Frank Vitovitch
4776 articles
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Alize Mack: 2017 Notre Dame Football Breakout Stars
The last time we saw Alize Mack on the field for Notre Dame, he was a promising but raw true freshman showing us the glimpses of talent that…
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Want to Improve the Notre Dame Football Gameday Experience?
Notre Dame has done a lot to improve the gameday experience for Notre Dame football fans who travel both near and far over the last few years. They…
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Notre Dame Recruiting: Irish in 4-Star DJ Johnson’s Top 2
Notre Dame needs corners in the class of 2018 after coming up short in 2017 and losing Kalon Gervin’s commitment earlier last month On Monday they took a…
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Nick Coleman: Notre Dame Football 2017 Now or Never
Our yearly Now or Never series continues today with one of the more intriguing players on the 2017 roster – former cornerback turned safety Nick Coleman. The junior…
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Notre Dame Recruiting Drops Another Round of Edits
The Notre Dame recruiting department has been on fire lately. Their graphics department has been consistently producing some top notch graphics for top targets in the both the…
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Notre Dame Football: 2017 Freshman Jersey Numbers & History
Notre Dame’s recruiting class of 2017 are all officially on campus as of last week. You may have seen some posts with all of their jersey numbers this…
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Notre Dame Making Moves for #1 OG Jamaree Salyer?
Recruiting only stops during NCAA mandated dead periods these days. One of those is coming up on Monday, but Notre Dame is getting in as many visits as…
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Daelin Hayes: 2017 Notre Dame Football Breakout Stars
For Notre Dame to rebound from last year’s 4-8 campaign this fall, the Fighting Irish are going to need a lot of players to step up and become…
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Notre Dame v. Georgia: College Football’s Toughest Ticket in 2017
Notre Dame might be coming off a disastrous 4-8 campaign, but that doesn’t seem to be hurting the secondary ticket market for Notre Dame football games this fall.…
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Jerry Tillery: Notre Dame Football Now or Never ’17
Today we’re starting our yearly Now or Never series with a familiar face – defensive tackle Jerry Tillery. It may come as a surprise to some, but Jerry…
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Resetting Notre Dame Wide Receiver Recruiting After Lenzy Decommit
Notre Dame’s recruiting class of 2018 took its second major hit last week when Braden Lenzy abruptly decommitted and flipped to Oregon. The decommitment was not seen coming…
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Notre Dame Recruiting Adds 4-Star TE: George Takacs Commits!
Notre Dame was having a rough day on the recruiting trail but they ended it with a bang. Late Wednesday night the Irish picked up a big time…
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Notre Dame Recruiting Machine Spitting Pure Fire
The Notre Dame recruiting office has been upping their game on the graphics front for a while now, but this week they outdid themselves. Numerous Notre Dame recruiting…
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Could Transfer Alohi Gilman Be Eligible in 2017 for Notre Dame?
Normally undergraduate transfers are required to sit out a year at their new schools before they are eligible to suit up for game action. Recent transfer Alohi Gilman,…
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Notre Dame Football Roster Math: Post Transfergeddon
Notre Dame football just went through a two week period of transfer that should have everyone’s head spinning and questioning where the Irish are at with roster management…
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Stanford Offers Top Notre Dame DE Target Thomas Booker
Things have been going pretty well for Notre Dame recruiting along the defensive line the last few months. Notre Dame got some not so great news late Friday…
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Paul Moala, Jayson Oweh Impress at Notre Dame’s Irish Invasion
Notre Dame has a number of elite college football recruits on campus this weekend for the annual Irish Invasion. Long time commitments like the Ademilola twins and uncommitted…
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Notre Dame Basketball Lands Impact Transfer Juwan Durham
The transfer market has been en fuego for the Notre Dame football team the last 10 days. Saturday it started to heat up for the Notre Dame men’s…
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Notre Dame Lands Navy S Transfer Alohi Gilman
The transfer train kept on rolling on Friday, but this time it pulled into Notre Dame’s station. After losing three undergraduate transfers over the last week, Notre Dame struck…
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Parker Boudreaux Transfer: Notre Dame OL Depth Hit Again
Notre Dame has been in the midst of a string of transfers the last week like nothing we’ve seen here before. The bad news continued on Wednesday when reserve…
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Notre Dame Recruiting Continues to Roll Along Defensive Line
Don’t look now folks, but Notre Dame’s recruiting efforts along the defensive line continue to roll. On Tuesday, Notre Dame secured the commitment of Ja’Mion Franklin giving them…
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Notre Dame Hosting Navy S Transfer Alohi Gilman Tuesday
Monday was a busy day on the transfer market for Notre Dame. The Irish lost reserve center Tristen Hoge to BYU earlier in the day before adding graduate…
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Notre Dame Adds Grad Transfer WR Cameron Smith
Notre Dame lost a member of the 2017 Fighting Irish on Monday afternoon when Tristen Hoge transferred to BYU. That open roster spot was open for all of…
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Notre Dame Reserve OL Tristen Hoge Transferring
Last week Notre Dame lost reserve linebacker Josh Barajas to Illinois State. On Monday the Irish lost another reserve – backup center Tristen Hoge after BYU announced that…
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Former Notre Dame QB Malik Zaire Finally Finalizing Transfer
It’s been known since shortly after the 2016 season ended that Malik Zaire would not be returning to Notre Dame for a 5th year to compete with Brandon…
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Rocket Ismail Hall of Fame: Repeated Snubs Need to End
