar gets 4 on 1st down

Jafar gets the edge with Kmet with a nice down block.

NW is stout up front, which is what everyone should have expected. Have to keep grinding

Nice design with the pump on the screen and then hitting Kmet inside the three yard line

Go tempo next play and Dex is in for six

Great job by up front on that series. Mustipher nice job getting to second level on the touchdown

7-0 ND

This is interesting

Fair catch by NW

1 and 10 at the 25

Thorson chased out of the pocket on the sprint out. Missed way high

2 and 10

Kareem knocks down the ball at the LOS. Great job getting in the throwing lane

3 and 10

Tranquill in on this drive and he makes the tackle on the scramble. ND got pressure with only 3

3 and out

Finke with a good return making some guys miss. ND with good field position

Play-action and Book hits Claypool for 19 on the corner route

1 and 10 at the NW 39

Tony Jones gets solid gain on the toss

NW safety is down on the field after that play

TK in the game at RG

Book had Boykin for a potential TD and just led him too much. Another PA with ND going heavy personnel and max protecting

3 and 7

Designed run for Book and he gets the first. Makes the guy miss. Looks maybe a tad short. Banks needed to hit that up and lead better

Think they will call this back and make it 4th and short

Really like that play call by Chip Long BTW

Going to be 4th and 1 at the NW 30

ND will go

Going to be short. NW backside DL got penetration. Weishar needed to block down and didn't. Big mistake

But ND gets lucky they convert by a sliver. Wow. They are reviewing it

The ruling stands and it's 1st down ND

PA to Kmet and he makes his second big catch of the game. Bust by NW and he was wide open

1 and goal at the 5, but take it back 5 after a false start

PA tried to hit Boykin on the slant. Incomplete. Tight coverage

Looks like it's going to OPI on Boykin. He cleared out a little too well

2 and goal to the 24

Hartage breaks up the out to Boykin.

Checked a run to Jones and if it was Dex, maybe it's breaks because the hole was there but it was a bit too slow.

Yoon in to kick the FG

Misses it from 44

Still 7-0

2 and 6 after the inside zone

Good coverage by Coney on the slot on 2nd down. All over it

3 and 6

Love in at nickel. Vaughn in at Boundary CB

Pressure by Okwara, but he lost contain. Thorson ended up getting outside and finding his receiver

2 and 4 coming up after they come back to start the 2nd Q

NW moves the sticks on the next play

Try to run downhill on the next play and nothing doing

2 and 9

Bilal poor job of playing the boot. Thorson makes a good throw to his TE

1 and 10

NW RT moved early, no call. Counter trey for 7

2 and 3

Again inside and NW gets 1

3 and short expect another run inside

Sneak and they convert

1 and 10

NW another downhill run for 2

Lea might want to get some movement up front to creat a negativie play

Good coverage by Pride vs the double move. Gilman helped out too

3 and 8

Inside zone gets a few

NW will go for it 4th

One handed catch by NW on the crosser. They convert

Nice job by JGH fighting the block on the screen.

Nothing for Bowser inside on 2nd down. Outstanding by Tillery

Big 3rd down here to hold them to a FG attempt

Elliott called for PI in the end zone. Beat off the line and grabbed him

NW just short on the next play. Expect sneak on the next one

2 and inches. TD on the sneak

7-7 after the extra point

Young takes it to the 25 again

1 and 10

Dex inside. NW's DL is getting off blocks

2 and 9

Book hits Finke on the out for the 1st

Boykin deep ball. Hartage has had the better of this matchup so far. Incomplete

2 and 10. NW run blitz blew that up

3 and 11

NW brought the house and ND didn't have enough guys to block. Book off target to Boykin on the slant.

