Crowd is hyped. Sounds like ND going with Coan at QB to start. Alt at LT.

I think it will be low scoring. See you back after kickoff.

Go Irish

Takacs in at TE to start the game.

Two back look on 2nd down with Kyren in the slot. Good gain, but ND had an illegal man downfield.

Coan didn't like the look and scrambled for 0. That was 12 personnel and Mayer was not out there

3 and 12

Alt beat inside on a spin move. Sack

3 and out

3 and 11 after a great job by Hamilton and Kiser on the screen.

TFL on the second play on the Drew White blitz

Pressure from MTA and QB throws it away

3 and out

Mitchell Evans in at TE on this drive. Did a pretty good job blocking on the first few plays.

Empty and Coan with some decent pocket movement. Found Austin on the in for a 1st down

Tried a toss on 1 and 10 and great tackle by Waller. No gain

3 and 6

Kyren in the slot. Tyree in the backfield.

Checked to a run and picked up 5

ND will go on 4 and 1 inside VT territory

False start on Correll and ND has to punt.

2nd drive for VT and they got something cooking. Looking good inserting the backup QB with a pin and pull designed run and hit a big out for 15 to Tre Turner with Bracy slipping.

VT in the red zone 3 and 3

Heavy formation, ND matched it, but the back bounced and nobody beat a block. NaNa was the key. He was playing patty cake and peaked inside. Ball bounced out and no one there.

VT up 7-0

Logan Diggs in the game. Had 3 yards on inside zone on 1st down

Not sure what ND was going for on 2nd down with a half roll. That Coan threw away. Couldn't see what was going on down the field

3 and 7 and ball has to be out. That is 100% on Coan. Stepped into the sack

Hinish great job on the penetration, but can't finish the TFL. No gain and finished by Bauer

Hinish jumped offside on 2nd down

4 penalties for 25 yards in the 1st quarter for ND

Ball fumbled by Burmeister and Ehrensberger couldn't run him down. Hart made a tackle for no gain

3 and medium

Burmeister made a good throw with pressure in his face. Found the WR hooking up at the sticks. Will be a 1st down

End of 1st Q

7-0 VT

VT running all over ND with QB run game and a jet sweep that had ND in a bad spot in Dollar.

Snuffed out the screen on 1 and 10. short gain on outside zone on 2 and long

3 and 8

ND blitzed Hamilton, but couldn't hit home.

Man coverage and Burmeister scrambled for the first

Lacey grabbing his knee. That looks bad

VT in field goal range

2 and 7 on the ND 16

Give to Turner gets 15. Ball at the ND 1

Stuffed

2 and goal

Pressure from MTA on the PA. Ball was thrown away. Covered well by ND

Fade on 3 and goal. Thanks for that one VT. Wow, that was a bad call by them

VT settling for the FG attempt. It's good

10-0 VT

Buchner in the game.

Give to Kyren and he bounces off some tackles to get 10

Nice speed option keep by Buchner gets them to 2 and 2

Only one inside to Kyren

3 and short

Kyren gets 6. OL has actually moved VT in the run game

Deep ball to Austin. Great ball. Austin separates and Buchner dropped it in to him for 46.

1 and goal

ND calls a timeout

Buchner in two plays later

10-7 VT

PA and VT wanted to take a shot. It wasn't there and Burmeister threw the ball away

2 and 10

Great job by Bertrand on the outside zone

3 and 8

They gave Hamilton a rest to start the drive. Back out on this play

Foskey with the sack. A hard working sack. He had initial pressure and Burmeister escaped then Foskey chased him down. Awesome effort.

3 and out

Buchner back in. Six inside to Tyree

ND is moving people up front! I'm surprised too.

Buchner a bit off to Tyree on the out. He was in the slot and ND was in empty

Davis dropped the ball. Ball wasn't great. But still want him to have it.

3 and out

Good bounce on the punt pinned inside the 10

Just a couple inside on 1st down for VT

Bracy missed a tackle on the out. Would have been a 1st, but it ends up being 19 for Turner

1 and 10

Great read by White and stuffs the jet sweep

2 and 11

Scramble for a few

3 and 8

Hamilton good coverage on the TE. Incomplete

Good stop for ND

Buchner back out with 1:35 in the half

Empty. Here comes QB draw?

Yep. Gets 4, but gets out of bounds

2 and 6

Big play to Avery Davis. Buchner hits Davis in stride for 36

On the ball, give inside to Williams gets nothing

Timeout by ND

1:06

Swing screen to Kyren should have been a loss. He gets 3 and out of bounds

Flag on 3rd down after Austin was held keeps the drive alive

1 and 10 at the VT 28

QB counter only gets a few.

51 seconds and ND takes their second timeout

2 and 8

Out to Kyren from empty. Nice ball by Buchner on the out. 1st down

47 seconds left

Waller good coverage on the fade to Austin

Run by Buchner gets 10. Evans nice job with the lead block

1 and goal

36 seconds left

ND out of timeouts

Kyren out of the slot and Buchner delivers.

Touchdown Irish!

I think this it it. This is now Buchner's job

14-10 Irish

16 seconds left and VT will try to get a shot at the end zone or a long field goal

Burmeister's ability to escape has helped them move the ball. VT will have a shot at a field goal because he bought some time for his receivers

And the kick is good from 52. Makes it 14-13 going into halftime.

