About 15 minutes away from kickoff, I'll be back here then with commentary.

This is Virginia's biggest game in well over a decade. Obviously it's a critical game for the Irish coming back after Georgia.

We'll see how they respond against a good UVA defense.

See you back here in a bit.

Go Irish!

ND defers (I like it)

Reed with a nice return on a short kick. Bilal with the tackle at the 30

1 and 10

Spread out to start, ND with pressure forces a scramble. White cleans it up for a sack

2 and 11

A lot of motion opens up the slant. 1st down for UVA

1 and 10 at the UVA 48

Hinish great penetration. Nothing

2 and 10

Okwara drops right into where the slant would be, but not ready for the throw. Just missed it.

Pride just catches Reed to save a TD

1 and goal

Nothing. Lacey got off the ball and stuffed. Nice to see the 1-techs winning early

3 and goal after a completion on the hook at the 5

ND had pressure, almost a sack. Moala left his zone with the threat of the run and it left a player open in the end zone.

Not the start ND wanted

7-0 UVA

Touchback after the deep kick

1 and 10 at the 25

Book has to throw that away. Scrambles out of bounds for 5. Just a dumb play after the quick game wasn't open

Good downhill run for Jones gets 5, but 3 and long coming up

Coverage down the field didn't allow Book to find anything open and it was incomplete, but an offside bails them out.

3 and 5

Great diving catch by Kmet. Had to make that throw to the outside. Great ball placement

1 and 10

Jones gets about 4 inside

2 and 6

RPO to Claypool gets them to 3 and shot

3 and 2

False start by the left side of the line. Just brutal to have that at home

3 and 7

Hits Young on the out to the wide side. Nice throw

Book scrambles on 2nd to get them to 3 and short again

Easy conversion inside to Jones. Motion vacated the LBs

1 and 10

PA to Finke and he's wide open on the drag.

ND in the red zone

Jahmir with a nice downhill run carrying a defender to make it 3 and short

Jones hit at the line, but finishes the run to get six. Outstanding job by the left side caving that down. UVA had numbers and ND still ran it in

Great series for the OL minus the false start

7-7

Bauer nice job making the tackle on the kickoff

1 and 10

Too much time for Perkins. He's just waiting and throws up a floater for the conversion.

Nothing so far, unsurprisingly for the UVa run game

2 and 8

Another bust in coverage after ND brings blitzers. TE leaked out. Gilman had eyes on Perkins and not his man

Perkins waits too long to get rid of it and Okwara gets the sack, he knocks the ball out as well!

Julian finally makes an impact play and it's ND's football!

1 and 10 RPO to Claypool for 5

ND not afraid of throwing Bryce Hall's way early

McKinley draws a PI. He's been playing a lot early. That was on Hall. Thought they could have let it go

Another RPO to Kmet, but very short gain

2 and 9

PA naked boot, hold on Kmet didn't allow him to get open

1 and 10 with ND threatening the red zone

Nice job by C'Bo after the catch gets another 1st

C'BO!!!!!!!

Boy came out here ballin' today. That will get him more touches. Finishes the run to put ND up 14-7

Big kick from Doerer this time goes into the end zone

1 and 10 at the UVa 25

Flag on the play, ineligible down the field. Nixes an almost pick from Crawford, but ND declines

2 and 10

Zone read and ND didn't play the keep. Perkins for a 15 yard gain

End of 1

14-7 ND

Great job by Okwara stopping Perkins from getting the edge. Gilman cleans it up for the TFL

2 and 11

Perkins rocked by Kareem. Ball dropped. It was a pretty great throw.

3 and 11

They are reviewing the last play. No way it gets overturned. He used the ground to trap it

3 and 11

Contested catch by Reed vs Crawford. Nice throw. Perkins has looked good. UVa OL picked up the stunt well

Perkins forced to scramble on 2nd down after pressure from Ogundeji.

3 and 3

Ran a bubble to Reed, tackled short of the sticks

UVa will go on 4 and 1

They convert

1 and 10

Ovie Oghoufo in the game. Haven't seen Hayes out there. Reporting it was a shoulder injury.

Great job staying in the rush lanes. Perkins sacked again

3 and 7

Man, Perkins has been awesome. Not much you can say. MTA had pressure, but quick throw. Reed great catch

1 and 10 at the ND 20

Pressure from Kareem forces the incompletion

3 and medium

Ball knocked down by JOK after Lea brought the house. Irish force a FG attempt

Kick is good

14-10

Sorry, meant MTA on that 3rd down throw.

