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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Highlights from Notre Dame’s 27-13 Victory Over Duke to Start 2020
It wasn’t always pretty, but it was football none the less and right now can any of us ask for anything more? Well, Michigan fans can, but that’s…
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Immediate Overreactions from Notre Dame’s Season-Opening Win Over Duke
Notre Dame played an actual game of football today. It felt almost surreal given everything that has happened since Notre Dame last played in December, but the Irish…
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Notre Dame Appears to Have Dodged a Bullet with Kyle Hamilton Injury
It looked bad on the field when Kyle Hamilton got rolled into on a third quarter fumble recovery, but it appears as though Notre Dame dodged a bullet…
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ESPN Thanks Notre Dame On Behalf of the Rest of College Football
It is quite something to see ESPN thanking Notre Dame for joining the ACC and potentially being the lynchpin for the conference continuing its plans to play football…
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2020 Notre Dame Football Roster
Get ready for the 2020 Notre Dame football season opener with the official 2020 roster. All heights. weights and numbers have been updated to reflect the official roster…
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Frankie V’s Prediction: We’ve Actually Have Notre Dame Football Again
You guys, we did it. We made it to football. Four months ago, I never thought I’d be writing a prediction post at this point, but here we…
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Notre Dame Releases Excellent Hype Video For Season Opener
We are less than 24 hours from a season opener that for a long time felt like it wouldn’t happen, but here we are. Notre Dame is set…
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Brian Kelly Defines Hybrid Role for Notre Dame LB/RB Osita Ekwonu
A couple of weeks ago, one of the few roster developments we had this summer was the moving of sophomore Ositas Ekwonu and wide receiver Kendall Abdur-Rahim to…
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Notre Dame Trending for Deion Colzie as Former Commit Announces New Commitment Date?
When Notre Dame lost Deion Colzie’s commitment in March, it was the first of a few major hits to the class of 2021 – most of which were…
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Brian Kelly Compares Notre Dame Frosh CB to 2012 Starter
One of the big surprises from Monday’s release of the first Notre Dame depth chart for the 2020 season was the appearance of true freshman Clarence Lewis listed…
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Notre Dame Football’s Top 25 Players for 2020
We’re a little late this year, but we did rank the top 25 players on Notre Dame’s roster again this year before the start of the season. Unlike…
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Notre Dame Names 5 Captains for 2020 Football Season
With just a few days before the 2020 season kicks off against Duke inside Notre Dame Stadium, the Fighting Irish officially announced their captains for the 2020 season.…
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Jordan Genmark-Heath Leaving Crowded Notre Dame LB Corps Highlights Position’s Depth
One of the big surprises from yesterday’s depth chart reveal from Brian Kelly and Notre Dame came at the BUCK position where junior Shayne Simon won the job…
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Notre Dame Football Depth Chart: Week 1 vs. Duke
We have officially reached game week for the first time in 2020 and with that comes the first official depth chart of the season. Notre Dame released their…
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You Can Add Lee Corso to the Notre Dame Football Bandwagon, Too
Last week we learned that Urban Meyer is “all in on the Notre Dame bandwagon”. Over the weekend, we learned that it looks like ESPN’s Lee Corso is…
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Notre Dame Posts Encouraging COVID-19 Numbers A Week Out of Opener
At this time next week, Notre Dame will have already completed their first game of the 2020 season. As they make their final preparations, Notre Dame shared some…
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Could General Public Be Allowed in Notre Dame Stadium for Season Finale?
When Notre Dame announced their plans for attendance and capacity of Notre Dame Stadium last month, they said that attendance would be limited to students, faculty, staff, and…
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Notre Dame Football’s Social Media Really Leaning Into ACC Membership
The 2020 football season is truly one like no other Notre Dame or anyone else will likely ever see again. Limited fans, fake crowd noise, entire conferences sitting…
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Just 2 Notre Dame Football Players Make Pre-Season All-ACC Team
Notre Dame’s one year foray into membership of the ACC for football means that the Irish are not only eligible for the ACC’s bowl and playoff tie-ins, but…
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Urban Meyer is All-In on the Notre Dame Bandwagon
Finally. It only took 16 years for Urban Meyer to be fully on board the Notre Dame bandwagon, but that is what he said on Wednesday on the…
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Notre Dame Moves Pair of Sophomores to Running Back
When Brian Kelly met with the media on Tuesday, he acknowledged that the Irish coaching staff has a good feel for what their two-deeps as the Irish have…
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ACCDN Ranks Notre Dame’s Ian Book #7 in Top 30 ACC Football Players
Notre Dame quarterback Ian Book made Fighting Irish history in 2019 as he became the first Notre Dame quarterback with 2,500 passing yards, 500 rushing yards, and 30 passing…
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NBC Announces Shakeup To Notre Dame Football Broadcast Crew: Flutie OUT, Dungy IN
In addition to announcing the start times for five of Notre Dame’s six home games in 2020, Notre Dame and NBC also announced a major shakeup to the…
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Kickoff Times/TV for Most 2020 Notre Dame Football Home Games Released
Notre Dame and NBC released joint statements on Tuesday announcing the start times for most of Notre Dame’s home games on the 2020 schedule, in addition to the…
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Empty Seats & Artificial Crowd Noise: The 2020 Notre Dame Season Will Be Anything But Normal
Notre Dame finally announced its plans for fan attendance in 2020 on Monday and there will be many empty seats inside Notre Dame Stadium this fall. It was…
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Notre Dame Opens As BIG Favorite Over Duke for Week 1
