Frank Vitovitch
4776 articles
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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…
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Notre Dame Football Adds Its Running Back for 2021: Logan Diggs Commits
Notre Dame football has a running back in its class of 2021. On Wednesday, Louisiana native Logan Diggs committed to Notre Dame becoming the 14th member of the…
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Could Notre Dame Be About to Add a Running Back To Its Class of 2021?
Could Notre Dame finally have their running back for the class of 2021? The Irish picked up four new Crystal Ball predictions over at 247Sports for class of…
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Notre Dame Kicks Off 2022 Recruiting Class With a Bang
Notre Dame is still working on finishing off its recruiting class of 2021 with spots open along the offensive line and at wide receiver and linebacker, but in…
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Notre Dame Football Could Be Eligible for ACC Championship in 2020
Another day, another turn in the ongoing story of Notre Dame’s 2020 football schedule. Friday we learned of more momentum for the Irish playing a full ACC schedule…
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PFF Shares Ridiculous Kyle Hamilton Stat
Yesterday I wrote a bit of a tongue in cheek post on the “disrespect” that has been flowing Kyle Hamilton’s way by being omitted from the Jim Thorpe…
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Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick Wants Delayed Start, Shorter Football Season
The rollercoaster off-season of uncertainty continues as universities and conferences around the country are still scrambling to understand what might be possible in terms of college football this…
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Corner Target Trending to Notre Dame, Announcing Commitment Wednesday
Notre Dame could be adding to its class of 2021 on Wednesday with another corner. Chance Tucker announced on Tuesday that he will be committing somewhere tomorrow and…
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The Kyle Hamilton Disrespect Is Getting Out of Hand
College football preseason award watch lists are silly. Most of the time, they have no bearing whatsoever on who wins the award at the end of the season,…
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Blake Fisher Reminding Notre Dame Fans Why He’s The Best Recruiter in the Country
With in-person campus visits off-limits for college coaching staffs right now due to the extended mandated dead period imposed by the NCAA, some recruits have taken it upon…
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‘Bama Dir. of Athletics Throws Water on Notre Dame – Alabama Opener Rumors
Well, it was fun while it lasted, but less than 24 hours after reports surfaced that Notre Dame and Alabama could potentially be meeting to open the 2020…
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Notre Dame Makes Cut For Pivotal WR Jayden Thomas
Notre Dame still has a path to a top 10 recruiting class in 2021, but their margin for error has gotten pretty narrow at this point. One pivotal…
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Rumors Swirling of Potential Notre Dame – Alabama 2020 Football Season Opener
Well, how is this for a late Friday afternoon whopper. As speculation continues to run wild about whether or not there will be a 2020 season, we got…
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Brian Kelly Tackles Topic of Players Potentially Sitting Out in 2020
Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly tackled several topics on his appearance on GET UP with Mike Greenberg on ESPN Radio on Wednesday. He told Greeny that Notre…
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Brian Kelly Says Notre Dame’s Phone ‘Ringing Off the Hook’ To Fill Its Schedule
Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly joined ESPN’s Mike Greenberg’s “Get Up” radio show on Wednesday and talked about a variety of topics surrounding the uncertainty of college…
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Mapping Out Notre Dame Football’s Path to a Top 10 Class
Heading into the recruiting cycle for the class of 2021, Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly’s stated goal was a top-5 class. It was a refreshing change from…
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Miami Interested In Helping Fill Notre Dame Football’s 2020 Schedule
In the last week, Notre Dame has lost three games from its 2020 schedules as conferences across the country are scrambling to try to salvage a college football…
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Notre Dame’s Most Important Prospect Announces Commitment Date
Notre Dame football’s recruiting class for 2021 has been adversely affected by the current pandemic – more so than most other programs since some of its best weapons…
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Notre Dame Won’t Play Long-time Rivals USC or Stanford in 2020
For the first time since 1945, there will be a break in the rivalry between Notre Dame and USC following Friday night’s news that the Pac-12 is following…
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A Notre Dame – Wisconsin at Lambeau Reschedule Not Likely Until At least 2026
The first casualty for Notre Dame in what figures to be at best a major 2020 schedule reconfiguration and, at worst, cancelation of the season, was the long-awaited…
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ACC-Only, If Any, Football Schedule Possible for Notre Dame in 2020
The first domino fell yesterday in what figures to be a total shakeup of the 2020 college football season. The Big 10 announced it will only play a…
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Notre Dame – Wisconsin Canceled as Big 10 Goes ‘Conference Only’ in ’20
The dominoes are starting to fall for college football in 2020. On Thursday afternoon, news broke that the Big 10 will only be playing a 10-game, conference-only schedule…