Big pre-game news with starting ISU LT Julian Good-Jones out. Pass rush will be huge in this game against Brock Purdy.

Telecast starts in about 15, kick shortly after.

See you back then for one last ride for 2019

Go Irish!

ISU shifted their starting RG to LT (backup C to RG).

Felt ND already had a big edge up front on defense so this will be interesting to watch.

ND receives. Lenzy back to return. He took it back to the 22

1 and 10

Starting out in 13 personnel (3 TEs)

Ran to the unbalanced side for a couple.

2 and 8

RPO and Claypool slips. Ball was there, right read by Book. Incomplete

3 and 8

Armstrong in on 3rd down at RB

Check to a toss, not the smoothest execution. It was a good check. Jafar has to make a guy miss.

3 and out

Short punt, Alohi Gilman rips the ball out and it's ND football!

Big time play, recovered by Claypool.

Jet sweep to Lenzy gets a good gain.

2 and 2

Armstrong gets the ball in a two back look. Gotta finish and get the 2

3 and 1

Bad read by Jafar

4 and 5 after the loss when he bounces it

Book doesn't see the open man vs fire zone, rushes for it and moves the sticks

1 and 10

A lot of heavy formations early. One a couple for Tony Jones, Kmet called for a hold. Iffy call IMO

1 and 20

Screen to Finke gets a couple. Made a guy miss to get that. Wasn't blocked great

2 and 17

Tremble open down the seam, but Book didn't see it. Threw it away

3 and 17

Claypool not a great read after the catch. Had a chance to cut it up. Ugh. They did get 13

4 and 4 and Doerer in to kick

It's good.

3-0 ND

Fair catch on the short kick by Doerer

1 and 10 at the ISU 25

Big run on 1st down for Hall. Gets 23.

Different look with the LT leading

Speed option on 1 and 10 and Jamir is all over it. No gain

2 and 10

Screen to Hall, well diagnosed by White, but Hall with a good cut gets them to 3 and medium

3 and 5

Kareem got a great jump, but ball out quick on the slant. Bunch got him open.

Pressure by ND on 1st down and Purdy tried to pump and JOK knocked the ball out.

He recovered.

Two forced fumbles and ND is back in business

Big hole for Jones gets 26. Ran lead with Tremble. Power football

1 and 10 at the ISU 32

Hitch to Finke gets positive yards on 1 and 10

2 and 5

Good cut by Jones gets 4

3 and short

Just short. inside. Gave up too much ground inside

4 and inches

QB sneak and Book got it

They measured it and it's official.

1 and 10

Another jet sweep to Lenzy gets two

2 and 8

Draw to Jones only gets one or two

3 and long

Eichenberg jumped. ND LTs and false starts. It's a tradition now. They are discussing it, though. Not sure what the discussion was about.

3 and 12

Touchdown to Claypool. They played cover two and Book hit him in the window. Great throw. Great catch.

10-0 ND

Gilman with the tackle on the kickoff

1 and 10

Great cut by Hall gets 3. Good penetration by Hinish

2 and 7

Stuff on 1st own. Drew White unblocked

3 and 7

ND brought the blitz and Kareem had pressure. Great throw by Purdy. Bullet on the skinny post. 1st down

1 and 10

Back shoulder gets 18. Another great throw to the boundary

1 and 10

Nothing on 1st down. Gilman knifed in to make the play. ND really doing well up front

2 and 10

RPO, Pride with the PBU.

End of 1

10-0 and 3 and long coming up

3 and long

ND rushes four and nothing open for Purdy. He escaped the pocket, but nothing there. Threw it away

ISU will punt

Ball downed at the ND 9

Book kept on 2nd down to move the sticks.

Want to see some more broken tackles by ND's back at the second level. Don't know if there has been one yet.

Book almost throws a pick on 2 and 9. Had a chance at a run, but floated it and great play by the LB to tip it.

Just short on the comeback to Lenzy on 3rd down.

Punt and great play by Gilman on the cover. His 3rd great ST play of the game

1 and 10

Snuck Hall out of the backfield. Out-leveraged Bilal. Big play

1 and 10 at the ND 39

Not much inside there.

2 and 7

Hall is a stud, He keeps making players miss. ND had him

1 and 10

Bracy finishes on the deep ball. Great job by him on a really good ball by Purdy. Exactly what he needed to do.

