About 10 minutes away from kickoff

Another MAC opponent with a good defense, but a much different matchup.

Everything should favor ND, but have to go out and execute

My guess is we'll see a lot of Leonard running the ball early on and the defense will be ready from the jump

Go Irish!

ND won the toss and deferred

1 and 10 at the 25

RPO out to field gets about 7

2 and 3

Empty and was looking for the back on a go, covered well by Shuler. Ball thrown away

3 and 3

Same deal motion to empty, Shuler late to get up in man. Took the easy hitch for the 1st

1 and 10

LT and LG got bullied back into Gabbert. Ball came out and mad scramble for the ball, huge loss for M(OH)

3 and 12

Watts great job anticipation the route, incomplete

Punt muffed by Faison, player was in tight and he just dropped it

1 and 10 at ND's 26

Tried to take a shot at Gray, good coverage, but was not in phase. Throw wasn't great

Cade McDonald hit over the middle for 21. They tried to brack him, but Gabbert great throw in tight.

1 and goal at the 5

Gray jumped it and should have picked it, but ball popped up in the air and JR Tuihalamaka with the pick!

Gotta get the heart racing on the first drive haha

ND ball inside their 10

Love on the outside zone, cuts it back in for two

2 and 8

Pendleton flinched

2 and 11

Inside to Love gets about 7

3 and medium

MOH brought six, nothing open so Leonard had to step up and get one yard

Rendell comes out and booms one. Easily his best punt of the year. 53 yards in the air and fair caught at the Miami 37

First run of the game for Miami, two yards inside

2 and 8

Gray misses the tackle. Bad angle. Sideline is your friend. Missed inside and a 1st down

False start for Miami after a positive run on 1st down sets them back to 2nd and long

2 and 8

Boubacar didn't close it down on the read, first down run for Miami

3 and 2 and MOH calls a timeout

This is an area of the field where they will go for it if they don't get it

Tried to sneak it out to the back and JR T peels and picks up the back for a TFL. Couple of huge plays from him early one

4 and 6 and Miami takes another timeout

Tried to motion the back out vs Shuler again, incomplete on the back shoulder. A lot of jersey there for Shuler, but no call

ND gets a big stop

Took a shot to Evans down the field and PI. It's a good call

1 and 10 at the MOH 49

Price for 15 over the left side. Pendleton nice job moving his guy

1 and 10

Leonard off to Mitchell on the sprint out. Should have been an easy completion. Too high

2 and 10

Empty and Leonard missed another easy one on the rollout to Flanagan. If he hits him it's a big chance for YAC

3 and 10

Holding on Pendleton, Leonard scrambled for 8 but taken off the board

3 and 20

Leonard hits Greathouse underneathto give them a shot at a FG

Bad snap and didn't get a shot to kick it. Lucky to throw it away and avoid something much worse

WOOF

Leonard with a gross start

MOH inside zone gets 2

2 and 8

JR T with pressure, but bad rush lane inside from Hinish. Scramble for a 1st by Gabbert

1 and 10

Stretch to the boundary gets 20 yards. Bad job by Shuler there with his angle gets blocked inside

Miami back inside the ND 30

End of 1st Q and it might be 0-0, but Marcus Freeman's team looks shaken

Took a shot to end zone and Mickey was beat, but got back to break it up.

2 and 10

There you go again with ND giving up a 2nd and long run. Another 1st down

Slant vs Heard gets them to 1 and goal

Incomplete on the jump ball to the boundary

2 and goal, flag on MOH. False start

2 and goal from the 12

Great job by Clark making the tackle on the out for a gain of 4

3 and goal from the 8

BMo breaks up the fade. Great job

ND holds them to a 3

3-0 MOH

Reverse on the KOR to Jeremiyah Love, but block in the back takes away a big return. Not going great for Marty Biagi toay

1 and 10

Keep by Leonard gets about 4

2 and 6

TFL for MOH, Brian Ugwu beats Raridon off the ball.

