Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Texas A&M Aggies | Full Game Highlights | ESPN College Football

the breeze at his back Jeter drives it out of the ballpark Noah Thomas the top Target goes in motion and wigman looks across the middle and Zips a strike for a first down out to the 40s he finds Cyrus Allen for 15 they want to stay out of those third Longs big cushion right here pressure off the edge Wegman gets it out gets it complete to Trey Watson and the big tight end is a first down inside the 25 start for wigman this time good protection time to survey steps up he can scramble not a

speedy dude he's more of a North South Scrambler but he can make a defense pay H from 34 to give the aies the lead drives it right through Riley Leonard here's pressure with York off to his left play clock at three low snap through the timing off he gets it underneath the Jaden great housee and the receiver gets a first down picks up eight to the right Leonard looks that way throws it into traffic catch made and then the immediate hit on fison by Will Lee it Willie I just one Trophy winner Jaden daners a

year ago let's see what he calls here on Third and medium Leonard trying to escape excellent Scrambler can he get there yes he can slides down a flag comes in on the hit he went down low he did pick up first down yardage right at the 50 of the question marks of this team from from the right see how he lowered his head Defense number Z 15 yd peny automatic first down the targeting is under further review B lman Happ to have him joining us in the booth Bill how did you see this as they

review this the ACC replay Center no question we've got a late hit because of feet first slide and he does come in cuz he's defenseless now he does get him with forcible contact to the Head very marginal field goal range if they can't get the first down they'd love to get it closer and they get it in the flat there Bo Collins the Clemson transfer gets near the marker before he's dragged down at the 26 by Lee Collins do some damage after to the catch get some good blocks up front you see the tight end

Mitchell Evans and all of a sudden you're in field goal range you can give your this from 46 yds within his range to tie the score low kick and he drives it right through hand off getting to the edge is moss and he falls forward that's a solid first down pick up out near the 45 athletic and he's versatile they're going to move him all over the field this gives you an idea of the Baton Rouge time 4:30 in La first down handoff Moss hammers ahead see right there at the first down stripe signaling Wagman

Punk fake has time makes a cut and will scramble and dive for a first down out near Mid field before Kaiser got him down turn Ball's about to be snapped you can see Kaiser everyone's trying to get on the same page cuz they go to this empty look and because of that he clears everybody out there's no one except Kaiser there once again tries the left side cuts downhill and behind that big offensive line they move the six again inside the 40 he transfer from Utah missed the Pack 12 he's the backup center now and

and the hand off again this time it's Daniels and he muscles down near the 32 I'm going to L so two penalties on third down for this Aggie offense they need eight now bman in the flat catch made by Walker who loops around but does not get near the marker stopped at the 32 by Donovan heines and for this defense how he comes in and forces this ball back inside right there he didn't make the play but he took away the outside opportunity leveraged the football back to the middle usually get that windy inside this

cavernous Stadium kind of swirling and this field go will sneak inside the left upright and the aies will reclaim the lead recruting it helps but it's onfield grit and toughness which is what he's trying to bring crowd really noisy on second and 10 they bring pressure late it's picked up and the pitch is made to the perimeter and that's a nice completion for a first down you as a transfer portal as a guy can go vertical look out to the right you think he's going deep nope puts the brakes on balls out early and away

to the outside to really get a beat on your opponents it's true especially with these first couple weeks andell drops the point and Boots it high busy will feeli it at the eight makes a couple guys miss and Spins down at the 17 yd line bman four for 10 has run a couple of times for first downs from the pocket here has plenty of time and five intercepted he threw it over the receiver's head and Aidan Schuler has the pick tough Jersey kick just going to sit back here in center field and read the quarterback's

eyes let a man coverage Underneath Him quarterback steps up that is not an accurate ball and instead you can see why he threw it with the receiver finally getting separation but the ball sails on him over the receiver's hands and right into the arms there the safety Scher who like I said is having a great game here tonight [Applause] second and 16 underneath screen and trying to work free as Bo Collins is a nice job gets bumped out but they get a huge chunk of yardage back makes it third and short TI in right there

Evans Leonard looking to the end zone looping throw for greous and it's interference a flag came in late he was defended by Tyreek Chappelle Corner tell me what you see pass interference Defense number seven he's not playing the ball runs him off to the outside contact interfer if he turned his head and was running stride for stride and had that same contact what would the call be I'd leave it alone that's what I [Applause] thought so twice Notre Dame has answered an A&M field goal with win of their own he is back out on the

bench talking with his teammates with an urgency as if he can return I'll keep you posted okay wman throw catch made Allen curls and makes a first down across the 35 that's good news out concept motion here get up and work across you'll see the receiver coming in Walker he's just trying to get behind Noah Thomas number three but you're right that is into heavy traffic it's got to be a very very accurate throw to have a chance Irish rush for Wagman back pending trying to stay alive and he can't he'll be sacked by Howard

cross II one of those veterans on that defensive L element to the Interior right here watch his swim move goes right around the guard Neu the center over late they Rush four when you can Rush four on third down like this and play Man coverage behind that with a couple safeties back deep man that is tough on a quarterback after the spot foul they try love off the left side and he gets the edge Jeremiah Love scooting down the sidelines his run out of bounds finally by Bryce Anderson but suddenly yeah nice kickout block here

