Notre Dame vs. Clemson Full Game Replay | 2023 ACC Football

scheduling agreement with the Atlanta Coast Conference that dates back to 2014 Clemson won the toss and deferred Notre Dame will receive the opening kickoff and it's jarian price back deep who signals for a fair catch you mentioned a lot of injuries for Clemson with more on that we say hello to Molly mcgr well Sean it's just one of those years for Clemson head coach Davos Sweeney pointed out there are 10 injured players out today who would have started or contributed significantly in this game headlined by running back will Shipley who's out in day to-day with the concussion sustained last week left guard Marcus Tate suffered a season ending knee injury in practice this week and a depleted secondary suffers another blow veteran safety Jaylen Phillips out with a shoulder injury that he's been battling for some time now the players tell us right now they're just playing for pride guys it's Sam Hartman at quarterback for Notre Dame HRI EST the running back on of the best in the country in that front for Clemson ready form it's the true freshman Peter woods with the stop we expect to see a lot of young players on defense against Sam Hartman in his first and only season at Notre Dame after five at Wake Forest having a very good year five interceptions they all came in two games three in their loss at Louisville 2 last week and their 58 to7 win against Pittsburgh they go to the pistol Hartman was 0 and four as a starting quarterback against Clemson his week Forest teams were 0 and five how about that run by us a couple of leaps over tacklers and he's all the way out to the 49 yd line and just a great job too by the offensive line look at the polling guard and Tackle there Pat cougan the guard Joe Al the outstanding tackle kicking out the the right side of that Clemson defensive line and how about the Hurdle from es up and over the top for a big back my goodness man he's got all the moves he has power and speed he told us yesterday he's a great dancer cuz he has good [Applause] hips Flags before the snap of the ball Adam savvo is the referee going to be a false start against the Irish false start offense not all 11 players were set to the snap five y penalty it's first down Marcus Freeman's in his second year as head coach at Notre Dame they believe if they win out they will be heading to a New Year's six bowl hard to imagine they wouldn't be they're seven and two right now and that win against Clemson is the highest ranked opponent against which Freeman has led the Irish to Victory they were number five last year and they went to South band and lost to the Irish they were 8 and0 and Clemson is seven and seven since here's es again all the way inside the 30 yd line of Clemson run down by Andrew makuba the safety 26 more for estimate just a great match up of good verse good the defensive line for Clemson has been outstanding all season long but this Notre Dame offensive line has really progressed these last few weeks Joe Alit terrific left tackle and the guards are continuing to get more experience they get ESE on the edge for another nice game they believe they have the best tandem of tackles in Joe Al the left tackle and Blake fiser the right tackle in the country the guards are first year starters and as you said Greg they've really come on as the year's gone along jadarian price the ball carrier stopped by Tyler Davis veteran member of that defensive front the Clemson defense has played well holding opponents to 21 points per game despite the fact that the offense has put them in difficult situations over and over and over again by virtue of the turnovers they have a lot of really talented young pieces too and here down the stretch they'll be able to really assess what they had with some of the Freshman playing pivotal roles on defense second and seven sent out wide by Harman and Bar Chris Tyrie Andrew makuba the very talented Junior safety from Austin Texas dropped it for a loss of three and the throw from Hartman just a little bit off the mark you see him throw to Tyree who has to adjust his body and takes his momentum backwards and makuba goes up and makes an outstanding tackle third down and 10 they are in field goal range for Spencer Sher is a huge leg Jabron py has come on the field and running back now for the Irish he gets the carry lowers his head got chopped down well short of the first down at the 25 yd line by kylin Griffin another true freshman who'll see more action due to those injuries delineated by Molly he hasn't even played a snap in the last three games but he's out there to start today so here's Sher there is zero Breeze to speak of this will be a 43 yard Tri 10 out of 15 in his first year at Notre Dame after four at South Florida Bryce mcferson the punter is the holder and that one is good that one almost landed in green zone three points on the opening possession for Notre Dame it'll be K Kick's turn on offense we in 2015 an epic game played in Hurricane walk a torrential rain throughout a two-point Clemson Victory really changed the trajectory of the program according to dabos Sweeny the kickoff from shers a Touchback so here comes Clemson for the first time on offense led by the sophomore from Austin Texas Kade kumnick just turned 20 years old last month 64% 243 yds per game passing he's also an effective Runner the problem on their offense has been turnovers they've lost 15 including 10 fumbles only Nebraska has lost more fumbles Nationwide Phil mafa you'll see the bulk of the ball carrying today without will Shipley and he ran into JT bertran the linebacker the leading tackler for Notre Dame obviously you never want to be without will Shipley but Phil mafa and the running back group as a whole they feel like that's one of their deeper position groups and mafa while not necessarily the Home Run hitting ability that Shipley has very patient Runner and difficult to bring down as he hits the hole averages six yards per carry he got 10 on the first one he gets five on that one 61230 is mafa there's Shipley on the sidelines they're leading rusher their fifth leading receiver their leading kickoff return man guy who helps Clemson in so many ways but suffered a concussion last week in their loss at NC State and still not able to [Applause] go split mafa out wide and the throw over the middle is incomplete off the hands of Troy Stato then he got swung around for a while by Bertrand and some in the crowd didn't like that it's a very good Notre Dame defense giving up just 15.3 points per game that is 10th in the country their second year under the coordinator Al golden came in wanting to play better red zone defense get more takeaways defend the long pass better than they did a year ago and they've done all of that very [Applause] well third down and five off his back foot fnck throws it up for grab Stan trying to turn to the ball goes down cam Hart had the coverage there's Al golden who's done a tremendous job with this Notre Dame defense Kate kumnick sees press coverage one-on-one to the outside unfortunately the throw is just a little bit under thrown and behind stat who's trying to adjust but can't quite stay upright long enough to track that ball down just a little off the mark from cnick Aiden Swanson is their [Applause] putter Tyree back Fort he brought a punt back for a touchdown last week against pit 82 yds it was a magnificent return broke many tackles good job by Swanson it's out of Bounds at the 14 a 46- yd Punt and no return well there are the numbers we talked about for Sam Hartman who played well against Clemson our group did that game last year in Winston Salem and it was a shootout but he's well aware of that 0 and4 record he said we visited yesterday my parents live in Charleston now in South Carolina there's surrounded by Clemson fans and I don't want them to continue to hear about the fact their son is never defeated the Clemson Tigers it's a personal one for sure Andre EST had a big opening drive and he starts this one with a run of about eight Barett Carter made the tackle ese averages 100 yards per game on the ground and he's on a pace to blow by that with 57 already on four carries I'm so impressed with audre estim early in his career this the big body back more of a thumper my goodness he's got so much more patient has terrific top speed and has really rounded himself into a well-rounded back that can also be a factor in the passing game it's 99 yds for a th yd season they were ready for him that time he got St up at the line of scrimmage by Damonte capart man and you'll see capart working right against Zeke Carell the center and he just walks him right back as capart big body at 320 lbs an excellent run stopper and he shows it off right there with the power and strength inside loss of [Applause] two seven minutes gone by three nothing Irish third down and four Hardman wrapped up Jeremiah troter the linebacker on a blitz his dad the man and he mimicked that celebration and Jabron Payne is just stepping right up to take on the linebacker troter but look at the wiggle as trod kind of shifts his body inside goes right around Jabron Payne it's an excellent rush and just a bad Miss there by the back 8 yd sack 19th sack of the year for the Clemson defense that's down from what it typically would be Line Drive punt by mcferson and hit greaten escaped and made it to the N name 40 yd line looked like it was going to be no yards on the return instead it was 16 on a 44 yd punch one of the great traditions in college football the Tigers running down the hill on to the field their student section competing to be the Taco Bell Liv M student section of the Year download the Taco Bell app to learn more despite the 4 and four record these fans still in good voice here in the early afternoon and Green's longest career punt return 16 yds has the tigers at the Notre Dame 41 it's an Irish Blitz mafa ran right by it fell mafa [Applause] touchdown [Music] [Applause] [Music] the extra point good by Jonathan weit MAA his seventh rushing touchdown of the year and you'll see the motion slides Maris lefau inside and then DJ Brown on the safety pressure to the outside he goes way too wide Alpha steps right inside of him breaks it to the outside and showcases some of that speed that reference that he's not really the home run hitter he's really more of a six seven yards in a cloud of dust type of back but right there getting out in the open field and paying off the poor run fit from Notre Dame's defense there's Molly well Sean will Shipley's absence isn't just felt on the field but on the sideline he's the heartbeat of the team brings an infectious energy and Phil mafa has bowed to fill that void in leadership he told us his goal for this game is to play with physicality and enthusiasm he wants to Rally the team to fight no matter their record he said he's playing for pride and you can see his leadership on the sidelines he's been encouraging his o line telling his teammates they can't stop us guys all right Molly thank you one of the longest runs of maf's career Robert gun the kickoff and it's a Touchback here's Kevin the Gandhi show on time now for our All State good hands