Back to 3 and 10

Draw to Love gets a few

3 and out

Big punt by Rendell, missed tackle and it's a decent return. Miami takes over at their 47

Pressure by KVA on the blitz

Good coverage by Heard on McDonald. He was hurt on that play

2 and 10

Cross with a big sack. Woo, did ND need that right now. Won with a nice push-pull

3 and 12

Illegal substitution puts them back another 5

3 and 18

Run it just to avoid a mistake and good stop for the ND defense

Fair catch by Faison at the 12

1 and 10

9 on the left side to Price

2 and short

Thomas gets forward progress on the hitch. 1st down

1 and 10

Inside to Price and ND getting a ton of movement up front. 8 yards

2 and 2

Quick out to Evans, first down

1 and 10

Free play when MOH jumped, took a shot to Faison. Blatant PI. ND will get a free 15

1 and 10

Tunnel screen to Love, but read well by MOH. Incomplete

2 and 10

Flag on the play after a TFL, but a facemask on MOH gives ND a 1st down. It was a bad one

1 and 10

Love spin move is nasty, he turns a small hole into 9 yards

2 and 1

Pitch and catch to Harrison gets the 1st

1 and 10

Leonard keep gets 5, made the edge miss

2 and 5

Slant to Thomas gets another first. Not a great ball, but a great catch

1 and goal at the 8

Leonard keeps and scores. Made two guys miss

ND had 11 plays on the first three drives. That was a 10 play drive for a TD

7-3 ND

Stack release pick well run by MOH. 1st down

Took a shot to the field on the next play, Mickey good coverage

2 and 10

MOH calls a timeout as they were a bit disorganized

Check to a run gets MOH into 3rd and medium

Took a hole shot vs cover, Shuler got there to disrupt the catch. It was a good ball by Gabbert

False start by MOH

Faison fair catch with 2:01 to go in the half

Inside to Love gets 8

Two minute timeout

Will be 2 and 2 when they come back

Ugh, just a horrible throw to Evans to the boundary. Should have been an easy hitch

Leonard big run on 3rd and 2 gets ND near midfield

2 and 10 after the comeback to Mitchell

That was a really nice ball by Leonard. Finally a good one on an intermediate throw to Mitchell

1st and 10

Deep ball?! On the money deep ball?! Collins in stride for 6

To say Leonard and ND needed that would be an understatement

14-3 ND

Traore hustle sack when Gabbert tried to scramble.

ND timeout with 59 seconds left

Traore pressure on the stunt forces the throwaway

3 and 11

Gabbert pressured again and had to throw it away again

ND gets a stop and Shuler gets an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. A stupid play by him. Toss it to the MOH sideline. After ND got a stop and would have had a shot to put up more points

Run by MOH and another timeout

2 and 5

Gabbert scrambles for a 1st, but the clock is down to 12 seconds after he throws it away. 10 second run off is added to an intentional grounding call. 2 seconds left and it will run out

ND up 14-3

A rough start to say the least, but a good finish other than the really dumb Shuler play

Touchback

1 and 10 at the 25

IZ for 3

Check down to Love on 2 and 7. He turns a couple of yards into 9

1 and 10

Empty, hit Raridon on the hitch for 6

2 and 4

Leonard with a big run, but loose with the ball and ND couldn't recover it.

MOH football

1 and 10

3 yards inside

2 and 7

A wheel turns into a comeback to McDonald. Gets 6. No YAC

3 and short

Huge stop by Sneed with the tackle short of the sticks

3 and out after a turnover. ND defense stays sharp

Punt rolls to the ND 26

Stretch for zero to Price

2 and 10

Out to Collins for 5

3 and 5

Nice job by Leonard working through his progressions and delivering to MItchell for a 1st

Low snap, Leonard managed to save it, but ony a gain of 1 to Price

Ugwu sack, coverage sack. Just kept going

3 and 14

Short gain to Collins on 3rd down and ND will have to punt

Rendell not a deep punt, but fair catch at the 17. Illegal formation on ND, 5 free yards for MOH

