In the Bend today for ND-Louisville

Kickoff in about 30 minutes. An extremely regular atmosphere for this matchup on top-20 teams. Louisville actually returned part of their allotment of tickets for this game.

WR Caullin Lacy is in for Louisville (but has not been hit yet since he broke his collarbone)

CB Quincy Riley is out, he's their best corner and maybe the best CB ND would have played this year

Josh Burnham is back in pads, but was running with the threes in warmups with a heavily taped ankle. Would assume that he won't play a huge role today

It just started to rain. We'll see if it lasts

See you back at kickoff

Go Irish!

Louisville won the toss and deferred

Line drive kick to Ford, he returned it and got popped. Fumbled the ball. Louisville recovered

1 and 10 at the ND 24

Toss to the boundary for 4. BMo with the tackle

2 and 6

12 men breaking the huddle takes them back 5

2 and 11

Motioned out the back and ran a rub route to get him open in the flat. 15 yard gain

1 and goal at the 10

Throback screen to the back off of play-action. Brohm already in his bag

7-0 Great ball and catch.

1 and 10 at the 25

Screen to Faison for 4

2 and 6

QB counter for 9. Close to that breaking for a long one. Had everyone in the box on that play

1 and 10

IZ to Love for 5

2 and 5

Leonard great job buying time off play-action, CB thought he was running and ran up. Leonard hits Greathouse for a big play

2 and 1 after a Love 9 yard gain

Tried to play-action and had to get it out to Love because of pressure. Loss of 2

Collins drop on 3rd down. Oof. Ball was there for him to convert

Roll left on 4th down and Leonard hits the out to Thomas to convert

1 and 10 at the 26

Good job by Leonard checking to a sprint out to. Got 5

Leonard keep gets them to 3 and 2

QB lead and Leonard converts for 12

1 and goal at the 6

Lead zone with Evans leading the way for a Love TD

Awesome response by the ND offense. Heck of a drive by Leonard

7-7

Louisville returner bobbles the return and then fumbles. No fumble luck for the Irish. Louisville recovers

1 and 10 at the Louisville 7

Huge play for Louisville with the QB keeping it, but Leonard Moore causes another fumble. Recovered by Jaiden Ausberry and ND football at their 46

Leonard keeps and gains 4

2 and 6

Price got the edge and gets 16. Gret job by the left side of the line on the double

1 and 10 at the 35

Inside on the RPO give to Price. Stuffed. Evans to the flat will be there later

Leonard with a shot to Greathouse for six

Single high look from Louisville and Leonard had his choice of Collins or Greathouse.

ND 14-7

Mitch Jeter touchback

1 and 10 at the 25

Toss for 20, No crack call from Watts

Clark with a big pop on the WR on 1 and 10

2 and 9

Tried BMO deep and incomplete

3 and long

Big pop by Shuler on the speed option. ND gets their first stop of the game

Bad snap by Louisville, ball recovered by Kennedy Urlacher at the 4

Leonard in for a touchdown on the keep

The first quarter isn't over and this game already has everything.

21-7 ND

Great tackle Max Hurleman on the kickoff

Boubacar from the backside makes a TFL

2 and 11

PA to Brooks, BMo stumbled after his jam. Lost his footing and gave up a 27 yard gain

1 and 10 at the 45

Inside for a few

2 and 6

Traore down on the field. Immediately grabbed his left leg. Looked like a non-contact knee. That is brutal for ND

ND currently down their two 3 edges if Traore is out (Burnham has not played yet)

Toss and ND played it better, but Watts missed the tackle and they got a 1st

1 and 10

Sneed big time close, rollout and nothing was open. Sneed closed on Shough on a hurry

It will be 2 and 11 when they come back for the 2nd Q

21-7 ND

2 and 11

Inside give gets 3

3 and 8

Shuler smoked Shough on the blitz. Still almost got it to Redman after it went through the hands of the intended receiver

Another stop for ND

Hurleman hit on the fair catch, but no flag on the play. Ref right there and nothing

1 and 10

Price fumbled inside ND's 10-yard line

Wasn't even a big punch out. Just lost it after the guy wrapped

Louisville ball 1 and goal at the 9

Clark great close on the out to Lacy. Gain of 3

2 and goal

Great job by RJ Oben not letting the back get the edge

3 and goal at the 5

Shough with a big time throw rolling to his left across his body to Brooks. Touchdown. Got absolutely rocked by Bowen and still made the throw

They are reviewing for targeting. It's close to helmet to chin, but tough to say. Not sure how they will call it

They say no targeting, but it's still a touchdown

21-14 ND

Harrison with a nice return for the 29

1 and 10

Leonard avoids a sack and gets a DL landing right on his left shoulder

He's down on the field

Walking off on his own. Helmet off, but I think he'll be back. The hit was late by the DL

Angeli in the game on 2 and 8

Inside to Love gets a couple

Leonard back in

3 and 6

Louisville player is down on the field. It's LB TJ Quinn

Hold on the slot fade. More like a tackle on Jayden Harrison. Also a roughing the passer call coming on Louisville

15 yards and a 1st

Gillotte hit Leonard's face mask

1 and 10

Blitz by Louisville and great job by Leonard to escape and throw the ball away

2 and 10

Collins with his second drop of the game. Behind him, but he didn't make a good effort to get to the ball.

Crosser to Evans on 3rd down only gets 5

Rendell punt great job, coverage makes the tackle at the Louisville 5

1 and 10 at the 5 for Louisville

Big run for 27 gets them out of a hole. ND with Young, JR T, Hinish, and Ony in at DL on this drive.

