Frank Vitovitch
4776 articles
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Notre Dame Unveils Rockne Tribute Jerseys, Sick Cleats
Last night we posted that Notre Dame teased some new jerseys to be unveiled today. Earlier today they did just that by unveiling new jerseys that the Irish…
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Notre Dame Football’s Top 25 Players in 2017: #16-20
Our countdown of the top 25 players on the 2017 Notre Dame football roster continues today. The first installment featured one of the most intriguing players on the…
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Notre Dame Teases New Alternate Football Jerseys Coming
Notre Dame sent out a teaser on Thursday that is sure to get Notre Dame fans buzzing. The picture above is from a tweet that @NDFootball posted on…
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Notre Dame Football’s Top 25 Players in 2017: #25-21
Today we’re kicking off a countdown of the top 25 players on the Notre Dame roster for 2017. You may have seen a group of Notre Dame sites…
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Notre Dame, Swarbrick Nail Shamrock Series Reboot
The Shamrock Series for Notre Dame has been met with mixed reviews by most Notre Dame fans over the last few years as the Irish have played in…
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Schedule Impact: Notre Dame, Wisconsin at Lambeau & Soldier Fields
News began to circulated two weeks ago that Notre Dame and Wisconsin were working on a series to play at Soldier Field and Lambeau Field sometime in the…
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Notre Dame Football: Brian Kelly Wraps Up Week 2 of Fall Camp
Brian Kelly wrapped up the second week of Notre Dame football fall camp 2017 on Saturday by meeting with the media following Notre Dame’s 11th practice of the…
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4-Star WR Kevin Austin Commits to Notre Dame Recruiting Class ’18
Notre Dame got some fantastic news to end the second week of training camp Friday. Four star wide receiver Kevin Austin became the 16th commitment for the class…
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Former Notre Dame QB Deshone Kizer Beyond Impressive in Debut
Former Notre Dame quarterback Deshone Kizer may have fallen to the 2nd round of the NFL Draft and may have been 3rd on the Browns depth chart heading…
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Notre Dame Football Unveils New Locker Room
Notre Dame unveiled its new football locker room on Thursday and it’s a really nice balance of modernization meets tradition. The old school brick from the locker room…
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Notre Dame Recruiting: Decision Looms for Kevin Austin
Wide receiver Kevin Austin – one of Notre Dame’s top remaining offensive targets – is set to announce his commitment tomorrow with a final four of Notre Dame,…
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Notre Dame Football’s Backfield is LOADED in 2017
For all of the consternation over Brian Kelly’s preference for a passing game, Notre Dame has actually had a few years under his tenure where the Irish were…
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Will Andrew Trumbetti’s Emergence Reshuffle Notre Dame DL?
One of the early surprises of the first week of fall camp is the emergence – or reemergence – of senior defensive end Andrew Trumbetti. Strong gains in…
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Brady Quinn Destroys Lazy Hot Take on Notre Dame Academics by Fox Analyst
Brady Quinn hasn’t thrown a pass for Notre Dame in over a decade but he threw some verbal blows at Fox Sports analyst Joel Klatt for regurgitating a…
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Nyles Morgan’s Emergence as Leader Huge for Notre Dame
Much of the focus this off-season on the defense side of the ball has been on simplifying the defense, improving fundamentals, and converting the unit from a liability…
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Brian Kelly Singles Out Early Notre Dame Freshmen Standouts
When Brian Kelly met with the media on Saturday following the first practice in full pads for fall camp 2017, one topic that he touched on that deserved…
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Notre Dame Football: Brian Kelly Wraps Up 1st Week of Camp
Notre Dame held its first full pad practice of the 2017 fall camp on Saturday and head coach Brian Kelly addressed the media afterwards to wrap up the…
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8 Players Who Will Define Notre Dame Football in 2017
For Notre Dame to have a big bounce back season in 2017, the stars will have to align and the bounces will almost have to go all their…
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ACC Coach Heaps Praise on Notre Dame DC Mike Elko
Athlon Sports has had a running series of posts with quote from anonymous coaches about other teams, players, and coaches over the last week or so. Today, they…
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Notre Dame Football Opens 2017 Coaches Poll Unranked
It shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise to anyone coming off a 4-8 campaign – even with an encouraging off-season – but the 2017 Notre Dame…
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Notre Dame Football Helmets Will Honor Ara Parseghian in ’17
Brian Kelly addressed his team on Tuesday to reflect on Ara Parseghian in the wake of Ara’s unfortunate passing early Tuesday morning. Much has been said about Coach Parseghian…
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Notre Dame Football Legend Ara Parseghian Passed Away
A few weeks ago when former Notre Dame assistant Bob Elliot passed away, I wrote that heaven just got itself one heck of a football coach. Unfortunately, it…
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Previewing Notre Dame Football ’17 Season with ND Insider
The 2017 Notre Dame football season is just around the corner and the fine folks at ND Insider have put together a heck of a pre-season magazine to help…
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Notre Dame Football: Fall Camp Injury Update
Brian Kelly met with the media for the first time for fall camp 2017 on Monday. He touched on a wide array of topics that we will get…
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Notre Dame Recruiting: 4-Star ’19 DL Jacob Lacey Commits
Notre Dame’s recruiting hot streak continued this weekend and extended into the class of 2019. Jacob Lacey, a 4-star interior defensive lineman in the class of 2019, joined…
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BREAKING: Notre Dame Recruiting Adds 4-Star Linebacker Jack Lamb
The Notre Dame recruiting train is full steam ahead this week. After picking up commitments earlier in the week from Jahmir Smith and Shayne Simon, the Irish added…
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Notre Dame Football Recruits React to Shayne Simon Commit
The Notre Dame recruiting class of 2018 is a pretty tight group already. Led by master recruiter Markese Stepp the current crop of commitments are active on social…
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Notre Dame Rover Depth: Shayne Simon Commit Analysis
Notre Dame has quickly built depth at the new ROVER position that Mike Elko brought with him from Wake Forest earlier this year. With plenty of internal candidates…
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BREAKING: 4-Star Shayne Simon Commits to Notre Dame
Notre Dame picked up another commitment today and it’s a good one. Shayne Simon – a 6’3″, 215 lbs hybrid linebacker/safety from Jersey City, New Jersey – gave…
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Notre Dame & Wisconsin Trying To Get Each Other on the Schedule?
