Frank Vitovitch
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Frank Vitovitch
Frank Vitovitch has been Co-Owner and Editor in Chief of UHND.com since joining forces with Kyle Flavin in 1999. Since that time, he has written over 2,000 articles covering Notre Dame football, recruiting, and basketball. He also works with all staff and external writers on all articles published on UHND.com.
Frank's love for Notre Dame football started at a young age watching Rocket Ismail give opposing coaches ulcers in the late 1980's. By day Frank works in marketing and holds a degree in Digital Media from Drexel University.
Frank's work has been cited by online/print editions of NBC Sports, ESPN, and Sports Illustrated and has been quoted on air by ESPN's Collin Cowherd. He's conducted interviews with Notre Dame legends Rocket Ismail, Randy Kinder, Lee Becton, Reggie Brooks, Michael Stonebreaker, and Ned Bolcar among others over his 20+ years of covering Notre Dame football. He's also been published in the print edition of USA Today Sports Weekly and the USA Today College Football Preview multiple times.
Other Published Works/Citations for Frank
Three Reasons Notre Dame Will Beat Alabama - USA Today
Notre Dame Suspends WR Kevin Stepherson, RB C.J. Holmes Indefinitely - Bleacher Report
Notre Dame / Ohio State Fiesta Bowl Preview - Eleven Warriors
Brace Yourself: The Fighting Irish are Relevant Again - Sports on Earth
Interviews with the Enemy: A Q&A with Frank Vitovitch of UHND - Yahoo! Sports
Five Good Minutes: Notre Dame Football Preview With UHND.com - BC Interruption
Vicious Electronic Questioning with UHND - MGO Blog
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Notre Dame Transfer Portal: Riley Leonard’s Path to Notre Dame
Duke quarterback Riley Leonard was one of the highest-profile players to enter the NCAA transfer portal. That’s led to strong speculation indicating that Notre Dame would be his…
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Notre Dame Adds Wide Receiver Transfer Kris Mitchell
After the hemorrhage of Notre Dame wide receivers entering the transfer portal, filling the holes that have emerged is a necessity. One part of the reshaping of a…
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Notre Dame Attacking Offense Through Early Transfer Portal Visits
Notre Dame lost four wide receivers and a tight end to the transfer portal last week. This week, the Irish are on the offensive in an attempt to…
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Notre Dame Football Transfer Portal Tracker 2023/24
The Transfer Portal is open, and it is officially silly season in college football. The Fighting Irish are not immune to the flood of transfers that are occurring…
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Notre Dame Football Highlights: Irish Blow Out Wake Forest on Senior Day
Notre Dame sent out their seniors in style again this year with a 45-7 romp over Wake Forest. Sam Hartman had himself a day against his old team…
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Weekly Matchups: Notre Dame Wraps Up Home Slate with Wake Forest Matchup
Having had two weeks to ponder the gravity of the loss to Clemson, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish close out the home portion of their 2023 schedule against…
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Notre Dame Bye Week #2: Offensive Problems a Source of Aggravation
In the aftermath of Saturday’s disastrous performance against Clemson, Notre Dame finds itself trying to build momentum for its final two contests. Barring any other catastrophes, those should…
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Overreactions: What a “Doozy” – Notre Dame Dominates Pitt in 58-7 Blowout
Notre Dame returned to the field on Saturday following their bye week and sent home Pitt and their boisterous head coach Pat Narduzzi with a 58-7 shellacking. All…
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Notre Dame Football Highlights: Defense, Special Teams Power 58-7 Rout of Pitt
Notre Dame returned to action after the bye week looking a little rusty on offense to start, but picked up right where they left off with their defense…
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Keyshawn Johnson Called Notre Dame Stadium a Dump: Then Watched USC Get Blown Out
Prior to kickoff of last night’s Notre Dame – USC game, a 48-20 drubbing of the Trojans by the Fighting Irish – USC alum Keyshawn Johnson tweeted out…
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Notre Dame Football Highlights: Irish Defense Shuts Downs Caleb Williams, USC in 48-20 Beat Down
Notre Dame’s defense had an all-time performance on Saturday night, shutting down reigning Heisman winner Caleb Williams and archrival USC 48-20. Notre Dame forced 5 turnovers on the…
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Overreactions: Notre Dame’s Offense Looks Fundamentally Broken in Inexcusable Performance
In one of the most embarrassing losses in recent program history, Notre Dame’s playoff hopes were obliterated on Saturday night. The Irish offense continued to sputter along in…
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Frankie V’s Prediction: Notre Dame Looks to Knock Off Another Unbeaten Team on the Road
Notre Dame is on the road to take on an undefeated ACC foe for the second week in a row. The Irish survived a scare from a Duke…
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Late Overreactions: Notre Dame Survived Unimaginative Offense to Beat Duke
A week after Notre Dame coughed up a late lead, it was the Irish stealing the lead late to pull out victory after it looked bleak. Notre Dame…
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Notre Dame Football Highlights: Irish Rally Late, Overcome Sluggish Offense to Beat Duke
Notre Dame snatched defeat from the jaws of victory a week ago. Tonight, the Irish flipped the script by beating Duke, thanks in large part to a Sam…
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Notre Dame’s Wide Receiver Depth Will Be Stretched Thin Against Duke
Notre Dame enters tonight’s showdown with #17 Duke with very little healthy depth at the wide receiver position, with four receivers most likely unavailable for the contest. Notre…
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Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman Faces Critical Early Juncture Versus Duke
Weeks like the one Marcus Freeman faced this week following the devastating loss to Ohio State can make or break a young coach. Factor in the embarrassing ending…
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Frankie V’s Prediction: Will Notre Dame Bounce Back and Silence Critics or Let Last Week Haunt Them?
