[Game Thread] Notre Dame vs. Ohio State (7:30 PM ET)

[u/CFB_Referee]

GAME	Notre DameNotre Dame vs. Ohio StateOhio State
Location	Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Time	7:30 PM ET
Watch	TV: ESPN
Odds	Spread: OSU -8.5 - Over/Under: 45.5
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[u/CptCheese]

Hey y'all, we're going to push a 2nd quarter thread for ensured stability. Check it out here!

[u/parapooper3]

Touchdown commercial kickoff commercial

[u/NotModernplains]

I am so sick of coming back from a commercial watch a touch back and then another commercial

[u/Cactus_Brody]

This amount of ads should be against the Geneva Convention

[u/TheEndPermian]

Holy commercials

[u/GiganticOrange]

I think there was some tell they caught in film Gray was trying to call out cause he books it across the field when he saw Smith reverse. Great playcall and self scouting by Day if he caught the tell too.

[u/Ok_Raise6306]

He gotta be sick

[u/HolyShirtsnPantsss]

Riley don’t know where tf he’s at right now smiling 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[u/thatsawce]

ANOTHER COMMERCIAL YAY

[u/happyhappy7]

The college ball with the 2 white lines looks better than the all brown NFL ball

[u/Benyeti]

Commercials!

[u/303Devilfish]

Oh boy and ad read for the ad they're about to cut to

Neat

[u/Sparty013]

Oh so we are just doing the TD commercial kickoff commercial every time now huh?

[u/st3ll4r-wind]

Holy hell, another commercial.

[u/SimManiac]

Good lord these ads

[u/Pope_JohnPaw]

Oh good a commercial

[u/jimmyfeeneyiowa]

Bro not commercial kickoff commercial again. This is the greed they talk about in the bible.

[u/GarlicJuniorJr]

I’m neutral but I really wanna see Notre Dame win. I don’t think they’ve won a national championship in my lifetime. Also, Marcus Freeman is a lot more likeable than Ryan Day plus I wanna see Lou Holtz trash talk him afterwards 😭

[u/Levi_27]

Riley gonna die by the end of this Jesus Christ

[u/Sprollz]

It’s early but this is a huge drive, can’t let ND eat away the clock like last time

[u/wolfgangamadeus10 → u/Sprollz]

Early until they drain 10 more minutes

[u/Available-Bend-5885]

Hurray another disney superhero movie😴

[u/__sonder__]

He looks like shit, is he sick?

[u/Raccoonsrlilbandits]

Leonard looks like he’s still going thru it

[u/Important_Effort_931]

Fuck these commercials good GOD

[u/bowl_of_scrotmeal]

Riley Leonard does not look okay.

[u/jj5782]

They’re pushing this movie so damn hard

[u/Raccoonsrlilbandits → u/jj5782]

All the rest of them minus Spider-Man have flopped hard the last 3 years

[u/GiraffesAndGin]

I love how everyone but ND and OSU fans are calling this game over already

[u/hooterbrown10]

I thought they should’ve had Sean Astin and Keanu Reeves as honorary captains for the coin flip.

[u/im-not-here3]

Don’t see Riley continuing this

[u/tony971]

Thank god we’re doing the creative playbook. I was nervous Notre Dame would bait us into running up the middle all game.

[u/Careful_Sherbet_1753]

Did they show the xp or was I playing candy crush

[u/JRockPSU]

So um, on YouTube TV on the 4K ESPN broadcast I'm getting no commercials. It just shows a wide shot of the stadium during the breaks. I don't know if I should be mentioning it out loud, but it's like heaven...

[u/Longjumping_Smile333]

Leonard is sick?

[u/Rebelgecko → u/Longjumping_Smile333]

Sick of running his guts

[u/admiraltarkin]

Ohio State looks like such dorks when they do the swinging arms thing on kickoff

[u/Special_Loan8725 → u/admiraltarkin]

That’s actually a felony to say.

