Frank Vitovitch
4776 articles
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5 Questions Facing the Defense in ’09
Yesterday we took a look at five questions facing the Notre Dame offense in 2009. Today we’ll take a look at five questions facing the young but talented…
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5 Questions Facing the Offense in ’09
Here’s a look at five questions facing the Irish offense in 2009 that will determine how successful the unit will be in 2009. 1. How Improved Will the…
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Tausch a Leg Up on Walker
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) – Brandon Walker has had a very rocky first couple of years as the Notre Dame place kicker. His career hit another bump in…
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Weis Presser Notes 8/24/09
Charlie Weis met with the media on Monday as the Irish broke training camp and entered into Nevada preparation with the Wolfpack coming into town for the season…
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Don’t Sleep on These Sophs
As I began sifting through all of the freshman media day videos from Friday, I started to think about how each year everyone gets fixated on the freshman,…
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Te’o Unsure of Mission Plans
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) – The biggest question freshman linebacker Manit Te’o will facing all year is what his plans are concerning his mission at the end of…
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’09 Freshman Media Day Notes
Notre Dame held its Freshman Media Day on Friday. After watching all of the free video interviews of the players, here are some highlights and notes. Cierre Wood…
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Holtz Predicts Irish-Gators Title
Former head coach Lou Holtz caused a little bit a stir in the blogosphere on Saturday when he predicted a Notre Dame-Florida national championship during an interview on…
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Swarbrick Defends Irish Schedule
Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick responded to critics of Notre Dame’s scheduling philosophies in a report released Friday by the Associated Press. Irish fans have been critical…
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5 Things I Don’t Want to See in 2009
At the beginning of the week, I took a look at five things I’d like to see out the Irish in 2009. Today I took a look at…
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Weis Talks Freshmen – Presser Notes 8/20
Weis spent most of his session with the media on Thursday discussing the freshman class. Aside from the obvious choices, it seems like there are plenty of candidates…
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Syracuse Added to ’14-17 Schedules
Syracuse announced three “home” games to be played in the new Giants Stadium for the 2014-2016 seasons with Notre Dame as the opponent in two of the contests.…
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Seantrel Henderson Officially Visiting
The USC weekend has been shaping up to be a big recruiting for a while, and it just got even bigger now that the #1 offensive line recruit…
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5 Things I Want to See in 2009
With the season less than three weeks away, here’s a look at a few things I’d like to see out the Fighting Irish in 2009 that will make…
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2009 Notre Dame Football Captains Named
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) – Notre Dame named their captains for the upcoming season on Saturday – junior quarterback Jimmy Clausen, senior center Eric Olsen, 5th year senior…
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Open Practice Notes
Notre Dame held it’s only open practice of the 2009 training camp on Saturday. While the UHND crew couldn’t make it out to practice, luckily there is plenty…
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Weis Presser Notes 8/14
Charlie Weis met with the media on Friday and had some interesting things to say about developing the underclassmen, the practice schedule for the next week, how much…
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Duval Kamara Has Knee Scoped
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) – Junior wide receiver Duval Kamara had an MRI on his knee early this week which showed a little “roughed up” cartilage. While the…
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Darrin Walls Tweaks Hamstring
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) – Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis told the media on Tuesday that starting cornerback Darrin Walls tweaked his hamstring in practice, but that…
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Sam Young on Outland Watch List
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) – Senior offensive tackle Sam Young was named to the Outland Award Watch List on Monday. Young, a former five star recruit, will be…
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Golden Tate on Biletnikoff Award Watch List
(Notre Dame, IN) – Notre Dame junior wide receiver Golden Tate was named to the pre-season Biletnikoff Award Watch List along with 36 of the nation’s other top…
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Weis Watching Five As Camp Begins
On Monday Charlie Weis told the media that there were five players he’s been watching closely during this early stage of training camp – James Aldridge, Mike Ragone,…
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Coaches Rank Irish 23rd
Notre Dame will open the 2009 ranked in the USA Today Coaches poll for the first time since 2006. The Pre-Season Coaches Poll, released on Friday ranks the…
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Breaking Down the Defensive Depth Chart
Yesterday we broke down the first offensive depth chart of the year. Today we take a look at the defensive side of the ball (full depth chart here)…
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Media Day Notebook
Charlie Weis was uncharacteristically brief in his opening remarks at yesterday’s media day press conference. Weis, who is normally quite informative and thorough in his remarks, kept his…
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Congressman Holtz?