1 and 10 at the 22 when they come back

1 and 10

Deep ball picked by Gray! Was beat but caught back up enough to pick it

ND ball at their 40

Love inside gets 6. ND has been moving them with the inside run game. It's when they go stretch that they've struggled

Pressure from MOH, Leonard is able to escape and get the 1st

1 and 10

QB draw gets about 5

2 and 5

Mitchell deep on the post and he was tackled. PI on MOH

That's a couple of PIs on deep ball for ND in additon to the Collins tuddy

1 and 10

Love inside gets a few

Tried to the slot fade to Harrison and it was a bit underthrown, Harrison almost Mossed the safety. Couldn't hold on to it

Nice design vs man to Harrison gets a 1st. Clear out by Evans on the rub route

1 and 10

Love gets it into the end zone, but fumbles. They ruled it broke the plane before the ball was knocked out. But the ball was out and it was recovered by Wagner

They still credited it to Love, but who cares. It's a touchdown and ND up 18

21-3

Jeter boots it throug the end zone

1 and 10

IZ gets 2

2 and 8

JR T beat the LT clean and hit Gabbert as he threw. Onye and Cross won as well. Incomplete

3 and 8

Looked like ND got a stop on 3rd down, Gabbert hit as he threw again. Heard called for PI, though. Hand was around the back of the TE

1 and 10

PA to the TE, Kiser on top of it. Got 5

Watts with a PBU great job on the slot

3 and 5

Heat was coming, Gabbert had to get rid of it. Way off on the out

ND fair catch at the 22

Pop pass sweep to Harrison gets a short gain

2 and 8

Price gets 9 inside. Great reach block by Spindler

1 and 10

False start on Pendleton. 3rd penalty on him today

1 and 15

Nice ball on the RPO slant to Collins. Good ball

Evans makes a guy miss to get a 1st. Leonard good job getting the ball out quick vs the blitz

Next play Leonard missed the layup to Evans.

Took another shot to Collin and it was a good ball, but Collins couldn't bring it in

3 and long when they come back for the 4th Q. Ball at the ND 46

21-3 ND

Leonard missed Collins over the middle. Ball was behind him. The right read just missed it

Rendell a good punt fair caught at the 10

Stuffed on 1st. Mills

2 and 10

Caught ND with a run for 11 there.

Couple of more runs gets a 1st, but Miami already running a couple of minutes off this clock in the 4th. Not a recipe for a comeback

2 and 10 after they tried a wheel stop that was well covered by Shuler

Screen to McDonald gets 9

3 and short

PA in the flat to the TE gets a 1st

What is MOH doing here? They have chewed up six minutes of clock when they are down 18 in the 4th quarter

Finally they take a shot and Mickey is called for PI.

Ball at the ND 19

RPO way off because of pressure by Onye

2 and 10

Blitz forces an incompletion. Bowen all over the TE

3 and 10

Drayk Bowen Green Dog sack and so much for the drive that Jason Garrett loved

4th and forever now and FG is blocked by Bryce Young

ND football and about 7 minutes off the clock essentially ended the game for MOH

Love inside to 10 yards to start this drive

Leonard keep gets about 6

2 and 4

Love inside gets maybe a couple

3 and 2

Qb lead and MOH with a nice stop. About a yard short

ND is going to go on 4 and 1

Leonard breaks free for a house call

50 to the crib and goodnight Irene

28-3 ND

Stuffed inside on 1st down

New QB in the game. Henry Hesson

2 and 10

Short gain on 2nd down

3 and long

Karson Hobbs great job reading the QB and almost comes up with a pick. Couldn't come down with it, but made the play

Angeli in the game and complete the comeback to Colzie for a 1st down

Great job escaping the rush on 1st down, tried to hit KK Smith on the sideline and it was a drop. Great ball

2 and 10

Ford with a nice hard run for 5 to take it to 2 minutes

3 and medium when they come back

Angeli off on the sprint out throw to Harrison, but roughing the passer on MOH

ND running it out here

Incredibly sloppy start for ND. Some key mistakes, but the defense carried them through the struggles and the offense eventually made some important progress.

28-3 the final. See you for the post-game show