Frank Vitovitch
4776 articles
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IBG: Avoiding Letdowns and Not Looking Ahead Edition
As Notre Dame looks to improve to 6-0 on the season and set up an epic matchup with #1 ranked Florida State, the Irish Blogger Gathering examines what…
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5 Things I Liked from Notre Dame v. Stanford
Wow, what a game. Notre Dame and Stanford’s heavy weight bout yesterday had a little bit of everything. Turnovers, horrible weather, last minute drives, 4th down conversions, and…
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Notre Dame v. Stanford Highlights – Relive the Irish Victory!
Something about Notre Dame and Stanford meeting in Notre Dame Stadium lately just seems to produce thrillers. Two years after Notre Dame’s epic goal line stand against the…
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IBG: Chopping Down Trees Edition
As the saying goes, better late than never. It’s been a bit of a hectic week so this week’s IBG is a bit late and a few columns…
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Notre Dame v. Syracuse ’14 Highlights
Notre Dame improved to 4-0 last night albeit in a bit of sloppy fashion. The Irish turned the ball over five times but still managed to escape…
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Countdown to Kick-off: Everything You Need to Know for Notre Dame v. Syracuse
Notre Dame is set to square off with Syracuse later tonight for the fourth game of the season. The Irish look to improve to 4-0 on the season…
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Brian Kelly Talks Bye Week Improvements
Brian Kelly met with the media on Thursday to talk about his team’s final preparations on Syracuse and how they used the early season bye week to their…
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Notre Dame, Texas A&M Agree to Two Game Series
Notre Dame continued to add marquee opponents to its future schedules on Thursday by announcing a home and home series with Texas A&M in 2024 and 2025 giving…
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Torii Hunter Jr Set to Make Notre Dame Debut
Before suffering a gruesome broken leg during practice for the US Army All-American Bowl in 2013, Torii Hunter was pegged as a potential instant impact recruit for Notre…
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Notre Dame Reshuffling OL Deck
Brian Kelly more than hinted that changes could be coming to the Notre Dame offensive line the last time he met with the media over a week ago…
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Notre Dame Injury Updates: Amir Carlisle Out
Brian Kelly updated the health of a number of Notre Dame players at his Tuesday presser as the Irish had the opportunity to get healthy over the bye…
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Notre Dame v. Syracuse ’14 Game Details
Notre Dame is back in action this weekend after an agonizing bye week for fans. The Irish will play their first true “road” game of the season when…
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Red Zone No Longer a Dead Zone for Notre Dame
One of the most frustrating aspects of Notre Dame’s disappointing 9-4 campaign in 2013 was the Irish’s red zone futility. A year ago the Notre Dame offense scored…
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Grading Notre Dame at the Bye: Defense
Notre Dame lost six starters from last year’s defense and changed defensive schemes following the departure of Bob Diaco to be the head coach of UConn and subsequent…
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Grading Notre Dame at the Bye: Offense
As Notre Dame enters its first bye weekend of the season, we took a closer look at each position unit on the offensive side of the ball today.…
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It’s Time for Tim Brown, Jerome Bettis to Head to Canton
The preliminary ballot for the 2015 NFL Hall of Fame was announced on earlier this week and five Notre Dame greats are on the among the 100+ candidates…
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Notre Dame Football 2014 Freshman 1st Quarter Report
As Notre Dame heads into the second quarter of the 2014 season, the Irish are 3-0 in part because of the play of its freshman class. Though not…
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IBG: Evaluating Notre Dame at the Bye Edition
Notre Dame might be a on bye week this week, but the Irish Blogger Gathering isn’t. We’re hard at work again this week with our weekly roundtable discussion…
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10 Things For Notre Dame to Work on During the Bye
Notre Dame’s early season bye week really could not have come at a better time for the Fighting Irish. With some mounting injuries and plenty of areas to…
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Notre Dame – Syracuse Kick-Off Set for Prime Time
Notre Dame fans hoping the Irish’s next game would end well before midnight on the east coast will be disappointed today after the kick-off time for the September…
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Video: Everett Golson In SI’s Week 3 Heisman Watch
Sports Illustrated’s Zac Ellis breaks down the top performances from Week 3 of college football action. Ellis thinks that Notre Dame’s Everett Golson is not receiving enough attention…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like from Notre Dame v. Purdue ’14
For the first time this season this column was unfortunately not hard to write. The last two weeks Notre Dame left very little for their not to like…
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Notre Dame Moves Into Top 10
Even though Notre Dame turned in a fairly underwhelming performance in Indianapolis on Saturday, the Irish found themselves back in the top 10 for the first time since…
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Notre Dame Football Injury Report – Post Purdue
Notre Dame was a little undermanned coming into the Purdue game with Christian Lombard and Andrew Trumbetti out in addition to the academic five. The Irish suffered even…
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Notre Dame v. Purdue ’14 – 5 Things I Liked
It took a little more effort than anyone thought it would last night but Notre Dame improved to 3-0 last night following a 30-14 win over Purdue in…