Notre Dame is back in action on Saturday after one of the most devastating losses the program has suffered in some time. The Irish travel to Duke this…
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Michigan State Fans Pining for Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman
Michigan State is in the market for a new head coach following the scandalous exit of former head coach Mel Tucker. Fans of the mid-tier Big Ten program…
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Podcast: Notre Dame 10-Man Gate Aftermath, Questioning the Irish Offense’s Ceiling Moving Forward
Greg and Frank talked out the aftermath of Notre Dame’s devastating loss to Ohio State this past weekend. Did it make either of them feel better? No, but…
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5 Things I Liked: Finding Positives Amid the Anguish from Notre Dame’s Loss to Ohio State
Saturday night was one of the most heart-breaking losses in Notre Dame Stadium history for the Fighting Irish. In a mistake-filled contest featuring one of the biggest coaching…
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Overreactions: All-Time Blunder Compounds Notre Dame Mistakes in Latest Heartbreaker
A program-defining win for Marcus Freeman was there for the taking on Saturday night against Ohio State. Still, the Irish fell just short in a game that Notre…
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Notre Dame Football Highlights: Irish Fall Inches Short in Upset Bid of Ohio State
Notre Dame needed to hold Ohio State for 1 more yard and 3 more seconds on Saturday to pull off an upset and record one of the biggest…
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Kyren Williams Narrates Electric Notre Dame – Ohio State Hype Video
No one should need any more hype for tonight’s showdown with Ohio State, but just in case you need just a little more juice for the game, Kyren…
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Frankie V’s Prediction: Can Notre Dame Knock Off 6th Ranked Ohio State?
The first of three big-time games for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish is upon us. Quick, someone tell Michigan you can schedule tough games in the regular season.…
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S3E11: Breaking Down Notre Dame’s Annoying CMU Game, What It Will Take to Pull Upset Over Ohio State
Greg and Frank were able to pod together again this week to talk about Notre Dame’s game against Central Michigan and to look ahead to this weekend’s showdown…
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Overreactions: Notre Dame Uses Big Plays While Going Through Motions in Final Tune-Up for Ohio State
Notre Dame beat Central Michigan by 24 points on Saturday, but they led by just seven in a game that they were favored to win by 35. It…
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ESPN College GameDay Coming to South Bend for Notre Dame – Ohio State
It’s official. ESPN College GameDay is coming to Notre Dame next weekend for the top-10 showdown between Notre Dame and Ohio State. It will mark the 35th time…
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Notre Dame Football Highlights: Irish Start, Finish Strong in Uneven Tune-Up. Win 41-17
It was not the cleanest of games for Notre Dame Saturday despite a relatively lopsided final score. The Irish jumped out to a 21-7 lead but stalled in…
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Podcast: Notre Dame’s Defense on the Rise, Irish Prepare for One More Tuneup
his week scheduling conflicts derailed the lads again, but Greg was able to record a solo pod and cover all of the questions you all submitted this week.…
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ESPN Analyst Thinks Notre Dame is For Real in 2023
ESPN analyst and former Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy explained today why he thinks Notre Dame is the real deal this year. McElroy talks about: The Notre Dame secondary…
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Notre Dame Coach’s Corner: Highlights from Marcus Freeman’s Central Michigan Presser
After starting off his weekly press conference by acknowledging the anniversary of September 11, Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman transitioned into his thoughts on Saturday’s win over…
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Notre Dame Football Highlights: Irish Storm Past NC State with Huge 4th Quarter
Notre Dame and North Carolina State were delayed for almost two hours on Saturday due to severe weather. When the teams returned to the field for action, Notre…
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Frankie V’s Prediction: Can Notre Dame Continue to Roll Against NC State?