play of the day booger big wide open five teams tied at the Top Texas Kansas state two of those teams and Malik mury to ad Mitchell yeah when you got a Young quarterback here throw the go route ad Mitchell one of the best in the country touchdown Horn Texas up seven nothing right now the way things are going at Clemson we hope Tyler's happy back to you Sean all right Kevin thank you Jeremiah love as the running back for the Irish on first down Sam Hartman looks that love in the flat now throws deeper and an excellent attempt to make a diving catch by jayen great house for the most part the Irish healthy they are without Mitchell Evans the excellent tight end who actually is their leading receiver for the year with 29 catches he went out for the year last week with an ACL injury against Pittsburgh that's a massive loss too the go-to guy for Sam Hartman Evans has been Mo so dependable on third down especially so his absence clearly felt by the Irish offense out to the pistol with love The Talented freshman still the running back and they stopped the play before the snap for a timeout prior to the snap timeout cenon their first 30 seconds the Tigers lead 7 to3 648 to go in the first quarter here in Clemson South Carolina now it's only the third time Notre Dame has ever played [Applause] here that's a tough one I'm going to guess it's something in the 70s I'm going to go Joe Montana is that really a guess or did you cheat I did not cheat I promise if you read The Game notes from either team and I assume that you did being the studious sort that you are it was all over the notes Jeremiah L the ball carrier two possessions in a row right now without estimate well here is the answer to the afflac trivia question and let it be known that I did say afflac and the answer is Joe Montana first meeting ever between these two schools 1976 Avon Terell moment ago kylin Griffin's already made a play in this game TJ Parker defensive end is terrific and in time I would imagine we'll hear AJ Hoffer's name as well at defensive end Bry mcferson beautiful punt high and deep drives green back to the 17 yd line and green brought it back to the 24 the solid job as the punt returner they without Antonio Williams as they've been for much of the Year stay tuned to ABC more great college football action today last edition of bedum at least for a while 3:30 n ranked Oklahoma number 22 Oklahoma State 730 a huge tilt out in the Pack 12 number five Washington and 20th ranked USC kale Williams the Rainy Heisman Trophy winner and the Michael penck Junior quarterback in Washington many he believe he's the front runner to win that prestigious award this year it' be hard to push back on that that's the best quarterback match up of the weekend clck gave it to mafa Riley Mills made the tackle to gain of two has to be so encouraging for offensive coordinator Garrett Riley to see the offensive line for Clemson a group that's been much maligned very very average all season long have been without some pieces with Walker Parks Marcus Tate the left guard is out today so they're getting some push against is a formidable front lck quick throw out wide to Tyler Brown for a gain of four he's banged up but playing through it another true freshman Adam Randle par me sophomore big Target Garrett Riley offensive coordinator said yesterday they'd like to get him more involved he was highly [Applause] recruited has it really lived up to the hype coming in third down and [Applause] four M Dame showing Blitz they bring pressure and the pass incomplete intended again for Randall and broken up by Benjamin Morrison the sophomore cornerback freshman All-American a year ago yeah had an incredible game against Clemson last year a couple picks you see the break on the slant how quickly he gets there and closes that initial separation swats the right arm in and breaks the pass up that's a great pass break up by Morrison here's Tyrie CH Tyre back for the punt from Swanson and another good punt oh it's moed by Tyree and Clemson has it at the 22 yard line the Snapper Philip Lorenzo wound up with the [Applause] [Music] ball Tyrie one of the best players on the Irish team gets a little bit off guard looks as if the ball hits the bottom of his face mask as he's trying to Corral it Davos Sweeney loving what he's seeing because these are the mistakes that his team has been making these last few weeks and now excellent starting field position for Kate kick in the Clemson offense no to D brilliant on special teams Tyrie perhaps bothered by looking into the very bright Sun here in the early afternoon great field position they're at the 22 mafa running behind the patchwork offensive line seven yd gain they can continue running the football like this they won't be able to put too much pressure on Kate kumnick but the Red Zone woses have been significant got to continue to create seams in the Run game because these windows have been small and clubic struggled given TI kumnick over the middle and it is incomplete and almost intercepted by Xavier Watts he was trying to get it to save genis a tight end and Watts who already leads the nation with six interceptions nearly had number seven he's had two in each of the last two games first Notre Dame player ever with multiple interceptions in back-to-back games he's been terrific guy that was a converted wide receiver still has the receiver hands but has unbelievable instincts for a guy that hasn't been playing safety very long third down and three here's mafa the lers will blow to Morrison and picks up the first down first and goal at the nine couple times now Maris Le has been in position to make a play but mafa showcasing the strength as this time he breaks through the arm tackle of leaf and finishes over the top of Morrison convert on Third and short 71 yds rushing for mafa showing Nifty footwork as he works his way to the 4yd line the average is 55 yds per game of Shipley's backup and he's already passed that number here in the first quarter he's averaging 11 yds per carry the past Garrett Riley's gotone with some Zone read Concepts down here giving freedom to Cade clck to read the end man on the line of scrimmage because of some of their miscues and fum they've kind of drifted away from those and have been a little more predictable with the downhill run game like quarterback draw down here as well clck waving frantically and they finally use a timeout after all the [Music] histrionics seconds well Clemson's offense one of the worst in the country in the Red Zone Notre named defense second in red zone defense their opponents scoring whether it's a touchdown or a field goal just 64% of the time only Michigan is better in that stat and we talked about the Improvement of the Notre Dame defense last year they were 129th in red zone defense a remarkable turnaround it's been a terrific terrific turn around a lot of it has to do with how they've played in the front seven defensively they've always at least the last handful of years they've had great perimeter weapons being able to the play Man coverage as those windows get a little tighter but so far today in a matchup that I think most people thought would be dominated by the Notre Dame defensive line is actually being won by a makeshift Clemson offensive line at least to this point includes the true freshman Harris Su at Right Guard mafa off the direct snap a one yd gain and that's all without Marcus Tate who started every game at left guard this season hurt during the week as Molly said so Chan Howard to backup steps in there Tristan Lee is the starter left tackle he's also started a guard putham is the center he's been a stalwart has is the right tackle Miller and it's the Freshman Su at Right Guard on Third and goal bring School here in the slot man cover that's you want ah hit they look in his Direction they fire in his Direction and the ball came came out for a moment the crowd thought it was a touchdown there is no signal Notre Dame came away with the ball and we're still waiting for a ruling ruling on the field is an incomplete pass it's fourth [Applause] down as you can see pretty decent coverage there by DJ Brown as the ball is really well placed I wonder now does he complete the catch nope balls on the ground good call rolling on the field of an incomplete pass is under further review Reis kosak as the replay official it's certainly worth taking a deeper look and the injuries at wide receiver brinning stool has become more and more of a Target in recent weeks 13 catches in the last two games two [Music] touchdowns it was a great effort there by brinning stool strong hands and having it draped there alongside his body looks like there at the end it gets dislodged call on the field being incomplete I haven't seen enough video evidence to overturn after further review ruling on the field stands [Music] so it'll be Jonathan white we talk about reasons why Clemson top 10 in the preseason is four and four and unranked the kicking issues as well they're seven out of 14 in field goals this year the four teams of worst field goal percentages whites got brought out of retirement to become their kicker for the floor a state game and he's been more solid he's now made six of his last eight that one's good from 21 and it's a seven-point lead for Clemson we're back in 8 seconds after a word from Ram trucks Ram trucks built to serve Shan McDon Greg mroy and Molly McGrath in Clemson South Carolina eighth meeting all time between two of the top programs in college football Sam Hartman and the offense A little sluggish starting to wonder we'll get Molly on it about audre guing he came out of the shoot on fire in the last few series it's been Lov primarily in run back kick off by gun as a Touchback and we check in again with Kevin TR AT&T 5G keeping fans connected as we take a look at our multi viw which is showcasing a bunch of great games and events across our networks ESPN right now got Old Miss they got Georgia next weekend right now up 7 nothing against Texas A&M ESPN 2 Florida just tied things up and those all blacks in the swamp as they take on Arkansas Tennessee SEC network in control against Yukon and how about North Carolina tough couple of weeks with some losses they're tied up with Campbell over on the ACC Network back to you Bo Shades a last year for North Carolina that great start and the awful finish ese is back on the field and back doing his thing as he ran out to the 31 yd line perhaps the 32 they'll mark it at the 31 for a 6yd gain everything in their offense runs through audre ese so powerful and strong and has great vision for a big back worth monitoring been very effective when he's been in but for whatever reason not much of a Bellow approach so far for the [Applause] Irish Sam Harman takes off running right up the middle Sam Hartman across Midfield and got to the 32 yd line of Clemson before Barrett Carter made the tackle this is great recognition there's four guys in the Box defensively and five blockers Sam Hartman calls his own number and throw it to the out routes it's an RPO you can throw it to the out routes or you can take it yourself and because of how few Clemson Defenders were there inside the tackles he