watch the guard do a nice job of being able to seal this to the inside it gives him a little bit of room to work also good effort there by the wide receiver who's getting involved in blocking that was Bo Collins behind the sticks first and 15 Deon Fords the back around the end they give it to Harrison and he's going to be tracked down after a short gain by Tori Moss makes a cut and muscles for a first down clock will St really talented Corner number 20 on second down Wegman steps up across the

midle as a low throw and it's intercepted and the man communication here he is right here and watch the route and watch how he comes off of one receiver does a good job of slipping to the inside and then the instincts I mean his vision is what makes him special when it comes to defending the ball in the air knew exactly what he wanted to do you mentioned the seven interceptions and it backfire better success on early Downs to help out Riley Leonard 11 for 19 hasn't been sacked hasn't thrown a pick and finally finds

the tight end Cooper Flanigan who's trying to step in Mitchell Evans has great house comes across in motion keeper again Leonard lowers his head it's close it's going to depend on the spot it's right at the Aggies 49 Scooby Williams made the tackle Aggies think turnover on Downs I think it's a first down based on that spot have looked to see that he didn't get it right at the 49 yd line they stretch the sticks and oh it is short A&M makes a fourth down stop as Freeman's second Gamble the drive doesn't pay off they're

an inch short and they'll take over at Midfield to relax I also asked him about third down now Notre Dame is 2 and eight on third down he said we are mixing up the packages and looks they haven't figured it out yet we're going to continue to be multiple on that down Wegman steps back he's thrown the two picks but he gets this one out and Walker has got some room and it's a first down inside the not D 4 he pick up 11 there you go again into the slot this is the matchup wigman's

trying he got separation ball comes out late he's still able to come back to the football they got [Applause] four Leonard looping the ball and the catch is made on the sidelines they find Cooper Flanigan who had one catch last year but is stepping up second and 14 now they split the safeties up top and the run right downhill price makes a cut gets the edge diaran price headed for the pylon touch down not a 47 yds finally somebody reaches the end zone yeah let's take a look and see how they're able to exploit this

what a play by this offense great job of being able to just get this thing going and you know it's the the offensive line they've had such a tough night this time they're able to get up to that second level and finally give a back some room to run accelerate final minutes of the third quarter Leonard behind a block Dives forward he is begin to run the ball more and more in these designed runs and semi-finals championship game type thing that's what they're hoping for this is moss again and Moss a nice run for a

first down picks up 12 the Don Schuler in coverage there on the tight [Applause] end second and 10 Irish are showing pressure they run right into the Blitz and it's Smith Breaking Free emage Smith's son EJ sets him up first and goal ripping off a 14y pick it up they saw it with that hard count it kind of tipped it watch the offensive line do their job Notre Dame almost ran themselves really right out of that play with a blitz up hand off Moss touchdown Aggies rman back pedals throw catch made knocked out of bounds

right near the marker is moss they're going to spot him short yeah he is short the ball did not get across we just keep talking about moss leevon moss is the one guy that can make plays that ball is thrown behind him not quite the presence of mind to realize where he was to try to extend that ball beyond the marker Bill you're the best too but boy Rogers was just an outstanding person not just a great official well set on second and one they trap love behind the line scorton who made his name as

a pass rusher strong in run support that's a huge play ball back right here Devon Ford in the game there in the back field play clock at three Leonard steps up delivers a strike for a first down an enormous conversion to great house as they keep the football looking to throw on first down again the sidelines a one-on-one matchup a battle is won by Bo Hollins on the edge as he beat will Lee and the Irish were in A&M territory or close to it well he had all kinds of time they go back to that

one-on-one matchup pretty good coverage by Will Lee how about Bo Collins working back to the football woo he better be careful that could have been 15 the play's under review they're going to look at this because there may been a bobble through the hand get hyped up but you can't physically push him May they've been going at it it's a heck of an effort high points the ball the question is does he have possession when his feet are down before he gets pushed out let's watch here bill this will be a good one foot down

there does he have it he tucks it there as his feet come up off the ground he never lost possession gaining control and then Landing out of bounds on his back the rolling on the field stands strong guy he's used that big frame to catch five balls tonight Leonard has become the leading rusher on the Irish and he scoots for another first down inside the 40 nice block by Pendleton on the left side there love up the middle runs through a tackle Jeremiah Love rambling down near the 20s the Irish are grabbing chunks now that's

18 more love burst stroke in the middle love to the end zone and the Irish take the [Applause] lead in a ton of room here good block by Pendleton on the inside to kind of get the play started he's got a good inside block there to get a good push see the tight end 87 coming over from the right Cooper Flanigan to help out but really to me it's about the back at his feet he's patient he's patient bang he gets his foot in the ground look at that acceleration against those safeties have been making

so many tackles and this time I think they're surprised by how quickly he shot out of the end at the back side of that hole for this touchdown Jeremiah Schuler and Morrison and [Applause] Greg Wegman back pedals and throws it to the bench nobody open him pressure comes Wegman has time but again a miscommunication nobody open even the backer's done a great job Kaiser walked out try to get it on the ground and getting out near the marker is moss he's a couple of yards short got to have two yards just two timeouts if they

don't convert there won't be [Applause] enough Moss is the back trying to get the Irish to jump they don't they're going to throw for it incomplete the Irish take over as Christian Gray jumped the route and this Elite secondary makes one play to get the football back trying to go three for three and put this one away can the yies get in there and block it create the Mayhem kick is driven right through and Notre Dame is going to come to Kyle Field and come away with a huge Victory to start this campaign and begin

to build their resume as a playoff team I love Marcus Freeman's approach as a head coach tonight