We'll see if BK can get the monkey off of his back. Weather doesn't sound great, but that actually favors ND with the way Stanford has become a pass-first offense.

Big thing to watch for ND is the 3-tech spot. How much will MTA and Jayson Ademilola play (or will they play at all)?

Kickoff in about 25 minutes. See you back then.

Go Irish!

Stanford receives. Deep kick fo a touchback

Looks like there is less than 15,000 fans there

Stanford comes out spreading things out.

9 yard hitch on 1 and 10

2 and short

Two back look, short gain inside. Ogundeji in at 3T, gave up some ground there

1 and 10

A couple of slips on that play from Kareem around the edge and White trying to make the tackle. Another 1st

1 and 10 at midfield

Heavy formation, PA to Parkinson. Good catch. Coverage was pretty good by Hamilton

1 and 10 at the ND 29

White matched up the back, beat on the angle route. 1 and goal. Kareem had pressure

Nothing inside. Good job by Kareem at POA

2 and goal at the 5

Timeout by Stanford

2 and goal

Stanford in 11 personnel

Pride beat on the jump ball. Pretty much an ideal start for Stanford.

Looks like ND defenders not dealing well with the footing on that drive.

7-0 Stanford

Keys takes it back to the 20.

1 and 10

Motion to empty, hit Tremble on the crosser for a 1st. Facemask adds to it after Tremble trucked his man

1 and 10 at the ND 45

Lenzy drops one on the RPO. Great throw. have to catch that. Drops an issue for Lenzy in camp. Could have been a big play

False start on Lugg. You can't make this up.

RPO to Kmet, strike by Book gets 20.

1 and 10 in Stanford territory

PA to Jones and no one had him out of the backfield. Jones with another big gain

1 and 10 in the red zone

Screen, easy touchdown. Now that was a response.

Couple of PA looks there set that up. Great call, good patience by Jones

7-7

Wooo, great tackle by Wu on the kickoff. JOK makes it a short return

1 and 10 at the Stanford 12

Motion to empty, ND leaving some holes in zone. JOK left the area and complete on the curl for the 1st

Franklin not great off the ball. Timid on that next play

Much better on the next down. One yard gain

2 and 9

Good job by Jamir closes that down and gets them to 3 and long

Bilal lost Mills on the scramble. Worried about the screen and Mills got the 1st

Mills has been on point. Ball out quick. On the money

Gilman in man on Parkinson does a good job. Incomplete

3 and short

Moved the sticks

5 man line, rolled away from the pressure, incomplete but Hamilton called for the hold another 1st

0 negative plays for the Irish defense so far

1 and 10 at the ND 29

Incomplete on the out to the boundary. First bad throw for Mills

2 and 10

RPO bubble gets 9. Good tackle by Elliott and good read by Mills to take those yards

Stanford converts on 3 and short

Foskey with a weak tackle. Didn't move his feet. Stanford gts to 1 and goal

Heavy formation

Nothing on 1 goal. Kareem great job

2 and goal

Stanford gets 1, but short of the line

3 and goal. Expect them to go if they don't get it

Stopped again short and they will go

They are reviewing it, but he didn't make it. A waste of time.

False start on Stanford takes them back to the 6. There's the 4 win team

Elect to kick it. Good

10-7

Good to get the stop considering where things went, but a horrible start for the ND defense

Keys to the 21.

1 and 10

Book looked to run too quickly (shocking, I know). Didn't try to find a secondary option

2 and 15

Jones with a big hole inside gets ND into a much better 3rd down situation. Jones trucked the safety

3 and 4

ND timeout

3 and 4

Book's throw was off. Didn't have a great feel for the pressure and Jones got driven back by the blitz.

3 and out

Stanford gets one more play to end the quarter.

1 and 10 at the 29

Pride runs down the back after he bounced it, but it will be 2 and 4 when they come back

10-7 Stanford

Pakrinson tackled Crawford, but no holding call. Love these ACC refs

1 and 10, short crosser gets three

Screen to Scarlett, lucky for White to make the shoestring tackle or else that would have been big

3 and 2

ND needs a stop here

Kareem with pressure and throw is off by Mills. ND needed that in a big way

Deep punt fair caught to the 9

1 and 10, bad read by Book. Boundary blitz came and go him for a loss of 5

2 and 15

Throw behind Wright, but PI on the LB who impeded him. ND lucky on that call. Make up for that bad one on the last drive

1 and 10

Toohill tips it at the line

2 and 10

Jones has to break that tackle by the CB. Can't get taken down 1 on 1 there

3 and long

Middle screen to Jones gets the 1st, but a hold brings it back. Patterson

3 and 17

Empty and Book is short on the slant to Jafar. Had some room after the catch there. Eichenberg beat on the spin.

Only a 37 yard punt. Bramblett not great in these situations.

