About 30 minutes until kickoff. Feels like 3 hours. Let's get it rolling!

ND coming in as the underdogs and almost everyone picking against them. They'll get a chance to prove people wrong.

Been waiting too long for this one. See you back here in a bit.

Go Irish!

Clemson won the toss. They defer. ND will receive

Touchback to Finke. ND starts at the 25

1 and 10

Dex with an 11 yard run to start. Nice cut back, avoided the Clemson LB

ND going tempo to start, Dex jumped early.

1 and 15

Dex stuffed for nothing. Looked like a bust up front. Book QB draw gets them to 3 and 10

Claypool with a bad drop. Nerves probably.

ND will punt

High one fair caught to the 14. 51 yards

Etienne only gets 1 on the inside zone. Nice fill by Coney

2 and 9

Empty and Okwara gets in with Tranquill timing up the blitz perfectly. Lawrence escapes, but incomplete

3 and 9

Deep to Higgins, incomplete. Pride step for step. Both guys hand fighting. Good no call

3 and out

Bad kick. ND with good field position just inside Clemson territory

Book didn't see anything open on PA, scrambled and the ball was knocked out. ND tried to run a play, but it will be Clemson ball after a review

It was Ferrell who knocked the ball out.

ND defense has been good when put in bad situations by the offense. Hopefully they respond here.

Look out for sudden change here with a deep ball

And they just run a quick screen for a good gain.

2 and 3

Pride on top of the hitch, but it's a good catch by Rogers. 1st down

1 and 10

2 and 2 PA, ND with pressure with a boundary blitz by Love. Ball thrown away

3 and 2

Screen to Etienne moves the sticks. Nice design there to the perimeter

1 and 10 at the ND 25

Short gain inside to Feaster

Hayes misses a sack. That would have been big to put them in 3 and long. 3 and 7 coming up. Huge play

Okwara bullied the guard to pressure Lawrence. Forces a FG attempt

It's good. Great job to hold them to 3

CB blitz by Clemson gets Dex for no gain

2 and 10

Late shift by the Clemson line right into the run. 3 and long coming up

Angle route by Dex on a screen. Great call moves the sticks.

ND goes deep next play to Boykin. PI on Mullen

1 and 10 at the Clemson 44

Dex on the toss with about a 7 yard gain

Finke gets the first. Matched up on the safety Wallace. Another 1st

Book scrambles for a 1st vs a 4 man rush

1 and 10 in the red zone

Dex inside for 4

2 and 6

Book throws it away. Smart play

3 and 6

Screen to Jafar out at in the slot, Doesn't get the 1st.

Yoon in for the FG attempt

Good

3-3

Clemson fumbles the kickoff! Claypool recovers!

Ugh, I think the ball hit out of bounds first. Might not be conclusive, though. They are reviewing it

They reverse the call. Clemson ball

Good coverage by ND down the field, though

1 and 10 at the 13

Lawrence kept, short gain with Gilman getting him out of bounds

Jalen Elliott big pop on Renfrow knocks the ball away. Great job

3 and long

Renfrow matched up with Tranquill moves the sticks.

1 and 10

Quick screen to Rogers. Gets 5

Tranquill and Coney stuff Etienne

3 and 5

Rush 4, coverage down the field and nothing there for Lawrence. Hayes and Okwara with pressure. Okwara with the sack.

ND gets the ball back

Kraemer driving his guy on the inside give to Jafar. 6 on 1st down

Book scrambles for no gain. Good to get out of bounds

3 and 4

Great catch by Claypool makes up for his earlier drop. Not a great ball

1 and 10

Kmet on Ferrell off of PA. Can't block him with a TE. Sack

Nice job picking up the blitz by the protection. Book gets the ball out to Mack to set up a manageable 3rd down

End of 1Q, tie ball game

Empty.

