Frank Vitovitch
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Frank Vitovitch
Frank Vitovitch has been Co-Owner and Editor in Chief of UHND.com since joining forces with Kyle Flavin in 1999. Since that time, he has written over 2,000 articles covering Notre Dame football, recruiting, and basketball. He also works with all staff and external writers on all articles published on UHND.com.
Frank's love for Notre Dame football started at a young age watching Rocket Ismail give opposing coaches ulcers in the late 1980's. By day Frank works in marketing and holds a degree in Digital Media from Drexel University.
Frank's work has been cited by online/print editions of NBC Sports, ESPN, and Sports Illustrated and has been quoted on air by ESPN's Collin Cowherd. He's conducted interviews with Notre Dame legends Rocket Ismail, Randy Kinder, Lee Becton, Reggie Brooks, Michael Stonebreaker, and Ned Bolcar among others over his 20+ years of covering Notre Dame football. He's also been published in the print edition of USA Today Sports Weekly and the USA Today College Football Preview multiple times.
Other Published Works/Citations for Frank
Three Reasons Notre Dame Will Beat Alabama - USA Today
Notre Dame Suspends WR Kevin Stepherson, RB C.J. Holmes Indefinitely - Bleacher Report
Notre Dame / Ohio State Fiesta Bowl Preview - Eleven Warriors
Brace Yourself: The Fighting Irish are Relevant Again - Sports on Earth
Interviews with the Enemy: A Q&A with Frank Vitovitch of UHND - Yahoo! Sports
Five Good Minutes: Notre Dame Football Preview With UHND.com - BC Interruption
Vicious Electronic Questioning with UHND - MGO Blog
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Notre Dame Could Face Miami in Sun Bowl
We still have to wait a few more days to find out what bowl game Notre Dame will be in this year, but that hasn’t stopped some bowl…
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Notre Dame’s 2010 Bowl Options
Notre Dame’s regular season is complete, but its bowl destination is still far from settled. Several games this weekend could affect the Irish’s holiday plans. Here’s a run…
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Cam McDaniel Highlights
Here are some highlight videos of Cam McDaniel that really highlight his athleticism and versatility. Senior year highlights mainly of McDaniel as a running back. [youtube]d-Fn7_NKrOw[/youtube] Junior year…
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Cam McDaniel Commits to Notre Dame
Notre Dame picked up it’s 17th commitment of the year on Monday when Coppell, Texas running back Cam McDaniel committed to the Irish when Brian Kelly and Kerry…
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Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 20, USC 16
THE STREAK IS OVER. Despite losing the turnover battle 4-1 and playing half of the game in a driving rain storm, Notre Dame ended USC’s 8 year winning…
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IBG – Southern Cal Edition
This week’s Irish Blogger Gathering is brought to us by OC Domer – a Notre Dame blogger subjected to USC much more than most of us. Be sure…
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Tyler Eifert Named Tight End of the Week
Tyler Eifert’s breakout performance last Saturday night in Yankee Stadium drew the attention of more than just Notre Dame fans. The sophomore tight end was named the John…
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Riddick, Jones Back on Practice Field
The Notre Dame receiving corps could receive a boost with the possible return of both Theo Riddick and TJ Jones for this weekend’s match-up with USC. Riddick, Notre…
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Notre Dame USC Coverage Map
ESPN/ABC released the coverage map for this weekend’s game against USC and from the looks of it, a lot of Notre Dame fans are going to be watching…
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Notre Dame Loses Justice Hayes
Notre Dame lost its fourth commitment of the year on Monday when 4-star running back Justice Hayes committed to Michigan after being committed to Notre Dame for months.…
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Ruffer a Groza Award Finalist
Two years ago David Ruffer was catching passes for Siegfried Hall. Monday the senior place kicker who has hit all 20 field goals he’s attempted over the last…
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Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 27, Army 3
Notre Dame became bowl eligible with a dominating defensive performance in the inaugural football game in Yankee Stadium Saturday night. The Irish defense led the way for the…
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A Look Back At Notre Dame – Army
With Notre Dame and Army set to renew their series in Yankee Stadium, ESPN had a nice video on the history behind the series today. The video above…
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IBG – Big Apple Edition
We get back into the IBG this week as the Irish travel to the Big Apple to take on Army in this year’s neutral site game. 1) Saturday’s…
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Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 27, Tulsa 28
Wow. I don’t think anyone imagined 11 months ago when Brian Kelly was hired that we’d be discussing back to back losses to Navy and Tulsa, but after…
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Crist Injures Knee, Likely Out for Season
Notre Dame, IN – Almost a year to the day of his ACL injury on the turf of the Alamodome, Notre Dame quarterback Dayne Crist suffered another major…
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Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 23, Pitt 17
Notre Dame jumped out to an early lead for the second week in a row, but this time the Irish needed a late defensive stand to hold on…
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Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 14, Stanford 37
Notre Dame suffered a tough loss Saturday at the hands of Stanford. The Irish were dominated on both lines of scrimmage and struggled to sustain much offense throughout…
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Notre Dame Lands Huge Commit from Tuitt
Notre Dame picked up a huge commitment, perhaps its biggest of the year, on Wednesday when the nation’s #1 ranked strong-side defensive end Stephon Tuitt called head coach…
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(Not So) Initial Impressions – Michigan 28, Notre Dame 24
This week’s initial impressions is coming a little late. The UHND crew was in South Bend this weekend for the game and a lack of internet and some…
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IBG – Michigan Week Edition
Her Loyal Sons hosts this week’s Irish Blog Gathering. Head over there Friday for their answers and check back with them throughout the week for the other responses.…
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Dan Wenger’s Career in Jeopardy