Drop on the screen, but ND had that covered

2 and 10

Hinish had him on the sack, but didn't finish. Gotta wrap that. Mills gets out of it and gets them to the 29

Mills off with his receiver Wilson. Incomplete, miscommunication

2 and 10

Bilal and White miss out on TFLs, but penetration blew up the play. 3 and long

Bracy beat deep. Pressure was there. Ball was in the perfect spot. Great throw with Kareem in his face

17-7 Stanford

So, this has been brutal for ND so far. Better get points on the next drive

Keys not great vision on the returns.

False start for ND. Banks LOLOLOLOL. Jones had a huge hole to run through

Lenzy on speed sweep, good cut back gets them a 1st on 1 and 15

Book off to Lenzy on the fade. He had the CB beat

2 and 10

And incomplete on 1st down leads to run on 2nd down. 1 yard

3 and 9

Strike to Kmet gets the 1st. Great ball.

Footing screwed up that play. Jones slips and Book is lucky to get a loss of 1

2 and 11

Book slips again, but regained his feet to get them to 3 and medium

Timeout for ND with the game clock running down

3 and 6

Batted down at the line. Another predictable call on the slant.

ND will go on 4 and 6

Stanford calls a timeout

ND will punt now. Bramblett has to pin them.

Another short punt. Man, he has not been good in the back half of the season. Inside the 20, but that has to be inside the 10

1 and 10 with 6:16 in the half

Bad missed tackled by Gilman. Grabbing his arm after the play

2 and 3

Drop on the screen by St. Brown

3 and 3

Mills scrambled after pressure from Jamir. Just short of the sticks.

Stanford goes 3 and out

Foskey with the punt block! Huge play when the Irish desperately needed it. Justin Ademilola recovered it

Ball down at the Stanford 1

Jones stopped for a loss of 1

2 and goal

Jones gets 1, but they don't block the edge. Everybody down blocks and leaving guys outside

3 and goal at the 1

False start for ND. Ruhland. At this point, it's on Jeff Quinn.

Book drifts away from the pressure and finds Tremble for the touchdown. Stanford brought the house and ND's interior didn't do a great job, but Book bought them time

17-14 after the Doerer extra point

Good return to the Stanford 31

All underneath to start for Stanford and completions until Jamir got pressure and Mills was off on 2 and 5

3 and 5

More pressure forced Mills to be off. Good stop for the ND defense. Rush starting to gain some momentum

Bad punt goes out at the ND 24

Kmet on the crosser gets big yards. Then the hitch to Claypool gets another 1st. His first target of the game

1 and 10 at the Stanford 41

Bomb to Claypool. He wins the jump ball.

And like that, ND is up on Stanford. Good ball, better catch

Doerer puts ND up 21-17 with 1:20 left in the half

Short kicks get returned to the 20

Slant to Scarlett, big hit by Hamilton. Couple of short passes and then a check down get Stanford to close to midfield.

Clocked it at 29 seconds

Offside on Ade, but Stanford completed it any way. 12 on the slant. Declined it

Kareem down on that play

Sack. Jamir gets to Mills and only 17 seconds left in the half. Foskey with a good bull on the other side forced Mills to step up the other way

2 and 14

More pressure by Jamir. Got the hit on Mills. Incomplete. Great move by him on the swipe

3 and 14

Incomplete after the pressure forced Mills to step up. Man was open, but ball was low.

Stanford will punt it away

That ends the half

21-17 for ND because of a big play from Claypool and huge blocked punt by Foskey

Another meh return from Keys.

1 and 10 at the 24

PI on CB Eboh. Targeted Claypool on the back shoulder. Good call

1 and 10

Stretch to the field gets 1. Really good play by the Stanford ILB

2 and 9

Slant to Keys. Good catch in tight coverage.

3 and short

Easy conversion inside to Jones. Good push up front there

1 and 10

Lenzy on the sweep gets about 4.

There's the QB run. ND gets to 3 and short with Book keeping. Opened up well

Jafar hits it hard inside and converts easily. ND getting into a rhythm

Jafar to the edge gets 11. There is the guy you expected to see all season. Speed. Outran the LB

Booker tipped the ball the line. Throw was off to Claypool because of it

3 and long after Stanford had the RPO well defended

Claypool slipped on the in and it was incomplete, but the ball was way off regardless.

Doerer misses from 43. Pushed it right.

No points to start the half for ND after a promising drive

21-17 ND

1 and 10 at the Stanford 25

Inside for 3. Hinish got penetration

JOK big time play knocking the bubble down

3 and 7

Short on the slant and Stanford will punt. 3 and out

39 yard punt with no return

Wind has picked up. Something to remember with the passing game.

Book bobbled the shotgun snap and it threw the timing off the throw to Tremble. He was open on the corner route

Lenzy on the hitch gets 5

3 and 5

Book didn't know where the sticks were. Should have had it, but avoided the contact. Ugh

Short one yard

3 and out for ND

Punt goes out at the Stanford 25

Hitch to St. Brown gets 5

Mills was off on 2 and 5, but the coverage was great by Gilman and Elliott

3 and 5

Fade is off to the boundary. Blitz was picked up well.

