You know what ND has to do. They have to run the football and control the clock.

That's why playing Carmody at TE makes a lot of sense (wearing 80 today). They are going to play heavy quite a bit.

Should be a good one in LA.

Kickoff in about six minutes. See you then.

Go Irish

ND won the toss and deferred

Touchback

1 and 10

ND starting out with a 3-3 look. Mills, Foskey, and Jayson A up front

gave up 7 on 1st down, but stuffed on 2nd down

3 and 2

Bear front, PA boot to the TE, no one had him. Big play for SC. Ball inside the ND 40

1 and 10

Reverse to Addison gets another first down

RPO Williams keeps and gets SC into the red zone

2 and 3

Hit in the backfield, but Ademilola missed the tackle. Got 2 yards

3 and 1

Converted, inside zone

1 and 10

Empty, Williams escapes the rush. Improv finds the crosser when Bertrand had to come off of it. Touchdown USC

7-0 SC, a clinical drive by SC to start

Tyree returns it to the 21, but block in the back makes it a long field for ND

1 and 10

Diggs inside for 6 to start

2 and 4

A couple inside on the next play

3 and 2

too early to say huge play? Not IMO. Gotta convert this. Heavy personnel

Tried to go end around to Diggs, they leave the end thinking it was going to be pinching in, that guy makes the play

3 and out

Not a great punt by Sot

Ball at the SC 49

So far SC running the ball really well on 1st down. That can't hold or else it will be trouble the whole night

2 and 5

Watt judges the ball terribly on the deep ball. Had a chance at an INT on the deep ball. Blitz from Bertrand hits Williams

Foskey with a hustle play on 3rd down knocks the ball out after a 1st down. Ball recovered by ND. Addison tried to bring it back in, but Liufau popped it out after. This might be SC ball. Depends on if they say he possessed it or not.

They said Addison possessed it

2 and 5 in the red zone

Pressure from the blitz, but Williams is magician. Finds the check down to Jones and then it's 1 and goal

Stuffed for TFL by Jayson A

2 and goal from the 5

PI on Mickey, pressure forced a tough throw. Ineligible receiver means it's no play

2 and 5

Tried a throwback to Williams on a double reverse ND all over it. Watts interfered with by Williams and OPI

2 and goal at the 20

Sack by Foskey on a 3 man rush. Huge

3 and goal from a long way out

Draw call and it will be a FG attempt from SC

Huge stop for the ND defense to hold them to 3

10-0 SC

Tyree returns to the 19

1 and 10

Short to Mayer gets 5, motion to empty there

2 and 5

Inside to Diggs gets 3

3 and 2

Gotta convert here. ND defense been on the field the entire 1st Q

Tough inside from Diggs gets 4. Critical finish through contact

1 and 10

21 personnel, Diggs gets 4, no motion with Tyree there, had him run to the flat

2 and 6

Check down to Estime, Pyne finally threw it to him. No one on him, big play. ND inside the SC 40

Estime almost broke one. Shoe string tackle still got 5

2 and 5 with ND driving when they come back for the 2nd Q

10-0 SC

2 and 5

Inside to Diggs for 3

3 and 2

Pyne scrambled for just short of the sticks. ND should go for it. Pyne had to hit the check down again there, but didn't see it

They said it was a 1st, but he was short. It will be 4 and 1

4 and 1

Evans sneak and it looks short based on the spot. One ref at the top had it short. The other ref had it converted

Dumb call given it was a full yard

Big stop for SC

Jones inside for 4

2 and 6

BMo PBU on the comeback. Nice job there

3 and 6

Just picking on Mickey.

1 and 10

Pressure from Nana. ND getting pressure consistently. Williams escape, but throw is a worm burner

2 and 10

3-3 look for ND

Coverage sack. Williams rattled by the initial blitz from Marist, although it was picked up

3 and 20

Williams crazy escape the rush and they get 12, but only get 12

Pooch punt by Williams goes through the end zone

Quick screen to Styles gets 7

2 and 3

Estime gets 1

3 and 2

ND goes heavy, pitch to Diggs to the boundary. I think he got it. Great effort to convert it. They spotted it short, but that should be converted

SC defender is down

They are looking at it to make sure of the spot

He did get it. 1st down

1 and 10

12 personnel;, short PA to Mayer gets 1

2 and 9

Slip by Estime, but he did because an SC Dl was unblocked.

3 and 10

Who else? Deion Colzie on 3 and long. Finish with some YAC. Big play

1 and 10

A lot of movement on the 21 personnel fakes, but had to check it to Styles. Good job by him to get it back to the LOS

2 and 10

Tyree with a big run for the Irish, makes the backer miss

1 and 10

PA jump ball win from Mayer. No way a 5'9" dude can win that

Like that, it's a ball game

10-7 ND

Touchback

1 and 10

RPO, Lewis on top of it, but still get 5

2 and 5

Inside zone converts on the next play

1 and 10

TFL for ND vs the counter trey. Justin A blew it up, finished by Foskey

2 and 12

Williams comeback route gets 11.

