Frank Vitovitch
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Highlights from Notre Dame’s 45-31 Win Over Boston College
Notre Dame was far from perfect on Saturday afternoon, but they did keep their perfect record intact with a 45-31 victory over Boston College in the latest installment…
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Get Ready for Today’s Notre Dame – BC Game With This Hype Video
Notre Dame and Boston College square off in the latest installment of The Holy War this afternoon. The Irish are looking to continue their winning ways after knocking…
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Frankie V’s Prediction: Will Notre Dame Football Learn from Its Past?
Notre Dame hits the road today to take on nemesis Boston College in a rivalry game that almost always means more to the Eagles than the Irish. On…
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Notre Dame’s Ian Book Has Another Chance to Rewrite His Story
Last weekend in the early fourth quarter, it looked like the next chapter in the book of Ian as Notre Dame quarterback was going to end similarly to…
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Notre Dame’s Linemen: “Green Collar” Work Ethic
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are coming off their biggest victory in decades. Saturday, they defeated then No.1 Clemson, 47-40. It was their first win over an AP…
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Notre Dame Should Not Wear Green Jerseys This Weekend Vs. Boston College
When Notre Dame travels to Chestnut Hill this weekend to take on unranked Boston College, the home team Eagles will be wearing what look like road white uniforms.…
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5 Things I Didn’t Love in Notre Dame’s Upset of Clemson
Sometimes this column is tough to write, and when it is, it’s fantastic. It’s hard to write when Notre Dame plays really well or does something really extraordinary.…
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10 Things I Loved About Notre Dame’s Win Over Clemson
I usually write a weekly “5 things I liked” post about the weekend’s game. This week, that title didn’t feel appropriate following Notre Dame’s first win over the…
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Overreactions from Notre Dame’s Biggest Win in Almost 30 Years
Notre Dame finally delivered on a big stage last night. The narrative surrounding Notre Dame for years has been that the Irish are good, but not in the…
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Watch Notre Dame Player’s Lockerroom Celebration After Knocking Off Clemson
Notre Dame football players were unsurprisingly ecstatic after knocking off the #1 team in the country on Saturday night. After years and years of coming up short in…
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Highlights from Notre Dame’s Upset of Top Ranked Clemson
Notre Dame snapped Clemson’s 36-game regular-season winning streak while ending a losing streak of their own to top 5-ranked opponents on Saturday night in double overtime. The Irish…
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Top 10 Players in Tonight’s Notre Dame – Clemson Showdown
No.1 Clemson versus No.4 Notre Dame is sure to be a showdown for the ages. Each side boasts NFL-level talent at every position. Clemson running back Travis Etienne,…
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Frankie V’s Prediction: Can Notre Dame Finally Slay Golliath Tonight?
Notre Dame’s long-anticipated matchup with Clemson this evening lost some of its luster with the absence of star quarterback Trevor Lawrence. However, the Tigers still bring a #1…
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Notre Dame Releases Epic Hype Video Ahead of Showdown with Clemson
At this time tomorrow, we’ll have a pretty good idea of whether or not Notre Dame has a chance to upset top ranked Clemson. The Tigers, without super…
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Key Matchups in Notre Dame’s Showdown with Top Ranked Clemson
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish face their toughest test of the 2020 regular season when the Clemson Tigers come to visit for a nighttime matchup. The two teams…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Notre Dame’s Didn’t Take Full Advantage of Last Tune-Up
Notre Dame’s final tune-up before the much-anticipated showdown with Clemson this weekend ended much the way the majority of Notre Dame games have this year – an Irish…
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5 Things I Liked: Notre Dame Did What It Need, Not Much More
Notre Dame did what they needed to do yesterday and not a whole lot more. And that’s okay. Notre Dame went down to Atlanta and came home with…
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Overreactions from Notre Dame’s Last Test Before Their Final Exam
Notre Dame passed their final test before their big exam next weekend against Clemson. The Irish took care of Georgia Tech 31-13 to improve to 6-0 on the…
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Highlights from Notre Dame’s Workmanlike 31-13 Win Over Georgia Tech
Notre Dame didn’t get caught looking ahead, but they didn’t quite look totally focused on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. They looked did what they needed to do,…
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Notre Dame Football Hype Video: Get Ready for Tech
Notre Dame released their weekly hype video for today’s showdown with Georgia Tech in Atlanta and it features a hyped up Brian Kelly telling his team last week…
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Frankie V’s Prediction: Can Notre Dame Ignore Distractions on Road in Atlanta?
Notre Dame looks to continue its winning ways tomorrow with their road trip to Atlanta to take on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. The Irish enter the game…
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Notre Dame WR Braden Lenzy Out For Mutliple Weeks
Any hope that Notre Dame fans had for Braden Lenzy making a miraculous comeback for the Clemson game next weekend evaporated on Thursday when head coach Brian Kelly…
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Trevor Lawrence Tests Positive for COVID, Status for Notre Dame in Doubt
Wowzer. The most high profile college football athlete to test positive for COVID-19 is officially Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence. The Heisman front-runner and almost assured top overall pick in…
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Reassessing Notre Dame Football’s Wide Receiver Room Following Injuries
The wide receiver position has not played out the way anyone hoped it would for Notre Dame through five games this season. Injuries have limited the group and…
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Ian Book Hints Notre Dame Frosh Jordan Johnson Could Be Close to Seeing Field
Notre Dame fans have been wondering for weeks where Jordan Johnson has been. The 5-star wide receiver many felt could see the field very early on has been…
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Brian Kelly Admits Notre Dame’s Been Doing What We’ve All Been Doing – Looking Towards Clemson
Saturday after Notre Dame’s 45-3 win over Pitt, Brian Kelly offered a rare glimpse of total transparency that most college football head coaches never give. Instead of the…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Notre Dame Penalties, Injuries, and What Was Pitt Wearing?