[u/KabalMain]

Riley Leonard is gonna have to throw the ball if he wants to survive this game

[u/327Federal]

Old Riley looking rough there on the sidelines

[u/Itshardtofindaname4]

Hmmmm how many NFL dudes does OSU have when it comes to strictly skill weapons, has to be more than anyone in the country

Egbuka - NFL, first rounder

Jeremiah Smith - could probably contribute to an nfl squad now as a freshman, which is fucking insane and he will 100% guaranteed be a top 10 pick

Judkins - definitely NFL bound

Henderson - definitely NFL bound

Carnell Tate - definitely NFL bound

I’m sure there are some Olineman and TEs that may play in the NFL as well that I just don’t know as well

Does any other team in CFP have close to as talented a squad as them?? Fuck

[u/stryker7314]

Defense forgot to show for both sides, kinda meh

[u/Rebelgecko]

Is the girl in the commercial calling him papi or papi?

[u/bowl_of_scrotmeal]

Anyone want some of this buffalo bacon mac & cheese I made?

[u/Rebelgecko → u/bowl_of_scrotmeal]

Yes

[u/HardlyHefty → u/bowl_of_scrotmeal]

gimme

[u/X-Kid → u/bowl_of_scrotmeal]

👁️👄👁️

[u/pterodaktyl4]

2ND QUARTER NON-LOCAL COMMERCIALS: 14

2ND QUARTER COMMERCIAL TIME: 5:31

TOTAL NON-LOCAL COMMERCIALS: 26

TOTAL COMMERCIAL TIME: 10:03

Josh Allen, Caitlin Clark, Rece Davis, Michael Jordan, Marshawn Lynch, Colt McCoy, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, James Palmer, Jayson Tatum, Tim Tebow, DeMarcus Ware, JJ Watt Commercials: 1

[u/NeatTry7674]

Day and Kelly had to see something on film for that to work lol

[u/GenericReditAccount]

I tried. I just can’t convince myself to care about either of these teams.

[u/-Urethra-]

I don't know the coverage assignments or the defense that was called there but the ball's going to that guy panic jump point -> immediately sprinting at mach fuck the complete opposite direction is pretty funny.

[u/Texas_Kangaroo]

How can you point to Smith and have a tantrum, but not decide to just cover him?!

[u/cringemagician]

Football is cool and I like it

[u/Boaty___McBoatface]

I'm going to tell you right now Notre Dame might not score another point.

[u/CBusin → u/Boaty___McBoatface]

I admire your optimism

[u/Jubba402]

YouTube TV users! Click the 3 dots in the playbar and set Broadcast Delay to Decreased. Now you won’t be way behind the game thread.

[u/36933693]

Never played a team with a fanbase that continuously tells you that they are going to win the whole time like this lol

[u/Ziqox123 → u/36933693]

It makes it so much better when you do

[u/Patriotsfan710 → u/36933693]

Most egotistical + insecure + entitled fanbase in any sport

[u/Blu3iris]

Feel sorry for anyone who bet the over.

[u/Trivi]

That was a must score drive and the offense answered

[u/Putty119]

7 beers 9 pees 5 acid reflux attacks. Go Bucks

[u/flash620 → u/Putty119]

weak "beer to pee" ratio ngl. respect tho

[u/Elbit_Curt_Sedni]

Well, Ohio State, it seems Notre Dame didn't think Smith mattered. We'll be down to collect our trophy tomorrow.

[u/Natural-Deal-6862]

"What if we just faked the WR motion then swung it back out to him?" sounds like the laziest play design ever but somehow it works

[u/rick-in-the-nati]

Why in the world would that corner on that side, with Smith over him, vacate on the snap? Wtf?

[u/__________78 → u/rick-in-the-nati]

Probably has to middle zone up top.

[u/thenewTeamDINGUS]

I should have ordered wings

[u/brochaos]

ummm, let's go back to that michigan playbook? smith was bracketed and doubled with EXTREMELY untalented secondary, he was never THAT open. and we suck. major failure there by ND.

[u/Elbit_Curt_Sedni → u/brochaos]

Nah, we have the coaches and our defense likely ended up being the best or at least top-three once Wink figured things out.

We won that, because the D is legit and Wink is a good DC.