3 and 1, heavy personnel. Marist had him at the LOS, but Jones was the lower man. Ran through it to convert

1 and 10

Inside for a couple, ND keeps running this 3-3 look and blitzing Marist. It's been good

2 and 8

Williams escapes Foskey and then makes Cross and Ademilola miss. What can you do? Nothing against that. Mahomes 2.0

SC in the red zone

Inside zone for 2

2 and 8 46 seconds left in the half. ND needs to hold them to 3

Timeout SC

Offside, free play. Williams is magic then a holding on Henderson gets them to 1 and goal half the distance to the goal

Williams keeps on the read, RB got crunched but who cares, he walks in.

17-7 SC 34 seconds left

Tyree only returns it to the 15

30 seconds left

ND should be aggressive here even though they are getting the ball to start the 2nd half

Check down after the escape from Pyne, Styles gets a first down 17 seconds left

Tuipolotu gets a sack and that's the half.

17-7 at half. Short yardage failures the story of the game for ND

Inside to Diggs gets a couple to start the half

2 and 8

Pyne strike to Mayer. Good ball in a tighter window

1 and 10

Another contested catch by Pyne off of PA. That was dangerous, but it worked lol. Three defenders around him

Check down to Diggs gets 3

2 and 7

Diggs inside off of Duo gets about 3

3 and 4

Check to a run with a light box, Estime converts easy

1 and 10

Pyne drops the exchange with Estime and USC recovers. Fumble luck for the Trojans on the RPO. Just bad handle by him

Ruined a potential scoring drive

Mickey whiffs on the bubble. Gotta make that play. First down for SC

1 and 10

Jones hit inside for a big run. Counter trey and SC is in ND territory

1 and 10

Another Jones run where he Bertrand misses him in the backfield. Have to make that play.

1 and goal after a great catch by Washington. SC is playing at a very high level on offense

RPO in the flat blown up by the ND defense

Boot pressure from Liufau, Watts knocked the ball out to the TE

3 and goal at the 5

Walk in TD. ND had no one on the edge They were thinking pass. Great call by SC

Fumble flipped it.

24-7 SC

1 and 10 after the toucback

Estime inside for 5

ND now has to play quick because 17 points is too much to try and play keep away

Estime big play over the right side. Evans missed his block, but Estime ran through the tackle. ND ball in SC territory

Styles gets some space and gets some YAC for a 1st down

1 and 10 at the SC 30

Empty. Scramble for 7

2 and 3

Deep ball to Colzie and ND isn't dead yet.

Quick drive and Colzie win on the back shoulder. Great catch

24-14

Another good run by Jones inside for 6

2 and 4

Another big run for Jones inside. 1st down

2 and 8 after a short gain. SC should keep running here and they do, WIlliams pulls and gets 4

3 and 4

Not too soon to say this is massive

Mistake by ND. Way off on the RB (lined up out wide) and they take the free access

1 and 10 screw up by SC, lucky to not turn it over with the screw up with the mesh. Williams takes a three yard loss instead

Then Williams was unbelievable escaping the pocket and scrambling for a first down. Literally nothing ND can do with this dude

1 and 10

Jones inside the 10

1 and goal

Joseph had a chance to make a play on the RPO, whiffs on the tackle. Still kept the TE short of the goal line, but 2 and goal at the 3 at the end of the quarter

Williams escapes the rush again and walks in for a touchdown.

31-14 SC

Pyne to Mayer gets about 5

2 and 5

Another one to Mayer moves the sticks

1 and 10

Short to Styles on Pyne's first incompletion. Just waited a bit too long to get rid of it

2 and 10

Big YAC of Jayden Thomas, nice pivot route

1 and 10

Wow, pressure and Pyne had to escape and found Lenzy for a diving catch. ND just outside of the red zone

1 and 10

Flag on the play, Thomas was interfered with. 1st down for ND

Tyree inside gets to the 5

Check to a run, Diggs scores

SC's trash defense refuses to let this game end.

31-21

Squib kick into the end zone

2 and 5 after another successful 1st down run for Jones

ND gets them into a 3 and 6 after a false start and then they isolate Mickey. He got beat and had a facemask

Kept running it with Jones, but hold gets them to 2nd and long

Williams crazy escape again, but finally they call holding on SC. Should have been about the 7th one tonight

It's 3rd and 28 and shovel pass gets them some yards back, but it's 4th and 15

USC will pooch it, ND fair catch at the 10. They stopped them so ND still not dead

First down for ND, 5:30 to go

Ball off to Mayer

2 and 10

Pyne tried to force it and it's picked. Just one of those plays he is trying to make a play and under the circumstances, it's understandable because he doesn't want to make it 3 and 10

SC football

TFL for a loss of 6 on 1st down

2 and 16

Another TFL.

ND is still playing hard and giving ND a chance, but ND gives up 15 on 3rd down and SC will go for it on 4th down

4 and 2

Williams keeps, DJ Brown whiffs on the tackle.

That's ball game. 38-21 SC

Big return from Styles (replaced an injured Tyree) to get ND out near the 40

Holding call on 1st down

1 and 20

Little flip to Estime after the pressure gets 1

2 and 19

Swing screen to Diggs gets about 15

3 and 4

Same thing gets ND big yards

1 and 10, 92 seconds to go

Pyne sacked. Timeout

Big play over the middle to Colzie and then Mayer for a touchdown

38-28 with 1:02 to go

My bad, ND went for 2. Not sure why

38-27, they didn't convert