takes it it's a big gain for the Irish not know is a runner that's a 37 yd run he had rushed for eight yds all year of course sack yardage comes off the rushing total marked it at the 31 estimate back in in the pistol running right behind an offensive line that has started the same five all year long and the Junior from nyak New York carried it down to the 26 Ruka roro made the tackle [Applause] [Music] [Applause] don't have to run it again unless they want to they run by Hartman not quite the longest of his career 42 for Wake Forest against Duke and he's in trouble got it off and a good tackle on Holden stays that prevent from the Clemson 19 only eight yds of passing in the first quarter four yards for each team it's been a ground attack effectively so for both sides estimate stacked up that time a moment ago Molly with davo Coach what do you need to see from your defense in the Red Zone here well we need to hold no field goal attempt you know obviously got the big play run there with the quarterback you know he's dangerous with his legs so just like the last time he tried to hold him a field goal that could be the difference in the game and you know good start tough tough tough group over there they're battling than thank [Music] [Applause] you three receivers to the left of Hardman ese the running back running left and ese down to the 12 yd line a pick up of seven Jeremiah Trotter Jr made the tackle [Applause] third down and [Applause] three Harman with a blitz coming is the ped it up in the air and almost intercepted it was Xavier Thomas who got a hand on it and fluttered toward a couple of Clemson players who couldn't Coral man are they lucky too because he's got Jabron Payne working from his left side across the formation he's out on the flat there's nobody there if he hits Jabron Payne he's likely going to find the end zone with relative ease so a great job there by Xavier Thomas getting vertical and knocking that pass down Trader already connected from 43 in the first quarter and no wind at all right now and that one is as perfect as it can be from 30 a couple of field goals for Notre Dame kick off your week nine NFL Sunday 10: a.m. tomorrow with a countdown Drew on ESPN in the after they'll have all of the early breaking stories injury updates previews of each game right up to kickoff as they always do then Monday Night Football caps week 8 8:00 p.m. eastern time the Chargers and the Jets kton and Eli have the nanning cast produced beautifully by Josh Hoffman on ESPN 2 Justin Herbert how about that company to say that's pretty pretty good list to be on right there two of the my opinion two of the three best quarterbacks in the history of the game right there in Dan Marino and Peyton Manning Justin Herbert joining Elite company with his production so far in his NFL career new Return Man Adam rand's back for the kickoff it might not matter the way Shader can pound it and it's another Touchback here's Kevin Sean thank you so much so we got a a double update here how about fourth and one you're thinking it's going to be a potential tush push and there goes Bater the house B yeah a little trickeration everybody's kind of mimicking the tush push with a little fake off of it smart horns and Sooners in the conference Championship game rning stool ahead for two Jack Kaiser made the tackle you and I really love the talent of those Texas Longhorns oh man they are something I mean they had a bad day against Oklahoma and still almost won the game I mean three turnovers and a turnover on Downs on the goal line stand yet it required a miraculous drive from Dylan Gabriel to pull off the upset so they're very real and clearly improving as the season goes along Dominique Thomas the running back now second string behind motha with Shipley out a transfer from Union College in Kentucky in NAIA school he walked on at Clemson wanted to live his dream and he's now on scholarship he transfer when he lost his mom and grandparents in a tornado in their home in eastern Alabama third down and four it is Thomas and he has the first down D Sweeny said they knew almost nothing about Thomas when he arrived but that we're impressed immediately but particularly strong in the lower body with huge quads just five 582 and 210 lb low center of gravity and a pretty effective pass catcher out of the back field she strength right there working against the linebacker beating him in space to convert first down was only 58 but 210 lot of that in the lower body two completions in a row for kumnick after one for six start Thomas a big fan favorite these fans very well aware but his tragic [Applause] background Howard cross wins up front initially between the Right Guard and center and Thomas just too strong spins out of the defensive tackle wrap up and finds some open space 10yd gain pressure coming man open CL that got it off against the Heat and completed it for a first down Sage Jenis the tight end injured at the end of the play and he's still not getting up pass time out for an injured offensive player took a sturdy hit from Xavier Watts at 18yd pickup big Collision there on the sideline but that was a heck of a throw by Clubman and Clemson on the move again up 10 to six in the second quarter hi this is shinri and a little thing I love about the Chick-fil-A honey pepper Pento chicken sandwich is the ren s Jenis walked off under his own power after his third catch of the Season back up tight end and kumnick three out of three on this possession over the Middle top B Collins first down inside the 20 four in a row for [Music] kumnick all four throws have been right on the money too I mean receivers not adjusting at all not breaking stride that one Collins kind of jumps to reel it in clck very accurate on this possession 17 yd gain to [Applause] Collins Thomas the running back he went out in the flat there's a slant caught for a nyd gain to the 11 yd line a sturdy hit by DJ Brown the veteran defensive [Applause] back in his fifth year in the secondary for the [Music] Irish here Riley is having a really nice game so far Distributing the football getting a lot of guys involved and mixing in some good run looks as well two catches in a row for Collins 32 for the year Thomas just enough for the first down first and goal at the nine there's Garrett Riley first year in Clemson 34-year-old offensive coordinator at TCU last year LED their offense to the college football playoff championship game where they lost to Georgia two years prior to that at SMU at least 36 points per game in all three of those Seasons but under 29 points per game in his first season here at [Applause] Clemson that's only third in the country in scoring offense Qui pop and a touchdown Tyler Brown broke a tackle inside the five and [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] score all out pressure called from Al golden they bring everybody which means everyone on the back end is in a one-on-one situation and normally against cover zero you have inside leverage and in-breaking routes are very difficult to complete but Brown too quick that time crossing face of the defender Clarence Lewis he misses the tackle and brown finds the end zone exra Point good by Jonathan white brown his third touchdown reception of his true freshman season Riley loves it season is head coach has built a remarkably consistent program 12 straight seasons of 10 wins or more there won't extend that this year but it's the third longest of all time Alabama 15 years in a row in counting Florida State back in the late 90s 14 seasons of double digit wins consecutively they won't be able to get the double figure wins now they're trying to avoid their first losing season since 2010 when they were six and seven in his second full year and it was an interesting week for dabos Sween he took a call early in the week from a caller to His Radio Show who was highly critical of Dabo and the program and the money that he makes to run the program and as is typical of Dabo great he did not hold back you know he talked about it used to be so much about appreciation now there's expectation it's uh one of those Seasons I I think this is a little bit of an aberration yeah and it's a little bit the snake pit season too because you can point to individual instances throughout the course of some of their losses they were self-inflicted mistakes this program will be back and competing for championships again I'm very confident in that on first down audri EST a long way without being touched a flag comes flying down during the Run ese advance to the 46 yd line it would be a 21 yd gain holding offense number 19 10 penalty his first out jayen great house the true freshman wide receiver had Jaden Lucas in his grasp he was engaged for a long time you'll see him out here as he's blocking and trying to hold up forever and these Notre Dame wide receivers do an excellent job blocking for rri EST company but holding on way too long that time that's clear as a bell Lucas was trying to slip inside good call by the official would let go of the Jersey spun him around big call brings the ball back to the 24 yd line 840 to go second quarter 11-point Lane and that might gr Jeremiah trout touchdown Clemson [Applause] [Music] [Applause] second interception of the season for one of their team leaders and best players Jeremiah Trotter the junior rning back 28 for his second career touch down and a shocking start to this one against the Clemson team reeling the set by additional injuries during the week troner the touchdown 24-6 after the White's extra point and he does a great job just kind of watching Sam Hartman's eyes his eyes are in the back field the entire way and yet he's still playing coverage against Holden stays Just Right Out Underneath It intercepts the pass and takes it the distance that's great instincts on display from Jeremiah Trotter being able to cover a receiver while looking in the back field is so difficult and Sam Hartman pays the price for the standing play by the defender Jeremiah Trotter the son of the four-time pro bowler Jeremiah Trotter senior played 12 years in the NFL and his coached his sons throughout their lives and a rough year for Jeremiah Trotter the football disappointment secondary to the loss of his mom a wonderful woman Tammy Trotter who died earlier this year breast cancer in her mid-40s devoutly Christian woman very successful real estate agent and as much in influence on her son as Jeremiah first tick off goes out of bounds what an impressive young man he is his dad a great role model both off the field and obviously on it as well yeah he's got a very bright future make a lot of money and play a long time great character is the heart and soul of that Clemson defense alongside Barrett Carter they're the strength and he delivered in a big way right there a moment ago he out of St Joseph's in the Philadelphia area on an incredible high school football team that included Marvin Harrison Jr the great running back at Ohio State Kyle McCord the Buckeye quarterback Samir Hagen the running back at Duke no wonder they won three straight titles in a row that's redundant three straight with in a row is that an All-Star team not they all keep in touch