Candidates for the College Football Hall of Fame class of 2018 were announced earlier this week. Three former Notre Dame greats are among the list of 75 former players…
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Josh Barajas’s Transfer: Impact on Notre Dame’s 2017 Depth
Notre Dame suffered its first post-spring roster casualty on Wednesday when junior linebacker Josh Barajas announced he was transferring to Illinois State. The one time four-star linebacker out…
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Deshone Kizer NFL Draft Update: Out of 1st Round; 2nd Round Options
After months of speculation, Deshone Kizer’s fall from potential top 5 pick to out of the 1st round all together became official last night. Three different NFL teams…
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Deshone Kizer NFL Draft: How Kizer Fits All 32 NFL Teams
Today is the day – hopefully – for Deshone Kizer. Notre Dame’s starter the last two seasons left school early to hear his name called tonight on the…
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Ian Book It: Notre Dame Has Legit Quarterback Depth
All eyes were on Brandon Wimbush this weekend during the annual Blue and Gold Game, but sophomore quarterback Ian Book stole the show. No, there isn’t a quarterback…
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Shaun Crawford Cleared: Return Huge for Notre Dame Secondary
Notre Dame manuevered the 2017 spring football season relatively unscatched on the injury front. The Irish received more good news on the injury front on Sunday when rising…
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2017 Notre Dame Blue Gold Game Highlights
Notre Dame’s 2017 spring football season came to a conclusion on Saturday afternoon with the annual Blue Gold Game. The Irish completed their 15th practice of the spring…
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2017 Notre Dame Blue-Gold Game: Offensive Players to Watch
Notre Dame wraps up Spring Football for 2017 this weekend with the annual Blue-Gold game. Notre Dame worked in almost an entirely new assistant coaching staff including new…
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New Rules to Help Notre Dame Recruit Vs. Stanford?
The NCAA announced some widespread changes to recruiting rules last week and while I would love to dive into all of them right now and their impact on…
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Are Pittsburgh Steelers Perfect Fit for Notre Dame’s Deshone Kizer?
Where former Notre Dame quarterback Deshone Kizer goes in the NFL Draft later this month is still anyone’s guess. Some have him ranked as the top QB in…
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Scott Pagano Eliminates Notre Dame: Where Irish Go from Here
Brian Kelly has been telling anyone who will listen this spring that Notre Dame has more talent on the defensive line than anyone gives them credit for. No…
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Notre Dame Transfer Target Scott Pagano Visits Oklahoma Afterall
At the beginning of last week, news circulated that Clemson graduate transfer Scott Pagano had canceled his visits to Arkansas and Oklahoma, but one of the prizes of…
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Defense Dominates Notre Dame Football Spring Position Battles
When Brian Kelly met with the media on Friday he gave some updates on the positions where he is seeing the most competition this spring. Not surprisingly, most…
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Bonzie Colson’s NBA Decision Will Shape Notre Dame Basketball for Years
Maybe this headlines is a bit hyperbole, but I don’t think it is. Bonzie Colson’s NBA decision will shape the future of the Notre Dame basketball program for…
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Notre Dame Hosting 4-Star DE Thomas Booker This Weekend
Notre Dame will have one of their top targets at defensive end on campus this weekend when 4-star defensive end Thomas Booker makes the trip from Baltimore to South…
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Notre Dame Basketball Ranked #18 Program of All-Time
The AP rolled out a fun list of their top 100 college basketball programs of all-time yesterday and Notre Dame found itself firmly in the top 25 at…
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Mike Elko Won’t Rebuild Notre Dame Defense in a Day, or a Spring
The rebuilding of Notre Dame Stadium is nearing completion with the brand new jumbotron getting closer to lighting up with beautifully stunning replays every day. It’s been a…
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Likely Notre Dame Basketball Starter Matt Ryan Transferring
Notre Dame had a disappointing end to its 2016-2017 with a 2nd round loss to West Virginia two weekends ago, but with a solid nucleus slated to return,…
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Bear Bryant’s Great Grandson Interested in Notre Dame?
Paul Tyson is a class of 2019 pro-style quarterback just getting started in his recruiting. He’s visited several schools including Clemson and Memphis over the last year and…
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Notre Dame Transfer Target Scott Pagano Cancels Two Official Visits
The race for Clemson graduate transfer Scott Pagano potentially just got a little bit easier for Notre Dame. News broke Monday night that one of the biggest prizes…
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Notre Dame Football Spring ’17: Players Trending Up
Notre Dame returned to the practice field for Spring Football 2017 last week and with multiple practices including one open to the media, there hasn’t been a shortage…
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John Dirksen Commit Further Bolsters Notre Dame Football’s OL
Notre Dame picked up its 12th commitment for the growing class of 2018 over the weekend with another 4-star offensive lineman – John Dirksen – to stock Harry…
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Brandon Wimbush Wants to Earn Notre Dame Starting Quarterback Spot
Friday we shared a great WatchND video featuring new defensive coordinator MIke Elko and senior captain Drue Tranquill interviewing each other. This weekend the WatchND crew outdid themselves…
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Notre Dame Football Offers Promising DT Ja’Mion Franklin
Notre Dame is hosting a few junior recruits this weekend as they return to the practice field for Spring Football 2017. Ja’Mion Franklin, a 3-star defensive tackle from…
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Notre Dame’s Drue Tranquill & Mike Elko Interview Each Other
The crew at WatchND is constantly creating great behind the scenes content on Notre Dame football. Friday they were at it again with an interview between Notre Dame…