Bowling Green beat Toledo today by 13. Bowling Green was a 27-point underdog.

Weird stuff happens in college football. Hopefully it doesn't get too weird tonight for the Irish as BK tries to win his 7th game against USC.

See you back here after kickoff.

Go Irish!

USC receives and Doerer boots it out of the end zone.

1 and 10

Inside for a nice gain and then Slovis sees nothing on 2nd down. Scrambles for the 1st

Protection great on PA. Going to be a long night if that happens for ND. Amon-ra wins on a corner route against Elliott.

ND playing Dime with three safeties early in this game

JOK on the blitz puts them into 3 and long with the sack. Bust up front with ND running a zone blitz

3 and 15

USC gains about 7 on the slant. Had to settle for the underneath. Good first drive for the Irish. Lea turned up the heat when they got into ND territory.

ND gets the ball at the 20 after the punt went into the end zone

12 personel to start. Inside run for a couple.

2 and 8, tempo

RPO took the shot on the fade to Claypool. Great catch

ND at midfield

Book scrambles for 16. Blitz and they were playing man behind. Had a big lane to run through

1 and 10 inside the 40,

eight yard gain, but TK gets called for the hold.

1 and 20

Inside for a few

2 and long

Jones on the pitch gets them close to the original LOS. Nice job by Tremble on the edge

3 and long

Book had time and Finke was open, but ball was short. Promising opening drive killed by that penalty. It was there.

Punt by Bramblett into the end zone.

ND daring them to run with four in the box.

Drew White held on the second play screen. No call. USC moves the sticks

1 and 10

ND running dime and that's fine, but Ade has to make that play. He's not reading the QB there. Slovis is not a threat

1 and 10 at the SC 46

TFL, Jamir sets the edge. Asmar with the stuff

2 and 12

3 and medium after the check down

Slovis tried to force it Vaughns. Good no call, bad throw by Slovis.

Punt into the end zone. ND will start at the 20

1 and 10

Finke, make a block! Young had a chance on the bubble, but Finke couldn't sustain

2 and 8

Tip balled on the blitz after Book read RPO

3 and 8

Book didn't have a hot on the blitz. Came from depth and ND didn't pick it up

SC starts with great field position.

Get the ball at ND 49

ND had a blitz called on 1st down, but Kareem was too slow getting to the gap because of the cut block. Big gain

Shovel pass gets about 9

SC nearing the red zone

Blitz and Bilal pressured SLive into MTA. Fumbled forward, but SC recovered

Elliott had a chance at a big play in the backfield, but he slipped. Stepp converts

1 and 10

Great job by MTA and Okwara, sets up Bilal for the TFL

2 and 13

ND has four down and get pressure by Kareem. Elliott beat by Amon-ra, but the throw is low and dropped

3 and 13

Pressure and good coverage. Ball incomplete

SC will try and 39 yard FG attempt

Kick is good. Good stop for ND after getting screwed by the bad field position

3-0 USC

Young slipped and missed out on a big return, but it wouldn't have mattered because JGH was called for a hold.

Long field for ND

1 and 10

Tremble dropped what would have been a short gain

2 and 10

Good hole for Jones up the middle for 10. They will measure to see if they made it

3 and a foot

Jones easy conversion. Good push up front

1 and 10

Double tight, looked like a check by Book to Finke on the hitch. Good job by the SC corner

2 and 11

Nice read by the Houston, ball was behind Tremble. Tipped. 3 and 11

Delay of game on the offense. This start by the offense has been bad. No rhythm

3 and 16

Looked for a QB draw, not there. Hit Finke for a gain to get them to 11 back

Timeout to get the wind for the 1st Q punt

USC will have the wind with them in the second Q

Good punt. Good coverage.

USC takes over at their 28 when the 2nd Q starts

3 yards on 1st down run

2 and 7

RPO to Pittman. Gets a decent gain on the screen

1 and 10

Another 3 yard run for SC. Take that all day for ND when they are low on numbers in the box

2 and 7

3 and short after the inside hitch to Amon-ra

Quick snap and catch ND with light personnel. 1st down

Great read by White, TFL

2 and 11

Fast ball on the slant, popped up in the air, incomplete

3 and 11

Force Slovis to run with nothing there deep. Six yards shy of the 1st. USC will punt.

Good punt gets downed at the 3

Jones three inside

2 and 7

Tried to set up a screen. Man, the execution again on this has been bad

3 and 7

Claypool converts. Great catch on the hook

1 and 10

Jones running through tackles to get the 1st

1 and 10

Tony Jones on the pitch from Book and it's a big play! ND inside the 30

Hitch to Lenzy gets them into 2nd and short. Irish going tempo

2 and 2, RPO to CLaypool and another 1st

1 and 10 at the USC 10

Jahmir drops it on the screen

2 and goal

Crosser to Kmet is six!