too they have a text chain they're quick to get in touch with each other congratulate each other after big wins first that Ohio State punch number one in the first addition of the rankings estim rushed for two only six pass attempts against the secondary that is riddled by injuries catch out wide Tobias merwether another young player they think can do more speeds sophomore from the state of Washington that was a 10yd pickup Maryweather and Rico Flores have been inserted in the lineup for one reason to create more explosive plays down field and so far early in this gameon secondary albeit way less than 100% their coverage on these Irish wide receivers has been outstanding and that time on the scramble drill Merryweather breaks away for a little separation a nice completion on First and 10 Destin a wrapped up and taken down by Xavier Thomas the grad student in his sixth year lots of injuries from one of the most highly recruited players in Clemson history had a bit of an up and down season on a little trouble prior to the Miami game and didn't play in that one but he's bounced back nicely last couple weeks and his played well so far today estim the running back on second and 10 near Midfield Hartman takes the check down to estim and he's stuck just shy of the 50 Trotter there with Wade [Applause] woodz four completions for hard for just 16 y normally on third down when healthy it was going to Mitchell Evans I mean he led the team in targets receptions and first downs created so in his absence You' expect him to look more in the direction of Chris Tyree Who's In Motion AC cross the ball so if they can find a match up for their most explosive slot receiver they R for four on third down Hardman double pumped a couple of times and it is H by Chris Tyrie with a couple of Defenders right there somehow it got to him for a 21 yd gain that they really needed yeah that ball felt like it was in the air forever man coverage working against makuba Tyrie who was originally a running back highly regarded Prospect in his own right willingly moved to slot receiver and has really come on as The Season's gone along he become more polished better at making those contested catches and it's probably their most dynamic playmaker inted running back as he's gotten more comfortable that wide receiver he's been a much bigger Factor Jeremiah Love freshman from St Louis stopped by Trotter a three yd gain we're down to 5 minutes to go in the half feels like a big possession for Notre [Music] Dame [Applause] and the importance of the game for the Irish if they went out almost certainly in a New Year's six bowl one more loss they're almost certainly not going to be in one of the biggest bowl games Hardman a lot of [Applause] time and he gets run down at the 25 yd line by K denhoff pick up of two and here comes third down and five for Notre D good job in coverage there from blon defensively normally West Goodwin would walk up Five Guys along the line of scrimmage and see if they can't get those offensive lineman on Islands but here they've been covering so well I would anticipate them kind of dropping back and trying to keep it in front of them saw West Goodwin the defensive coordinator Orton call against Hartman they brought pressure and a wide open receiver estimate down the sideline lunging for the Pilon he's out of bounds short of the goal line but down inside the three well executed against the pressure by Hartman and there was some confusion with the linebackers they had shifted to the left to bring pressure off the right that means it was Xavier Thomas who should have been out in coverage against ese in the flat he was late getting there estimate does a great job tight roping the sideline sideline and the progressive pylon cam has a good look where he stepped out just inside the five 22 yds on the completion estimate first down and goal for the Irish at the three approaching three minutes to go in the half ese just try to power it in and nothing [Music] doing no gain on the MRE Dame here you need to be a little mindful of the clock as well take your time yeah I think that's why they're going very slowly and ordinarily you might say Clemson perhaps would use a timeout save some time to get it back the way they found a rhythm on offense but they only had one timeout left another game has plenty of timeouts are two and a half to go in all three timeouts 10th play of the drive second and go estim stopped short of the line the game Barrett Carter one of the best players has ever played for dbos Sweeney according to the coach he made the [Applause] [Music] stop third down and goal as we approached two minutes to go now in the [Applause] half B is back just inside the 5yd [Applause] Line Design roll out by Hardman can't find anybody throws too high threw it over the head of Jaden greous who looked like he had a little room but they didn't connect and Freeman will send the field goal unit out a huge disappointment they had first and goal at a [Applause] three tried to go with the Sprint right there as Sam Hardman looked like he might have had an opportunity in the flat to hit Rico Flores but he didn't get there in time and it's a great stand by Clemson defensively Sher has all of their points two for two 43 and 30 and this one another Chip Shot good from 23 the K is done you're watching ESPN's afternoon College Football Saturday on ABC minute 32 to go in the half Spencer Shader kicks off again and it'll be a Touchback for a tough start just one and six in his first six attempts he's gotten hot Kate kutnick now 7 for 12 63 yards a lot of it underneath recognizing man coverage sees that window makes a nice throw all out pressure he knows the ball's got to come out quickly can't block them all he Brown on the slant who breaks the tackle and finds the end zone he's been very decisive and extremely accurate here in the second quarter and really looks comfortable today behind an offensive line that is doing a good job and [Music] [Applause] protection here's mafa head for five here's Molly Kade Club Nicks moment and confidence is felt on the sideline he's usually pretty quiet and even killed but after their last couple touchdowns he was screaming firing up the crowd it's the most emotional I've ever seen him he talked to Garrett Riley about opening up the passing game some more and talk closely with Bo Collins as well they bring a blitz oh mafa got yanked down way got spun down think the crowd thought there was a face mask but there is no FLAG NOR is it a first [Music] down that was some strength on display right there by oafa Mena he actually grabs the the strap from the shoulder Pat to bring him down that's a remarkable hand strength n oao Mena the strong points Jonathan whites has kicked the field goal made three extra points big play here third and two for Clemson you think Notre game if they get a stop would use the timeout it's mafa uh he has the first down let's see if now Clemson gets aggressive they want to line up quickly three- yd gain mafa has 87 yds rushing 82 on the ground for estim of Notre Dame kumnick over the middle caught bring sto and then it came up out a couple of times he couldn't hang on after he was hit JD Bertrand delivered the blow and brinning stool is not getting up and another big Collision as you could see brinning stol working inside and and burran delivering a big shot right to the midsection to break up that pass big Collision that's two now Clemson tight ends that have gotten some big hits Sage Andis a little earlier and Renning stool now who just had the wind knocked out of him thankfully jogs off under his own power without some of their top wide receivers they've leaned more in more on the tight end brinning stool big Target at 66 very good pass receiver receiver second and 10 ma for the running back designed draw for Club Nick and he got clubbed back at the 34 Notre Jame has two timeouts left and they have a third down upcoming and and took advantage of those turnovers from Notre Dame and they were able to run the football really well with Bill mafa they also I thought did a great job in coverage made life very difficult for Sam Hartman in these Irish wide receivers short kickoff and Adam Randall brings it back 15 yards on the return here's Molly McGrath well Sean at the half Davos swy had a lot to be happy about but like you mentioned he was most pleased with that plus two in the turnover margin saying this is the first time all year we've had a complete game in all three phases he loves his team's Red Zone play on offense and defense and said I love their fight love their effort but we need a complete game not just a complete half and before taking the field Clemson players reminded each other of the loss to Florida State saying we can't let them back into this game we need to stay aggressive and not let up guys Jeremiah Trotter the pick six not game twice in the red zone and Clemson kept them out of the end zone forced two Irish field goals well in the red zone three and off pass for Bo Collins he was being held crowd can't believe there isn't a call was Benjamin Morrison the sophomore from Phoenix out of broy prep on the coverage yeah quite a bit of contact there between Morrison and Collins as he goes on that locked curl route I thought he might have gotten away with one right there as you see the right arm I mean draped around Collins's back and just a left arm up on the shoulder pads of Collins didn't let go not name very fortunate there now the Irish showing Blitz from the left of kumnick and they bring it mafa ahead for seven he might be heading for a career day his career highs 106 against Louisville last year his only career 100yd game and he's up to 93 today on 12 carries yeah and they just couldn't tackle him in the first half I mean there were several opportunities for Irish Defenders to drop him for little to no gain Phil MAA filling in nicely for the injured will Shipley as the featured back for the Tigers joined us late Shipley out of action of concussion last week in their lost to NC State trouble with the snap kumnick still fielded it and it's an interception off the Ricochet Xavier wats again and he's knocked out of bounds inside the two Bo Collins couldn't hang on goab the first turnover of the game for Clemson and it's Watts now leading the nation with seven interceptions and it all started with a low snap yeah and will putam has Howard cross line up right over the top of him in a nose guard position that kind of forces a snap low kumnick tries to save it the ball is pretty well thrown and probably should have been caught by Collins instead it's batted up in the air in the Progressive pylon cam shows that Watts was hit just inside the five what a tremendous start for the Irish senior from Omaha Xavier Watts Xavier was a wide receiver for a long time during his time that Notre Dame nation's leader that's his fifth interception in the last three games odri EST to the goal line touchdown Notre d [Music] [Applause] oh [Applause] yeah how about the start get the takeway an audri EST bending it back to the left hand side and surging forward just far enough to get in the end zone great job paying off the tremendous field position