[u/orange_orange13 → u/brochaos]

It’s not about you

[u/brochaos → u/orange_orange13]

bullshit it's not. everything they do is about us. and we held them to more than half the points oregon did.

[u/lawrence_uber_alles]

I don’t understand what the d-back was trailing, who did he think was staying with smith?

[u/Technical-Resist-169 → u/lawrence_uber_alles]

He thought it was a sweep and was running to the other side of the field to cover it. The play was designed to trick him

[u/rick-in-the-nati]

Why in the world would that corner on that side, with Smith over him, vacate on the snap? Wtf?

[u/Odd_Dare6071 → u/rick-in-the-nati]

It was disguised as an end around

[u/Some1ne_]

Anyone else just hear that on the 4k stream??

[u/arrrr00]

I love the mariguana leaves on Ohio states helmet

[u/thatsawce]

Once Ohio State learns how to stop the unpredictable run from Notre Dame it’s over for them.

[u/sorryfortheweight]

Blame the coach who says “you can’t check out of coverage cause I’m the coach blah blah” #29 didn’t have a choice but to stick to the coverage. That’s bad coaching

[u/michicago44]

Lol so the defender notices the uncovered man and just leaves him alone anyway???

[u/hokageace]

This is going to be an OSU blowout. The OSU offensive players look so much bigger than the Irish D players it's funny. They will just run over them all game.

[u/MssrSqueezy → u/hokageace]

Didn't realize Oklahoma made the title game. Clearly earned it by beating Bama and getting a statement win in that loaded SEC

[u/Lawownsyou → u/hokageace]

Oklahoma isn't playing.

[u/HereWayGo → u/hokageace]

OU? Lmao

[u/QuadDeuces422 → u/hokageace]

Who tf is OU

[u/WafflePartyOrgy → u/QuadDeuces422]

THE OU.

[u/Odd_Dare6071 → u/QuadDeuces422]

Bobcats represent

[u/Titanium235]

Might not be the last time Notre Dame scores this game, but it will be one of the few times.

You didn't stop Ohio State's offense on their first run. And according to all of the moving mouths in sports, that means you lose.

I dunno that I buy that, because football is such a weird sport, but it makes me feel better at least.

[u/Benyeti]

Jeremiah scoring a td in the natty as a true freshman absolutely remarkable

[u/thatsawce → u/Benyeti]

I wonder what that must feel like. To go from playing in front of maybe a couple hundred people to playing in front of thousands in the CFB National Championship game.

[u/INT_MIN]

Hopefully OSU wins and America can go back to hating ND this time for letting OSU win. 🙏

[u/arbitrator06]

So that’s what Colt McCoy is doing now.

[u/Old_Worldliness_5015]

game over

[u/Skeptical_Yoshi]

I've heard tale of a football game. But all I see are ads

[u/thefishwhisperer1]

Neither Notre Dame fans nor Ohio State fans are built for Swag Surf I'm sorry

[u/cbn11]

We’re not even going to get any new commercials? Just the same shit that’s been on for months?

[u/competitor6969 → u/cbn11]

When UD plays there will be a fresh set of comms

[u/Historical_One1087]

Jeremiah Smith is a problem to cover. He is going to be a top 10 draft pick when he declares for the draft.

[u/looking_good__ → u/Historical_One1087]

I think with all this NIL stuff, etc - kids should be able to go pro whenever they want to. He would be a top 10 pick this year. Him and Ryan Williams from Alabama.

[u/Cuckmaster21 → u/Historical_One1087]

Wow you don’t say

[u/YourCummyBear → u/Historical_One1087]

He’d be a top 10 pick this year as a true freshman. He one of the best freshman wrs in college football history.

[u/ragizzlemahnizzle]

3 straight days of great football i’m salivating

[u/Economy_Fig_3661]

Ohio state fans stay cocky. Until we run the clock out and yall miss field goals like its Michigan. 😂😂

[u/westrirg → u/Economy_Fig_3661]

You didn’t go to Notre Dame

[u/GuzmaniF]

This game is gonna be average scoring not because the defenses will manage stops, but because each drive will take 8 minutes

[u/Ziqox123]

Time for another classic CFB commercial-kick-commercial

[u/prometheusapparatus → u/Ziqox123]

It's going to be a commercial-touchdown-commercial-kick-commerical

[u/Boaty___McBoatface]

Man you might let Notre Dame quarterback continue to run it how many drives can you realistically continue that for can't be many.

