Well, one last ride for the 2023 regular season.

No Zeke Correll today, which means Ashton Craig gets his second start.

I expect Stanford to come out with some wild formations early and might have some success because of it, but once the game settles, I don't see it being all that close.

See everyone back after kickoff

Go Irish

ND won the toss and defers

Fair catch, 1 and 10 at the 25

Curl to Ayomanor gets 5

2 and 5

Slant to EA again, 4 yards

3 and short

Lamson in at QB, broke a tackle at the line and down the field for a huge play. Hart knocks him out in the red zone

1 and 10

Speed option, TFL by Marist

2 and 11

Sack by Marist on the next play, whole front was all over him. JJB there as well

3 and 18

Scramble by Daniels is short and they settle for a FG try

Kick is good

3-0 Stanford

Whiff on short yardage was bad, but red zone D stepped up again

Touchback

1 and 10

Estime inside for 9

2 and 1

RPO out to Rico 1st down

1 and 10

Hartman huge yards on a scramble, but gets the ball ripped out. Stanford football

Welp, good thing this is on the Pac-12 Network. Not a good start for ND

1 and 10 at the Stanford 31

Great tackle by Harper on the reverse. Two yard gain

2 and 8

Nice window dressing there, pick play sets up a 1st down throw

1 and 10

Pressure and ball is out short, another TFL for Marist on the back

2 and 12

Sack by Mills, Hart was physical vs the double move. Not open

3 and 16

Drop on 3rd down, but it was short anyway

Good stop for the defense

Estime big hole on the left side gets about 12

1 and 10

Only a yard this time, Duo

2 and 9

Nice ball to Tyree on the corner route, got one foot down on the sideline. Great catch

Next play huge hole and house call for Estime

39 yards to the crib. Raridon pancakge on the Mike backer

7-3 ND

1 and 10 at the 25

1 yard gain on the out to Ayomanor

2 and 9

Nice design by Stanford, snuck out the back from inside and got him behind Botelho who dropped to the flat. Big play and Stanford back in the game red zone again

1 and goal after EJ Smith is hit over the middle for 10

Pressure forces a throw away

2 and goal at the 10

Wide splits, sneak for 4 yards

3 and goal at the 5

Smith to the flat and PBU by Kiser

Stanford settle for another FG

7-6 ND

Price muffed it, picked up the ball and returned it to the 30

Ball knocked out. Stanford football

These two forced fumbles are more than Stanford had all season

Ayomanor in motion gets a 1st off a rub route

1 and 10

Fake reverse, touchdown Stanford

Sloppy ball security finally costs ND

13-7 Stanford

Touchback

Out to Faison gets 9 off the sprint out

2 and 1

Estime inside for an easy 1st

1 and 10

Estime carrying dudes to end the 1st quarter

19 yard gain to the Stanford 41

1 and 10 when they get back from the break

PA deep shot to Flores is incomplete, tough throw on the run by Hartman

2 and 10

Inside to Estime gets about 3, Fisher gave up too much ground

Nice ball on the out by Hartman vs the blitz. Tyree another nice job getting the ball to the sideline. Great job on 3 and long

3 and short after a couple of Estime runs

Payne inside converts on 3 and 2

Nice job by Craig getting off to the second level there

1 and 10

PA to Greathouse and it's six

Like that, 14-13 ND

Touchback

1 and 10

Scramble for Daniels for 4 after Cross pressure

2 and 6

Bertrand TFL on the blitz. Perfect timing

3 and long

Pressure and short to the TE

3 and out

Jet sweep to Tyree, nothing there

2 and 12

Hartman picked. Incredibly bad decision. Stared it down, just no reason to throw it. Stanford ball in ND territory

1 and 10 at the ND 38

Mills scramble and forced a throw away

2 and 10

BMo vs Ayomanor. Good coverage. Incomplete

3 and 10

Pass breakup by Henderson

Stanford's kicker is elite. 56 yarder is good

16-14

Good stop by the defense, stop turning the ball over offense

Had some technical difficulties with the stream, so picking this up on 4th and short with ND going at the Stanford 38

Estime breaks a tackle in the backfield and moves the sticks. Already at 134 on the day

Hartman PA scramble for 7 yards

2 and 3

Huge hole for Love gets it to the 5 yard line, Scrhrauth and Kristofic with double team moving the DT. I missed Craig being out, but he was injured when things cut out

Estime in on the next play, Great job by Raridon and Flanagan

21-16 ND

Qb power gets 1, Marist ate it up. Nice job by Rubio too

2 and 9

Lucky by Daniels to not have it picked. PBU by Hart

3 and 9

PBU by JD Bertrand. Marist had pressure immediately. Called roughing the passer, on JJB for a high hit

Ayomanor for 10

1 and 10 at midfield

Empty backfield, TE around, stuffed

2 and 10

Deep shot to Ayomanor, nice job by Hart in coverage

3 and 10

Deep shot to Ayomanor, PI on Hart. Just grabbed his arm and took it back. They are going to call that

