Let's hope this is more fun than most year's against Navy.

Assignment football is always huge on defense, but getting Navy off-schedule with negative plays is also big.

Have to create big plays through the air on offense (two games where they gave up over 30 the opposing QB had over 10 YPA).

We'll see how things get going today at the start.

Go Irish!

Navy won the toss and deferred.

ND receives and the ball goes out of the end zone

1 and 10 at the 25

12 personnel to start and nice movement up front. Jones with a gain of 6

RPO out to Claypool, Navy CB falls down and it's a big play. ND already in Navy territory

Good blitz pickup by the line and Jones. Ball off to Claypool on the out

2 and 10

Mix up in match coverage let's Finke get open for a 1st down

Lugg jumps offside.

1 and 15 at the Navy 35

Outmanned to the left side, Jones would have had to outrun the LB. Didn't happen. TFL

2 and 18

Great protection, couldn't find anyone. Scramble for 2

3 and 16

Book rushed for 15, nice block by Jones down the field

ND will go on 4th and 1

3 TEs shift to the left, they run over that side. Easy conversion

1 and 10

Jones gets 5 on the inside zone

2 and medium

Reverse to Lenzy and he outruns the LB. Sets up 1st and goal

They had a safety on Claypool. Not a great look for them. TD Irish

7-0 ND after Doerer's extra point.

Fair catch on the short kick

1 and 10 at the 25

ND comes out with a four man front, counter option look. Drew White makes the tackle. Good job by Hinish, but Navy gets 6

Perry's first missed tackle of the day. Made Elliott missed

And ND is getting gashed so far. 9 yards on 1st down. Perry kept

Timeout Navy and ND needed it more than Navy did. Have to regroup here.

Right now it looks like they are using midline and that guy is attacking the dive, Perry is keeping

Easy conversion

1 and 10

FB gets seven. Getting smoked on 1st down on this drive. Another 1st down after that. This is like practice to them right now

TFL, badly needed when. Tried to run power and that didn't happen

2 and 13

Drop backed to pass and Perry scrambled. Made Bilal look like he was in quick sand chasing him and Bilal is not slow. Sets them up for a manageable 3rd down

3 and 5

Timeout by Navy

Shotgun, keep on the read by Perry. Great job by Kareem and Bilal. Attacked that. MTA got up and missed, but forced Perry inside

Super generous spot there on 4th down. It looked like he was short, but they gave it to him.

1 and 10 at the 24 and there we go. Kareem tackles Perry when they tried to run a counter. Fumble and scooped up by Bilal

ND football. Huge play

Man, the replay showed if Kareem didn't make that play, it's probably six the other way for Navy.

Keys on the jet sweep. Gets a 1st down and a late hit on the Navy safety (same guy who got beat by Claypool for the TD)

ND in Navy territory

Claypool on the post for six. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

Lined up in the slot and they tried to have the LB run deep with the seam. Forget that

14-0 ND

Fair catch by Navy

1 and 10 at the 25

Crawford with a key tackle on the Perry spin, but it was a good gain

2 and 6

Wow, close to a house call. Gets nine and White and Crawford just got him by the shoe strings. Gilman had to finish it

Couple of dives up the middle gets them to 3 and 3. Look out for play-action here

They didn't pass, Perry kept and got 4

1 and 10

Great job by White on the pitch. Got it for a loss

2 and long coming up when they come back for the 2nd Q

14-0 ND

JOK heck of a play to fight off the block and make the tackle on Perry. Speed. All speed

3 and 13

Another fumble by Perry and Jamir Jones is on it! Kareem again!

What a fantastic play. Avoiding the cut he reached out and knocked it out of Perry's hand.

PA ball underthrown to Finke, but throwback was still a good gain

3 man rush and patience from Book, found Claypool and he is money after the catch. Should have been five, gets about 12

1 and goal, Book kept and he makes a guy miss to get ND inside the 5

And Claypool boxes out the Navy CB and it's six more. TD Irish. Not a great ball, but a great catch

21-0 ND

Counter and Jayson Ademilola all over it. Loss of 4

2 and 14

JOK off the blitz wins and Ovie finishes the sack.

3 and very long coming up

Jayson Ademilola down the ground. He got leg whipped by JOK on that play. Limping off the field (Before anyone asks, nothing dirty from Navy there)

3 and 18

Dive and MTA stuffs it. Perry needed to keep there

3 and out.

Finke takes the punt to the house, but all of the cut backs are going to bring it back. Block in the back on Agoro

Deep ball to Lenzy and strike up the band. 70 yards

Perfect ball by Book

28-0 ND

1 and 10

Counter option and JOK was outleveraged outside. Kareem is down on the play. Looked like he is grabbing his midsection, but he'll be ok. I think he got winded.

Two on the dive

2 and 8

Perry keeps, they keep running midline. Hamilton great fill

3 and 5

Howard Cross is in the game. He made the tackle, but was a little high out of his stance

4 and 1

Perry tried to outrun Kyle Hamilton and that ain't happening. What a play

TFL and ND takes over at the Navy 43

1 and 10

C'Bo on the sweep to left, well blocked, nice run. 1st down

1 and 10

Hitch to Keys gets six

2 and 4

Two back look, leaked out Armstrong and got the 1st

1 and 10

C'Bo gets 3 inside and then not much on the edge

3 and 6

Don't know if that was a read or a designed keep. Nothing on the run

Doerer in for the 32 yard attempt. 31-0 ND

1 and 10

Moala had pressure, but Perry escaped. Great play by Perry avoids a huge loss and gets a three yard gain.

Then Perry fumbles the next play. Not his day. Bad exchange.