A couple weeks before the start of training camp, we have one heck of a juicy scheduling rumor. According to the Chicago Tribune, Notre Dame and Wisconsin are…
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Notre Dame Recruiting ’18 Class Adds RB Jahmir Smith
Notre Dame picked up its 13th commitment for the class of 2018 on Sunday afternoon with an unexpected announcement from running back Jahmir Smith. Smith, a composite 3-star…
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Notre Dame’s Strong Side DEs Living Up to Their Name
Notre Dame has a depth problem along the defensive line in 2017. Shocking, I know. One position where Notre Dame has some solid depth though is at the…
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Notre Dame Football’s Thin DL Depth Gets Thinner
According to numerous reports, senior Daniel Cage will be sitting out the 2017 season and may not suit up again. Lingering effects from concussions reportedly have Cage headed…
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Notre Dame Football Needs a Pass Rusher Like Jayson Oweh
It’s no secret that Notre Dame has struggled to recruit pass rushers for the better part of the last 20 years. On Thursday Notre Dame hosts elite pass…
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Sophomore WRs Hold Key for Notre Dame Passing Attack
Notre Dame has all of the components to have the most potent offense of the Brian Kelly era at Notre Dame in 2017. The Irish also have so…
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Pressure is On Notre Dame Football With New Jumbotron
Notre Dame has officially begun to hype the new jumbotron inside Notre Dame Stadium that will be used for the first time in a game on September 2…
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Notre Dame Recruiting: Cade McNamara 1st Commit for 2019
Notre Dame picked up its first commitment for the class of 2019 on Monday afternoon when quarterback Cade McNamara committed to the Fighting Irish. The Nevada native impressed…
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Notre Dame Football: Awards Watch List Week 1 Recap
The first week of college football awards watch lists has completed and Notre Dame is well represented, We covered a few of them individually as they were announced,…
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Notre Dame Football: Irish Land Duo on Mackey Watch List
Watch List Week continues to roll on this week. On Monday we learned that Nyles Morgan is on the Bednarik Watch List and that Josh Adams and Mike…
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Jay Hayes: Notre Dame Football Now or Never ’17
A year ago at this time, Jay Hayes was listed by many as a potential breakout candidate for Notre Dame. Primed for a starting role after a redshirt…
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Notre Dame Football: Nyles Morgan on ’17 Bednarik Watch List
It’s that time of year: college football award watch list season. On Monday the watch list for the 2017 Bednarik Award was one of the first to be…
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Notre Dame Football Community Reacts to Bob Elliot Passing
When we posted the sad news of the passing of Bob Elliott on Sunday, we said that the college football community lost one of the great ones. The…
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Former Notre Dame Assistant Bob Elliott Passed Away
The college football community lost one of the really good guys on Saturday. Former Notre Dame assistant coach Bob Elliott passed away at the age of 64 due…
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Notre Dame Adds Arkansas to Future Football Schedules
Notre Dame added another SEC program to its future schedules on Thursday in a joint announcement with Arkansas. The Fighting Irish and Razorbacks will face each other for…
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Miles Boykin: Notre Dame Football Now or Never ’17
Our yearly Now or Never series continues today with a player who still has three years of eligibility remaining, but plays at a position at which Notre Dame…
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Notre Dame Recruiting: Derrik Allen Just Keeps Making Plays
If you are not yet excited about Notre Dame commitment Derrik Allen, it’s about time you become excited about the young man. Allen has been in Oregon at…
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Notre Dame Commit Derrik Allen Makes Ridiculous INT
We’ve known for a while that Derrik Allen is a really good football player. The Georgia safety is considered by some the best safety to commit to Notre…
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Amon-Ra St. Brown Talks Notre Dame Recruiting at The Opening
https://vimeo.com/223681378 A number of Notre Dame’s top targets and committed recruits are putting their talents on display this week at The Opening. One of the biggest names that…
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Former Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen Still Throws a Pretty Pass
Raise your hand if you knew what the American Flag Football was. OK you, you go outside and go for a walk. Yesterday highlights from the AFFL’s inaugural…
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Notre Dame Football To Play At Ryan Field For First Time in Over 40 Years
Northwestern finalized their 2018 schedule on Wednesday and when they did there was a bit of a surprise. Their 2018 home game against Notre Dame will be played…