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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Haywood Moving Back to the Sidelines
Offensive Coordinator Mike Haywood will be moving from the booth and down to the sidelines for Saturday’s USC game according to the Chicago Sun Times. Offensive coordinator Mike…
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Samardzija Defends Weis
Former Notre Dame wide receiver and current Chicago Cubs relief pithcer told ESPN that, “Everyone just needs to take a deep breathe” in relation to Charlie Weis and…
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Irish Blog Gathering – The Where We Stand Edition
This week’s Irish Blog Gathering is hosted by its founder, Subway Domer. 1. Regardless of what you may have heard and what may happen, what do you think…
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Happy Thanksgiving UHND.com
As we all prepare to sit down with our families to celebrate another Thanksgiving, we would like to extend our sincerest wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving for you…
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McAlarney, Harangody Named to All Tourny Team
Kyle McAlarney and Luke Harangody were named to the 2008 Maui Invitational All Tournament team after the Irish advanced to the tournament finals against North Carolina. The Irish…
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Hoops Game Notes – Run Out of Gas Edition
Notre Dame tried its best to hang tough with #1 ranked North Carolina on Wednesday night, but simply didn’t have the depth to run with the Tar Heels…
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Conflicting Reports on Weis’s Buyout
There have been various reports today about just how big the buyout in Charlie Weis’s contract is. First Lee Corso weighed in on the buyout (via a Chicago…
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Hoops Team Has Great Opportunity Tonight
The Notre Dame men’s basketball team has a chance to do something tonight that the football team hasn’t done in 15 years and something they themselves havent done…
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Irish Advance to Maui Final
(UHND.com) – Notre Dame advanced the final of the 2008 Maui Invitational Tuesday night with an 81-80 victory over #7 Texas. The Irish survived a furious Texas comeback…
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Notes from Notre Dame’s Win over #7 Texas
Who would have thought four years ago that at the end of November we would be talking about the 8th ranked Notre Dame men’s basketball team’s win over…
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USC Week Injury Updates
Notre Dame had CB Terrail Lambert and OG Chris Stewart back at practice on Tuesday, but were still without the services of ILB Brian Smith and WR Michael…
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Notre Dame Wouldn’t Decline Bowl Bid
After the 1996 season, a three loss Irish team turned down bowl bids for lesser tier bowls. This year a five or fix loss Irish team would do…
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Brad Lidge at Saturday’s Syracuse Game
One of the few highlights from Saturday for me as I sat inside Notre Dame Stadium in 20 degree weather was seeing Brad Lidge honored at half-time of…
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Syracuse Loss Numbing
(UHND.com) – Weather conditions for Saturday’s matchup with lowly Syracuse were frigid with plenty of snow left in the stands from Thursday’s snowstorm which dumped a foot of…
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Chris Bonds to ‘Bama
The hits keep coming for Notre Dame this week. Chris Bonds, the highest rated defensive lineman left on the board for Notre Dame commited to Alabama on Sunday…
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Irish Lacked Emotion in Syracuse Debacle
I came across a pretty distrubing quote in one of Brian Hamilton’s articles in today’s Chicago Tribune from Golden Tate speaking of the emotion of the team. “I…
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Syracuse’s 10th Win in 4 Years
Syracuse had won 9 games in the past 4 seasons prior to Saturday. Notre Dame was Syracuse’s 10th win in the past 4 seasons. Those other 9 wins…
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Chris Bonds Decided, Announcing Monday
According to Palmeto Sports, defensive line recruit Chris Bonds has made his decision and will announce where he plans on attending college on Monday. He also made a…
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Michigan is Doing Just Fine
I haven’t posted much about the train wreck of a first season Rich Rodriguez is having for that team with the same helmets as the University of Delaware,…
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Green Week Hopefully Won’t Mean Green Jerseys
Charie Weis encouraged fans to wear green to Saturday’s Syracuse game as part of NBC’s Green Week. First of all, this Saturday I would like to encourage all…
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Ianello Linked to Syracuse Opening
Mike Haywood isn’t the only Notre Dame assistant coach whose name is being linked to a head coaching vacancy this week. Irish wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator…
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Haywood Interviewing for Ty’s Old Job
Notre Dame is 2-0 against former Irish head coach Tyrone Willingham since his departure after the 2004 season and now his tenure in Washington ending after being fired…
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Baby Seau & Tyler Gaffney Visiting This Weekend
One of the more important recruiting trips of the year for Notre Dame will take play this weekend when Hawaii native and linebacker extraordinaire Manti T’eo, aka Baby…
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The Theo Riddick Story
Here is a great video about Notre Dame running back recruit Theo Riddick with some great information about him both on and off the field. Find more videos…
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Charlie Still Calling the Plays
Weis opened his weekly Tuesday by announcing that he will call plays for the rest of the season after calling plays for the first time this year against…
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Lambert Downgraded to Doubtful
The other day Charlie Weis said he thought Terrail Lambert would be probable for this weekend’s Syracuse game, but on Tuesday Weis listed him as doubtful for Saturday.…
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Who Fills In for Floyd?
