Kickoff in about 20 minutes

Rubio dressed out, but we'll see if he plays today. Jason Onye is out, which means they could really use Rubio or will play Armel Mukam

QB Ashton Daniels is back this week after missing the VT game. He's a good runner, but has had plenty of problems turning the ball over

Can ND's offense exploit Stanford's shaky pass D? Can ND's D stay disciplined against all of the crazy stuff Troy Taylor will throw at them?

We'll find out soon enough

Go Irish!

Stanford won the toss and deferred

Kick goes out of bounds, ND gets the ball at the 35

1 and 10

Nice job working the pocket by Leonard and then Collins coming back to the football.

2 and 2

Collins drops one that hits him right in the chest, almost bobbled it right to Stanford. Yuck

3 and 2

Go right back to Collins nice stop route, 1st down

1 and 10

Leonard scramble for a 1st down, but holding on Knapp calls it back

1 and 20

21 personnel lead play with Love blocking, Price gets 3

2 and 17

Leonard way off to Greathouse on the post. He just missed it. Ball inside and it could have been big

Sack on 3rd down

Hold was the drive killer. Knapp beat on the spin by David Bailey

Horrible call on the hold after they showed the replay. There was no hold on the play.

Rendell had been great the last two weeks, but he shanked the first one today.

Stanford starts at their 37

1 and 10

Stretch play goes for 2. Kiser ran it down

2 and 8

Gray missed the tackle on Ayomanor, free access turns into a first down

1 and 10

Play-action to the flat to the TE, got about 7

2 and 4

Oben pressure, but Daniels escaped and big scramble gets them into the red zone. Shuler was spying, but missed the tackle

Gray catching on the tackle, Stanford gets 8

Daniels scrambles for the 1st again. Sneed lost contain

2 and goal at the 1

Lamson in the game at QB, stuffed by Watts and Bowen. They reviewed and it wasn't in, but

3 and goal inside the 1

That one looked like he didn't get in, but they said he did. Didn't review it

7-0 Stanford

The ACC refs are incompetent. The review officials are even worse

TFL on 1st down, but nice job by Mitchell making a guy miss and getting close to the 1st

Quick on the ball and Price converts on 3rd down

1 and 10

Inside to Price gets two. Sinclair with a great play on the stuff

2 and 8

Pin and pull, Price following Wagner's block for 6 yards

Nice job by Leonard hitting Greathouse and then some YAC. Stanford's safeties suck

Check down to Price gets 4

2 and 6

RPO slant to Mitchell converts

Outside of the one miss to Greathouse, Leonard has thrown the ball well

1 and 10

Inside zone to Price gets 3

2 and 7

Another one inside to Price, great job with the patience. Knapp fantastic job

Incomplete on 1 and goal on the RPO out to Mitchell

2 and goal at the 6

QB counter, Leonard walks in

Good response from the ND offense

7-7

Short kick muffed by the upback, but he got on the football. Stanford ball at their 30

1 and 10

Speed option, got about 3

Out to Ayomanor gets the 1st

1 and 10

Big time play by Shuler to blow up the jet sweep for a TFL

2 and 12 when they come back for the 2nd Q

7-7

2 and 12

As usual, run on 2 and long equals a good gain for the offense. 10 yards gets them to 3 and 2

Burnham with a stuff on the 3rd down

4th and 1, Stanford will go

Lamson in and they convert

1 and 10

Sack by Cross and Mills puts Stanford into 2nd and very long

TE screen gets a short gain

3 and long

Option play and Stanford got 6, decides they will go on 4th and 5ish

ND timeout

Sack by Cross ends the drive

Great job avoiding the cut

Big stop for the ND defense

1 and 10

Took a deep shot to Collins, ball was late and underthrown. They called Stanford for PI, but then picked up the flag lol

ACC! ACC! ACC!

Inside to Love gets 4

3 and medium

Wow, Leonard avoids the sack and turns it into a big 1st down scramble. Bailey giving Knapp all kinds of trouble

1 and 10

Another scramble by Leaonard turns a negative into a positive

2 and 5

Keep by Leonard makes Bailey miss, 1st down

1 and 10

Mitchell gets 4 on the out

2 and 6

Big time throw on the RPO by Leonard. Seed to Thomas for the TD. Beautiful

14-7 ND

Mitch Jeter not out there for kickoff or that last extra point

Goins in with the kickoff (touchback). Yoakam kicked the extra point

Offside on Oben and then a hold on him by the TE wipes out the play

Pressure from Hinish forces a throwaway by Daniels

2 and 10

Speed option gets 3, Kiser good job chasing it down. Young's patience allowed him time to get there

3 and 7

Stanford runs it on 3 and long, Young great job playing it

Then Young almost blocked the punt. Just missed it.