ND will punt

A pretty good one for Newsome bounces out at the 21

Important drive for ND's defense

Zone and not good fits for ND's front. 14 yards

Okay, It's time for Lea to start mixing up some movement and play less base

3 and medium coming up. This has been a run down for NW quite a bit

Lea mixed in a pressure, but Okwara was not the in the right spot for his drop. Open guy moves the sticks

Gilman with a good job vs the deep ball downfield. Incomplete

2 and 10. JGH needs to bring his feet. Got there, but can't hug and hold on

3 and 8

Tranquill blows up the screen. Nice job. NW lets the clock run down and takes a timeout.

They will likely go for it on 4 and 6 from around midfield

NW is punting. Fair catch by Finke at the 9

Two minute drill coming up

1 and 10

QB draw gets 8

2 and 2

Book scrambles for only one. NW takes a timeout on 3 and 1

1:29 to go

Book almost throws a pick. Bad throw. NW zone blitz and Book threw it right to him. Claypool broke it up

Why not run it on 3 and 1? I hate that call

Punt and line drive. Decent return and ND lucky to not get a late hit on Josh Lugg out of bounds

Good coverage on the deep ball by Pride. Not even close on the throw

2 and 10 at the ND 46

1:05 to go in the half. Thorson keeps and gets them to 3 and 5

Hayes gets pressure on the stunt. Forces the check down. 4 and 4 and NW might go for a Hail Mary to end the half

ND trading timeouts with NW before the attempt

Sack by Hayes ends the half

NW averaging 3.1 YPP and yet this game is tied.

Doerer's kick gets the end zone is a fair caught

1 and 10 at the 25

Inside to Bowser for 4

2 and 6

Tillery tripped and almost fell offside. 3 and 4 coming up

Okwara held on the play by their LT, no call. Converted to Nagel

Thorson way wide on 1st down

2 and 10

RPO to the slot gets 15

1 and 10

Jamir Jones strings out the reverse and Gilman finishes it off for a short gain

Thorson throws it away with pressure from Jamir, but it was the coverage that forced that

3 and 8

Okwara finally hits home for the sack. NW punts and it was a bad one that bounced right to Finke

RPO and great finish by Claypool to get 12

Dex breaks a tackle and gets a nice block by Claypool on the swing for another first

Book hits Claypool on the check down. Gets 9

2 and 1

Finally a hole on the zone. Nice cutback by Dex

1 and 10

False start on Mustipher. 1 and 15. Must have moved the ball. Welp, they showed the replay and it was on Hainsey

2 and 2 after. Book forced it and it got tipped. Needed to hit the check down to Dex

3 and 2

Absolutely nothing inside for ND. They were outmanned in the box and got no push

RPO to Boykin on 4th down. Good blocking by FInke and Claypool

Finke on the crosser gets 5

2 and 5

Gadget play and NW had it covered well. Good job by Book not forcing it in a bad spot

3 and 5

Great touch by Book to Boykin and it's a touchdown! NW running zone and ball placement and great catch beats them

14-7 after the Yoon extra point

And Doerer continues to struggle. Kicks it out of bounds

1 and 10 at the NW 35

Good Bowser runs gets 9. Next play converts

1 and 10

Bad throw to an open TE by Thorson. Almost picked by Elliott after the tip

Great penetration by Hinish blows up the play. JGH finishes it

3 and 9

Good coverage by ND. Coney runs him down for the sack on 3rd down after initial pressure from Hayes

NW pins them at the 2. Good bounce for NW on that punt. Tough call for Finke if he wanted to try and get that

Hartrage on Claypool with ND pinned and Book makes the throw to get them out of jail

Good push on 1st down with Dex getting 6

2 and 4

Eichenberg gets beat, no gain for ND on the zone to Dex

3 and 4

Claypool balling out tonight. Great throw beats NW's backup corner. ND converts

1 and 10 deep ball to Young and let's goooooooooooooo!!!!!!

Deep ball touchdown on the post. 21-7 after the extra point

Great route by Young. Great throw by Book

Fair catch by NW

Rain coming down pretty hard right now

1 and 10 at the 25

Tillery again gets penetration and Okwara finishes. No gain

Julian Love fills like a linebacker. Yowza

3 and 10

ND drops 8 and Thorson tries to run. Coney steps up and gets the sack.

