Frank Vitovitch
4776 articles
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Notre Dame Tight Ends 2016: Better/Worse?
Our position by position analysis of the 2016 Notre Dame football roster continues today with one of the more disappointing positions from the 2015 season – tight end.…
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Notre Dame Wide Receivers 2016: Better/Worse
Notre Dame lost its top four wide receivers including one its all-time greats this off-season. Will Fuller is getting ready for training camp with the Houston Texans. Chris…
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Sneak Peek of Notre Dame’s New Jumbotron
Notre Dame Tweeted out a sneak peak of the new Jumbotron that will be displaying instant replays inside Notre Dame Stadium for the first time starting in 2017…
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Notre Dame Running Backs 2016: Better/Worse
Notre Dame lost a 1,000 yard rush to the 3rd round of the NFL, but the Irish stable of running backs is stronger, deeper, and more experienced in…
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Notre Dame Quarterbacks 2016: Better/Worse
Kicking off a new series of posts we’ll be rolling out over the next few weeks today. Normally we do a standard “depth chart analysis” type review of…
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4 Trap Games on Notre Dame’s 2016 Football Schedule
Now that we’ve completed all of our 2016 Notre Dame opponent previews, we are going to spend some time slicing and dicing the 2016 Notre Dame schedule. Compared…
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PFF Ranks Notre Dame #1 Offensive Line in Nation
Notre Dame lost three starters from its 2015 offensive to the draft and early graduation, but ProFootballFocus still has the Irish offensive line ranked as the best in the…
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Did Notre Dame Schedule Itself Into a Problem in ’18/19?
Both Notre Dame and Michigan fans received the news of the two schools resuming their rivalry in 2018 and 19 positively last week. Upon further review though, did…
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Notre Dame Recruiting: 4-Star OL Robert Hainsey Commits!
Notre Dame and Michigan won’t face each other for another two years, but the Irish scored a win over the Wolverines on Sunday. Notre Dame picked up another…
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Notre Dame & Michigan to Resume Rivalry in 2018?
ESPN is reporting that Notre Dame and Michigan will announce later today that the two storied programs will be resuming their rivalry in 2018. Notre Dame and Michigan…
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Alize Jones Named to Mackey Award Watch List
Sophomore Alize Jones is not at the top of the Notre Dame tight end depth chart entering the 2016 season. That didn’t stop the Mackey Award from naming…
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Malik Zaire, Deshone Kizer Both Named to Maxwell Watch List
Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly has not named a starting quarterback for the 2016 season prior to fall camp, but whoever he selects will be one the…
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Jayson and Justin Ademilola Commit to Notre Dame
Notre Dame picked up two new members of the class of 2018 on Sunday in the form of Jersey City twins Jayson Ademilola and Justin Ademilola. The St. Peter’s…
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Notre Dame Recruiting: Paulson Adebo Commits
The recruiting momentum Notre Dame picked up over the weekend with a trio of commitments following the Irish Invasion continued on Monday when 4-star athlete Paulson Adebo of…
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Notre Dame Recruiting: ’18 RB Markese Stepp Commits!
The 2016 Irish Invasion has produced three commitments for Notre Dame this weekend with the latest one coming for the class of 2018 in the from of 4-star…
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Jordan Pouncey – Junior Year Highlights
Notre Dame picked up its 12th commitment for the class of 2017 on Saturday in the form of wide receiver Jordan Pouncey – its second in as many…
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Irish Invasion: Jordan Pouncey Commits to Notre Dame!
Notre Dame picked up its second commitment from the 2016 Irish Invasion on Saturday evening when Florida wide receiver Jordan Pouncey selected the Irish.
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Notre Dame Recruiting: Jonathon MacCollister Commits!
Notre Dame’s 2016 Irish Invasion started off with a bang on Friday when Florida strong side defensive end Jonathon MAcCollister committed to the Irish shortly after his arrival…
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Notre Dame Equipped to Replace Corey Robinson
Despite a lack of experience throughout the WR depth chart, the Notre Dame offense is well equipped to replace Corey Robinson in the lineup.