2 and 10

Timeout by ISU

2 and 10

Kareem back on the field after coming off earlier. Same shoulder issue he's been playing with

3 and 8

Kareem beasted the back on the double team and Purdy threw it away

ISU settles for a FG

10-3 ND

Lenzy with a good return to the 35

1 and 10

Claypool deep ball and it's complete. Just threw it up to him. He was wide open.

ND tried trickeration and lost five. They were trying to reverse pass by Finke, but he smartly ate it.

3 and 15 after Book almost threw a pick on the wheel to Tony

Blitz forced the check down to Jafar and he gets 5, stepped out.

4 and 10

Doerer will try it from 51

Knuckle ball by Doerer looked ugly, but it's good. Big play got them points

13-3 ND

Deep kick for a touchback

1 and 10 at the ISU 25

Purdy scrambles for about three. Pressure from Jayson Ademilola

Good one on one tackle by Bilal sets up 3 and 3

Purdy scrambles for 4. Hamitlon hesitated a bit on the scramble. The pump fake worked that time

1 and 10

Great job by ND defense there. White and Bilal both shot in

2 and 11

Blitz and tried to hit Hall, White was on it. Ball was off

3 and 11

Kareem with pressure, hits Kolar and he fought to get to the sticks

4th and short. ISU will go

ISU calls a timeout

ND calls a timeout when the see the look from ISU.

ND stuffed them. MTA led the play, but whole DL wrecked them up front.

TFL and turnover on downs. Pinched the DTs

1 and 10

C'Bo in the game cuts it back inside for 1

2 and 9

Book has all kinds of time and finds Claypool for the TD. That's how fast the game can flip.

Claypool carried two guys to finish the play.

They will review it, but think they can't overturn it. Too close

They said he was down inside the 1, but it's 1 and goal for ND.

QB sneak and just short for Book.

2 and goal

Toss to Jafar and he outruns them to the edge. TD Irish

20-3 after the the extra point with 2:25 to go

1 and 10 at the 25

Big throw on the post by Purdy. Got them into ND territory

Crosser for another 1st

Not much pressure on those 1st two dropbacks

Hitch gets 5

2 and 6

Great play on the 50/50 ball. Pride with great coverage. Better catch.

1 and goal after a false start

Nothing open and Purdy throws it away

2 and goal

Incomplete. Vaughn in coverage.

3 and goal

ISU calls their last timeout

Blitz and Crawford got pressure. Great call by Clark Lea. No chance on the ball outside

ISU settles for a FG

Good stop by ND defense inside the 10

20-6 ND

50 seconds left in the half

Lenzy returns it to the 24

ND will probably run it out depending on this first play

Middle screen dropped by Tony. Ugh. Not great

2 and 10 with 41 seconds left

Run by Jones for 7 ends the half

20-6 ND

Kareem smokes Purdy on 1st down to start the half. Incomplete

2 and 10

Only a couple on to Hall. White nice job scraping

3 and long

Lea brings the blitz, ball out early and short. Pride makes a great tackle to stop the TE Kolar

3 and out to start the half

Fair catch by Finke inside the ND 20

Jones to the house!

84 yards. We all knew he had that in him

Blocked extremely well and he stiff armed his way the final 15

27-6 ND

I yelled so loud that I made my kid cry (oops)

Touchback on the kick off

1 and 10

Too much of a fast ball on the slant. Purdy off on 1st down

2 and 10

Quick hot vs the blitz gets them to 3 and medium

3 and 5

Good coverage forces Purdy to scramble. Another 3 and out

Kareem down on the field again. This dude is a warrior. Never healthy and still balling out.

Think he tweaked his ankle there.

He's walking off on his own.

Rolling punt takes a good bounce for ISU

1 and 10

PA to Kmet for a big play to the ND 45. Wide open

Lenzy on the sweep gets only a couple. Close to hitting that big

2 and 8

Claypool on the hitch gets seven. He is so good after the catch

3 and 1

Tried the QB sweep and it wasn't there. ND will punt

Bramblett had a good punt, but it bounced past Claypool into the end zone

Hall gets 5 on 1st down. ND has tackled really well after the first couple of drives

2 and 5

Bilal almost picked that off. MTA stayed home on the boot and Purdy had to throw it. Maybe should have ate it

3 and 5

Good throw and conversion by Purdy. Rub route got the receiver open on the slant

1 and 10 at the ISU 42

Deep ball incomplete, but Pride is going to get called for PI. He grabbed there

15 yards

1 and 10

Should be a hold on ISU, but no call on the pressure from Ogundeji. Scramble for 4

2 and 6

Screen to Hall who was lined up out wide.