97 yard drive, tempo won the day.

Hufanga missed the tackled

7-3 ND

Against the wind, Doerer gets it to the goal line. Nice tackle by Claypool on the kick off

1 and 10 at the 26

Stepp with a big run to start the drive. Carrying ND players down the field

Screen to Pittman, about 5

2 and medium

Another screen to Pittman, gets the 1st

1 and 10

Tried the 50/50 to Pittman. Bobbled it. Incomplete

2 and 10

3 for Carr on the stretch

3 and 7

Pressure from the blitz causes a bad throw on the screen. Incomplete

Nice stop for the defense again.

Should have had ND pinned with punt, but USC gunners screwed it up.

Touchback

Tony running downhill. Another dozen yards inside, the strength of SC's defense

PA to Kmet on the out gets 14

Starting CB Isaac Taylor-Stuart is down on the field. McKinley blocking him and ITS's leg buckled

4 inside for Jones

2 and medium

Lenzy on the end around and it's six!

Touchdown Irish!

Great call by Long. Finke makes up for that earlier missed block

Lenzy, woooo. That was moving.

14-3 ND

Deep kick by Doerer. Touchback. He's been so much better on kickoffs this year

1 and 10

Slovis air mails one on 1st down.

2 and 10

Bilal nice job not over-pursuing. Makes the tackle on the stretch to set up 3 and medium

Kareem gets the sack when ND rushes three. Wanted to hit Pittman and Hamilton was over the top.

3 and out

1 and 10 after a mediocre punt

Tried the kill shot. Ball was a little bit short. Close to a PI, but good no call. Incomplete

Big run inside again. Tony hitting it quick

1 and 10

Book hits the check down to Young when the deep ball wasn't there

2 and 8

Finke on the jet sweep, nice gain, but rocked at the sticks.

3 and 1, ND off on the snap. Man, that's a killer.

3 and 6

Tony inside again converts. Counter trey

1 and 10 with 1:11 to go. Timeout ND

1 and 10

Inside the 30. Tried to hit Young deep. Ball was too wide for him to bring it inbounds

Pressure from Jackson and Book avoids and scrambles for positive yards

3 and 8

Scramble by Book and looked like a late hit out of bounds. No call

Doerer in for the FG from 45 and it's good.

ND up 17-3 with 15 seconds left in the half

Short kick (on purpose). Carr gets a short return, but USC will run it inside for nothing to end the half.

17-3 Irish

Defensive game plan and the running game is the story so far.

ND will receive in the 2nd half.

32 got smoked on his block, but Young still got free and had a chance to take it to the house. Dropped the ball when he had a clear lane. Recovered it and it was a good return, but should have been a dagger.

Inside to Jones for four

2 and 6 and ND is owning them up front. Another 5

3 and 1

Book kept with them selling out. Got the edge and a 1st down

1 and 10

Tony breaks a tackle, but can't break a second on the draw. No gain

2 and 10

Ton of time in the pocket for Book. Threw a strike to Finke. 18 yard gain on the in

Incomplete, but more of a throw away on 1 and 10. Nothing there

2 and 10

Lenzy dropped on the RPO. Would have set up 3 and short

3 and 10

Good throw away on the screen when SC read the screen.

4 and 10 and ND will try for a 52 yard attempt

Doerer's kick is good!

20-3 ND

Doerer another deep kick. Touchback

1 and 10

Amon-ra rocked by Hamilton, but it's a 1st

Couple of decent runs gets them another 1st

Another short gain over the middle. ND only rushing three right now. SC going tempo, White whiffed on the tackle on 3 and short

Bad job by JOK leaving his zone. Slovis not a threat to run. He dumps it over him to get them into the red zone

ND brings pressure, Slovis feels it. Bad throw to Vaughns

2 and 10

Inside run sets up 3 and medium

Great job by Jamir in coverage on Stephen Carr. Incomplete, but holding on USC's RG. Declined and it's 4th
down.

ND holds them to a field goal.

20-6 ND

Touchback on the kick.

Five on 1st down for Tony. He got up a bit slow after the play

2 and 5

Jafar in the game, but SC gets penetration. TFL

3 and 9

Great job by Book stepping up to avoid the rush. Nice job by Jahmir. Found Finke for the conversion

2 and 10 after a poor throw by Book to Claypool. They are reviewing it. He didn't have control until he was out of bounds.

Call confirmed.

2 and 10

Kmet off of PA gets 9 Nice block by Tremble.