Lou Holtz. National Champion. Hall of Fame Coach. United States Congressman? Sound far fetched? Well, as Lee Corso would say, not so fast my friend. The Orlando Sentinel…
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Notre Dame Picks up Commitment from Prince Shembo
Notre Dame picked up commitment #14 on the year on Tuesday when OLB/DE Prince Shembo selected Notre Dame over North Carolina, Virginia Tech, and Tennessee. Irish Sports Daily…
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Nate Montana Transfering to JUCO
Nate Montana, Joe Montana’s oldest son, has decided to transfer to Pasadena City College in the hopes of getting some reps as a starting quarterback to better prepare…
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“A Comeback for the Ages for the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame”
Those were the words used by Brent Musburger to describe Notre Dame’s comeback against Michigan State in 2006. ESPN Classic aired the game tonight and it was a…
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Here Come the Irish 2009!
This year’s issue of Here Come the Irish hit newsstands thisweek and once again delivered the best season preview magazine for Notre Dame fans. This was the fourth…
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Kyle Prater Down to 6, Notre Dame Included
Kyle Prater, one of the nation’s elite wide receiver recruits, is down to six schools and Notre Dame is one of them according to Taylor Bell of the…
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Jefferson Cancels Visits After UCLA Commitment
Yesterday the Detroit Free Press ran a story about linebacker recruit Tony Jefferson listing Notre Dame and Michigan among his destinations for his official visits. Tuesday night, Jefferson…
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DT Bruce Gaston Visiting Notre Dame This Week
Recent DT offer Bruce Gaston, Jr. will be unofficially visiting Notre Dame this week according to ESPN’s Bill Kuerlic. “I’m making preparations to visit Iowa and Notre Dame…
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4 Star LB Tony Jefferson to Officially Visit Notre Dame… Or Maybe Not
According to the Detroit Free Press, Notre Dame will be receiving an official visit from 4-star linebacker and top 100 recruit Tony Jefferson. Five schools have been tabbed…
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A Neutral Site Game Against Tech or Alabama In the Works?
On a little bit of a more positive scheduling note, Tony Barnhart of the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported yesterday that Notre Dame could be looking at scheduling one…
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Notre Dame to Add Tulsa to ’10 Slate, TCU Too?
According to a report in the Tulsa World, Notre Dame and the Tulsa are very close to agreeing to play each other in 2010 in Notre Dame Stadium.…
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170 Pounds of Heart and Determination
Jay over at BlueGraySky posted a great highlight reel of Mike Anello on YouTube earlier this week. The video really shows how important Anello was to the team…
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Lou Holtz Video Tribute
Since Lou Holtz was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame today, I figured UHND would pay tribute to Lou by posting a bunch of videos of…
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Notre Dame Set To Play in Yankee Stadium
The most storied college football program in the country will be playing the home of the country’s most storied baseball franchise in 2010 according to a report published…
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Spencer Boyd to Notre Dame?
Rivals reported yesterday that Spencer Boyd would be making his announcement on Friday and would be picking between Notre Dame, Michigan, and Georgia. According to the Cape Coral…
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No Love for Brian Smith from EA Sports
Yesterday marked the annual release of EA Sports’ highly successful NCAA Football video game and as someone whose owned every title in the franchise over the years I…
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Spencer Boyd Announcing Friday, Irish a Finalist
Florida cornerback Spencer Boyd is announcing his college decision on Friday and Notre Dame is a finalist according to Jamie Newberg of Rivals.com “It’s down to Michigan, Notre…
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Briefly Revisiting Michigan ’08
In reading some Michigan forums today, I stumbled across a thread about this year’s Michigan-Notre Dame game which featured numerous comments about last year’s contest. The general consensus…
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Urban Meyer Isn’t Going to Notre Dame. Ever. Good.
There’s been a lot of speculation this off-season about Urban Meyer and his supposed interest in the head coaching position at Notre Dame. Popular speculation has been that…
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Kendall in the Middle – LB Makes it 12 for Irish
Notre Dame picked up its 12th commitment for the class of 2010 over the weekend when North Carolina linebacker Kendall Moore selected the Irish over Florida State and…
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Notre Dame Adds A 2nd QB
Notre Dame wanted to take two quarterbacks in this recruiting class. On Tuesday, the Irish picked up the second quarterback in this class in Tommy Rees. Rees, who…
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Notre Dame Picks Up Another Defensive Lineman
Notre Dame picked up commitment #10 on Monday when defensive line prospect Justin Utupo picked Notre Dame over UCLA, Washington, Oregon State, and Nebraska. The news of Utupo’s…
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Notre Dame Bags A Badger
Notre Dame picked up yet another commitment Monday in the form of safety Chris Badger – a former Stanford commitment who visited Notre Dame this past weekend. Badger…
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Notre Dame Picks Up CB Lo Wood
Late last week Notre Dame added another verbal commitment to the Class of 2010 when cornerback Lo Wood picked the Irish over the likes of Stanford, Michigan, Virginia,…
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Irish Pick Up DE Blake Lueders
Notre Dame added another defensive end to pair with five star commitment Chris Martin on Friday when instate standout Blake Lueders committed to the Irish. The four star…