Stuff to start the half for ND. Great job up front. Foskey with the finish

3 and 7 after another outside zone run gets 3

What the heck was that play by Hart? He has a a change to get get ND off the field and didn't wrap. Big play for VT on what should have been a 3 and out

Bracy getting carried by Turner after the catch. His tackling has been a problem. Another 1st

VT in the red zone

PA and Burmeister got outside and hit the crosser. It was an RPO though and Burmeister waited too long to throw it. Would have been a touchdown. Instead it's 2 and 13

Late pressure by White forced the ball to be thrown away

3 and 13

Screen almost got them the 1st, but Foskey with good hustle down the field. Jayson Ademilola was down on the end of the play, but he jogs off.

VT will kick the FG

16-14 VT

Williams inside for 3

2 and 7

Buchner keeps and gets three.

3 and 4

Buchner's throw was high to Davis on the out. Should have been picked. Thankfully the VT CB has feet for hands.

3 and out and ND will punt

Pressure by Pryor and Burmeister lit up. Ball was thrown into the stands

2 and 10

Blitzed Lewis from the boundary and he made the tackle

3 and long

Picked off by Bracy! Burmeister let it hang on the out to the field and it's ND football in VT territory

Buchner kept and got 12, then Kyren inside for 5 on 1st down

2 and 5 in the red zone

3 on the counter and ND is in 3 and short

3 and 2

Kyren is in! Broke three tackles and he's in. Old school football cross buck hahaha

ND up 21-16

1 and 10 at the VT 27

Little PA roll and nice job By Ehrensberger fighting to take away the running option. Incomplete

2 and 10

Comeback to the boundary gets 9 and they sneak in on 3 and 1. Converted

Tried some trickeration and there was a miscommunication. Lucky it wasn't picked

3 and 10

Scramble short of the sticks. Good pressure and Burmeister is hurt on the tackle.

Punt downed inside the ND 5

QB sweep gets 6

2 and 4

Williams gets close to the 1st on the next inside zone give. They gave it to him

1 and 10

Diggs in the game. He gets about 5. Really great lean there from him

PA and great protection. Ball was off to Davis

Bucnhner throws a pick six. Kind of blindly threw it. Ball was just off.

They will go for 2

False start on VT

Still going for it

Bauer picks it. It will stay 22-21. VT has their backup in the game.

Tyree not back for that kickoff. I think he may be injured, but not sure what happened

Buchner keeps on the RPO. Gets 8

Kyren gets the 1st on the next play. Evans with an illegal blindside block. Lucky it was not targeting to be honest

2 and 15 when they come back to start the 4th Q

2 and 15

Buchner keeps for 3

3 and 12, passing situation

Last time this didn't go so great

Buchner missed the screen. It was there to Kyren

3 and out

3 and out for VT. Great job stuffing the run and MTA all over the screen

Punt goes into the end zone

RPO and Buchner probably should have given it, but he escapes the blitz and finds Austin for a 1st down

1 and 10

Speed option to Kyren gets 7. He's hobbling after the play

Diggs bounces it out and gets the corner. Great job by him

1 and 10

Buchner keeps and gets another 8

2 and 2

Diggs nice patience and finds the crease. Kristofic moving his man off the ball there

1 and 10

Diggs inside for two

Buchner on the sweep only gets a couple

3 and 6

Kyren out in the slot to the field. ND calls a timeout. Pretty big down to say the least with ND inside the VT 40

They thought they had a look to run it to the right and didn't. Kyren stopped for 1 yard

Clipping will take it back 15. It was a bad call

Buchner picked. He had Diggs, but it was short of the sticks.

Buchner after the play with a non-contact injury. Oof

Huge hit by Hamilton popped the ball out on 2 and 9

3 and 9

Scramble for the 1st. That hurts

Going to be 3 and long again after their QB got lit up by MTA

Burmeister back in the game

He got lit up on the blitz and I think it's going to be a late hit. They converted anyway

In the red zone and ND has to hold them to a FG here

Hinish TFL

2 and 13

Another TFL and it's 3 and very long

Burmeister escapes and they couldn't contain on the left side. Foskey chased him down, but no contain and he got out for the touchdown


29-21 after the extra point, probably Coan coming in. WOOF

Coan in. Welp

Empty

Slant to Kyren and he caught it, but it was targeting. Helmet to helmet. That dude is getting kicked out for sure

Hopefully Kyren is ok. That was straight up dirty

Diggs on the angle route gets 15. Ball already in VT territory

Coan way off the deep ball to the boundary

Coan with a strike on the skinny post to Avery. Ball in the red zone

Wide to Lenzy gets another 1st

Diggs almost makes a guy miss to score. Gets 2

Touchdown to Davis. He reached it in over the line

You can't make this up.

ND will go for two. Timeout by VT

Coan escapes the pocket and throws up a duck... that is caught by Austin LOLOLOLOL

Wow. WOW. WOW. WOW.

29-29 with just over 2 minutes to go

Ball off to the back on the check down

2 and 10

Hart was beat on the double move, but the ball was too far for Turner. Bullet dodged there for ND

3 and 10

Burmeister runs for 9. Short of the sticks and VT will have to punt. A good time for a 3 and out

Punt safe for ND to make sure for the fake

Fair catch at the 25. 1:56 to go, ND football

Good ball to Lenzy for 20. Got out of bounds

Inside to Kyren gets maybe one or two

2 and 9

Takacs with not just his first catch. It's his first target. Gets the 1st

Kyren gets 9 to VT 32

2 and 1

Davis dropped it. Coverage was tight.

ND probably going to run it to move the sticks here.

Kyren didn't get it.

Timeout with 20 seconds left. VT took it

Would be a long field goal for Doerer

FG from 48 yards is good!

32-29 with 17 seconds left

I'm in shock. ND pulled it out. VT had nothing on the final drive.

Don't ever doubt the fight in this team, even if you can't doubt plenty of coaching decisions