3 and short

Jones back in the game. Great job inside by the ND OL. Moving people to convert

1 and 10. Palaie Gaoteote is down on the field

1 and 10 inside SC territory

Jones bounces it out for two

2 and 8

Almost a huge play on the fake pop pass and keep from Book. DT with a great play to hold it to a short gain.

Long tried to catch them on 3rd down with a counter. Didn't work

4 and 5 and ND will go

Nickel jammed Tremble and Book tried to force it in. Incomplete and SC will take over with good field position

Stepp with another nice couple of runs. He's been great for them.

Dropping eight and SC has to keep settling for short gains.

2 and 6

RPO screen to Vaughns gets the 1st

Great throw by Slovis beats Gilman and Hamilton is late getting there. SC back in business. Nice catch by Amon-ra. Finally a big play for SC.

20-13 ND

Fair catch by Young. Why would they do it after he almost took one back before? Guess the fumbled scared them

Bad read by Jahmir. Had a lane if he read it right

2 and 9

Nice misdirection to Finke, opens a lane for Jahmir the opposite way. 3 and short. Nickel Greg Johnson is out of the game, grabbing his hand

Book on the sneak converts.

Great block by TK on the cut outside. Jones with another good gain, carrying people.

Book, throw that away on the keep. He just doesn't have the awareness on those plays. TFL by Jackson

3 and 6

Late hit on Book is going to move the sticks. Missed Young.

1 and 10

Sweep to the boundary gets another 1st for Jones

End of 3 with ND driving. 1 and 10 when they come back

TE screen was set up pretty well, just missed on a huge play. Gets good yards on 1st, though.

Book another bad throw to Young. Too high, but a good read on the RPO. Should have been an easy conversion

3 and 3

Hated the call on the pop pass to Finke. He's not a good enough athlete to out run anyone to the edge. He gets tackled for loss

Doerer good from 43.

He's been absolutely huge.

1 and 10 after the touchback

Incomplete on the check to the back

2 and 10

Elliott with a nice tackle on Carr to prevent the 1st down.

Here comes a quick run to Stepp. He breaks through the line for a big gain.

Great job by MTA to stop Stepp for 2 yards

2 and 8 on the ND 38

Blitz throws off Slovis. He throws it away. Should bring it again on 3rd down

3 and 7

Vaughns win the jumps ball. They brought it and Vaughns just made a great catch

Carr inside for 4

2 and 6

ND bringing blitz and Slovis hits Pittman on the slant

1 and goal and Pride beat by Vaughns.

This is exactly why ND needed to play off. They lose one on one and it's a 3 point game

23-20 ND

10:27 left to go

1 and 10 after the touchback

Joens with three on first down on the zone play

Bad snap, Book picked it up and turned it into a no gain

3 and 7

Big conversion to Kmet who wins right at the sticks

Jones with another nice run. Gets 9.

2 and 1

Short gain converted.

1 and 10

Jahmir with a strong run gets 13. Blocked really well on the counter

1 and 10

Smith gets about 3 inside

2 and 7

Draw gets the 1st

1 and 10

Book on the sweep gets a good gain, but there's a flag. Would have been another first, nice job by Jahmir. Chop block by TK puts them back 15. NOt sure on that call

RPO to Kmet gets them 16

Huge 3 and 10 coming up for ND

Book scrambles to move the sticks. Man, that was huge. Didn't account for him and it was wide open to run

Jones on the sweep gets them 5

2 and 5 from the 8 yard line

QB draw and Book is in for six!

His legs were huge on this drive.

ND up 30-20 after the extra point with 3:33 to go

Alohi makes the tackle on the kickoff. 3:23 and about 80 to go for SC

Short to the TE, JOK all over it.

2 and 8

Pressure from Okwara forces Slovis out and he hits the TE to move the sticks. Clock still rolling

Kareem pressure forces Slovis to run. Gets out of bounds for 5

Sack by Jamir. Huge play beating the TE and the back.

2 and 13

Nice call by SC, shovel pass gets the 1st

Slovis smoked, but made the throw to Amon-ra.

2 and 1 inside the 5

Donte Vaughn with a huge PBU vs Pittman. Great job. And they say no play because some idiot blew a whistle.

Next play Markese Stepp runs it in. Fourth effort basically. What a stud.

30-27 after the extra point

Onside kick and bounces it right to Brock Wright. He falls down and this should be over.

BK was on the field and is lucky there wasn't a call against him. Clay Helton has a legit beef there. Yikes. That could have been bad for ND if they got to re-kick.

ND takes a couple of knees and it's game over.

Credit to USC for continuing to fight, but ND's game plan in the first half ended up being the difference.

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