Frank Vitovitch
4747 articles
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Gunner Kiel to Enroll at Notre Dame?
After a few weeks without much positive news on the recruiting front for Notre Dame, the Irish may have pulled off the coup of the recruiting year. According…
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Notre Dame in Final 2 for Keivarae Russell
Notre Dame received a little bit of more good recruiting news on Monday when running back Keivarae Russell whittled his list of schools down to two with the…
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Down the Stretch We Come – Defense
Over the weekend we took a look at what the numbers game looked like for Notre Dame as it enters the final stretch of recruiting for this year’s…
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Down the Stretch We Come – Remaining Offensive Targets
After two and a half months without any commitments, Notre Dame picked up a pick one yesterday from offensive lineman Ronnie Stanley. Will Stanley’s commitment be what gets…
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Down the Stretch We Come – Numbers for ’12
With the commitment of Ronnie Stanley to Notre Dame earlier this week, the question of how many remaining spots Notre Dame has left has come up. Here’s a…
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Ronnie Stanley Commits to Notre Dame
Notre Dame picked up a much needed verbal commitment on Thursday when four star offensive tackle Ronnie Stanley selected Notre Dame over Arkansas and Nebraska. Stanley, Rivals’ #19…
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Manti Te’o Returning for Senior Season
Christmas Day is still two weeks away, but Notre Dame fans were treated to an early Christmas present on Sunday when junior linebacker Manti Te’o announced he would…
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An Up Close Look at Stanford
Notre Dame heads to the west coast this week to take on the 4th ranked Cardinal from Stanford. In preparation for this year’s huge season finale, we exchanged…
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IBG – Wounded, Perhaps Angry Birds Edition
This week’s Irish Blog Gathering is brought to us by the guys over at Her Loyal Sons. Having actually seen the uniforms in the wild on Saturday night,…
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Senior Day Story Lines
Saturday marks the last home game for a senior class that came to Notre Dame on the heels of the 3-9 season of 2007. Baring a major late…
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An Up Close Look at Boston College
Last week we brought everyone a closer look at Maryland with a Q&A with the Maryland blog Turtle Droppings. This week we have a closer look at Notre…
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Eifert, Floyd Named Award Semifinalists
A pair of Notre Dame offensive weapons were named semifinalists for awards honoring the best player at their respective positions on Monday when junior tight end Tyler Eifert…
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Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 45, Maryland 21
Notre Dame improved to 3-0 in its yearly off-site home game with a relatively easy victory over Maryland on Saturday night – the third blowout win for the…
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Steve Filer Done For the Season
Steve Filer’s Notre Dame career has come to a disappointing end. Brian Kelly confirmed on Thursday that Filer suffered an ACL injury in a non-contact drill that will…
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An Up Close Look at Maryland
Today we are lucky to have some insights into this weekend’s opponent, Maryland, from one of the bloggers over at TurtleDroppings.com – a blog devoted to Maryland football…
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IBG – (Sham)rocking Some New Headgear Edition
This week’s Irish Blog Gathering, hosted by We Never Graduate, looks at the new uniforms and helmets Notre Dame has been introducing and looks at possible other enhancements…
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8 Facing Important Final Quarter
Notre Dame is through the first three quarters of the 2011 season and while there is still plenty left to be played for this season, it’s never too…
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Braxston Cave Out for the Year
Notre Dame suffered a big loss along the offensive line this past weekend after head coach Brian Kelly announced that senior center Braxston Cave would be out for…
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Another New Helmet for Notre Dame
Look out Oregon, Notre Dame will be wearing its 4th different helmet of the season this weekend when the Irish travel to Washington, DC to host the Maryland…
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Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 24, Wake Forest 17
Notre Dame’s first trip to Winston-Salem ended with a win in an up and down performance that showed once again that the 2011 Fighting Irish are still very…
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IBG – Wake Up the Demon Edition
Notre Dame makes it’s first trip to Winston-Salem this weekend to face the Demon Deacons for the first time and the guys over at Gameday 40 are hostingthis…
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IBG – Just Win Baby Edition
This week’s edition of the Irish Blog Gathering is hosted by One Foot Down and asks us to ponder if we should be satisfied with any win over…
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Another Golden Opportunity Lost
All weekend long I had this seeping suspicion we were going to be in for a letdown and the reason I felt this way was simple. Every time…
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Questions Remain Under Center for Irish Offense
It only took Brian Kelly a half of football this season to decide he needed to make a quarterback change and while Notre Dame’s 2nd year head coach…
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Initial Impressions Notre Dame 17, USC 31
A weekend with such potential for a classic Notre Dame moment turned into a weekend that has become all too familiar and more typical of many recent Notre…