Great throw by Book threading the needle to Kmet. Good job by the line

Tried a deep shot right after, Boykin covered well, Book put it a bit too far

2 and 10

RPO to Boykin. Slant gets about 7

3 and 3

Nothing open and Book has to throw it away when nothing was open. ND going for it in plus territory

Book threw it up for Boykin, but Simmons did a great job running with him. PBU

Turned over on downs

About 6 on 1st down inside for Clemson

Check down moves the sticks. So far ND doing a great job not giving them anything deep

1 and 10

Donte Vaughn out there for an injured Ian Book. Vaughn just loses the 50/50 ball and Ross does the rest. I spoke too soon

52 yards. Touchdown

I assumed 10-3. Tillery blocked the extra point

9-3. That could end up being big

ND finding some success running on Clemson. 5 inside to start the drive to Dex

Dex gets three to set up 3 and 2 on the outside zone

Book missed an open Boykin off of PA. Man, that was open. Rushed it

3 and out

Good punt, good coverage

Etienne for a short gain

2 and 7

RPO on the screen. Gilman with a big thump on a short gain

3 and medium

Clemson calls a timeout. Vaughn was playing off and Lawrence was checking into something, but the clock was running down

3 and 4

Love on the bike right now FWIW

Slant to Rogers out of a bunch set.

Okwara down on the field after the play. Walking off the field on his own

1 and 10

Gilman with the finish. Tranquill with the wrap on Gilman. Nice penetration by MTA in at 3 tech right now

2 and 7

Bonner batted the ball down. Tried to get it quick to Rogers

3 and 7

Too much time for Lawrence and he had time to find Ross on the in for a big play.

RPO screen to Ross for a short gain

2 and 7

Drop by Higgins in the end zone. Woof. That would have been a back breaker. Elliott bit on PA. But...would have been called back by holding. ND did get pressure on that play

2 and 17

Justin Ademilola in the ball game now

Ugh. Gilman down. Vaughn stepped on his foot, but not sure what the issue is. Maybe a stinger? Grabbing his shoulder

3 and long

Studstill in the game

Ade! Bullied Mitch Hyatt around the edge. A huge sack

FG attempt coming up

Not good. Huge stop by ND defense that lost some key pieces on the drive

Tried a gadget play and nothing there. Book smart to throw it away

2 and 10

Boykin great job adjusting on the back shoulder. Book gives him a shot.

Dex for a short gain. Book needed to keep on that read

2 and long

Mack fumbles it, but recovers after a 9 yard gain. They are going to review it to see if it's a completion. They call it incomplete

3 and 10 at the Clemson 45

ND tries to catch them with a run, but Clemson is pressuring and force the ball to bounce. ND will punt

Fair caught at the 15

4:56 left in the half

Short gain inside to Etienne

Gilman back in the game

Motion to empty, screen to Ross. He's been a beast in this game. Gets them close to a 1st

3 and short

Lawrence lit up on the 3rd and short, but he got there

1 and 10

Bilal blitz and does not play the book. Just...bad

Lawrence is keeping more. Gets a 1st and and they are in ND territory. Vaughn called for holding on Renfrow

1 and 10 at the ND 38

Etienne with nothing inside

2 and 9

Tranquill great job sitting on that curl to Renfrow

Okwara back in the game for anyone wondering

RT jumped

3 and 14 coming up

Ross again. Matched up on Gilman and it's six. That was just a bad read by Gilman. Expected he was going to sit and tried to jump it. Ross ran right by him

Book to Finke over the middle moves the sticks

Scramble to get a short gain right after

1:15 to go

Book didn't set his feet on the check down. He's too jumpy in the pocket even without pressure

3 and 9

Claypool needed to get up field on the screen. Cut it back inside.

55 seconds left. ND will punt

Newsome boots it out of the end zone

1 and 10 at the Clemson 20

Short throw to Rogers with clock ticking

Kareem jumped offside

17 seconds left with Rogers out of bounds. Still about 30 yards away from FG range

Clemson now in FG range after a deep middle throw with Tillery adding on a roughing the passer. Not a smart play, obviously

Deep to Higgins and it's a touchdown. Vaughn got a piece of it and Higgins with awesome concentration pulled it in. That's just a great play. What can you do against that?

They confirmed it.

