Seems like a quiet start to the day of college football. Nothing going at all worth mentioning that will be brought up 1,000 times in the game thread.

What everyone really cares about will kick off in about 30 minutes. I'll be back then with the thread.

Will we see Jordan Johnson? Will ND get the run game rolling again today? Can ND make the freshman QB turn the ball over like he has all year?

We'll see soon enough.

Go Irish!

Missed the start of the game while they swtiched feeds, first play for me was 3 and 9 crosser to McKinley. 1st down

1 and 10 at the ND 45

Heavy formation outside zone to the boundary and TFL. Good job by GT

2 and 13

PA to Wright and gets some YAC. Sets up a 3 and 2

Convert easy by Williams. Left side drove them

1 and 10

Kyren big run off outside zone. ALmost broke it, but a 1st down

1 and 10

Book scrambles off PA, gets six. ND in the red zone

2 and 4

Tyree nice job spinning through contact, gets 3

3 and 1

Easy conversion. Ton of room on the right side

1 and goal

Got a couple outside zone to the left.

2 and goal at the 8

Rolled book out off of PA found Joe Wilkins. Great throw on the move

Touchdown Irish

GT player down, but 6-0 with the extra point to come

7-0 Irish after the extra point

Fair catch by GT

1 and 10 at the 25

TFL to start for Ade. Came downhill at hit Gibbs at the mesh

Offside on Hayes sets up 2 and medium

Counter trey gets 3

3 and 2

Tempo and GT picks it up

1 and 10

Quick counter goes for nothing. Hayes in for the tackle

Screen to Gibbs and ND is all over it. Hayes missed the tackle, but MTA hustle makes the play

3 and 13

McCloud with the break up, almost a pick. Pressure up front forced Sims out of the pocket. Good first drive by the ND defense

Short punt. ND gets it at the 33

C'Bo in gets five on outside zone. Tyree out wide and in motion

2 and 5

Draw gets a couple

3 and 3

Screen to Davis and gets a big play. 16, blocked really well. Great job by the OL getting out

1 and 10

PA and it's a sack. Wright whiffed

2 and 14

Book hit and fumbled, but there are flags on the field. Personal foul illegal hands to the face brings it back. Crushing for GT. They are reviewing it to see if it was a fumble or incomplete pass to figure out the spot

So they were reviewing the hands to the face? I thought it was the spot, but whatever, it's still ND ball on the GT 30

PA to Skowronek and no chance. Way overthrown. Give the kid a shot

2 and 10

Great catch on a low ball by Book by McKinley. Another first down on the in

1 and 10

Book has to pull that on the read. Not much to C'Bo on 1st down

End of 1st Q, ND in scoring position again

7-0 ND

2 and 10

Kyren fumbles and it's a scoop and score. There's the play where fighting for more yards burned him. The one thing GT does well is create turnovers

7-7

Tyree takes it out to the 25

1 and 10

Domineck makes the play on the jet sweep. 2 and 15

Book scrambles for 10

3 and medium

Davis on the out gets the first. Nice ball by Book. Facemask on the defense adds 15 to it

1 and 10 at the GT 42

Inside to Williams gets 9

2 and short

Huge hole on the right side. Beating them up

1 and 10

Reverse to Tyree and he gets them to 1 and goal. Tremble great block leading the way

1 and goal

Too easy to Kyren. Interior guys killed them

Touchdown Irish

14-7 ND

Kick through the end zone

1 and 10 at the 25

Misdirection tried to trick ND, but MTA got pressure and JOK all over the leak to the TE

2 and 7

JOK got truck sticked by Gibbs. Don't see that a lot

3 and 2, stuffed by ND

GT will punt 3 and out

Tremble on the crosser gets a 1st

1 and 10

Tried a screen to Williams, but GT snuffed it out. Smart play by Book throwing it in the dirt

2 and 10

C'Bok bad read. Cut that up too quick

3 and long

Nothing open with GT dropping 8, Book takes a no gain. ND will punt

Flag on first down. Offside on Hinish. Lined up that way

1 and 5

A lot of GT players banged up early in this game

Inside gets 4

2 and short

Hinish gets pressure and forces Sims to scramble. He gets away, but no gain

3 and short

GT converts inside for three

1 and 10

Hamilton all over the back. Was going to be key in this game. TFL

2 and 12

Sims missed the TE leaking out. Ovie was in coverage

3 and long

Throw is short, but GT will go for it on 4th and short. GT will call a timeout.

Huge play for ND right now if they can turn the ball over

Hamilton TFL on the pitch. Tried to trick ND with misdirection. Hamilton went underneath the guard.

ND football

Tyree over the left side. 6 yards

2 and 4

Big hole to the right, Tyree gets them to the GT 30ish

1 and 10

Incomplete to Tyree, ball was thrown low by Book. Pressure in his face

2 and 10

Empty and Book scrambles for the 1st. No one in the middle. Rushed 5 and no one there

1 and 10

Book throws it away. Avoided pressure

2 and 10

Timeout ND after they had to check into a different play. Play clock was running down

2:04 left in the half

Book pressured and just overthrew Tremble. GT blitzing a ton and back couldn't pick him up. Want to see him make that throw, though

3 and 10

Threw a jump ball for Mayer that wasn't even close. Ugh

Doerer in for the FG...good

17-7 ND

Great job by Kiser on the kick coverage

1 and 10 with a long field and two timeouts for GT with 1:44 left in the half

Draw to Gibbs gets a 1st down

Simms rolls out and avoids Simon, gets a couple

2 and long

Short of the sticks, 3 and 2 with less than a minute to go and they run it. 34 seconds left in the half

Horrendous clock management here. They need six because they don't have a FG kicker

22 seconds left, 2 and 6 at the GT 39

Pressure up the middle and incomplete on the crosser

3 and 6 19 seconds

And GT waves the white flag with a run? So weird.