Forced a meh punt

ND ball at their 35

1 and 10

Anotehr RPO to Colins, got some good YAC but got the ball ripped right out of his hands by the Stanford CB

They are going to change this to a fumble recovered by Stanford.

Oof, Collins with a drop and now this already today

1 and 10 at the Stanford 49, it was given to Stanford

Pressure by Burnham forces a scramble and Cross tackles Daniels for short gain

Another scramble, Daniels gets 7

QB run, stuffed by ND, QB counter. Burnham great job

4 and 3

Timeout by Stanford, 3:54 left in the half

Stanford still going for it

ND confused with some personnel there. They had 12 people out there. Late sub by Stanford caused it.

Pressure by Watts on the blitz, Daniels tried to force the ball into coverage. PBU by KVA. Another big stop by the ND defense

Daniels looks like he reinjured his ankle

Love outside zone gets 4

2 and 6

Motion to empty, screen to Love and he gains big yards after the catch. 25 yards

1 and 10

Worm burner to Colins to the field

2 and 10

OMG lolololol RPO tipped by Stanford, caught by Coogan. Rumbling and stumbling for a 1st down. ND was owed some good luck with some bad calls earlier

1 and 10 at the 2 min timeout, ball in the red zone

RPO keep by Leonard, should have been a TFL. Turned it into a no gain somehow

2 and 10

Inside to Love gets maybe two

3 and long

Stanford used two timeouts to stop the clock at 1:47. Hoping to get a stop and then have a chance at another drive

Good effort by Thomas to get 8, 4th and short by Stanford safety is down after the play. His ankle did not look good

4th and short and ND is going to go for it

Inside to Love and it converts

Huge for ND because it's 1 and goal and will kill the clock for the half

RPO, Leonard to Mitchell. Another good ball and ND up two scores

21-7 ND

1:11 left after the touchback

Daniels is back on the field

1 and 10

Stuffed on 1st down. JR T first in there

2 and 10

Slant gets a 1st, but now down to under 30 seconds left after a QB draw

Watts with a pick, but BMo gets called for holding. Takes it off the board

9 seconds left

Complete over the middle, but it was a stupid play. That ended the half

The BMo hold didn't look like a hold from what we saw either

ND 21-7 at half

Of course the ACC crew turned this opening kickoff into something that had to be reviewed

Bachmeier had his foot out of bounds when he recovered the kick, so this should be illegal procedure on ND...but they screw it up and it will start at the 3 yard line

Inside for 2 on 1st down

2 and 8

Pump and go to Ayomanor and he had Gray beat, but ball was incomplete

3 and 8

Another 3rd down run for Stanford, ND was expecting pass. They get a 1st

Too much time for Daniels and he found Cisse on the scramble got to the Stanford 40

2 and 10 after a throw away that sure looked intential grounding

Incredible play by Burnham! Tipping the pitch to himself and stole it away to give ND a first down in the red zone

Two plays later Price in in the end zone. Great job up front

ND up 28-7

Touchback

1 and 10 at the 25

Inside for a nice gain, but BMo with a great job on the stretch play on 2nd down to make it 3 and 1

Lamson in and he got popped, but just converted. Rubio with some good penetration on the play

1 and 10

Toss to the field for 4

2 and 6

False start on Stanford doesn't get called, instead they allow them to call a timeout after. You can't make this stuff up with these refs

Rubio with TFL, but it was blown up by Bryce Young who forced a bad pitch

3 and 12

A white flag run call gets yard

Stanford punts

1 and 10

Deep post corner route to KK Smith. Nice bug chunk gain to start the drive

Counter to Love gets 4

3 and 6 after Leonard was a off on the curl to Thomas

Roughing the passer on Stanford gives ND an extra 15 to the converted play to KK Smith

Love. House call. 39 yards

35-7 ND

1 and 10

Scramble for Daniels gets about 7

2 and 3

Read kept by Daniels gets 4

1 and 10

Bad throw by Daniels is dropped

2 and 10

KVA with the TFL on the tunnel screen to Ayomanor

3 and long

Mills sack on the T-E stunt. Great job finishing

Another punt for Stanford

TFL on first down, Price

Stanford still selling out to stop the run

Deep ball to Collins on 2nd and 12. Bust by Stanford. 53 yard gain

2 and 10 after Price got zero

Price with good job after contact gets 8

3 and 2

Easy walk in TD to Raridon on the RPO in the flat

42-7

Lamson in at QB now for Stanford

Couple of runs sets up 3 and 1, got a lot of twos in the game right now for ND

False start makes it 3 and 6

That's the end of 3

Going to be a lot of young guys finishing this game for ND

They are suspending play due to weather at the start of the 4th Q

If any game should be called when this happens, it should be this one

I'm being forced to watch this on stream now with the game being cutoff on NBC

Stay tuned for the post-game show and my instant reaction