Keys only to the 16 on the return. Nothing opened up there

Claypool looks like he tweaked his ankle, but will return

McKinley with a drop on the slant. A little in front of him, but could have had it

2 and 10

ND running the ball on this UVa defense. 9 over the right side and then converts on 3 and short

1 and 10

Book didn't pay attention to see that Keys wasn't set.

Davis had a WIDE open lane on the screen. Ball was thrown behind him and he dropped it

2 and 15

Deep shot to Kmet and Irish back in scoring position. Good coverage, but Kmet wins the ball

Tried another shot down the seam to Claypool, but Book didn't see the safety. Lucky it wasn't picked

RPO to Young gets 4

3 and medium

Blitz pressured Book and Jones wasn't aware for a quick dump off. Incomplete

4 and 6 and ND will go

Jones out of the backfield gets the 1st down. They are going to measure, but I believe he got it. He did after they brought out the sticks

Now they are looking at the replay to confirm. Why not check it before? Way to make football brutal to watch. Horrible job by the replay officials to not buzz down to look at this right away

A lot of misdirection on 2nd and 8, but Book overthrew Finke who was covered well

3 and 8

Book with a bad throw on the screen again. Blitz was what forced the bad throw

Doerer in for the FG attempt from 47

He missed it left.

Big stop for UVa

1 and 10 for UVa

RPO to Reed for 6

2 and 4

Reffing has been bad. Ball clearly out and they gave the runner extra yards. It will be 3 and 5 instead of 3 and 1 after the fumble (recovered by UVa)

3 and medium coming up

Run inside trying to catch ND off guard. Didn't work. Short of the sticks

UVa goes 3 and out and then a false start

ND gets the ball at their 31 after the punt

Claypool for 6 on the hitch.

2 and 4

Claypool falls and limps off after the play. Didn't look good

3 and 4

UVa brings more than ND can block. Book forced to run and is short on the scramble. 3 and out for ND and will punt

Good punt puts UVa the 23. Bramblett's new nickname is Reggie Theus (Hangtime)

1 and 10

Short to Jana to start the drive

Bracy beat on the post. No safety help. Uncharacteristic with ND's secondary there. Perkins had too much time as well. Need a play from the ND DL

And sure enough, Kareem and Hinish push the pocket for the sack. Both just bulled their man into Perkins

2 and long

ND backed way off and UVa picked up 11

3 and 8 under a minute to go in the half

Pride gets called for PI. ND brought the house. Come on, can't grab there. Lazy

1 and 10 UVa now in field goal range

Bracy beat on great ball. Brutal end to the half for the ND defense. It's a great play, but not a great finish by Bracy

17-14 UVa

Intentional grounding after there was a bust up front on 1st down

2 and 25

Holy mother of...this ref is horrible. They ran off the 10 seconds. The ref screwed up and didn't realize it was already run off. Should be 29 seconds (it's correct). Now they wanted 19 seconds.

Then took a review to figure out the clock operator was right.

RPO to Young for 8

3 and 17

Some horrible clock management at the end of the half by BK. Young gets called for a blindside block too.

UVa is able to call a timeout with 10 seconds left and will get a shot to either block the punt or throw a Hail Mary

That was...not ideal to end the half.

17-14 Uva

ND gets the ball to start the half, so at least there's that.

And UVa comes out onside and gets the ball back. Perfectly executed. Wow, can't kick it better. DJ Brown left too early.

UVa ball in ND territory to start now

Best run of the day for the UVa running game (minus Perkins)

10 yards

1 and 10 at the 40

Okwara comes through with the sack. Boy, was that needed.

Beat the RT clean.

2 and long

Almost jumped the slant by Crawford. JOK finished it. Crawford is down on the field. Oh no. Please let this not be serious.

3 and long

Jamir Jones has been in on dime for Daelin this game BTW.

3 and 18 after a false start

Short off the sticks, Well short. Weird play call there.

UVa pins ND at the 2 on the punt, though

Jones gets one on 1st down

2 and 9

Dangerous call there on the screen to Claypool, but he gets ND out of jail and into 3 and 6

Book...uh, not great. Ignored the crosser. Saw a crease that wasn't there and tried to run.

ND will punt

Need a great one by Bramblett. It was not.

UVA with good field position again

ND needs another negative play to start this drive. Gotta put UVa behind the sticks

Incomplete, looked like Ade affected the throw

ND all over the out on 2nd down. Bilal good coverage

3 and 10

Jamir huge play. Back couldn't block him. ball popped out to MTA. Gets ND to 1 and goal

Two plays later and ND is up LOLOLOL

Momentum... it's a real thing. ND OL moving people there.

