Frank Vitovitch
4776 articles
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Davaris Daniels Cleared for Contact
When Brian Kelly addressed the media on Saturday, he announced that sophomore wide receiver Davaris Daniels was a full go for contact drills in Saturday's practice and will…
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Brian Kelly Notebook: Kelly Talks ‘Bama
Brian Kelly talked to the media on Saturday after Notre Dame's latest practice for next week's BCS National Championship. Here's some quick notes on what Kelly had to…
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12 Plays that Defined Notre Dame Football in 2012
As the final days of 2012 wind down and we inch closer and closer to Notre Dame’s showdown with Alabama for the BCS Championship, today we look back…
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Greg Bryant Commits to Notre Dame
Notre Dame’s on the field success in 2012 continued to pay dividends on the recruiting trail on Sunday when Brian Kelly and the Fighting Irish secured a commitment…
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Thank You, Seniors
Notre Dame honored this year’s seniors with a great video last night. This year’s class has done a lot for Notre Dame over the last four years in…
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Notre Dame Ranked #1
It’s been 19 years. 19 long, sometimes very rough, years since the last time Notre Dame was ranked #1 in the polls, but Sunday afternoon when the AP…
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Keys to Victory: Holy War 2012
Notre Dame is shipping up to Boston this weekend looking to improve to 10-0 for the first time since 1993 while avoiding letting Boston College derail another undefeated…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Pitt ’12
In wrapping up the Pitt game, here is a quicker than usual look at the 5 things I didn’t like seeing out of the Irish this past weekend.…
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5 Things I Liked: Pitt ’12
While there may have been a lot to not like about last weekend’s win over Pitt – we’ll get to that later – there was still more than…
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Alex Anzalone Recommits to Notre Dame
Notre Dame has been racking up wins on the field so far this season, but on Monday the Irish staff picked up one of its biggest victories on…
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Initial Analysis: Notre Dame 29, Pitt 26
Wow. Never expected to be writing about a Notre Dame victory this morning when the Irish entered yesterday’s fourth quarter down 14 points, but I never expected the…
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Notre Dame vs. Pitt Video 2012 Highlights: Irish Survive OT Thriller!
Getting an early start on updating this week and we’ll start with all of the highlights – and some of the lowlights – from yesterday’s much closer than…
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Keys to Victory: #3 Notre Dame vs. Pitt
Notre Dame returns home after last week’s 30-13 win over Oklahoma in Norman looking to improve to 9-0 for the first time since 1993. In order to do…
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Cole Luke Commits to Notre Dame
Notre Dame picked up a big verbal commitment on Thursday at one of its biggest positions of need in this year’s recruiting class when Arizona native, 4-star cornerback…
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2012 Scoreboard Watching: Part 1
Brian Kelly and his staff are preaching one game at a time, one week at a time to the Notre Dame players this week to make sure they…
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Notre Dame Moves Up to 3rd in BCS
Notre Dame’s big win over Oklahoma this weekend gained the Irish some points in the eyes of the BCS computers. Those gains, combined with Florida’s loss to Georgia…
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5 Things I Liked: Oklahoma ’12
I thought about renaming the title of this weekly column to 5 Things I Loved instead of Liked, because I absolutely loved what I saw last night out…
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Initial Analysis: Notre Dame 30, Oklahoma 13
Wow. It’s the morning after and I am honestly still having trouble putting into words my thoughts about this game, this team, and this season. It has been…
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Keys to Victory: Oklahoma ’12
Notre Dame has its work cut out for it this weekend when they square off with #8 Oklahoma on the road. The 5th ranked Irish head to Norman…
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Everett Golson to Start vs. Oklahoma
Everett Golson sat out last week’s win over BYU after suffering concussion on the final drive in regulation against Stanford. Despite passing the cognitive tests necessary to play…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: BYU ’12
Sorry for the delay in this week’s 5 things I didn’t like – I may have under estimated how much running a 5k, 10k, and half marathon all…
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5 Things I Liked: BYU ’12
Notre Dame squeaked out a three point victory on Saturday in a sloppy game in which they made more than their fair share of mistakes. The Irish were…
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Gameday Following Notre Dame to Oklahoma
Notre Dame will be playing at the featured site of ESPN’s College Gameday for the second time in three weeks this weekend the Gameday crew follows the Irish…
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Notre Dame Remains 5th in BCS
Notre Dame didn’t do much to earn style points this past weekend with a closer than expected win over BYU to improve to 7-0 on the season, but…
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Initial Analysis: Notre Dame 17, BYU 14
For a couple of quarters it looked like Notre Dame was going to fall victim to a classic let down/trap game. Coming off an emotional win over Stanford…