Another 3 and out

Personal foul on Bauer ruins decent field position. Didn't see what happened on the play

PA not there, Book throws the ball away

PI on Kmet puts ND back at the 7

1 and 17

Book buys some time and finds Lenzy on the drag for a big play. ND is out at midfield

Jones inside for about 7

2 and 3

Jones had nothing inside, bounced it back other side. He got the first, but could have bounced it the other way for a big play.

Incomplete on next play sets up 2 and 10

TE screen to Kmet gets them into 3 and short

3 and 2

Jafar trips. Hand off was supposed to be to him. Book had to take it just to save a huge loss

ND will go on 4th and 3

Book didn't have the first read and he runs it for a big play. Gets ND into 1 and goal. Great cut by him

Armstrong inside, but no play. Illegal motion on Keys

1 and goal at the 8

Claypool on the crosser. No one had him. Touchdown Irish. Stanford playing matchup zone and they all went with the crosser the other way

28-17 ND

Bauer makes the tackle on the kickoff.

1 and 10 at the Stanford 23

Another short completion. Stanford settling for those hitches

2 and 4

Run inside. Nice job by Justin Ademilola and Foskey fighting off blocks

3 and 2

Hamilton breaks up the pass on Parkinson. Great play. Say it again, great play.

Another 3 and out

Big punt for Stanford gets to the ND 9. 60 yard punt

TFL for Stanford to start the drive. Book needed to pull that

2 and 11

Kmet dropped the ball on a risky ball by Book on the RPO, but they gave him the catch.

3 and short, ND tried a shot to Wright down the field.

He was open. Bad throw by Book. 3 and out

Muffed punt by the Stanford punter and John Shannon is Johnny on the spot to recover.

1 and 10 at the Stanford 48

Offside on the defense.

1 and 5

C'Bo with a tough run inside gets the 1st

End of 3, ND dominated that quarter.

Up by 11 and driving heading into the 4th

C'Bo downhill, great push by Banks and Eichenberg. Another 1st down

1 and 10

Claypool slips on the RPO. Incomplete

2 and 10

Inside zone gets a short gain

3 and 9 with ND in field goal range

Stanford rushes four, another tipped ball up front and it will be Doerer in for a 42 yard attempt.

This time it's good. Wind looked like it was pushing it right, but it hooked in

ND up 14

Slant for 9. Again, at some point Stanford has to try and protect and throw it down the field

2 and 1

Ade great play getting off the block and tackling the screen for no gain

3 and 1

And ND stuffs them. Phenomenal job by Hinish on the double. JOK cleaned it up.

Stanford player is down, but that should be another 3 and out

That was freshman LT Walter Rouse down on the field. He got rolled up on and bent back

Stanford did go for it on 4th down, big catch on a high throw by Wilson converted.

1 and 10

Took a shot, pressure by Jamir. Crawford good coverage down field. Ball was out of bounds even if he did catch it

2 and 10

PA to Wilson, JOK all over it. Got a great jam

3 and 10

ND had Parkinson bracketed and the ball was nowhere close. Great coverage by Hamilton and Elliott.

Stanford will punt

Bauer just missed another blocked punt. The punt was short

Designed keep for Book gets about 4

Under 11 to go in the half. Banks is down on the field

2 and 6

Big hole inside for Jafar, but a flag on the play. Holding on Gibbons who replaced Banks

2 and 16

Jafar on the jet sweep, finally broke some tackles. Big play gets the 1st down and almost a house call if he could stay in-bounds

1 and 10

ND now running it down Stanford's throat. Jones inside for 11

Two more runs get them into 3 and short, but Jones is stacked up 3rd down.

Will go on 4th and 2

Reverse to Lenzy gets the 1st and almost six, but they do get to 1 and 10

Timeout on the field

1 and 10 at the Stanford 26

Counter to C'Bo gets nothing

Speed sweep to Lenzy and it's another big play. Just out inside the 1. Guess they figured out he needs touch it more.

1 and goal

C'Bo in for the touchdown.

It's over.

38-17 Irish with 5:10 left

Eichenberg gets called for a personal foul on the PAT. They didn't show what happened

1 and 10 at the Stanford 38 after the penalty made it a short kick.

Tunnel screen gets about 14 and a couple of completions over the middle gets them to the ND 25. Clock is ticking down

2 and 10

Pressure from Jamir (he's been consistent today) forces Mills to scramble for two

3 and 8

False start

3 and 13

Mills dropped by the rush, but Bilal held the back on the angle route

1 and 10 in the red zone

Kareem pressured and just missed a sack, Mills scrambles for 9

Draw scores, but took off three minutes of clock.

38-24 after the garbage time TD

Elliott recovers the onside kick.

Jahmir Smith in the game. Gets 4 and Stanford is not taking their timeouts

2 and 6

Bad read by Jahmir. He's tackled for a loss and Stanford does take their timeouts.

Seriously Shaw? Just take the L, bud.

ND will punt with one minute left

Shannon got down on the Bramblett punt at the one. Great job by both. Bramblett especially after they came after the punt. Not a great day for him, but that was nice.

And ND will cover hahahahahahah

Ade strip and Kareem recovers for the TD in the end zone.

45-24 ND