Notre Dame hits the road for their first true road game of the year on Saturday with their first trip to Raleigh, North Carolina, since the ill-fated hurricane…
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Podcast: Taking a Wait and See Approach with Notre Dame Football Following the “Preseason”
Frank and Greg are back in action this week breaking down the Tennessee State victory, looking ahead to NC State, and looking at things big picture after two…
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Notre Dame Football Depth Chart – Week 2 NC State
Notre Dame released its official depth chart for this weekend’s contest against NC State, and unlike last week, there were some changes to it as Notre Dame suffered…
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5 Things I Liked: Looking Big Picture Following Another Notre Dame Blowout
Anytime you win 56-3, there will be a lot to like, regardless of the opponent. In this case, the opponent was an FCS foe, so I’ll try looking…
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Overreactions: Notre Dame Ends “Pre-Season” Portion of ’23 Schedule With Another Blowout
Notre Dame dispatched Tennessee State on Saturday afternoon without much resistance after some uneasiness in the first quarter. The Irish rolled to a 56-3 victory with their starting…
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Notre Dame Football Highlights: Irish Handle Business, Clobber Tennessee State 56-3
Notre Dame did what they were supposed to do on Saturday – they blew the doors off of Tennessee State in their first-ever matchup with an FCS opponent.…
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Conflicting Reports on Impact of Notre Dame – Stanford Series with ACC Expansion
The ACC officially added Stanford, Cal, and SMU on Friday as part of the latest NCAA expansion. Notre Dame was instrumental in the move, as Jack Swarbrick said…
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Frankie V’s Prediction: Notre Dame Should Be In Line for an Easy Day At the Office
Notre Dame opens their home slate on Saturday with technically their second “home” game of the season after last weekend’s game in Dublin counted as a home game.…
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Notre Dame WR Commit WR Cam Williams Was a PROBLEM Last Week
Notre Dame wide receiver commitment Cam Williams went absolutely OFF in week one of his senior season. The Glenbard South High standout hauled in 7 catches for 153…
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Podcast: Navy Reaction, NBC’s Notre Dame Coverage, Tennessee State Preview & Hot (Chicken) Takes
Single High is back this week with just a single host, as I went solo this week. Don’t be worried about Tobias Merriweather Early Sam Hartman reactions NBC’s…
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5 Things I I Didn’t Like: Nitpicking Notre Dame Blowouts is Fun
There usually isn’t much to dislike in a 39-point blowout victory, but sometimes those are the most fun to nitpick, given how well the game went overall. That…
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5 Things I Liked: Notre Dame Unleashes Its Freshmen in Dublin Drubbing of Navy
Notre Dame made short work of Navy over the weekend like they should every year but don’t always do. In the process, Notre Dame showcased the talent in…
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Overreactions: Blowouts Of Navy Are Good Omens for Notre Dame Football
Notre Dame blew out Navy for the third straight time in Dublin on Saturday with a 42-3 beat down of the Midshipmen. From start to finish, Notre Dame…
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Notre Dame Football Highlights: Sam Hartman, Irish Shine in Route of Navy
Notre Dame kicked off the 2023 football season in grand fashion on Saturday with a route of Navy in Dublin. The Irish raced out to a 42-0 lead,…
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Notre Dame Football Depth Chart: 2023 Week 0 – Navy Game
Notre Dame and Navy kick off the 2023 season later today, and when the Irish take the field in Aviva Stadium, they’ll have a slightly different look than…
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Notre Dame Football: The Boys Are Back in the Navy Game Hype Video
We’re down to hours before the kickoff of the 2023 college football season with Notre Dame and Navy taking center stage for the college football world as the…
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Frankie V’s Prediction: Will Notre Dame Cruise to Victory Over Navy in Ireland?
Notre Dame and Navy kick off the 2023 college football season on Saturday from Dublin, Ireland, in a game that was supposed to happen three years ago but…