21-17 ND LOLOLOLOL

I love this game?

Doerer boots it out of the end zone

Jayson Ademilola gets in for the stuff

2 and 10

Coverage sack. ND defense woke up at halftime. Kareem nice long arm

3 and long

Designed run to Perkins for not much

3 and out

Then Chris Finke muffs it.

Why would he try to catch that? Or at least why is he looking up and not concentrating on bringing it in? ND defense needs to step up again.

Designed run to Perkins gets about 3

2 and 7

Hinish penetration sets up Ade for the TFL

3 and long again

Pressure but great throw off his back foot by Perkins. Ball is short by a yard

4 and 1

UVa throws? Perkins off. Great stop by ND's defense

Holding on UVa on the back shoulder attempt to Claypool. Always worth it to take that shot because of it

1 and 10

Jahmir on the zone for a short gain

2 and 9

Counter trey and Jahmir stumbles and gets a few

3 and 5

Hated that call there. Run double outs short of the sticks? Hits Finke for 4.

4 and 1

ND with a delay of game penalty. Brian Polian's crew...not great

1 and 10 at the UVa 21

Draw to Reed in the backfield gets a short gain

2 and 7

Downhill run by Taulapapa gets the 1st

1 and 10

Okwrara strip sack again! Ade scoop and score!

Touchdown Irish!

Defense carrying the weight here.

They are reviewing it and it's close. I don't think they can overturn it.

Confirmed!

ND now up 28-17

Doerer boots it out of the end zone

Another sacks for ND!

Nothing open down the field. Kareem finishes it. Right tackle getting abused.

3 and 9

Hamilton great play to blow up the screen.

Awesome play.

Another 3 and out

After 3, ND up 28-17

Rugby punt rolls to give ND the ball at the 21

C'Bo nice cut, gets 4 on 1st down

2 and 6

Book tried to hit the back leaking out and ball tipped by UVa, almost picked. Good job by Banks to knock it down

Banks got bulled back into Book there

Sack

3 and out

Good punt by Bramblett, decent field position because of 9 yard return though.

1 and 10 at the UVA 46

Pride with a bit of redemption winning the 50/50 vs Reed

2 and 10

QB counter, Drew White and Kareem all over it

3 and 9

Pressure again on Perkins and he throws it up to Gilman. Jamir got free on the stunt, which wasn't even run that well.

ND defense...wow. What a second half

Gilman with the INT and the ND offense gets a chance again to get it right

Jones inside for 3

Run it again, Chip.

He does and it's a big play over the left side. They run power for a big gain.

Book does well to spin out of the sack from the free rusher. Ends up getting 3

2 and 7

Out to Claypool moves the sticks

1 and 10

Tony Jones puts ND well ahead with a touchdown. Great job by the left side. They executed well! They executed well! Extra! Extra! They executed well!

ND 35-17

Tremble and Kmet really well done blocking in this game overall and on that last play

1 and 10

9 on first down on the out

Incomplete on 2nd

3 and 1

UVa gets their first 1st down of the half

1 and 10

Okwara just missed his 4th sack

UVa moving the ball here, Perkins moving to avoid pressure

Pride loses back shoulder. He read this and still couldn't finish.

1 and goal for UVa at the 10

Incomplete and then Lea brought the house, Perkins over throws an open man on the slot fade

3 and goal

And they called a draw? Stuffed by Jones

UVa gets a FG to get to 15.

35-20

Okay, running downhill on 1st and 15 for 16 yards.

Left side, strong side. Dominating the last couple of drives.

Another intentional grounding call on Book and then a fake Qb draw with a pop pass to Kmet.

Short of the 1st down, but should be able to pin UVa fairly deep and end this game on defense.

Bramblett rolls it to the 21

Complete for 11 on 1st down, but stayed in bounds.

Jut over 4 minutes to go

Pressure by Kareem forces the scramble

2 and 4

Max protect and Hamilton picks off the throw over the middle. Just a great play reading Perkins

ND ball

Jet sweep to Young for a short gain

C'Bo gets a couple as ND is just trying to run it out. Didn't have a great read.

Tony Jones running like we haven't seen him, but the left side is letting him go downhill.

He gets the 1st

Virginia calling a timeout because they don't want to give up. Please give up already. It's over

4th and 2 and I imagine ND will run one more play to end it if they can. Book keeps on the boot and gets the 1st

Game over

35-20 ND the final.

Instant reaction coming up.

What a second half for the defense. 2.84 YPP for UVa in the second half