Senior center Dan Wenger’s career is in jeopardy after the Florida native suffered a second concussion in three weeks during practice on Tuesday. “Dan and I had a…
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Kelly Clipboard – Michigan Week
Brian Kelly met with the media on Tuesday to discuss this weekend’s match-up with rival Michigan. Here are some notes about what Kelly had to say. On if…
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Looks Like These Guys Like Their New Coach
I could be wrong, but it looks like the Irish players are liking their new coach. Here’s some video from inside the Notre Dame locker room courtesy of…
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Crist Solid In Starting Debut
Dayne Crist was more solid than spectacular in his starting debut this weekend, but the former five star recruit gave a few glimpses of the potential that made…
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Purdue at Notre Dame Highlights
In case you missed yesterday’s season opener against Purdue, here are some highlights from the game courtesy of NBC Sports Breaking sports news video. MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL…
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Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 23, Purdue 12
The Brian Kelly Era started off on the right foot with an 11 point victory over instate rival Purdue Saturday afternoon. Many positives can be taken away from…
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The Indispensables – 2010 Edition
This week’s Irish Blog Gathering got me thinking about who would be the toughest players on the Irish roster to replace if they were to go down to…
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First Depth Chart Released
The first depth chart of the season was released by Notre Dame Monday and there are a few surprises in the two deep heading into this weekend’s season…
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IBG – Let’s Get This Party Started Edition
The long off-season is almost over and in just a few short days we will get our first glimpse of the 2010 Fighting Irish and the Brian Kelly…
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An Update on Position Battles
Here’s a quick update on some position battles that have been going on through camp that are still going on. Kelly said the battle for the backup QB…
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NBC To Adjust TV Timeouts
On Tuesday Brian Kelly told the media that he and AD Jack Swarbrick had talked to NBC about its TV timeouts in relation to Notre Dame’s fast paced…
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Ara Parseghian Addresses Team
Notre Dame had a few famous visitors at practice on Thursday, but perhaps none more famous than two time national championship winning former head coach Ara Parseghian. Ara…
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Training Camp ’10 – Shembo, Walls, Martin, & Slaughter Videos
Here are some more videos posted on YouTube from training camp this time featuring freshman Prince Shembo, senior Darrin Walls, junior Jamoris Slaughter, and defensive backs coach Chuck…
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Mike Ragone Released from Hospital
Senior tight end Mike Ragone was released from the hospital on Thursday after spending the night due to heat illness suffered after Notre Dame’s first day in full…
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Early Impressions of the ’10 Freshmen
It’s tough to determine which freshman are going to see the field before the pads go on, but so far a few freshman have caught the eye of…
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Training Camp ’10 – Hughes, Wood, Riddick, & Smith Videos
Here are some more videos posted on YouTube from training camp. Cierre Wood wants the ball. It also sounds like Wood is being prepared for a large role…
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EJ Banks Not Currently With Team
Sophomore EJ Banks is still enrolled at Notre Dame, but is not currently with the team according to Notre Dame Sports Information Director Brain Hardin. Privacy laws prevent…
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Kelly’s Clipboard – Notes from 8/9
Head coach Brian Kelly spoke with the media after Monday’s practice. Here are some highlights from what he had to say. Duval Kamara was back at practice on…
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Tide Turning in USC Rivlary?
After eight straight losses, most of the lopsided variety, it would take even the most optimistic Notre Dame fan to suggest that the tide is turning already in…
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Breaking Down the ’10 Depth Chart – Offense
The first official depth chart of the 2010 season was released on Friday. There weren’t a lot of surprises, but we’ll take a look at both sides of…
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Training Camp ’10 – Day 3 Videos
Here’s a quick roundup of a lot of the videos that have been posted by some Notre Dame sites over the last few days. Brian Kelly talking about…
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Now Or Never Players for ’10
Every year there are a few players heading into their final year or two of eligibility who came in with a lot of hype but have yet to…
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Kelly, Notre Dame Kick Off Fall Camp
Notre Dame officially kicked off fall camp on Saturday with it’s first practice. A day earlier though Brian Kelly spoke with the media about the upcoming season –…
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Notre Dame and Texas Matchups in the Works
A week after the dates were announced for the long talked about Notre Dame-Miami series, Notre Dame fans got more good scheduling news with rumors of an upcoming…
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NBC Hires Mike Mayock As Haden’s Replacement
NBC announced that NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock will be replacing Pat Haden in the booth as the color commentator for Notre Dame home games. The hiring…
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Notre Dame Picks Up Four
It might be the dog days of July, but Brian Kelly and staff are recruiting like its the first week of February with National Signing Day right around…
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Dates Released for Notre Dame-Miami Series
The Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday that Notre Dame and Miami will officially renew one of the 1980’s best intersectional rivalries with a three games series taking place in…
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Pat Haden Out of NBC Booth, In as USC AD
Mike Garrett’s post sanctions tenure didn’t last long at USC with Tuesday’s announcement that former NBC Notre Dame color commentator Pat Haden would be taking over as the…
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Ranking Irish – The Top 5
The Notre Dame blogger player rankings for 25 conclude today with the top 5. Before we started, let’s get this out of the way. The previous sets of…