Frank Vitovitch
4776 articles
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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…
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Cierre Wood Named to Hornung Watch List
Notre Dame junior running back Cierre Wood was the latest Notre Dame player to be named to a pre-season award watch list on Tuesday when he was placed…
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Notre Dame Opens Season Ranked 18th
Notre Dame finished each of the last four season unranked in the Coaches’ Poll, but they will start the the 2011 ranked 18th after last season’s strong finish…
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Michael Floyd Reinstated
We’ve been on vacation here at UHND so we’ll be catching up on a few news items tonight and tomorrow that we’ve missed over the last week or…
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Ranking the Irish ’11 – #20-16
We continue on with the countdown of the top 25 players for the 2011 Fighting Irish. In case you missed the first installment, check it out. (And no,…
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Brian Smith Signing with Cleveland
Ian Williams was the first Notre Dame draft snub to be signed to a rookie free agent deal Monday night, but it didn’t take long for the next,…
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Ian Williams Headed to 49ers
With the NFL Lockout officially over as of Monday afternoon, NFL teams were allowed to begin negotiating with undrafted rookie free agents Monday night already and Notre Dame’s…
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Ranking the Irish ’11 – #25-21
For the second year in a row, UHND will be participating in a countdown of the top 25 players on the Notre Dame roster. Last year was a…
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Best of the 2000′s – #3 Jeff Faine
After a little bit of a hiatus we get back to our countdown of the top 11 players to play for the Fighting Irish over the last 11…
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Romeo Okwara Commits to Notre Dame
Notre Dame picked up its 12th commitment for the class of 2012 over the weekend and like many of the other commitments so far, it came on the…
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Best of the 2000’s – #4 Michael Floyd
As we inch closer to the #1 spot in our countdown, we come across the only current (current used loosely since he still remains suspended) Notre Dame player…
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Best of the 2000’s – #5 Jeff Samardzija
We move into the top 5 of our countdown and switch back to the offensive side of the ball after back to back selections on defense. Our 5th…
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Jarron Jones Opens Up Recruiting, Considering Notre Dame
It’s been a little while since we got much good recruiting news, but Notre Dame received some good news this week when Jarron Jones, Rivals.com’s #7 DT in…
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Best of the 2000′s -#6 Justin Tuck
Our countdown of the top 11 players of the last 11 rolls on today with our 6th ranked player – yet another player whose talent could have moved…
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Manti Te’o Named to Bednarik Watch List
Earlier on Tuesday Dayne Crist and Michael Floyd were named to the Maxwell Award watch list and now a third Notre Dame player, Manti Te’o, was named to…
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Crist, Floyd Named to Maxwell Watch List
A pair of Notre Dame seniors who Notre Dame fans hope connect early and often on the field this year, Dayne Crist and Michael Floyd, have been named…
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Best of the 2000’s – #7 Shane Walton
We’re picking up our countdown of the top 11 players of the 2000’s from Notre Dame after the holiday break. We left off last week at #8 with…
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2011 Freshmen Numbers Assigned
This year’s freshmen have received their numbers that they will start their Notre Dame careers with. Here’s a quick look at who will be wearing what numbers and…
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Best of the 2000’s – #8 Jimmy Clausen
Our countdown continues with perhaps a bit of a surprise. Not necessarily with the inclusion of the player, but with the ranking itself. Our #8 player on the…
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Best of the 2000’s – #9 Courtney Watson
UHND’s countdown of the top 11 Notre Dame players since 2000 continues today and we’re staying on the defensive side of the ball for a second straight day. …
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Best of the 2000’s – Tom Zbikowski #10
Yesterday we launched our Best of the 2000’s series with our #11 ranked player, Julius Jones. Today our countdown continues with one of the more interesting athletes to…
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Best of the 2000’s – Julius Jones #11
In Friday’s post about the top 10 players for Notre Dame in 2011, I eluded to a new series of posts that we’d be rolling out here at…