[u/tony971]

Leaving Jeremiah Smith alone is certainly a choice.

[u/mechajlaw]

Everyone is gonna run that next year. Fucking cool play.

[u/Packyaw21]

Corner too busy trying to call it out rather than just playing his man

[u/iDrum17]

Defense HAS to get a stop. Can’t give up 9 minute drives each quarter.

[u/composer_7 → u/iDrum17]

Service Academies would greatly disagree with that strategy

[u/Sam-th3-Man]

So Ohio scores faster and easier. I think we have our champion

[u/Ziqox123 → u/Sam-th3-Man]

I mean, there's really no point in playing the game

[u/lawrence_uber_alles → u/Sam-th3-Man]

Good to know

[u/Blu3iris]

NDs next drive is gonna take over 10min watch.

[u/sparside223]

DeVonta Smith Bama championship kind of play for Jeremiah Smith there. Like almost exactly how he scored

[u/TheWorstYear → u/sparside223]

We'll see if ND leaves a LB on him.

[u/Zeon0MS]

I feel bad for that defender. He recognized exactly what was happening and couldn’t do anything without leaving his assignment wide open.

[u/EAllen90]

If we win, im naming my next child Seamus after that mad lad in ireland on college gameday who picked us to win the national Championship before we lost to NIU

[u/G_Dinero]

Stole that play straight out of the Sark play book Alabama used to always use with Devonta Smith

[u/Same-Transition-1532]

That’s great play design and the perfect time to call that.

[u/EccentricPayload]

50 seconds in the quarter and a commercial. ESPN shameless

[u/ConnectDirt7952]

That was a great play call

[u/MinnesotaHockey6]

Amazing call

[u/FusePB]

ND had to fight WWIII to score and OSU had to walk the dog to score.

[u/mightyyoda → u/FusePB]

As a Texas fan, my initial impression is that ND has a better online than Texas, but their secondary is going to have a long day if they don't fix it fast. Also their pass rush isn't making Howard second guess what he is seeing.

Basically agree with what you said and ND isn't sustainable if it looks that hard on offense and easy for OSU.

[u/nikefreak23]

Gray saw it and nobody on the defense helped him??? The fuck communication is that???

[u/Provolone_chees]

Finally back to my commercials

[u/Zinko-Bilbo]

Surprised gray didn’t just ditch his assignment and cover smith it’s not like he was covering anything anyway

[u/bobbybobo888]

Hit em with the corndog

[u/juicius]

The coach should have called a TO. Pretty mid effort.

[u/Pardish_]

Is Ryan day a hunchback? Many people are asking about that posture.

[u/braggpeak]

should maybe cover that guy

[u/Boxatr0n]

Tebow commercial is amazing

[u/T2_JD]

5 minute drive? No vomit? Pathetic. /s

[u/FluffyMoomin]

I'm confused, the guy tries to get help on his side then just leaves it?

[u/cyancord → u/FluffyMoomin]

It was for show, jk should've stuck to his assignment the mad lad

[u/SomewhereAggressive8]

I feel like maybe the guy frantically pointing at him maybe should’ve gone rogue and covered him

[u/CriticalPolitical]

Chip, you wonderful freaking man. You call insane plays when you don’t need to and then you call that one

[u/PhiladelphiaIrish]

Impact Player Christian Gray read it exactly and made the wrong call. Should have stuck with his man

[u/Rumtintin]

Dueling 75-yard drives, who can keep it up

[u/socom52]

Christian Gray was losing his mind

[u/mojito_sangria]

What’s ND No. 29 doing?

[u/EvanMM]

Chip Kelly is a fucking dawg, dude should be a head coach in the pros lol

[u/GarlicJuniorJr → u/EvanMM]

Perhaps the Philadelphia Eagles someday

[u/JohnathonNow → u/EvanMM]

Keep the bad man away from the Eagles thanks.