We are officially less than two weeks away from real Notre Dame football and as of today, the season is still scheduled to take place. On the same…
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Watch: Chase Claypool Work With Young Notre Dame WRs, Ian Book in Off-Season
Notre Dame had a familiar face on campus during the off-season apparently. Standout wide receiver Chase Claypool, now with the Pittsburgh Steelers, posted a video of him working…
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Despite Departures, Notre Dame D-Line Could be Better in 2020
Notre Dame is replacing two multi-year starters along the defensive line in 2020 with Julian Okwara and Khalid Kareem chasing NFL quarterbacks this summer. Despite losing the pair,…
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Notre Dame, South Florida Announce 3-Game Football Series Starting in 3 Weeks
Notre Dame and South Florida have officially announced an agreement on a three-game series the first of which contests will take place in just over three weeks at…
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Notre Dame Commit Blake Fisher Gets 5th Star
Notre Dame added a 5-star recruit to their class of 2021 on Monday without gaining a single new commitment. Rivals updated their recruiting rankings moving Blake Fisher, the…
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Brian Kelly Gives Less Than Ideal Expected Recovery Timeline for Notre Dame WR Kevin Austin
When Notre Dame announced that Kevin Austin suffered a foot injury that required surgery earlier this month, the hope was that the timeline for his return would be…
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Frosh Michael Mayer, Chris Tyree Star in Most Recent Notre Dame Practice Video
Notre Dame is not hiding their freshmen in their practice videos in camp so far. Yesterday we saw Jordan Johnson score a long touchdown on a pass from…
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Notre Dame Adds Even More Versatility to 2021 Class with Nebraska DE Flip Will Schweitzer
Notre Dame had a surprise addition to its class of 2021 on Sunday night when edge rusher Will Schweitzer abruptly decommitted from Nebraska and committed to the Irish…
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Watch: Jordan Johnson Score Long TD in Notre Dame’s Sunday Practice
Earlier today I wrote a post about how just because Brian Kelly didn’t mention Jordan Johnson by name when asked about freshmen who will play this fall, it…
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Kelly Didn’t Mention Notre Dame WR Jordan Johnson as Instant Impact Frosh But…
When Brian Kelly held a Zoom press conference last week and was asked about which freshmen have stood out as being likely instant contributors he rattled off a…
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Notre Dame Football Players “Excited” About Chance to Play For A Conference Championship
If there is a football season this fall, Notre Dame will have the opportunity to play for a conference championship for the first time in the storied history…
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Brian Kelly Talks Which Notre Dame Freshmen Will Play in 2020 (Assuming There’s Season)
For at least one more day, we have some Notre Dame football to talk about. As two-fifths of the Power 5 have shut down and smaller conferences and…
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Speedy Notre Dame Frosh Chris Tyree Gets Symbolic Jersey Number
Notre Dame’s seven early enrollees received their jersey numbers before Notre Dame’s one and only spring practice while the rest of the class of 2020 got their numbers…
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Notre Dame Football Places 3, Including Grad-Transfer on Medical Scholarship; At NCAA 85 Limit
If there is a football season this fall, Notre Dame football is down to 85 scholarship players as they start fall camp after placing three players on medical…
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Guinness is Now the Official Beer of Notre Dame Football
After decades of unofficially being the beer of Notre Dame Football, Guinness announced a formal partnership with the University to be the official beer of Notre Dame football…
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Brian Kelly Believes Notre Dame Can Play Safely in the Fall
Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly and presumptive 2020 captain Daelin Hayes appeared on NBC’s Today show on Wednesday morning to discuss why they think Notre Dame and…
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Watch: Rocco Spindler Keeping a Promise to his Grandpa by Committing to Notre Dame
Warning: it might get very dusty wherever you are watching this video all of a sudden. What started as a normal recruiting commitment/hype video quickly turned into a…
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What The Rocco Spindler Commitment Means for Notre Dame Football
Notre Dame needed to win the intense recruiting battle for top-50 offensive lineman Rocco Spindler in a bad way. On Saturday night, after a hard-fought battle, Spindler selected…
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Kollie Commits: Notre Dame Football Lands 4-Star LB With Huge Upside
Notre Dame picked up its 16th commitment for the class of 2021 on Friday night with the addition of four-star linebacker Prince Kollie. He is the fifth commitment…
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Canceled: Notre Dame Football Won’t Play Navy in 2020
At 9:00 AM this morning, we learned Notre Dame’s new, updated 2020 football schedule, and the biggest surprise was that Western Michigan, not Navy, is the lone “out…
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Kevin Austin Injury Tough Break for Notre Dame Football
On paper, the Notre Dame wide receiving corps in 2020 could be very good (assuming there is a season) despite a lack of experience. On Wednesday, however, the…
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Notre Dame Releases Awesome, Updated Version of “Here Come the Irish” Video
Notre Dame released a new, updated version of the fan-favorite “Here Come the Irish” video over the weekend and it’s fantastic. The last official version of this video…
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Notre Dame Football Adds More Versatility to ’21 Recruiting Class with Latest Commit
The Notre Dame football recruiting train continued to steam forward on Friday with the fifth Irish commitment in the last couple of weeks. This time Notre Dame added…
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Did Notre Dame Football’s Schedule Get Easier By Joining a Conference for 2020?
By now you’ve all seen/heard the news that Notre Dame is a full member of the ACC for the 2020 season, will play a 10-game conference schedule, and…
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Notre Dame – Arkansas Canceled, SEC Adopts Conference-Only Football Schedules for 2020
Another one bites the dust. Notre Dame’s options to fill its one “non-conference” game as part of its deal with the ACC for 2020 (I’ll have my late…