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Notre Dame Introduces New Helmets
The gold and paint on the Notre Dame helmets has been a topic of debate on all of the Notre Dame forums for the last several years. Apparently…
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IBG – Primetime Rivalry Edition
Hey there. Why does it always seem that life/work get to be the busiest at the worst times for blogging purposes? With some free time this week I…
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(Not So) Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 31, #15 Michigan State 13
This weekend I had to catch the Irish using the NBC Notre Dame central app while at a wedding making any comments regarding the Irish and their performance…
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IBG – Stop Denard Robinson Edition
Her Loyal Sons hosted this week’s Irish Blog Gathering. HLS has a special disdain for Michigan and I think you’ll see it come out in their questions. Not…
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Tommy Rees Named Starter for Michigan
Earlier today Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly confirmed what many had speculated since Saturday night’s season opening loss to South Florida when he named sophomore Tommy Rees…
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No News on the QB Front for Notre Dame
Brian Kelly said on Sunday that he can the staff would evaluate film and come to a decision on who would be the starting quarterback on Monday. If…
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Too Early To Give Up on Riddick
In the aftermath of Saturday’s extremely disappointing season opening loss to South Florida, one of the popular topics on the message boards since then is idea of moving…
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Kelly Clipboard – The Day After USF
Brian Kelly spoke with the media yesterday to recap the South Florida loss. Here are some notes from what Kelly had to say related to, among other things,…
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Finding Some Positives from the Opener
It’s been about 36 hours since Notre Dame’s season opener ended with a thud and while the loss still stings it’s time to move on and start looking…
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Rees Looks Like Notre Dame’s Starter
Tommy Rees may not look like a typical starting college quarterback when you see him without a football uniform on, but on Saturday afternoon he certainly looked like…
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Initial Impressions – South Florida 23, Notre Dame 20
Yikes. What an ugly way to start a season that 24 hours ago appeared to have so much potential. Notre Dame stumbled out of the starting block today…
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Twas the Night Before Cristmas…
The long, long off-season is almost behind us and we are now just counting down the hours until Dayne Crist leads the 2011 Fighting Irish onto the field…
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One Last 2011 Season Prediction
I’ve been wanting to do a pre-season prediction post for a while now and with one day left before the season starts, I was just about out of…
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The Indispensables – 2011 Edition
With just over two days remaining until the 2011 season kicks off for Notre Dame, we take a look at our yearly pre-season list of the most indispensable…
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IBG – Getting the Party Started for ’11
Last week Her Loyal Sons gave us a strong start to the 2011 Irish Blogger Gathering with the pre-season edition. This week we here at UHND host the…
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Notre Dame Picks up Jarron Jones
Notre Dame picked up a little bit of recruiting momentum as we enter the last week of the off-season on Monday with literally a huge commitment from defensive…
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Dayne Crist Named Starter for ’11 Season
After declaring the quarterback race was too close to call just a little over a week ago, Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly named senior Dayne Crist his…
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Fox, Watt, Slaughter, Cywnar Win Starting Jobs
The big news of the day was obviously the naming of Dayne Crist as the starting quarterback for the 2011 season (more on that later), but the results…
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IBG – Dreaming Big in 2011
The Irish Blog Gathering returns for the 2011 with the first installment for the new season. For those of you unfamiliar with the IBG, each week a Notre…
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Kelly Clipboard 8/14 – Camp ’11
Brian Kelly spoke with the media on Saturday after Notre Dame’s 9th practice of the season. Here’s the full video courtesy of the University’s YouTube channel and then…
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Notre Dame Swimming in Depth Along D-line
Notre Dame finds itself in a very unfamiliar position as they progress into fall camp this year. For the first time in a very long time, the Irish…
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Kelly Clipboard 8/9 – Camp ’11
Brian Kelly addressed the media for about 15 minutes on Wednesday and thanks to the University’s YouTube channel, we have video of all 15 minutes of it. For…
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Ladies and Gentlemen, We Have Contact
Today was the first day Notre Dame could practice with full contact and thanks to the University’s YouTube channel, we have some video the look at including some…
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7 Questions Early in Camp ’11
Fall camp is still in its early stages with the first day of full contact coming today, but its never too early to look at some questions Notre…
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Johnson, Lewis-Moore On Hendricks Watch List
And now we can add seniors Ethan Johnson and Kapron Lewis-Moore to the growing list of Notre Dame players on pre-season award watch lists after the defensive end…