given to them by the Watts interception [Music] shraer the extra point and that makes it a one- score game first touchdown of the day for the Irish the 13th rushing touchdown of the season for audri esman Xavier Watts has been one of the great stories of college football this year started his career as a wide receiver hands have been on dis play all season long but for whatever reason Sean the ball always finds him he always in the right place if it's out on a fumble or out on an interception or a deflection he seems to always be in the right position and he reels it in again for his Nation leading seventh interception of the season from his wide receiver days he's obviously got excellent hands a great tracker of the ball and he has been in the right place at the right time Molly yeah that's right Sean Wat told us the two keys to picking off the ball one your teammates doing their job two confidence you guys mentioned he's a converted wide receiver he said those instincts are still with them give him the confidence to position himself to get the ball and the only thought in his head is this ball is mine and you can see that confidence and those instincts on display Randall back for the kickoff this seven interceptions for wats have now led to 41 Notre Dame points directly off his interceptions Randall didn't try to return it this time and estimate the touchdown 13th rushing score of the year for the junior that is one shy of the national lead with Damien Webb of South Alabama 14 rushing touchdowns 108 total yards for estimate he's off to a great start today a lot of their action in the first half perimeter runs anticipate here as we move forward in the second probably going to see a little bit more of him getting [Music] downhill it's the first turnover the game for Clemson the opening minute of the second half mafa down Joshua Burnham The Tackle after a two-y pick [Applause] up n 95 yds rushing now for Phil mafa junr from Loganville [Applause] Georgia flck over the middle bra stall has a first down 38 yd line where Maris Leah fou made the tackle the pickup of 11 so far Garrett Riley's done a great job of recognizing when Notre Dame is in man coverage that's their primary coverage that's who they are but when they've found brinning stool against linebackers and safeties they've looked in his Direction and for the most part the receivers have created decent space against excellent cornerback tandem MAA into the boundary MAA cross Midfield that could well be now a career high for the junior Running Back DJ Brown The Tackle and you look on the left side Joshua Burnham the defensive V flips inside the left tackle of Tristan Lee and he just secures The Edge very easily as mafa gets outside and turns up field for a nice gain a 15 110 is the career high more more than he had against Louisville last year and showing no size of fatigue on a busy day down to the 32 yd line he goes Jack Kaiser made the tackle 14 more from mafa you got to give some credit to the right tackle Blake Miller just washing that Riley Mills number 99 down inside mafa Cuts right off his block has a little wiggle and you see the acceleration he's much much faster and decisive than we've seen here the last few weeks really running hard today off a good game last week at NC State as well when he rushed for 84 and two touchdowns Club Nick On Target contested catch still a battle going on between stellato and Morrison first down Clemson on the 15yd play to St who's really come on as the year's gone on and great protection too from Clemson's offensive line Notre Dame brings a little heat off the right hand side man-to-man coverage in the back end between Morrison and stellato strong hands on display for Stato who goes all the way through the catch and even and some afterwards great hands there G Riley talked about yesterday about stellato very strong hands mafa nowhere to go there driven back by Joshua [Music] [Applause] Burnham Joshua coaches talk about how Club Nick's a great competitor has a knack for putting mistakes quickly behind him and that's what Clemson is doing on this drive after the first turnover of the day set up the touchdown they're marching down the field seven play kumnick off Target might have felt the pressure coming from behind Randall the intended receiver javante Jean Baptist the transfer from Ohio State brought the heat first time we've really heard from him today John Baptist has played excellent these last few games starting with the SC game a tremendous Difference Maker on the edge and applying the pressure to force that throw off Target third down nine Clemson three out of seven on third down they are in field goal range for Jonathan whites with mafa the running back and a three receiver bunch to the left Collins wide right he's the target on the slant he held on to that one and got the first down with about two yds to spare with Benjamin Morrison in coverage 11 yds pressure being brought off the right hand side it's well protected and great separation and suddenness there from Bo Collins on the slant they've hit that route five or six times today and Morrison has not really had much of an [Applause] [Music] answer mafa and Thomas in the back field they fake it there into a crowd flag down trying to get it to Stage JIS Xavier wants the primary [Music] coverage pass interference Defense number zero ball be placed at the 2yd line with an automatic first down this is a good call by the official Watts guy had the interception earlier engaged initially with sage Enis who tries to Break Free on the slant aggressive pylon cam shows that left arm around the back of henis and it's a good call so first and goal mafa driving did not quite get in at least not yet crowd down by that goal line celebrating mafa thought he got [Music] in a big Collision there Jack Kaiser and couple other Irish Defenders does look as though mafa is just short of the line to gain he already has two games with two rushing touchdowns this year trying for a [Applause] third here he comes again hit in the back field Jack Kaiser the penetration and that one is a slight [Applause] loss got really two downs to get it here but that time Kade kumnick going under Center nothing too cute about just a straight downhill run with how Notre Dame is currently selling out they've had some Effectiveness the last couple weeks with designed quarterback run direct snap and maybe that's what they op to go with here on Third and short 11 play of the drive not sure it's four down territory given a field goal would make it back to a two-score game mafa they don't have to worry about that decision touchdown Phil mafa having a career [Applause] day [Applause] a great job here by Sage Enis who really has the big block on the end of the line of scrimmage against patello he holds up just long enough to drive forward and mafa goes right behind him for a big touchdown Jonathan whites a graduate student from Charleston as the extra point heavyweight main event feland start at 600 p.m. followed by the main card at 900 p.m. eastern time Kade kumnick brought them down the field with a lot of help from Phil MAFO seven carries for 35 yds on the drive and the touchdown Robert gun kicks off again jadarian price will try it he's [Applause] dangerous brought one back 99 for a kickoff return touchdown against USC that one's 26 Roger D continues to star in the bcow roll cor Notre Dame great job there up front by the offensive line the left side pulling Pat cougan the left guard Joe Al pulling how about this one Joe Al pulling from the backside left tackle on a stretch Zone to the right he still gets out in front reason why that guy's going to be a multi-millionaire in about four months an estimate Powers through the tackle of woodz with the touchdown on the opening possession of the second half for the Irish milder Dame down by 15 8 minutes to go third quarter Sam Hartman over the middle wide open receiver Rico Flores Jr who can really run swung down inside the 40 by kylin Griffin 36 yd play for Sam Hartman and Rico Flores Hartman took a big hit at the end of that play as he tries to kind of jump and throw it Flores has nobody around him after those two shallow crosses intersect there's TJ Parker delivering the big hit to Hartman Northern Midway through the third quarter now here's love breaks tackles looked like it might be a loss instead it's a quality gain 6yd pickup for love their second leading rusher on the year behind estin he is so explosive with the ball in his hands he's got great make Miss ability really nice acceleration after he cut back [Applause] inside rer Dame quickly on the move this is just their fourth offensive play of the second half and it's another completion Tyrie that time makuba did not miss a tackle as he did on the previous play gain of eight that's a great Tackle by makuba similar play they just ran to Flores that was out the gate a shallow cross underneath and Jared Parker the offensive coordinator clearly has found something he likes on this [Applause] drive hartman8 out of 13 passing now for 101 one no touchdowns one interception flushed from the pocket has some room and takes advantage of it another long run all the way into the end zone and then the contact with makba for good measure he helped makuba up had a 37 yd run in the first half and now a 26 yd touchdown to make it a one- score game again if if they add an extra point nothing there initially pretty well covered thought he was going to hit Tobias Merryweather down the sideline but how about the block on the perimeter look at how long this block is held by Jaden great house secures The Edge and Hartman shows off very underrated speed in the open field as he finds the end zone but a great block by The Freshman great house Traer important an extra point back to a one- score game Sam Harman trying to beat Clemson for the first time in his fifth try as a starting quarterback looked like he might head out of bounds saw more green grass took it into the end zone country beautiful part of the United States now it's 70 delightful degrees and a good game and a nice rivalry in recent years another D in Clemson the Irish just scored to get back within eight points shrer and Randall lets it bounce there's Molly well Sean dabos Sweeney told us no matter the record this team was going to fight and you can see on the sideline Clemson is playing with Incredible effort after that touchdown running back Phil mafa and some o linemen were getting oxygen you can tell they are putting their all into this game and mafa told us they may not be playing for a playoff spot but they're playing for something much bigger than that he said they are playing for pride and that is translating onto the field today guys well they know what the standard is here and they're not having a season that reflects that it's not what anybody expected they're determined to finish strong they think a reverse to Brown kumnick throws it deep for Collins there's a flag down he was grabbed as he tried to run under it was cam Hart who had the coverage pass defense number five 15yd penalty with an automatic first down against the veteran Hart making his 30th career start great recognition there