Drew White falls on it.

ND ball and inside to Jones on 1st down gets five

2 and 5

Jones gets four on second down. Good read by him

3 and short

Easy conversion over the left side for Jones.

1 and 10

Claypool on the crosser and only a few

Tried PA to Kmet and good coverage by the safety. Jones missed the blitz pickup

Book scrambles for 8 on 3 and 7. Great block by Jones there. Protection has been awesome today.

1 and goal

Tried PA to Tremble but wasn't open

2 and goal

Jones trucked the defender. I think it's a touchdown. They called him down at the 1. They are reviewing.

It's going to be a TD. Great effort from him.

Official. It's a touchdown for Jones.

38-0 ND

Weird bounce and ball is returned to the Navy 18

1 and 10

Back in shotgun, they didn't block Ovie and he batted the ball down

2 and 10

Half roll the left and firs down on the comeback

1 and 10

Out gets about 6. Two minute drill with 1:12 left in the half

2 and 4

Tried to sneak in a dive and it was swallowed up by MTA

Timeout Navy with 1:07 left

Big play by Perry who made a guy miss and took it a long way. TD saved by Pride

Couple of Perry runs for short gains. Clock running down and ball tipped on the pass by Perry. Kareem again.

Navy kicks the field goal to end the half

38-3 ND

Ball kicked through the end zone by Doerer.

1 and 10 at the Navy 25

Perry with a nice run to get a 1st, dive after that gets 3. False start puts them in 2 and 12

First toss for Navy, gets 4

3 and 8

Great job by White in pursuit on the pitch. Gilman with a great fill. Great team defense.

Navy will punt

Punt goes out of bounds at the ND 22

Incomplete on the crosser to Claypool on 1st down, Jones tripped by Kmet accidentally on 2nd down after a gain of 3.

Navy rushed four, but didn't come close to Book on 3rd down for five seconds. Eventually got out of the pocket and found Keys down the field for a big gain. Just one of those days in a good way.

They review it and Keys was in.

Books hit Finke on the corner for another big play

1 and 10 in the red zone

Incomplete to Kmet. More of a throw away. He was covered well

2 and 10

Jones dropped a touchdown. Ball was put on him by Book. Angle route was open. Just missed it

3 and 10

Fade to Claypool and it's four touchdowns for him. One on one after the blitz and it's too easy.

Great catch, great ball to the outside shoulder.

45-3 ND

1 and 10

Perry drops back and nice ball to WR Cooper. Bracy had good coverage.

Perry flushed out dropping back, threw up a duck. Dropped by the WR

2 and 10

Perry keeps and Hamilton comes up to make the stick

3 and 6

Hamilton knocks the ball away after some pressure from Lacey. Slow to get up.

Navy punts again

Jurkovec in the game.

Jahmir on the sweep to the right gets a few.

Held on too long the RPO, but that ball was nice to Lenzy on the out. 1st down

Jafar gets 4 on the edge

2 and 6

Wright missed the block and Jafar hit for a TFL on the swing

3 and 12

Navy dropped 8, Jurkovec hits Jafar underneath, but ND will punt

New QB in the game for Navy. Olsen keeps and gets crunched.

No gain

Elliott makes the tackle on the dive that gets 9

Navy FB was hurt on the tackle. Got his ankle twisted underneath Elliott

A lot of backups in for ND right now.

Dive gets the 1st

Franklin and Cross getting used to getting off blocks here.

Simon with a big stick to get them to 3 and 3

Olsen keeps and gets the 1st

PA and bust for ND in the secondary. Elliott and Crawford go the same area. They blamed it on Griffith on the telecast, but not sure it was on him.

45-10

Grunhard with the fair catch on the kickoff. That was pretty great

Jafar bounces it out for 5

2 and 5

Jafar gets a few to get to 3 and 2

TFL on the backside on Jafar. 3 and out and it's the end of the quarter.

Just want to get this game over with at this point.

45-10 ND

1 and 10

Touchdown dropped by the Navy WR. Ovie hesitated there but as soon as he is unblocked, has to go and get the QB. A bit late to get to the rush there.

Moala tipped the ball on the pitch and it went back to himself. What a play. Yowza, one of the best you'll see from anyone. Took it to the house.

52-0 ND

1 and 10

Dive gets a couple

Boot incomplete sets up 3 and long

Dive gets 6 and Navy will go for it 4 and 1. Sneak converts

1 and 10

Ovie with a pressure, Griffith stride for stride down the field. Incomplete

Lacey makes the tackle on the dive.

3 and 7

Designed sweep and it gets a few, but 4 and 3 coming up

Navy will go again because why not? Toss converts

Olsen flushed out when dropping back. It's a sack for ND or at least should be

Navy with some adjustments that the second team guys aren't ready for so they keep grinding it out.

Simone is down on the field and pointed at his knee. Hopefully it's not bad

Good situational practice here with 4th and 1 coming up at the ND 2

Looked like the fullback just got it. Bauer had nice hit there.

And the Navy QB a little too jacked up on the touchdown on the next play. Read the room, bud.

52-17 with 5:31 to go

Ball kicked out of bounds. ND gets the ball at the 35

Jurkovec should have pulled there. Short gain for C'Bo

Jafar in, gets them into 3 and medium. Mostly edge stuff for him.

QB sweep for Jurkovec gets 3. ND will go for it on 4 and 1

Did not get it on the sneak.

Navy keeps fighting, which they always do.

Navy is doing for a field goal. They trying to keep a 20-point streak going or something?

That's just dumb.

Ah well, 52-20 will be the final after ND goes into victory formation a couple of times.

Instant reaction coming up. Not bad to write them after these games.