23-3 for Clemson going into the half. Love clearly the Jenga piece in this game for ND

BK said Love was taken out with a head injury. Man that is tough

Touchback to start the half. Clemson ball at the 25

Love back in the game. Starts out with a tackle on the hitch

2 and 6

Deep in to Higgins. Lawrence great anticipation with that throw

Ball tipped at the line and they are saying Bilal picked it. Didn't celebrate so that kind of says it all. It will be overturned. ND has had none of these go their way so far. Bonner was the one who tipped it at the line

And it's overturned

2 and 10

Draw to Etienne gets nothing. Coney there

3 and 8

Pride fighting with Higgins the whole way. Nothing doing

Huge for ND to get a stop there

Book has been very good in the 2nd half all season. Hope it continues.

Keeps for two

2 and 8

Boykin on the out gets it to 3 and medium

3 and 5

Book with a big scramble to get away. Great escape to move the chains

1 and 10

Eichenberg beat by Ferrell. Book escapes again for a gain of 8

RPO fade to Boykin. PI on Terrell

Draw to Dex gets him some space. 2 and 2 coming up

Nothing there and Book again scrambles to move the chains

1 and 10

Boykin couldn't come up with it. Ball a little short on the post. It was open. Close to a PI call

Offside on Bryant looked like a great play, but he jumped too quick

2 and 5

Book hits Mack for 4

3 and short

Looked like Mustipher flinched. Going to take them back. They called it on Banks, but I thought it was the center

Book needed to hit Dex on the check down. Clemson dropped 8. Left a bit early there

Yoon in for the FG attempt

Clemson called a timeout before the kick

BK elects to punt and it's a good call as ND pins them at the one. Great job by Newsome with an assist by Gilman and Claypool

Etienne inside for a short gain

2 and 8

Have to think Clemson will try a deep throw to get some room

PA to Ross on the out gets the 1st

Etienne gets 10. His best run of the day. Kareem down after the play. Kind of the story of the game. ND's guys going down quite a bit

Sack by ND. Coney got in on the blitz. Hinish with a great job beating the guard as well

2 and 17

Drop by the TE

3 and 17

Ade with good pressure again. He's showing some signs. Kareem back in the game too. Lawrence threw it away

ND gets the ball at around their 40 after the punt

Dex gets 11 after bouncing it. Good gain after a false start

PA and nothing open. Book has to throw it away again

Clemson thinks pass and is running a stunt and it works out well for ND with a run inside. Dex gets the 1st

Next play to Boykin, Book nice throw to beat cover 2

Sack by Bryant next play. Back and and TE on him and he still beat it

Breakdown in protection leaves Bryant free. Clemson showed blitz, but didn't

Book picked off. Had to try for something on 3 and 22 and threw it into coverage. Just not a great read.

Good return, but the ball will go back 15 with a penalty on Clemson

Etienne inside for 5

RPO and Love makes the tackle to keep it 3 and short

Big breakdown with Etienne running free to the house. Coney looked like he had a bad fit. Has had like two of them all year, but it's been that kind of game

30-3 Clemson

Counter to Dex gets 6. Then another good gain. Clemson content to let ND do this right now playing two high safeties

TFL puts ND in 3 and 14

Blitz forced the short crosser to Armstrong. Simmons ripped the ball out and it will be Clemson ball. That's just a great play.

Clemson is livid right now and probably should be, but they blew it down for forward progress.

ND is punting and the quarter is over

Great punt by Newsome, Gilman and Claypool just couldn't stop it before it got into the end zone

1 and 10

Big seam inside for Choice

Deep ball off PA. Love with good coverage down the field

RPO moves the sticks on the bubble

Clemson driving. ND playing the Ademilola brothers up front

4th and 1 and ND had him stuffed, but Etienne broke the diving tackle of Bilal. Can't reach against Etienne. Not going to get it down

Etienne fumbles and it pops into Bilal's arms. Gilman knocked it out

Clemson coming after ND still. Brought the blitz and Dex got trucked

QB draw by Book gets them into 3 and 5

Book scrambles for 4. ND goes for it on 4th and gets it

Dex with a good gain on a swing on 1st down, but nothing doing after

Newsome out to punt again

Clemson with backups in all around. Garbage time.

Love with the PBU on the deep ball. Ademilola and Hayes combined for a TFL to set up 3 and long. Gilman closes on 3rd down and ND will get the ball back.

With not much else to say play to play, jumping into the instant reaction. Got a lot to say on this one