Notre Dame had an effective business trip to Pittsburgh over the weekend. The Irish tamed the Panthers 45-3 on their way to their fourth win in four tries…
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Notre Dame QB Ian Book Made Plays with His Arm & Legs vs. Pitt
Notre Dame quarterback Ian Book had his best game of the season as he led the Fighting Irish to a road win against Pittsburgh. Book completed 16 of 30…
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5 Things I Liked As Notre Dame Looks like Top 5 Team in Blowout of Pitt
Notre Dame went on the road this weekend for the first time, and the Irish return victors in a 45-3 blowout of conference, and long-time rival, Pitt. Pitt…
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Highlights from Notre Dame Football’s 45-3 Thumping of Pitt
Notre Dame blew out the Pitt Panthers for the first time in 15 years – Charlie Weis’s first game as head coach at Notre Dame – on Saturday…
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Immediate Overreactions as Notre Dame Wins Big, But Suffers Losses vs Pitt
Notre Dame made their first road trip of the year and will return to South Bend with an unblemished record following a 45-3 beatdown Pitt. The Irish got…
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Notre Dame Loses WR Kevin Austin for the Season
Reports surfaced before kickoff of Notre Dame’s 45-3 win over Pitt that Kevin Austin reinjured his foot and was out for the rest of the season. After the…
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Breaking: Kevin Austin Among 3 Notre Dame Players Unavailable Today
Welp, the Kevin Austin break out game is going to have to wait at least another week. Saturday afternoon, just 90 minutes before the start of the Notre…
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Notre Dame Releases Hype Video for Showdown with Pitt
Notre Dame and Pitt are set to square off this afternoon in what figures to be a slugfest – it almost always is when these two play. Get…
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Frankie V’s Prediction: Can Notre Dame Bounce Back Vs. Always Pesky Pitt?
Notre Dame hits the road for the first time of the 2020 season on Saturday to take on the Pittsburgh Panthers, a long time rival that doesn’t usually…
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One Notre Dame RB Gains ACC Weekly Honor, Another Decides to Leave Program
The Notre Dame running back room had an eventful day on Monday. Redshirt freshman Kyren Williams was named the ACC Rookie of the Week while Brian Kelly announced…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like; Notre Dame Offense Sputters vs. Louisville
Notre Dame beat Louisville on Saturday and ended up moving up to #3 in the AP Poll in the process, but the performance sure didn’t leave Irish fans…
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5 Things I Liked: Notre Dame Wins Ugly, Defense Dominates
Saturday’s 12-7 win over Louisville is not the kind of game that inspires much faith in Notre Dame’s long term prospects of the season, but it was a…
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Highlights from Notre Dame Football’s Slog of a Win Over Louisville
There weren’t a ton of highlights from Notre Dame’s 12-7 victory over Louisville on Saturday, but the Irish did hold on for victory to improve to 4-0 on…
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Overreactions from One of Notre Dame’s Least Impressive Wins in Years
Notre Dame has hosted Louisville twice since they entered into their agreement with the ACC years ago and good things haven’t really happened either time now. In 2014,…
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Frankie V’s Prediction: Notre Dame Looks to Continue Louisville’s Struggles
Notre Dame plays its fourth straight home game to start the 2020 season on Saturday hosting the Louisville Cardinals. Second-year head coach Scott Satterfield’s squad has stumbled out…
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5 Key Matchups for Notre Dame vs. Louisville This Weekend
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish didn’t deliver a polished performance in defeating Florida State on Saturday by 42-26. Still, three weeks without game action will make teams rough…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like in Notre Dame’s Win Over Florida State
Games like Saturday’s 42-26 win over Florida State are perfect for this column. There’s a lot of good in them to like, and there’s plenty of material to…
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5 Things I Liked in Notre Dame’s Return to Action Against FSU
After three weeks off following a COVID-19 outbreak, the biggest thing to like in Notre Dame’s 42-26 victories Saturday night was just the fact that there was a…
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Immediate Overreactions to Notre Dame’s Frustrating Win Over Florida State
Notre Dame was back in action last night and played how you would expect a team to play after three weeks off – sloppy. The Irish lacked the…
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Highlights from Notre Dame Football’s 42-26 Win Over Florida State
Notre Dame returned to action on Saturday night after a three-week hiatus and it was about what everyone expected – some good, some bad, some ugly. In the…
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Notre Dame Releases Hype Video for Florida State Game
A Notre Dame and Florida State game didn’t use to need a hype video – the game itself was all the excitement people needed. Florida State, however, is…
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Frankie V’s Prediction: Can Notre Dame Blowout Florida State After Hiatus?
Notre Dame is back in action tonight after a three week break following the COVID-19 outbreak in the program. The Irish host a Florida State program that is…
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Kickoff Time for Notre Dame’s Home Finale vs. Syracuse Announced
Notre Dame announced the start time for all but one of its home football games in 2020 in August – the season finale against Syracuse. They announced the…
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Jonathan Doerer Plans to Return to Notre Dame in 2021
The NCAA’s decision to allow anyone who plays this fall essentially a free year of eligibility looks like it could have some immediate benefits for Notre Dame. Senior…