Sneed got pulled right after that first play for Bowen

Stuff for ND on 1st down

2 and 12

Check down gets 8

3 and medium

They run it for and breakthrough 12

1 and 10 at midfield

Young with some pressure, escape by Shough. He is balling. Gets a 4 yard gain out of what could have been a sack

2 and 6

Bowen on the blitz TFL. Big time play

3 and long

Wow, wild sequence. Brooks bobbles it right into the hands of X Watts for a pick. Huge swing.

ND ball at the LOU 36

1 and 10

Swing screen to Love gets about 6. That was well executed

Awesome jump cut gets four. Just short of the sticks

3 and inches

TFL. Surprised they didn't go Qb power.

Jeter in for a 48-yard attempt

Kick is good

ND 24-14

Mills has not been in the game the last two series

Another running first dow for Louisville, Play-action, found a big play down the sideline to get them to the ND 36

Two minute timeout

1 and 10 at the 36

Brown a ton of yards after contact and gets 8

2 and 2

JR T with a nice job getting a stuff, but they convert on 3 and short

Onye pressure forces the ball out incomplete

2 and 10

PA, pressure from KVA forces a throwaway

3 and 10

Crosser gets 9 and LOU is going on 4th and short

Unbalanced look and they run option to the opposite side. KVA almost makes the play, but does enough to slow up the back and X Watts and Hinish finishes it

Ball is short of the sticks. ND huge stop

They run the ball out with one play and go into half up 10

A lot happened lol

Touchback

1 and 10

Mills stuff, great job by Cross inside

2 and 10

Incomplete to the boundar. Threw it away. Had Clark blitzing

3 and 10

Pressure from Loghan Thomas and Sneed. Sneed caused a hold. Incomplete so they decline

3 and out to start for ND

1 and 10

Screen to Collins called back because of Evans hold. It was a bad job by Collins. He needed to run it inside and then there wouldn't have been a hold and he could have maybe scored

1 and 15

Another flag, block in the back by Mitchell

1 and 25

Check down to Love, for a loss of 5

2 and 30

Toss to Aneyas gets 12

LB Stanquan Clark down on the field after the play

3 and 18

Took a shot to Collins. He got caught up with the coverage

Incomplete and ND will punt

Low roller that goes down at the LOU 15. 48 yard punt

Clark blew up the screen to Lacy. TFL. Awesome play

2 and 13

Empty

PA with the jet action, seam ball to the TE for a big play

BMo down on the field after the play

Clark move outside, Heard in at nickel

2 and 5

Inside for 3

3 and 2

Heard with great play to break up the pass. Pressure by Young on the play

LOU going for it. Big mixup and had to call a timeout

4 and 2

Blitz by Watts forces the ball out. Another PBU by Heard and ND gets the football in LOU territory

1 and 10 at the 48

Roll to the right, Leonard just too short on the out to Faison

2 and 10

IZ to Love gets 4

3 and 6

Tried to roll right, Gillotte blew up Rocco. Forced the ball out

ND has to punt

Good punt. Fair catch at the 8

Stuff by KVA and Bowen

2 and 8

Unsportmanlike on Clark gives LOU a free 15

Dumb play

Jet to Lacy, gets nothing. Shuler with the tackle

2 and long

Great tackle by Ausberry on the back. Check down for 2

3 and 7

Lacy with an insane one handed catch for 34 yards. Tip your cap, what a throw and catch

2 and 8

Offsetting penatlies, both for PI

KVA dipped under the block from the back on PA. Sack

Flags on 3 and long

BMo just ran back onto the sideline

3 and very long

Incomplete and another big stop for ND defense

Fair catch at the ND 15

1 and 10

LOU too many men on the field. A really boneheaded move considering ND was getting their. personnel figured out too

Stuffed. ND isn't getting nothing in the running game at the moment. Gillotte has been a problem

Faison screen, spins out of a tackle to get a 1st

He's down at the end of the play, though. Ankle again for him. ND decimated by injuries

1 and 10

Inside to Love almost broke through, but got 3

2 and 7

False start on Rocco

2 and 12

Leonard gets 8 to give them a shot in 3rd and medium

Complete to Greathouse gets 4. 4 and inches, Leonard QB lead gets 4

1 and 10

Swing screen to Love, TFL. Greathouse missed his block

End of 3

ND 24-14

Empty, rolls right and hits Evans for six

3 and 7

Snuck in a zone lead, got 5

ND going for it on 4th and 2

Run QB lead and was short by inches

Turnover on downs

1 and 10 at the LOU 44

Inside for 5

2 and 5

PA shot, Hinish pressure forces the throw away

3 and 5

Too much time for Shough. Rush 4 and Shough got out of the pocket, found a guy for 9

RPO to Brooks, Moore nice job. 3 yards

2 and 7

Clark was beat, but caught up and broke up the shot

3 and 7

BMO blitz and forced a fumble, scooped up by Loghan Thomas and he scores

They are reviewing it to see if it's a forward pass. It's close. They rule the ball was moving forward so TD is taken off the board

LOU now going to attempt a 56 yard FG

The kick is good

10 point swing there

24-17 ND

Ball kicked out of the end zone

1 and 10 at the 25

Rocco jumps on the stem by the DL

1 and 15

Leonard QB counter gets 6

2 and 9

Evans in the flat gets 3

3 and 6

Big call by Denbrock, fake the screen, slip Harrison out for a big gain. 36 yards

LOU safety Hutchison hurt on the tackle

1 and 10

Love inside gets 5

Hello? It's a touchdown calling. Denbrock dialled up a screen to Love for six

ND now up two scores

31-17