by Club Nick plays really designed to just be a dump into the flat instead he sees Collins who Gets behind Hart who has to tug the Jersey to come back up but if he didn't that's likely going to be a completion because of how well the ball was thrown so a good called by the official but probably at the same time pretty smart penalty there by cam Hart 15 yards from the line of scrimmage which is now the 40 four penalties assessed to Notre Dame still none against Clemson wide receiver screen to Stato a sophomore from Fort Lauderdale has been bothered by injuries we said to Garrett Riley yesterday boy Stato come on we really didn't know a lot about him until recently and Garrett Riley said neither did I he's been really solid for them these last handful of weeks obviously with the couple guys being out and Antonio Williams and Cole Turner and Tyler Brown occasionally being a little banged up it's open the door for him and brining stool to really step into a featured role and they've answered the challenge nicely back to mafa still breaking tackles first down into Notre Dame territory credit The Tackle to Jordan Batello I'm so impressed with Phil mafa today I mean every time it seemed as though he's going to get stopped at or around the line of scrimmage he seems to wiggle his way into a nice hole that develops late he's showing a lot of patience and great acceleration really all throughout the [Applause] game kumnick got hit as he threw and it was deflected by the Notre Dame defense Kaiser went diving for it bertran was nearby as well couple of the veterans both of them graduate students on the Notre Dame defense man this is big time here by Riley Mills you see him working against Trent Howard there at left guard tough matchup for Trent Howard Riley Mills used to be an edge guy and his body according to Al golden just wouldn't let him stay as a defensive they slid him inside he's become very disruptive at 65 300 lb up stopped right at the line of scrimmage by Mills with help from Gabriel Rubio a backup up [Music] front last time they were in a similar defensive set it took Howard thost number 56 Riley Mills out of the game for now took number 56 and lined them up right over the center and they caused some disruption with a low snap let's see if Howard cross engages with puam again third down and 10 four minutes to go third quarter Club short throw they need a lot of run after the catch and it was Stato broke one tackle but then stumbled down short of the first down I love to see the sportsmanship on both sides players helping each other up 6yd gain and a decision now for Davos Sweeny and the offense is staying on the field fourth down and four they've had a lot of success today working slant routes to their ex receiver let's see if they try to work one right here this time it's Adam Randall on the perimeter and is a quick kick by clck and it's down inside the five terrific call by davo Sweeney and executed perfectly this is eich statement Saturday so it's going to come down to this kind of a trig play a little fake run try to throw a little jump pass and on a day when Ohio State's over for five on third down 136 yd total offense the defense scores a touchdown K Gordon hanock to the house 93 yds Buckey back on top 149 [Music] SE all right gentlemen thank you here it's not game down by eight with the ball from their own four after the quick kick ese it's a couple here's Molly well Sean bad news for Notre Dame Zeke Carell their Center is out with a concussion suffered in the first half he's not even here on the sideline so Andrew kristofic will move over for him and now he is down with an injury as well Sean and grabbing at his right knee kristofic a graduate student experienced backup but they would have to go to Ashton Craig the sophomore the third string Center who's warming up on the sideline with Hartman and that's really tough too and it's fortunate that you have such a veteran presence in Sam Hartman to be able to handle the communication up front but to rely on a young freshman deep in your own end it's a really tough spot to enter the game and a word of advice from Rocco Spindler the other offensive lineman tough situation to step into for very inexperienced player out of Lawrenceburg Indiana 64 and a qu 307 lb originally saw the updated numbers on the graphic good news is Tropic doesn't appear to be in a lot of pain as he walks off so perhaps he can return so gain of two the clock runs as kristofic gets off the field clean snap by Craig and the pass incomplete high ball through the hands of Tyreek as they fake the screen one way and through it the other CER takes a little time with Hartman drifting back into the end [Applause] [Music] zone Notre Dame just two out of seven on third down third and eight plenty of noise from the sellout crowd more than 81,000 out of the end zone Hartman Flags fly as his receiver Tyrie got tangled with Avon Terrell and the crowd thinks it's going to be offensive pass interference that's the gesture ing from the Clemson sideline pass interference off number look Jaden great house who's been flagged a few times today great house is engaged with makba there on the edge trying to create a little bit of a rub for Tyrie but he is way too physical with makuba and it was a pretty easy call for the [Applause] official and now a big situation for Bryce mcferson out of his own End [Applause] [Music] Zone Camp green back deep end over in punt green to Midfield let's bring in Matt Austin on the previous play it was a big call what' you think Matt well I agree with Greg it was a good call it's up to the offense to avoid contact with the defense sometimes the defense will try to engage but you can see 19 just goes in with two hands and gives him a big shelf backwards that's textbook offensive against the Freshman from Austin Texas great house the same school to produce K kumnick won three straight state titles at west lake and Austin same school to produce Drew Brees and Nick FES he is a gritty competitor [Applause] kumnick offens line not as good as it's been in recent years receiver group depleted today without Shipley oh my goodness was he lucky to get away with that Benjamin Morrison saw that coming and if he was a fraction sooner he would have picked it off instead it's a loss on a completion of Randall yeah and that was really just kind of hesitant from Sage Andis number 11 you got to go fast if you're the tight end you're trying to protect your wide receiver and kind of went with no urgency a result Morrison was able to get in there and nearly picked it off loss of three and he lost a field position big here in the final two minutes of the third quarter and Clemson a field goal away from a two-score lead again stellano couldn't catch the quick one with Morris in the terrific sophomore in [Music] coverage [Music] third down and 13 50% on third down today for Clemson keep an eye out for the shallow cross right here on Third and Longs they hit that a lot twisting inside they get there clck goes down Howard cross and javante John Baptist with the first sack of the day for Notre Dame for an 11 yd loss and this is Jean Baptist that sets it up for cross twisting all the way from the other side of the center walks the left tackle Tristan Lee back and cross comes in to clean it up as Trent Howard the left guard number 75 tries to hold on for dear life that's just a great game in execution by the Notre Dame defensive line Swanson the punt with a minute to go in the third quarter not his best Tyrie it bounces he picks it up inside the 10 and he's in trouble the bounce cost them plenty of [Music] yardage and starters out there covering the punt Carter and woodz it's a 57 yd Punt and a lot of that on the bounce just an awkward bounce there for Tyreek sometimes that ball just pops straight up in the air you Corral it you get what you can that time it just shoots right past him didn't look like he touched it initially but did save a little bit of field position by picking it up and way Sam Hartman won't be way too deep in his own End Zone then you wonder about the sun he had a muff earlier when he was looking into the bright Sunshine we've done a lot of no games here over the years and going the direction is the Notre Dame's going right now the sun can be difficult final minute of the third quarter Notre Dame trying to battle back Hartman got it off here's Jordan faon the Speedy freshman dual sport athlete he'll be on the lacrosse team and the football season is over that's a 20yd play there was pressure on Harman in the end zone and it came from Xavier Thomas just amazing movement in the pocket by Hartman you see Xavier Thomas get pushed just past him he dips that right shoulder gets the ball away sometimes you hang that ball back and get stripped gets the ball away and delivers it quickly to faas him who had a full head of steam on the shallow cross he can really run he goes in motion to the right another freshman price carries to the 30 that'll take us to the end of the third quarter three quarters been a disappointing season but this crowd has been into it from the start that tends to happen everywhere where Notre Dames in town Irish Ball first play of the fourth quarter Hartman a clean pocket and an earned pass is's trying to hit Holden stays the tight end across the middle Nate wigin nearest in coverage and stays hobbles off they already without their number one tight end Mitchell Evans out to the year of the knee injury suffered last week third down and seven Irish two for eight on third down harman's just nine out of 17 passing for 122 they Rush five Hartman flushed Hartman back to the line of that t run down by Jeremiah Trotter with original pressure from Barrett Carter there good initial protection from Notre Dame you see Jabron pay he's actually going to get a good block on Barry Carter initially but Ball's got to come out quicker it's great coverage in the back end by the Clemson secondary Hartman has to take off and really nothing there for him at all it was a great stand there from Clemson Bryce mcfur to punt low and very returnable for him green well covered by the Irish Clemson will start at the 34 with an eight-point lead 42 yd punt Tuesday the exclusive reveal the second version of the updated college football playoff top 25 rankings Reese and the guys will break it down from top to bottom have coach's reactions an interview with the chairman Buu Corgan that's at 7:00 on ESPN in the app there were the rankings that came out this past Tuesday brought to you by All State Ohio State number one but having a very difficult time at ruers have a great resume but offensively they've just been really inconsistent they not sure about the eye test the bucke guys they get it done but it's never pretty Phil [Applause] mafa down to the 38 perhaps the 39 138 yds for mafa most by any Clemson player and rushing yards in a game this [Music] [Applause] year now kumnick taking his time mentioned all the Clemson injuries there have been reports not disputed that Club Nick from time to time has been seen around campus wearing a boot on his lower leg mafa across Midfield and taken down from behind at the 41 yd line of Notre Dame by JT