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Corey Robinson Made Wise Decision to Retire
Corey Robinson’s brief but promising career on the football field came to a premature end on Wednesday when the senior to be hung up his cleats after battling…
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2016 Notre Dame Football Number Changes
Blue & Gold’s Lou Somogyi reported on some Notre Dame football jersey number changes for 2016 earlier on Tuesday with Notre Dame’s senior quarterback, Malik Zaire, highlighting the number…
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6 Notre Dame Redshirts to Watch in ’16
With freshmen reporting to campus and Notre Dame posting videos of its off-season training already, it’s easy to get excited about what instant impact freshmen might be roaming…
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NFL Draft Proves Kelly, Hiestand Have Rebuilt the Irish Line
From 2004-2013, Notre Dame football produced just one offensive lineman drafted high than the 6th round in the NFL Draft. That’s 10 NFL Drafts and just one lineman selected…
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Notre Dame’s Early Departures Decisions Validated in ’16 NFL Draft
After years of avoiding a max exodus and early departures, Notre Dame lost four players this off-season who had eligibility remaining – Will Fuller, Keivarae Russell, CJ Prosise, and…
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No Shamrock Series Game for Notre Dame in 2017
When Notre Dame travels to San Antonio, Texas in November to take on Army, it will mark the eighth straight season in which the Irish have traveled to…
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Notre Dame Should Benefit from New Recruiting Rule
The NCAA made some headlines last week by banning “satellite camps” like the ones Michigan held this past off-season. While that ruling has no real impact on Notre Dame…
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Kevin Stepherson Lives Up to Hype in Blue Gold Game
One of the hottest names during Notre Dame’s 2016 Spring Football was early enrollee wide receiver Kevin Stepherson. From Brian Kelly raving about his hands to teammates offering…
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Everett Golson’s Strange Journey Brings Him Back to Notre Dame
Everett Golson is returning to Notre Dame. Again. Two years after Golson returned to Notre Dame following his academic exile for the 2013 season, Golson will again be…
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How Notre Dame Will Replace Steve Elmer
Notre Dame already had to replace two stalwarts on the offensive line heading into the 2016 season. The decision by Steve Elmer to end his career early and pursue…
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Notre Dame Awaits Demetris Robertson’s Decision
Notre Dame’s 2016 National Signing Day didn’t go exactly how the Irish coaching staff would have liked it to with the Irish batting one for three and losing…
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No 5-Star Additions for Notre Dame Again on NSD
Notre Dame had high hopes coming into National Signing Day 2016 with a pair of 5-star linebackers – Caleb Kelly and Ben Davis – in their sights. Neither…
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Jonathan Jones Commits to Notre Dame
Notre Dame got some good news early Wednesday morning with when Florida linebacker Jonathan Jones selected Notre Dame over Michigan at his 10:30 announcement – especially after Notre…
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Meet Notre Dame Football’s ’16 Defensive Recruits
Julian Okwara – WDE Summary: The younger brother of graduating defensive end Romeo Okwara, Julian Okwara comes to Notre Dame as a similar, but more developed prospect than his…
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Meet Notre Dame Football’s ’16 Offensive Recruits
Ian Book – QB Summary: For a while it looked like Notre Dame might not add a quarterback in the class of 2016. The Irish appeared to be…
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7 Future Stars in Notre Dame’s Recruiting Class of ’16
Every year we look at some instant impact and hidden gem recruits (coming soon) around National Signing Day. You know the ones who could see the field right…
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Autry Denson Fueling Notre Dame Football Recruiting
When Urban Meyer convinced Tony Alford to leave Brian Kelly’s staff a year ago for the same position on his, Notre Dame fans – this one included –…
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6 Instant Impact ’16 Notre Dame Football Recruits
With the fax machines warming up across the country, we will complete one our the favorite past times of all college football bloggers – picking out which recruits…
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Notre Dame Recruiting ’16 NSD Announcement Schedule
Notre Dame heads into National Signing Day tomorrow with a lot of high profile recruits left on its board and while it’s uncertain that the Irish will come…
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Notre Dame Great Justin Tuck Retires
Notre Dame’s all-time sack leader (and UHND’s official favorite follower on Twitter) is officially hanging up his cleats after a brilliant 11 year NFL career that saw the…
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Brian Kelly Contract Extension Gives Notre Dame Rare Stability
Notre Dame made some unexpected news on Friday when it announced a brand new, 6 year contract extension for head coach Brian Kelly which will keep him on the…
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Tyler Luatua’s Transfer Hits Notre Dame Tight End Depth
Earlier today news broke that Notre Dame’s reserve tight end Tyler Luatua will transfer from Notre Dame after a week or so of speculation regarding the future of the…
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It’s Time for Brian Kelly to Earn Some Coffee
As we all learned in Glengarry Glen Ross, “Coffee’s for closers only.” Well, with just over a week to go until National Signing Day 2016 and a few,…
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5-Star Focus for Notre Dame Football Recruiting
As Notre Dame heads toward National Signing Day 2016, the Irish coaching staff has already done a phenomenal job hitting off of a number of needs in this…
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Notre Dame Coaches Visiting Demetris Robertson Today
If you follow the Notre Dame coaching staff on Twitter, it’s not hard to figure out where the majority of the Irish offensive staff is today. They are…
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Notre Dame Knocked Ben Davis Visit Out of the Park. Is it Enough?
Coming into his visit to Notre Dame this weekend, Notre Dame was considered a long shot at best for the services of the 5-star linebacker. Heading out of…
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Notre Dame Trending Positively for Demetris Robertson
A month ago Notre Dame wasn’t considered much of a player for 5-star athlete Demetris Robertson. The Irish, however, have been trending positively for the elite Georgia prospect…
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5-Star LB Ben Davis Visiting Notre Dame This Weekend
Notre Dame’s visitor list is on the light side this weekend – definitely unlike the extensive visitor log for the USC weekend – but what it lacks in…
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How Notre Dame Will Replace Jaylon Smith
Earlier this week Jaylon Smith surprised few when he declared for the NFL Draft. Had the 2015 Butkus Award winner not injured himself in the Fiesta Bowl, his…
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USC Weekend Paying Dividends for Notre Dame
Notre Dame and Brian Kelly put a lot of their chips on the table for this year’s USC weekend with by far its biggest visitor list of the…
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Jaylon Smith Injury Update: Expected to Make Full Recovery
The good news for Notre Dame’s 2015 Butkus Award winning linebacker Jaylon Smith is that he is expected to make a full recovery from the nasty knee injury…