3 and out

Finke with a slightly risky return, but he gets 15

Long dialed in now and so is Book. Fake the bubble and hits Books for a big play to end the 3rd quarter.

Dominated by ND

21-7 entering the 4th with ND driving

Zone to Jafar and he gets 4

ND still not moving NW. Have to give their DL credit

3 and 4

Jafar misses his block on the screen to Finke. ND will go for the field goal from 43

Yoon just gets it through

24-7 ND

Doerer kicks that one deep through the end zone

Thorson sees nothing open. Ade tackles him after he steps up for 3 yards

Crosser to the TE complete for a first down

Daelin Hayes needs to finish that. Should have been a two yard gain. Doesn't bring his feet

Deep ball and way overthrown. Love with good coverage. ND blitzed and JGH was picked up well on the cut block

2 and 10

Okwara beats the LT and Thorson makes a great throw to get 9. Then Thorson with another great throw with Griffith not turning his head. He was there and would have had a pick if he did.

Touchdown NW keeps them in the game

24-14 ND

Fair catch by Jafar on the short kick

1 and 10 at the 25

Book escapes the rush and gets 3. Not a great block by Dex

RPO by Book to Claypool on the hitch. He makes a guy miss and gets close to the sticks

1 and 10 and ND gets nothing on the sweep

NW is kicking them up front. No other way to say it

More penetration on the next play gets a TFL

3 and 13

Short on the throw to Boykin and ND will punt. It was a mistake to stop throwing. ND cannot run the ball

Blocked punt by NW and they are in business in ND territory.

1 and 10 at the ND 17

Wide open TE underneath gets them to 1 and goal. ND has lost guys in coverage when Thorson has scrambled a few times

2 and goal after Elliott did a great job vs the RPO

Wildcat gets nothing. Nicely done by ND. Tranquill in the game and big time play by him

3 and goal from the 3

Broken play but ND couldn't stop him. Sneak on the next play and he's in Bush Pushesque. They are reviewing it, but looked to me like he got in

Ruling stands

24-21 after the extra point

Young takes it out the 21, but there is a flag on the play. Holding on Jonathan Jones takes it back.

Not a great day for Brian Polian

Claypool again on the RPO. Breaking more tackles. He is ballin

QB sweep by Book gets 9

Dex gets nothing on 2nd down

3 and inches

Book sneak gets it

1 and 10

5:14 to go

Dex gets a big run to outside. ND cannot run it inside. Perimeter finally works

And then inside again for nothing

2 and 10 at the NW 39

Banks false start. Critical mistake

2 and 15

Another RPO to Boykin on the slant. Moves the chains. Huge play

Draw gets a couple.

About 3 minutes to go

2 and 8

Another inside run for three. 3 and 4 coming up after the timeout

Ball at the NW 23

3 and 4 with 2:52 to go

Book keeps and it's six. NW bit hard inside and no one was there. Great call

31-21 with 2:45 to go

Fair catch. NW ball at their own 25

Short throw to the back gets 5

Tillery pressure forces the sack into Okwara.

3 and 11

They are reviewing it because the ball came out, but NW recovered it. It might be 3 and 12

3 and 13 and NW ran a draw. Short of the sticks gets it 4 and 3

Crosser ate up by Love and Gilman. Ball is turned over on downs.

Book takes a knee and NW has to take a timeout because they refuse to quit LOL

1:09 to go

Book takes a knee again. Another NW timeout. Never surrender! The game is over, give me a break

Book takes a knee. Clock running and will stop at 20 seconds with ND timeout.

ND will punt

Newsome gets it to the 10 where it fair caught. NW going to try and throw two touchdowns in 10 seconds. Ok then

They run a draw to end the game. Fitzgerald is a clown for that.

ND wins 31-21

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