berran yeah it's really well blocked on the right side you have three for three and you got to have the hit by number 27 JD burran but he's late getting there MAA gets to the outside turns in another big game that's just poorly defended there by JD Bertrand who's got to get contained on mafa before he gets the edge he has three tackles today that gives him 250 for his career second 22nd Notre Dame player to reach that Milestone Matha run out of bounds I think great to what Garett Riley said about Matha yesterday he runs with great Tempo know he's not in too much of a hurry but he's also quick through the hole when it's there and I think that was a good example of patiently waiting to see if he could find some Running Room he's a great Runner it's it's so fun to watch he he doesn't have that home run hitting speed that you see from some guys that are you know 43 44 he's not around there but my goodness he's productive because he always seems to find the hole when it uncovers Jonathan Whit's long field goal is 41 good play fake by kumnick and then he got walloped at the 35 hit hard by Jack Kaiser a fifth-year graduate student here's a huge third down I don't know if they try one with whites now Robert Gunn who was the kicker at the beginning of the year and struggled has a big leg he could make one from here wh's as long as 41 probably thinking though with their inconsistencies in the kicking game probably four down territory here depending on getting positive gain here on Third and medium trouble with the snap and kumnick has a dive on it that takes them out of everybody's field goal range mistake prone Team all year there's another big one and that's another example we talked about it a little earlier when Howard cross is lined up right over will Punam that's twice now that the snaps have been errant that time way over the top the last time it was low putam having a difficult time when he gets that head up nose guard Howard cross who's among the most productive defensive tackles in the FBS [Applause] leads all power five defensive tackles in tackles for the year Tyrie handles that one cleanly with the sun behind him 11:03 to go another Dame down by eight with them for a full postgame wrap up Louisville and Virginia Tech who would have thought that when the year began the only one lost team is playing for so possession of second place behind undefeated Florida State top two teams in the conference play in the title game no more divisions audri EST last three drives for Notre Dame have begun at their own four their own seven and this one from their own 14 Peter Woods made the tackle so far here in the second half audre Gest hasn't had the room that he had earlier in the game this Clemson defense has done a great job up front making some adjustments in tackling him in the open field oh boy up for grbs and almost intercepted toil Barnes the true freshman boy Sam Hartman from time to time makes some bad decisions man that was very fortunate as khil bars gets two hands on it with the velocity just catches the back of the ball and unable to bring it in but he's likely going to take that one to the house if he can secure it [Applause] cleanly floor's the motion man a blast Hardman down back at the 10 second sack for Clemson and what a day for Jeremiah Trotter and you're going to see Trotter oneon-one with ese he got Jabron pay earlier where he whiffed on the exact same pressure one-on-one with the back he makes a Miss troter goes around him for his second sack of the ball game what a huge play there from Trotter now to pick six in the first half is second career interception return for a touchdown mcferson a terrific punt green back inside his own 35 and a nice return to the 49 yd line of Notre Dame JT bertran made the tackle 55 yd punt 17 on the return 934 to go what a day for Jeremiah Trotter All-American candidate eight tackles two sacks an interception return for Touchdown the big sack a moment ago to for a Notre Dame punt he's been all over the field and has really impacted this game more than any Defender by a mile I mean he has been a nightmare for Sam Hartman and the Irish field position continues in Clemson's favor they haven't done much with it last three possessions have started at the 50 their own 34 now the Notre game 49 mafa Dives ahead for a yard we're under 9 and 1/2 minutes to go the large lest Clemson lead was 15 at halftime at 24 to9 the field position that Clemson's had the last couple possessions and the way they're running the football Notre Dame is really selling out up front getting those safeties real involved the deepest Defenders only eight or nine yards I'd really strongly think about taking a shot here at some point the weaknesses of both teams they really don't have wide receivers who scary a lot as deep threats oh boy a little late option pitch and it was high hit mafa up around the headgear goes for a four yd loss that's a nightmare back to Duke when there's some problems with exchanges when they turn it over twice inside the 8 yd line yeah very fortunate that mafa was able to get on top of that with two Notre Dame Defenders getting ready to pounce just looked like he wasn't ready to receive the pitch just poor pitch relationship there between Club Nick and mafa feels like almost a Rope A Dope here for Clemson just trying to run out the clock they can't do anything on offense mafa stopped well short of the first down and they'll have to punt again can't imagine they're going to go for this on Fourth and nine or long eight not with how their defense is playing and knowing that Sam hardman's been pinned back most of the last gosh 10 15 minutes of ball game very few drives outside the shadow of his own upright so well we would say this Swanson we are told is an Adept thrower I don't know if you just continue to P pin them deep and rely on your defense but at four and four if you're thinking about a big good play on special teams kind of field position fate wouldn't be out of the question instead it's a very good punt by Swanson and Notre Dame will start inside the 10 Again 40 yds by Swanson when you order dominoes online we'll give you a free pizza to use for a future pizza's up by 20 Jonathan Brooks the fumble here B yeah really good job by the linebacker putting his hat on the ball ball comes L Kev and K State has life in Austin yeah they recover and they got the ball on the first play will Howard and jce Brown I love it safety bites up nice little post there and the wild cats are rumbling K point after no good so it's tied 27 all Sean all right here it's a one- score game seven and a half to go they give it to faon he's tackle why not try him he has some speed playmaking ability originally the plan was he just red shirt this year in football he came on a partial lacrosse scholarship when you go to the football program and you play the game you have have to be on a football scholarship that way you can't hide players who you intend to play in your football program in other sports and give them money through other sports and exceed the football scholarship withe it got to the point because injuries and his talents they had to play him at Louisville there's a flag down Hartman dumped it off surrounded by tigers holding offense number 54 penalty is distance to the goal it's second down Blake fiser the right tackle as he's engaged with Xavier Thomas and see that right arm around Xavier Thomas's neck just slings him to the ground that was a good call by the referee fifth Notre game penalty for 40 yds Clemson has not had a penalty walked off against them estimate the running back he has only five yards rushing in this half after 82 in the first 49 of those on the opening drive pass to nowhere in the general direction of Tyrie but closer to a couple of Clemson [Applause] Tigers two out of 10 on third down the average starting field position of the last four Notre Dame possessions as their own [Applause] eight and those fans at that end of the stadium making it very difficult for them to get away from the rockus crowd they desperately need a third down conversion a blitz a quick screen for very little Tyree tackled by Trotter again should we just just go ahead and give him the ACC defensive player of the week Award right now hard to imagine anybody in the conference is going to have a better day than he's having there's no doubt he will be in the running that's for sure try to get a screen they've had such success with the pass rush anticipating pressure from West goodwi that defense try to get the screen and Trotter tracks it down Mick ferson boy he's doing his part to try to change the field position H [Applause] green about to seven ydd return of a 56 yd punt by [Music] mcferson it's statement Saturday Oklahoma and Oklahoma State in bedum the final statement made in that rivalry at least for a while it'll be the 118th meeting oh you leaving the Big 12 for the SEC that's coming up right after us and then tonight how good is this day of football in ABC number five Washington in LA to to take on USC at 7:30 Washington 8-0 for just the sixth time in school history first time since 2016 mafa took the handoff from Club Nick went straight ahead across the 45 and the next time they snap it it'll be under 6 minutes to go continuing to feed mafa on what's been a career day approaching 30 carries now probably P that you would assume in the next couple plays M Dame defense has adjusted nicely here these last few possessions and haven't allowed the Miss tackles that plagued them earlier in the ball [Applause] game Notre Dame showing Blitz on second and eight mafa first down across Midfield and he nearly broke it on his 29th carry Riley Mills made the tackle for the Irish and really nicely done two up front putam working against Howard cross you see two Irish Defenders kind of reaching for mafa but he's way too strong with so much momentum downhill you won't be able to stop that like you referenced Sean he was a shoelace away for potentially Going the Distance the rushes and yards all new career highs the two touchdowns matching his career high third time he's done it this year last week at NC State earlier in the year here against Charleston Southern stopped there and time now becoming a big problem for Notre Dame not quite to the point where they need to be thinking about burning some timeouts but another first down that will become a big part of the discussion for Marcus Freeman very wisely running the clock down in no big hurry if they could get to field goal range and kick one that might well do [Applause] it mafa as a timeout called by Clemson right before the snap prior to the snap timeout Clemson their first 30 seconds Davos Sweeney and the Tigers up by eight with four five to go Mo Sweeney became the head coach in 2008 Howard coached here for 30 Seasons jab will join him in the Hall of Fame someday second down to nine mafa big tackle by Kaiser look like he would bounce to the outside and go for much longer instead a two- yd gain probably not in field goal range the longest attempt by whites was a 51 Y which he missed second longest was a 43 y against NC State last week was he also missed it was long as 41 third down and seven three