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Behind Enemy Lines: BYU ’12
For the sixth straight week we have exchanged scouting reports with a blog from the week’s opponent. With BYU in town for the first time since 2005, we…
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Everett Golson Cleared to Practice
Notre Dame announced on Wednesday that starting quarterback Everett Golson passed all of the cognitive tests he needed to in order to resume practice. While Brian Kelly didn’t…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Stanford ’12
The easiest time to find things to not like in a game is after a team wins a hard fought, ugly game over a quality opponent. You still…
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5 Things I Liked: Stanford ’12
Another week. Another win. Another list of a lot of things I liked seeing from our Fighting Irish. There were a lot of hiccups along the way on…
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Notre Dame 5th in Initial BCS
Earlier on Sunday Notre Dame found itself ranked 5th in both the Harris and Coaches Polls – the two human polls that are used to determine the BCS…
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Golson Concussed, Probable for BYU
Notre Dame starting quarterback Everett Golson was knocked out of yesterday’s game with just under four minutes remaning after sustaining a hit to the helmet that generated an unnecessary roughness…
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Initial Analysis: Notre Dame 20, Stanford 13
Wow. After celebrating Notre Dame’s latest victory – a heart pounding, seven point, overtime thriller – over Stanford, my heart has slowed down enough to put some thoughts…
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Keys to Victory: Notre Dame vs. Stanford ’12
Notre Dame has lost to Stanford the last three years while being tormented by Andrew Luck. Luck is throwing passes on Sundays now, but snapping the Cardinal’s winning…
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That’s a Wrap – Notre Dame vs. Miami ’12
Welcome to a new feature here on UHND.com. Each week we are going to do a recap post of the week’s worth of coverage for the last game…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Miami ’12
It was tough to find five things I didn’t like about a 38 rout of Miami – something I honestly never thought possible heading into the season –…
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5 Things I Liked: Miami ’12
There was a whole lot to like in Notre Dame’s complete and thorough beating of Miami on Saturday night, but here are five things that stood out to…
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ESPN College GameDay Coming to Notre Dame for 2012 Stanford Game
ESPN’s College GameDay is taking its traveling road show to Notre Dame this weekend for #7 Notre Dame’s showdown with 17th ranked Stanford marking the first time the…
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Notre Dame Moves Up To #7 in AP Poll
After the dust settled on a wild Saturday of college football, Notre Dame moved up two spots in the latest AP Poll to #7 in the country. The…
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Initial Analysis: Notre Dame 41, Miami 3
If I had told you three years ago after Tulsa beat Notre Dame that a Brian Kelly coached team would run for almost 400 yards, possess the ball…
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Behind Enemy Lines: Miami ’12
This week’s opponent scouting report comes to us from the guys over at SB Nation’s Miami blog, The 7th Floor Blog. Miami’s Offense This Hurricanes offense is slowly…
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Making Notre Dame’s Shamrock Series Helmet
Notre Dame uniforms for next weekend Shamrock Series showdown with Miami in Chicago caused quite a stir when they were unveiled because of the rather untraditional helmet the…
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Torii Hunter Jr Scouting Video
Notre Dame picked up its 21st verbal commitment for this year’s class over the weekend when wide receiver Torii Hunter Jr, selected Notre Dame during his official visit.…
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Manti Te’o Collecting Weekly Awards
Notre Dame senior linebacker Manti Te’o turned in one of the most dominating performances of his career on Saturday in Notre Dame’s 13-6 win over Michigan and so…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Michigan ’12
Despite improving to 4-0 on the season and ending a 3-game losing streak at the hands of rival Michigan, there were plenty of takeaways from Saturday night’s performance…
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5 Things I Liked: Michigan ’12
There was a lot to like – and plenty not to like (more on that later) – in Notre Dame’s 13-6 win over Michigan on Saturday night. This…
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Torii Hunter Jr Commits to Notre Dame
Notre Dame saw some early returns from its prime time win over Michigan this weekend when 4-star wide receiver Torii Hunter Jr. committed to the Irish on his…
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Notre Dame Moves Into AP Top 10
Notre Dame’s 13-6 win over rival Michigan Saturday was enough to push the Irish into the top 10 for the first time since 2006 after they moved up…
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Initial Analysis: Notre Dame 13, Michigan 6
The Notre Dame defense led the Irish to their first win over bitter rival Michigan since 2008 with a dominating performance that carried a sluggish offense that struggled…
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Notre Dame – ACC Matchups We Can’t Wait to See
Notre Dame fans are going to get very used to seeing ACC teams now that the Irish will be playing 5 games a season against their conference (in…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Michigan State ’12
There’s wasn’t a whole lot not to like in Notre Dame’s win over #10 Michigan State Saturday night, but there were a few areas in which Notre Dame…