3 and short

RPO and they slipped out to a WR. Big play gets the conversion

2 and 10 on the sweep. Great job by White getting to that

Great coverage and JOK gets late pressure. Incomplete

Bracy has played really well today

3 and 10

Sack by Ade, Kareem has pressure as well.

Back on Ade, Kareem beat the replacement LT easy

Force a field goal on 4th and 16

Kick is good

27-9 ND

Short kick and a fair catch by Lenzy.

1 and 10 at the ND 25

Big hole for Jafar gets 9.

2 and 1

Quick out to Claypool moves the sticks

1 and 10

Nice cut by Jones makes a defender miss at the LOS. Gets 6

2 and 4

Crosser to Tremble gets a 1st. Nice throw by Book waiting out the window there

1 and 10

Armstrong has to settle for 0 instead of bouncing it there. Nose did a great job, but Armstrong bounced it out for a loss of 4

Got 4 back on 2nd

3 and 10

Tunnel screen to Claypool big play. Great job, great call by Rees. OL got out there and the effort by Claypool was outstanding.

1 and 10

Took a shot to Claypool, put it a little long there

2 and 10

Another crosser to Finke. Kmet and the back cleared that out. ISU been burned twice on this drive on that same look

1 and goal

PA, but not open and Book throws it away

Book ran it just short of the goal line. Nice block by Kmet in front of him

3 and goal

Slant to Claypool is off. Had that matchup with Kmet outside and didn't take it.

ND will settle for 3

30-9 ND with 15 seconds left in the 3rd Q

1 and 10 at the ISU 25

Good run inside ends the 3rd. 2nd and short coming up to start the 4th

Converted by Hall. He has great feet. Nice jump cut

1 and 10

Tried a double pass look, but nothing open. JOK all over it and they lost a yard

2 and 11

Great play by JOK again there, but started up front by Kareem's penetration.

3 and very long

Tried underneath and it was swallowed up. Another 3 and out

Punt out at the 9

C'Bo in the game

Stacked up for a yard

2 and 9

Screen to Finke gets a few

3 and medium

Check down to Jones on the blitz and nothing there. 3 and out

Bramblett with a bad punt. He's again been not great.

Short field for ISU coming up

Pressure from the ND front and Purdy just put that too far outside.

They are reviewing it and might be some great footwork makes that a catch. Nice job by the ISU WR

Wow, it looked complete to me. They called it incomplete

2 and 10

Sweep gets a few and forces 3 and 7

If ISU doesn't get it, they will go for it on 4th

Screen to Hall gets them to 4th and 1. Good call, but now ISU has to convert or it's game over

Tried to the sprint out to the left and when it wasn't there, Purdy tried to escape. Ogundeji great job with the pressure. Finished by JOK

Turnover on downs

2 and 5 after Book kept on 1st down

RPO to Finke and he breaks a tackle. Moves the sticks

1 and 10

C'Bo gets nothing inside

2 and 9

Screen to Jones well played by ISU, but Jones managed to get 1

3 and long

Nice check by Book, hits Kmet on the out to convert. Beat the blitz

1 and 10

Jones only got one over the right side

Tried the two back look and Jafar hit for a loss. ISU still playing hard. Will give them that

3 and 13

Crosser gets nothing and Doerer will come in for another FG attempt

It's good from 38

33-9 ND

Penalty on ISU declined. 3:53 left

New QB for ISU as Purdy was hurt on the previous sack

ND finishing this one off with another takeaway. Drew White ripped it out.

They changed the call, though. Receiver's elbow was down

3 and 5

Throw was high and incomplete. Another 3 and out

Guys, it turns out the team with more talent and the better defense won the game. By a lot.

ND running it out with backups now.

C'Bo gets a 1st over the left side

Sweep with C'Bo the right side and another good gain.

This one is over with Jurkovec taking knees.

33-9 is the final. One last instant reaction coming up