and a half to [Applause] go and it's incomplete Kaiser sniffed out the screen Marcus Freeman will get the ball back again and he has all three of his [Applause] timeouts Club Nick and the Tigers have not been able to deliver a knockout punch even just give themselves a little breathing room with another score that was a huge stand right there pressure being called by Al golden the defensive coordinator but linebacker bertran and Kaiser on consecutive plays making really really good decisions and good football plays to get off the field [Music] Swanson one of the stars of this game for Clemson how about that one he power find quarterback to lose five times in his career to the same opponent Chris Ricks of Florida State against Miami in the early part of this Century big thing here in a two-minute Drive situation just got to get the drive started with positive yardage on first down they haven't done anything on offense in this half it's a short dump over the middle to estimate wrestle down I know they have all three timeouts but they have a long way to go and a field goal doesn't do them any good so are Hartman wise to tell the teammates they need to speed it up they need to have a little urgency they haven't been able to manufacture any big plays they're going to have to nickel and dime their way down the field Hartman flushed Hartman grabbed as he throws and it falls harmlessly [Applause] incomplete Xavier Thomas becoming a presence in front of Hartman he's given the right tackle Blake fiser a lot of problems these last couple series beat him on the upfield rush and that time gets a hand on Harman to force the incompletion only four first downs in this half for Notre Dame they are running a lot of screens pH on he's the playmaker he's to the 22 khil Barnes fellow true freshman made the tackle 12 yds on one they absolutely had to have but the clock is running and they are substituting and huddling Marcus Freeman not comfortable with that yeah I don't know why they're huddling I mean you got to manufacture a lot of yards got to have more urgency it's got to be emphasized from the head coach to the offensive coordinator Hartman giv time this time throws a little underthrown for deison who had a step on Andrew makuba the nickel dropping into coverage yeah if that Ball's thrown just a little bit better fison wins to the outside he's got plenty of space but the ball is under thrown looked like Haron was trying to go with the back shoulder and really well defended by Andrew makuba missed opportunity there for the Irish Hartman just 50% for the day 12 out of 24 nothing down the field and was intercepted threw it down the field over the head of Tyre Tylin Griffin the true freshman with his first career [Applause] interception Payton Paige is engaged right here with the Right Guard Roco Spindler he beats him inside and delivers a hit to Hartman which forces the ball to go really high and it floats over the head of the intended receiver Tyrie as Griffin was right there waiting to reel it in Great presence there by the defensive tackle and a forced throw there by Hartman puts his team on life support [Applause] third Irish turnover second Hartman interception he did not throw an interception in their first six games he's now thrown seven in their last four mafa 8yd gain timeout Irish Xavier Watts made the tackle time out Notre Dame they're first third 30 seconds 186 yds rushing for mafa on 32 carries there's a look at the All State Playoff predictor looking at those undefeateds Washington going to be in a tough one tonight on the road at SC they one rting the Trojans off and Washington has not been playing good football these last couple weeks so maybe the pull off the upset tonight in the Coliseum Ohio State survived a bit of a scare at the moment Missouri heads to Georgia Georgia seems to be able to flip that switch Sean whenever they respect their opponent they seem to play at remarkably high level so schedule coming up for them very difficult three- game stretch Flor state would seem to have a pretty comfy schedule MAA oh the ball's out my goodness Riley Mills came up with the [Applause] football davo swey is seen this nightmare much too often this season on thei good pressure by Gabriel Rubio got a hand in and knocked it away from mafa who's had a brilliant day but you absolutely can't lose the ball here oh my goodness I mean mafa has been incredible and played such clean football for a vast majority of the game today and Rubio gets that right arm in swats the ball WOW office so frustrated with themselves 11 lost fumbles now tied with Nebraska for most of the [Applause] [Music] country second takeaway for the Notre Dame defense they have 20 for the year they had 15 all last season hope is still alive Hartman thumps it off short another tackle for troter on audri EST two timeouts left down by eight Notre Dame trailing almost all day that's three to nothing trailed 10 to three after the first quarter and they've trailed ever since Hartman runs into traffic Hartman takes off running now and gets to the sideline got a first first down got them to the 42 with a 15yd Scamper not known as a runner but he's had three runs today of 15 yds or more that was a great job of moving in the pocket nothing there initially well defended in the back end by the Tigers but he escapes there's no one there to the left side everyone Crees in coverage takes off and makes a nice play with his legs mafa hoping the defense can bail him out does another name have anybody who can make a play downfield in the passing game Hartman fires to the sideline a little bit too far in front of toas marow Avon Terell the freshman in coverage injuries all over the defense so freshman Terell Griffin and Barnes they've all seen action most of the day in that secondary and they more than held their own they have number 17 Rico Flores in the slot keep an eye on him he's a big play threat Harman looked in that direction now throws for single coverage and it falls incomplete a lot of contact between Terell and marow weather Mutual hand fighting there Clemson has still not been assessed the penalty today third down and [Applause] 10 another Dame needing a win to to keep their hopes of a New Year's six bowl game alive favorable schedule after today with weak Forest going to South Ben next Saturday in the 500th game in stadium history that's actually in two weeks then they're at Stanford Hartman over the head of Holden [Applause] stays not [Applause] close last chance for Marcus Freeman in the Irish fourth and 10 down by eight a minute three to go and only two timeouts left be interesting to see what Wess good when defensive coordinator decides to call right here Jeremiah trer number 54 has been the game breaker they're a middle linebacker for Clemson they've had a lot of success bringing him in pressure keep an eye on 54 Harman Hardman throws it left-handed incomplete in the direction of es it's Xavier Thomas in his sixth year who's been putting the heat on Hartman throughout this second half and this has been such a difficult matchup for Blake fiser all game long you see Xavier Thomas being able to turn the corner he's getting beat inside before he's getting beat around the edge this time Hartman tries to save it but he just can't [Music] Davos Sweeney relieved oh boy that yet another self-inflicted mistake did not cost his team on that last [Music] possession second half no other game and touchdowns on their first two possessions now one of them was from the two yd line in one play set up by the interception return by wats but five punts and now a turnover on Downs and Phil MAF is the most relieved man in South Carolina two hands on the ball and if you had more hands they'd all be on the [Applause] ball timeout Notre D they're second 30 seconds saw ese you know it's interesting he was so hot early such a factor early and it's like they can completely went away from him in in the second half yeah they they couldn't manufacture much on the ground at all they were working the perimeter Run game early and thought in the second half they would adjust and maybe start to hit it a little bit more downhill and there just hasn't been anything there they've had no rhythm offensively here outside of the one drive where Hartman made a couple plays with his leg so got to give a lot of credit to West Goodwin his defense because they made some adjustments in the second half that made life very difficult on the Irish estimate only three carries in this half for five [Music] yards off of the ball carrier Notre Dame can used its last timeout time out Notre Dame their third and final 30 seconds so Sam Hartman in his sixth year of college football among the all-time leaders in career passing yards and touchdowns and touchdown responsible for but hasn't been able to do it against Clemson and there's no disgrace in that one of the best programs in the country over the last decade [Applause] plus and not a lot of help I mean other than estimate not a lot of guys running open in the passing game certainly the loss of Evans the tight end hurt as well their leading receiver for the Year big time they really miss him is just that reliable go-to piece especially on third down and in the Red Zone but the protection hasn't held up very well and Blake fiser the right tackles had a tough day The Backs have had a tough day in protection as well just a bunch of problems offensively for Notre Dame came in on a roll the outscored USC and Pittsburgh are combined 106 to 27 they said all the right things they weren't taking Clemson lightly they know jabos swing has a ton of talent that they've lost a lot of really tough and heartbreaking games and they made it harder on themselves than they needed to today with the late fumble by mafa with 36 carries exactly twice as many as his previous career high of 18 last year against Syracuse you're too good a day to have that fumble become the defining moment he was excellent and you referenced I mean the mistake was glare Ing and potentially a back breaker but he's the reason why they have this lead and here with 5 seconds remaining you call a play offensively you're going to put your offense on the field you don't want to take the risk and punt the ball away you Sean know better than anybody what happens potentially with a oh he has trouble with the SL we all know about that free hit puberty since that Michigan Michigan State game so we won't reenact it I don't know if there's going to be a Jaylen watch Jackson moment in this one because what you'd call with 5 seconds left you'd call a play called Rambo airball you would roll the quarterback to the right tell him to throw it as high as humanly possible and land it just out of bounds about 5 yds out of bounds with a little bit of a half roll as well and you can hopefully have enough Hang Time on the throw for the clock to expire with [Music] zeros 5 Seconds To Go fourth down and 12 that's what you expect run around for a bit and launch it high club Nick throws it high in the air and as it lands time has [Applause] expired and they storm the field as they always do Tabo sweee defiantly knocking

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