13 seconds left

Sims gets down on the scramble and the half is over. That was atrocious. Bad football team is coached badly

17-7 ND at half

Short kick and fair caught by the GT returner

1 and 10 at the 25 for GT

Stuffed on 1st down by White and JOK, after the play White threw the runner. Just dumb play

1 and 10 at the GT 40ish

Slant on the PA, incomplete

2 and 10

McCloud beat deep on the post. Not enough of a rush there. Up front has to be much better. Too much time

1 and 15 after a false start

Daelin dip and rip and finish. Great job stripping and getting the football. MTA fell on it

ND football

Nice job on the boundary gets 8. 3rd and short

Book scrambles for the first. Man coverage and Book takes advantage

Book gives McKinley a chance. Under thrown, but just give him a shot. Back shoulder to McKinley. Big play

ND in the red zone

1 and 10

Kyren great patience, great job by the line. 9

2 and 1

Inside to Kyren and it's six

24-7 after the extra point

Hitch for 8 yards to start the drive for GT

2 and 2

Sims on the keep, tripped up by Crawford, but gets the 1st

Sims missed the slot for a big play. Rare bust for ND? Nah, JOK jam screwed up the timing

2 and 10

Foskey attacks the mesh. Big play. TFL

3 and long

Draw and Ade gets off the block and makes the play

Punt

1 and 10 at the ND 37

Hook to Skowronek gets 9

2 and short

PA and GT brought the blitz. Didn't bite on the action

3 and 8

Book to Davis was not on target, but it would have been short regardless

3 and out

Camera man got fooled, ND didn't but it was a good gain. 6 yards and Gibbs got a big run on the stretch on the next play

1 and 10

Marist nice job on the blitz, but good job by Sims getting the ball out. Another 1st

1 and 10

Dump to Gibbs gets 5. Not enough pressure

2 and 5

They are reviewing the play for targeting. Think it's on Marist. We'll see

Great coverage by McCloud on the deep ball after the break. It was 15 on Marist on the targeting

Hayes with another sack and forced fumble. GT recovers, but it's 2 and 16

Sims keeps and ND all over it. Short gain. Almost another TFL by Hayes

3 and 14

Sack by Crawford on the blitz. GT will try for the FG. They have only made one this year

And it was way off. That was LOL bad

ND takes the ball on downs

1 and 10 for ND

TFL on 1st down. Selling out by GT

3 and long after the short gain on the inside zone

3 and 8

Book bought time and found McKinley for a big play. Lot of YAC. He is ballin today

Pressure on the blitz, finds Williams for short gain

2 and 6

Screen to Williams, led by Hainsey there. great job. Big play to end the 3rd

24-7 ND and the next score will put it into garbage time

1 and 10 at the GT 14

Inside to C'Bo gets 2

C'Bo gets a few, can' break the tackle

3 and medium and C"Bo fight for the conversion

1 and goal

C'Bo in for the touchdown. 31-7 ND

Fair catch by GT

1 and 10 at the 25

Comeback for a good gain. Sims has an arm

1 and 10

Another fumble by Sims, but recovered by GT. Scramble got 4

Deep ball covered well with Crawford over the top. Ade got the hit on Sims

3 and 6

Ball too high on the crosser.

Incomplete and GT will punt

Tried to take a shot on the first play, but didn't see the first look so got out of the pocket. Missed Wilkins

Tyree on the outside zone for a short gain

3 and 9

Drop 8 and Book hits Mayer short and ND will have to punt. The 2nd and long run wasn't great IMO

Punt and great coverage by ND

9:57 to go

Kiser great job on Gibbs on the short. No gain

2 and 10

Pryor missed Gibbs in the hole.

3 and 5

ND finally let Gibbs free. Brought the house and Bauer had a bust. He had him in man

1 and 10 at the ND 30

Sims on the Qb draw gets them into the red zone

Great PBU by Hamilton as Bauer hit Sims when he threw

2 and 10

Block in the back missed by the refs. GT scores on this drive because of it

31-13

Onside kick recovered after Kyren bobbled it

Bauer misses a tackle on Gibbs and it's a first down

They are looking at Hinish for targeting. It won't be targeting

1 and 10

Sack by Ade, holding on GT is declined. 5th sack for ND today

Hayes pressure and the ball is overthrown

3 and 14

Draw goes nowhere. Ademilola got penetration, nohting there

4 and 14

Hayes with his best game since the spring game in 2017

Forced fumble, but they will call it back. Either way, ND ball

Couple of C'Bo runs get a few and then GT penalty makes it 3 and short

ND converts on 3rd and short. Again

1 and 10

C'Bo sealed it with another first down.

Offside defense

1 and 5

Book scrambles for the first

ND just ran it out in the red zone

31-13. As my buddy Chris Wilson said, workmanlike domination

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