Frank Vitovitch
4776 articles
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CBS Analysts Split on Notre Dame’s 8.5 Over/Under for 2019
You know it’s the off-season when you have analysts debating teams’ over/under projections. With more than a month until fall camp begins, CBS had two of their analysts…
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3 Notre Dame Commits Land on Rivals 2021 Top 100
Recruiting calendars continue to move up and today Rivals released their first Top 100 for the class of 2021. Notre Dame’s hot start – which included two huge…
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Notre Dame Football Recruiting Class of 2020 Commitments
* Clarence Lewis is ranked as a wide receiver by 247Sports but will be reevaluated as a defensive back like most schools are recruiting him ** Jordan Bothelo…
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Notre Dame Adds Another 4-Star OL to Complete 2020 OL Haul
Notre Dame had itself some kind of recruiting run the last 48 hours. On Saturday the Irish landed a pair of 4-star linemen – one of each side…
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Clarence Lewis Gives Notre Dame 1st DB Commit for 2020
Notre Dame had a critical recruiting weekend wrap up today and it is already paying some dividends. The Irish picked up their much needed first commitment in the…
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Critical Notre Dame Recruiting 2020 Visit Weekend Underway
Notre Dame has had a great start to their recruiting class for the class of 2020 thus far, but the Irish still have a lot of work to…
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Reassessing Notre Dame’s No So Bare Running Back Cupboard
Notre Dame received one of the biggest verbal commitments they’ve gotten in quite some time last week when top-30 running back Chris Tyree committed to the Irish. It…
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Notre Dame WR Commit Jordan Johnson Earns 5th Star
Notre Dame gained another 5-star recruit on Tuesday without adding new commitments to their class of 2020. They did so because Rivals released their newest version of their…
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Notre Dame DT Ja’Mion Franklin Looking Strong in Injury Rehab
Over the weekend we posted a clip of Khalid Kareem putting in some strong work this off-season on his first step and hand work. Today we have another…
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Notre Dame DE Khalid Kareem Putting in WORK This Off-Season
We are still more than two months away from the start of fall camp for Notre Dame in 2019, but that doesn’t mean some of the vital cogs…
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Looking Ahead to Notre Dame’s 2020 NFL Draft Prospects
The 2019 NFL Draft wrapped up over the weekend with five Notre Dame players getting selected in the seven rounds of the draft. Next year’s NFL Draft though…
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Julian Love Finally Off the Board in 4th Round by Giants
Julian Love had to sit through two long days of the NFL Draft without hearing his name called. Luckily he didn’t have to wait too long on Saturday…
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Julian Love Still Waiting as NFL Draft Enters Day 3
When Julian Love announced that he was leaving early for the NFL Draft in January, most projected the Jim Thorpe Award finalist as a 2nd round pick. Some…
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Ravens Draft Notre Dame WR Miles Boykin Drafted in 3rd Round
The second Notre Dame player to hear his name called during the 2019 NFL Draft was not Julian Love as many expected it would be. It was wide…
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Chargers Make Jerry Tillery 1st Notre Dame DL 1st Rounder in 22 Years
Before Thursday night it had been 22 years since a Notre Dame defensive lineman heard his name called during the first round of the NFL Draft. The San…
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Notre Dame’s Roster Math Working Itself Out… Again
Now that Notre Dame has been consistently recruiting classes of 20+ members while simultaneously not having to rely on freshmen much, the 85 scholarship limit is a topic…
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Jordan Botelho Commit Continues Notre Dame’s DL Hot Streak
If you’ve been a Notre Dame fan for at least 20 or 30 years, the idea of Notre Dame having one of the country’s best defensive lines and…
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Notre Dame Down, Not Out for 5-Star RB Chris Tyree
Things were looking pretty rosy for Notre Dame’s running back recruiting about a month ago. All signs were pointing to the Irish being the unquestioned leader for 5-star…
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Can Chris Simms Replace Doug Flutie During Notre Dame Games Permanently?