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Brian Kelly Talks Beating Purdue, Getting Better
Brian Kelly addressed the media last night following Notre Dame’s 30-14 victory over Purdue and talked a lot about the need to get better during the bye week.…
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Notre Dame v. Purdue ’14 Highlights
It wasn’t as pretty as the last two weeks and the Irish defense is almost like a walking MASH unit right now with injuries piling up. But, at…
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IBG: Avoiding the Let Down and Dominating Edition
The Irish Blogger Gathering returns again this week as we all try to manufacture some excitement for Purdue following last week’s emotionally draining game against Michigan. Amazingly, all…
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Michigan Game Highlights Brian Kelly’s Stamp on Notre Dame
Brian Kelly had some signature moments as the head coach at Notre Dame in 2012. Road wins over Top 10 teams Oklahoma and Michigan State. The win over…
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Behind Enemy Lines – Notre Dame v. Purdue ’14
With Notre Dame set to take on Purdue this weekend in the 2014 Shamrock Series, we reached out to our favorite Purdue blogger Travis Miller of Hammer and…
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Heisman Hype Already Building for Everett Golson
Two years ago Notre Dame had an unexpected Heisman favorite emerge on its undefeated regular season squad of 2012 when Manti Te’o nearly became the first defensive player…
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Brian Kelly Talks a lot of Defense and a little Purdue
Brian Kelly held his regular weekly press conference on Tuesday to kick-off Purdue week and while the Irish head coach didn’t field many questions about his team’s opponent…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like from Notre Dame v. Michigan ’14
For the second week in a row this column is extremely difficult to write because the Fighting Irish didn’t give us a whole lot not to like in…
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Notre Dame v. Michigan ’14 – 5 Things I Liked
It’s been much too long since Notre Dame put on a performance like the one that we all witnessed on Saturday. With Michigan in town for the last…
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Brian Kelly Talks Shutting Out Michigan
Brian Kelly was obviously a very happy many last night after his Fighting Irish became the first team in Notre Dame history to shut out a Michigan team.…
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Notre Dame v. Michigan 2014 Highlights: Irish Shutout Wolverines
Wow. I don’t have a voice left after screaming non stop from start to finish of Notre Dame’s beat down of Michigan on Saturday. In the last meeting…
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Behind Enemy Lines – Notre Dame v. Michigan ’14
It’s Michigan week – the last Michigan week for the foreseeable future – so today we are going behind enemy lines for the first time this year. We…
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IBG: Saying Goodbye to Michigan Edition
Notre Dame bids a fond farewell to Michigan this weekend … for now at least. With the Wolverines set to visit Notre Dame for the final time, the…
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Notre Dame Announces Series with Ohio State
We are just over to days away from kick-off of the last scheduled Notre Dame – Michigan game and the Irish may have already taken their first shot…
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Michigan Game Offers Everett Golson Chance for Redemption
The 2014 season as a whole is a chance for redemption for Everett Golson’s off the field issues of a year ago, but if there is a single…
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Michigan And Notre Dame Ready For One More Battle
Their rivalry will be put on hiatus after this weekend, but Michigan insider Angelique Chengelis and Notre Dame insider Allen Pinkett tell Campus Insiders why their respective teams…
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Brian Kelly Talks Michigan Week 2014
Brian Kelly met with the media on Tuesday to talk about his team’s preparations for the Wolverines’ last currently scheduled visit to Notre Dame Stadium. Here’s some notes…
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Notre Dame v. Michigan 2014 Game Details
Usually we try to post these on Monday of game week, but after another long and tortuous off-season, we couldn’t wait. Here is all of the pertinent information…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like from Notre Dame v. Rice
Sometimes this column is tough to write and the “5 Things I Liked” column is pretty easy. It happens when Notre Dame wins rather easily and looks pretty…
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5 Things I Liked from Notre Dame vs. Rice
Another long and tumultuous off-season came to an end on Saturday with a blowout victory for the Fighting Irish. With Everett Golson back under center the Irish offense…
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Notre Dame vs Rice Game Highlights
Notre Dame ate up Rice in the 2014 season opener on Saturday to the tune of a 48-17 rout. Everett Golson accounted for five touchdowns in his return…
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Report: Austin Collinsworth Out vs. Rice
Notre Dame appears to be without one of its starting members of the secondary for today’s season opener vs. Rice and possibly longer. 5th Year senior and Notre…
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5 Things I Want To See From Notre Dame in 2014
We’re two days from kick-off of the 2014 and after another off-season filled with enough drama to script a day-time soap opera, it’s glorious to be able to…
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2014 Notre Dame Schedule Offers Opportunity for Revenge Tour
Notre Dame faces six opponents in 2014 who they lost to the last time they played them. Find out what do the Irish have to do in order…
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Notre Dame Names 2014 Football Captains
When Brian Kelly met with the media on Tuesday afternoon for his weekly game week press conference, he said he wasn’t quite ready to name his 2014 captains,…