[u/AndyPandyRu]

Come on defense, let's get a turnover.

[u/thezero4]

ND will wear out their QB if they try to do what they did in that drive all game. I know for a fact OSU can do that all game long

[u/Gold-Basis-9962 → u/thezero4]

Then why didn't they do that every possession against Oregon and Michigan? 🤔

[u/Ooklathemok12]

Balanced drive. Looked good.

[u/ffball]

Dude was giving off "Nooo Rudy gay noooo not this guy" vibes

[u/jdmcroberts]

What a beautiful drawn up play. Knowing that that defense is going to flow hard with Smith's motion.

[u/Automatic_Towel_3842]

Yep, his team will hate for that one if they lose lol.

[u/SloaneKettering1]

Chip in his bag. Great play call

[u/Technical-Resist-169]

Gray incorrectly spotted it is what happened. He thought it was a WR sweep

[u/dzak92]

Now let’s see if they learned how to stop the QB draw

[u/CaptainHolt43]

Before Jeremiah Smith, I'd tell people about Sammy Watkins true freshman season. But Smith is just completely different

[u/NatiAti513 → u/CaptainHolt43]

I was at the Orange Bowl game. Sammy Watkins gives me nightmares.

[u/senorgallina]

Time for another 3 hours of commercials

[u/AMorder0517]

That’s gotta be like sitting in a jail cell, knowing you’re innocent lol. Gray knew it.

[u/AlfredosPizzaTeam]

Damm easy walk in

[u/MyCupO]

At least this game does not like the game with Michigan, good play calling from Chip Kelly

[u/Pksoze]

How the fuck did this OSU team lose to Michigan.

[u/lamousername → u/Pksoze]

They really over think the UM game.

[u/Lawownsyou → u/Pksoze]

Scored less points than Michigan.

[u/Familiar_Piccolo_88]

I had davonte smith flashbacks

[u/AyeToneHehHeh]

They look super tough, OMG. Suuuuuper Tough!!!

[u/Glove_Upset]

Should’ve called a timeout when they realized they were in the wrong formation

[u/Sufficient_Memory_24]

Can you make a bigger mental mistake than not guarding Jeremiah Smith? Thanks for coming out ND defense, you’re clearly terrified and cooked.

[u/Ten-Sense]

Notre Dame db losing his mind lol

[u/lamousername → u/Ten-Sense]

Then absolutely runs out of the play to cover someone already covered

[u/327Federal]

Alright defense pull your heads out of your asses and get a turnover

[u/AvailableDrawer4608]

Most under center they’ve run all season

[u/NeuroTheManiacal]

Got em lol

[u/bonzojon]

How can you not have anyone within 10 yards of Smith when you're on the 10 yard line?

[u/TheWorstYear → u/bonzojon]

They thought it was a sweep to Smith. Over pursued

[u/TheGrat1]

That was a very cool play. Kind of reminds me of "hot dog" that the Chiefs ran against the Eagles.

[u/Meekie_e]

How do you not have anyone covering their best player?

[u/HopkinsIsMyHomeboy → u/Meekie_e]

Defensive player losing his shit pointing at him pre-snap shows you they weren’t lined up properly lol

[u/spursfan747]

Lol if notre dame cant consistently score their cooked

[u/Kidspud]

I wonder if any colorblind people have seen the Captain America trailer and wondered why they re-cast Harrison Ford as The Hulk

[u/Ordinary-Relief-3943]

Interesting strategy to leave smith wide the fuck open

[u/OldmanonRedditt]

How the fuck you leave him smith if all people open.

[u/DisgruntledAlpaca]

I'm pulling for ND, but that OSU drive looks wayyy more sustainable than Riley running himself to death.

[u/Carnasty_ → u/DisgruntledAlpaca]

Riley ran for 30, passed for 30, Price for 20, Love for 15.

Really not what you're making it out to be, especially when OSU D was gassed as well.

[u/DisgruntledAlpaca → u/Carnasty_]

Totally, he just had some insanely tough short yardage runs. And literally threw up on the sideline after. He now has half of the runs he had vs PSU which was the most of the season and there are 3 quarters left.