While everyone was obsessing over Phil Jurkovec’s incompletions and trying to figure out what the heck Notre Dame is going to do at linebacker, one very important and…
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Defensive Overreactions from the Notre Dame Blue Gold Game
Sunday we ran through all of the immediate overreactions on the offensive side of the ball from the 2019 Notre Dame Blue – Gold game. Today we’re moving…
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Immediate Overreactions on Offense: 2019 Notre Dame Blue Gold Game
With Notre Dame’s spring football season concluded with yesterday’s nationally televised Blue – Gold game and no football to keep us busy for a few months, it’s overreaction…
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Highlights from the 2019 Notre Dame Blue – Gold Game
Notre Dame concluded spring football practice for 2019 on Saturday with the 90th Annual Blue-Gold Game. If you missed the 12:30 kick-off on NBC Sports Network, here are…
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Storylines to Watch in the 2019 Notre Dame Blue – Gold Game
Saturday brings us our last glimpse of football for a few months as Notre Dame wraps up another spring practice with the annual Blue Gold Game. The Irish…
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7 Crucial Backups to Watch: 2019 Notre Dame Blue-Gold Game
We all know the top line storylines to watch during Saturday’s Notre Dame Blue – Gold Game and the major position battles to watch such as linebacker. Notre…
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6 Players Notre Dame Needs to Step Up in 2019
With spring football wrapping down this week and concluding with the Blue & Gold game on Saturday, we’ve learned a little about just where the Irish currently stand…
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Don’t You Forget About Chris Finke at WR for Notre Dame
The talk all spring for Notre Dame at the wide receiver has rightfully centered around how the Irish offense can unlock the potential of potential game changing receivers…
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Organized Chaos Describes Notre Dame Linebacking Corps this Spring
Coming in to spring football we knew that the biggest puzzle for the Irish coaching staff to solve was going to be linebacker. We also knew not to…
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Ovie Oghoufo, Notre Dame’s Next Julian Okwara? Brian Kelly Thinks So
Brian Kelly sure knows how to set some high expectations on a rising sophomore who didn’t play a down as a freshman who’s learning a new position this…
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Notre Dame TE Cole Kmet Ditching Baseball for Football for Now
The Notre Dame football team is getting another two sport start to give up their second sport to focus their attention to the gridiron this spring. Rising junior…
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Elite RB Recruit Tirek Murphy Loving his Notre Dame Visit
Every Notre Dame fan knows that running back sits at the top of the priority list for the Irish in the class of 2020. It’s one of the…
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Brian Kelly Likes Where Notre Dame is At This Spring Already
After some time off for spring break, Notre Dame returned to practice this week and almost half way through spring ball a few things are starting to become…
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Developing Interior DL Depth Critical for Notre Dame This Spring
Notre Dame has done a pretty good job restocking its cupboard over the last few recruiting cycles, but one position that the Irish head into 2019 with some…
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Notre Dame RB Target Chris Tyree’s JR Film is Impressive
Every Notre Dame fan knows that running back is one of the biggest for Notre Dame in the class of 2021. Lackluster recruiting at the position over the…
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Notre Dame Quarterback Recruiting Reaching New Heights
There have been times during the Brian Kelly era that Notre Dame struggled to recruit quarterbacks. The position was highlighted by decommitments and missing on top targets. The…
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Patterson At Center is First Big Surprise for Notre Dame This Spring
A few days ago I mentioned in an article to take everything we see in spring football with a huge grain of salt. Now on literally after the…
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Notre Dame Locker Room Erupts Over Miles Boykin’s 40 Yard Dash
If you haven’t heard yet, Miles Boykin put on some kind of display of athleticism and speed on Saturday at the NFL Combine. On top of posting the…
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Former Notre Dame WR Miles Boykin Posts Ridiculous Combine Numbers
It seemed like a bit of a curious decision back in January when Miles Boykin decided to leave for the NFL with a year of eligibility remaining because…
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Another New Position for Notre Dame’s Avery Davis
Avery Davis will be playing his third position at Notre Dame when the Irish hold their first spring practice for 2019 later today. The one time quarterback turned…
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Notre Dame to Play in Another NFL Stadium in 2020, 2024
Notre Dame football players will be no strangers to NFL stadiums in 2020. On Tuesday Georgia Tech announced that they will be playing one home game a year…
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2019 Notre Dame Blue Gold Game, Spring Practice Dates Released
Our yearly reprieve between the end of the season and the start of fall camp – spring football – is set to start for Notre Dame later this…
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Can Notre Dame Find Playmakers at Wide Receiver this Spring?
The storyline from the Cotton Bowl meltdown for Notre Dame was the glaring difference at the skill positions. Clemson’s wide receivers were just on another level and made…
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Linebacker Is Biggest Puzzle for Notre Dame to Solve in 2019
There isn’t a more intriguing position group on the Notre Dame football roster heading into spring football this year than the linebacking corps. After losing two stalwarts from…
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Notre Dame Football 2019 Scholarship Eligibility Chart
Notre Dame sits at 89 scholarships for 2019 after National Signing Day finalized the recruiting class for the year. That means there is a little bit of work…
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Late Addition KEY to Notre Dame Defensive Line Haul
Notre Dame didn’t have many recruits left on the board for today’s traditional National Signing Day after cleaning up in the early signing period in December. In fact,…
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Notre Dame Makes Great RB Coach Hire with Lance Taylor
Notre Dame has been in the market for a new running backs coach since Autry Denson accepted the position as head coach of Charleston Southern earlier this month. …
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Notre Dame WR Braden Lenzy Skipping the Track to Focus on Football
When Braden Lenzy was being recruited two years ago, he was pretty clear that he wanted to play football and run track wherever he ultimately went. In fact,…
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Notre Dame Needs to Add Turner & Foskey to Close Class of 2019
It’s been pretty quiet on the recruiting front for Notre Dame since the start of the year in terms of the class of 2019. The Irish signed all…
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ACC BYES Its Teams Time to Prepare for Notre Dame in 2019
The ACC released its full 2019 schedule on Wednesday and something interesting jumped off the page with regards to Notre Dame and its five ACC opponents next year. …
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Notre Dame Needs Next RB Coach to Elevate Recruiting
Autry Denson was one of the best running backs coaches Notre Dame has had in terms of player development and pure coaching in many year. If there was…
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10 Early Enrollees Begin Notre Dame Football Careers Today
A record 10 freshman early enrollees are beginning their Notre Dame football careers today. The record breaking class is expected to have at least one starter for 2019…