1 and 10 at the ND 33

Pick by Kiser after pressure from Bertrand Flag after the pick, holding on NaNa

ND ball at the 44

1 and 10 1:25 left

Lucky to not have it picked, ball inside and PBU intended for Flores

Payne gets 7 inside

3 and 3, not a great throw by Hartman, great catch by Merriweather and then some YAC gets the 1st

Another quick run on the ball to Payne gets 9

2 and 1 timeout with 47 seconds left

Ball tipped at the line, incomplete

3 and 1

Payne gets the ball vs IZ to the ND 12

1 and 10

36 seconds left

Hit as he's thrown, ball hanging up in the air but incomplete

Hartman scramble gets 9, 3rd and 1 at the Stanford 3

Timeout with 20 seconds left

Payne gets the 1st down, but fumbles. Stanford football

On review, this is a touchdown. They better change this call

It's an ACC replay booth, so they surprised us all by calling it a touchdown. Correct call

28-16 ND after the extra point

Touchback to start the second half

1 and 10 at the ND 25

Estime inside gets 9, ran through the safety blitz

2 and 1

Another 7 yards for Estime, easy 1st down

1 and 10

Stanford safety Porter down after the run

1 and 10 at the ND 41

Estime for a short gain, Stanford blitzing DBs left and right

2 and 9

Hartman missed Flores. Good protection

3 and 9

Vs blitz, Hartman hit but delivered to Faison on the crosser. Converted

1 and 10

Counter for another big run for Estime

1 and 10

Carrying dudes for another 1st down, what a stud

A lot of wham blocks inside with Raridon and it's working

2 and 3 after another 7 yards inside for Estime

Price gets 4 to set up 1 and goal

Estime walks in on the next play

Lovely job up front

35-16 ND

Estime over 200 on the day

1 and 10 after a touchback

Tried to slip Backhmeier down the middle, but tough throw and low. DJ Brown was there. Incomplete

JJB sack after Bertrand got the initial pressure on 2nd down

3 and 13

Tough cover for Bertrand with Smith out of the backfield, got 12. QB power on the next play moves the sticks on 4th down

1 and 10

Lamson stays in at QB, look for run

Qb power out of spread gets 5

2 and 5

JJB great job staying home on the QB keep gets 0

3 and 5

Slant for 4. Man, great coverage by Hart. Nice catch

4th and 1 (and a half)

Stanford takes a timeout

ND gets a stop on 4th down

Had a good call set up, but ball was thrown behind the WR because of pressure from Marist

1 and 10

PA to Faison and sudden change touchdown

42-16 ND

Great catch by Ayomanor low and away for 11 yards

1 and 10

Sack by NaNa, JR T caused a holding call, but they'll pick it up after the sack

2 and 23

Scramble for 11 after getting flushed out by JR T

3 and 11

Nice design on the wheel to Smith, Bertand slips, but able to make a tackle short of the sticks with help from Brown

Another QB power, but I think that is short. Stuffed by ND

X Watts takes on the iso, Mills with the finish. Another great stop by the defense

Estime for 4 on 1st down

2 and 6

Carrying people for 5 on 2nd down

3 and short is converted easy

1 and 10

Love runs through a tackle and gets 5

2 and 5

Estime with another house call for 25 yards

49-16 ND

Lamson in at QB

QB sweep gets 3

2 and 7

Mickey PBU great coverage on Bachmeier

3 and 7

Lamson back in on 3rd down

Kind of dumb call by ND there vs empty knowing the personnel, draw gets the 1st

End of 3 and now it's just about young guys playing for most of the 4th Q

NaNa blows up the reverse for a TFL

2 and 16

ND got backups in now, blown coverage there and EJ Smith with a nice hurdle after the catch for a big play

2 and 10 after a drop from Bachmeier

Botelho with a nice job stopping the scramble for no gain

3 and 10

Lamson lucky to no have it picked. Gray almost had it after the WR fell

Stanford FG attempt after is blocked! JJB scoops it and stiff arms the holder on the way to the house!

Big time punctuation

56-16 ND

1 and 10 after a touchback

New QB in, Patu pressured by Onye. Incomplete

2 and 10

Rubio with a big stick on the QB, incomplete

3 and 10

Qb draw, Sneed with a big pop forces a fumble and it's recovered by Henderson

ND football

Angeli in the game with the twos on the OL

1 and 10

And a pick by him. Just a flat out miss. Greathouse sat in zone, Angeli expected him to keep going

2 and 3 after a scramble, Onye chased it down

Bowen nice trigger with a stuff

Holding on Stanford, then some nice YAC gets it into 3 and short , Qb power converts

1 and 10, drop by Ayomanor

2 and 10

Qb draw gets 0, chased out by Sneed and Onye

3 and 10

Mickey missed a tackle that would have got a stop, Stanford converts

1 and goal

Delay of game

Gray with a late hit out of bounds. no need to tackle a guy who already stepped out

Automatic 1st down and Lamson in on the next play for a TD

56-23

3 and out the first punt of the night for ND

Couple of meh series from the twos

After a stop by ND, Love bounces one for 16 yards to the Stanford 25

1 and 10

Love inside gets 5

Price with a nice hard run gets a 1st

ND taking knees to end it

Outside of the 3 early turnovers, there wasn't much drame

ND stamps the regular season with a blowout

56-23