(UHND) – When Charlie Weis announced on Sunday that Michael Floyd would be out for the next two games with s trained knee, Notre Dame lost one of…
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Quinn Gets First NFL Win
Brady Quinn made his NFL starting debut last week, but some shoddy defense by the Browns and a dropped 4th down pass by Kellen Winslow turned Quinn’s debut…
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Revisiting the Final Three Minutes
The final three minutes of Saturday’s 27-21 win over Navy turned a 20 point Notre Dame lead into a 6 point Notre Dame escape. A lot went wrong…
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Don’t We Practice Celebrating?
After the excessive celebration penalty on Toryan Smith in Saturday’s win over Navy I remembered a quote from Weis last year about practicing celebrating after scores. Tonight I…
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Tyler Stockton, DT with Most Upside in Class of ’09?
An ESPN recruiting update listed Notre Dame defensive tackle commit Tyler Stockton as the DT with the most upside in this year’s crop of defensive tackles. Here’s what…
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Final (Initial) Thoughts on Navy
I finally got a chance to watch a recording of the game to post my full thoughts on the game. James Aldridge looked to have a nice burst…
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How to Attack an Onside Kick
After rewatching the game tonight I have to wonder how many times Notre Dame has practice recovering onside kicks this year because the Irish looked completely lost on…
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So Hey, How About that Kicker? Notre Dame’s Brandon Walker Rebounds
Remember a couple weeks ago when Brandon Walker’s name was thrown around blogs and message boards left and right without much positivity? Of course you do. After missing…
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Will Weis Keep Calling Plays? Check Back Tuesday
Charlie Weis was asked on Sunday if he will continue to call the offensive plays this week after he served as the playcaller on Saturday for the Navy…
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Navy’s “4th” Timeout
There was some discussion about Navy’s “4th” timeout in yesterday’s barnburner of a football game in Baltimore. What had happened was Navy called a timeout after Jonas Gray…
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Ouch.. Michael Floyd, Brian Smith Out 4 Weeks
After the way yesterday’s game in Baltimore ended, Notre Dame fans didn’t need any more bad news. Well, we got a healthy does of it anyone on Sunday…
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Wait…. Navy Just Did What?!?
As Jeff, my buddy Sean, and were walking out of M&T Bank Stadium soaking wet from head to tow we felt somewhat pleased with the outcome of the…
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IBG: Through the Past Darkly Edition
Here is this week’s Irish Blog Gathering – hosted this week by Brawling Hiberian. 1) In the parlance of DJs, a “deep cut” is a song that wasn’t…
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Swarbrick Backs Weis
ESPN released a report with quotes from new Notre Dame Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick backing head coach Charlie Weis. Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick said Wednesday that…
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The Return of the UHND Opponent Poll
After a few week hiatus, the UHND Opponent Poll returns this week. 2008 UHND Opponent Poll – Week 10 Opponent Last Game Next Comments 1. # 6 Southern…
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Notre Dame at Navy – Statistically Speaking
Here is this week’s stats comparison. You can start to look for these every Tuesday for the last few weeks of the season and moving into next year.…
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Weis Officially Calling Plays this Weekend
Charlie Weis just announced that he will be calling plays this weekend when the Irish travel to Baltimore to take on Navy. The reason Weis gave for the…
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90% Chance Davon Custis Lands at BC
As if losing to Boston College this past weekend wasn’t bad enough. Now it seems like the Irish will lose out on defensive end prospect Davon Custis to…
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Count Me Still on the Charlie Weis Bandwagon… Here’s Why
There’s been a lot of chatter in the afermath of Saturday’s humbling loss to Boston College. Now, more than ever, people have begun questioning Charlie Weis’s job status…
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How Hot is Charlie Weis’s Seat?
It seems almost unfathomable to think we have gotten to this point in year four of the Weis Era after the way in which Weis started his Notre…
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Irish Humbled in Boston
Boston, MA (UHND.com) – Notre Dame entered Saturday’s game desperately looking for a win after losing a heart breaking 4 overtime contest with Pitt a week earlier. They…
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Should Weis Take a Leave from Notre Dame?
Before anyone jumps on me for asking the question – I didn’t. John Walters of NBC Sports asked the question did in a column on Sunday. The question…
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Clausen Played Through Flu Saturday
Not that it is any consolation or any excuse for throwing four interceptions, but Charlie Weis said Sunday that Jimmy Clausen played through the flu on Saturday and…
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Weis to Resume Play Calling?
Based on what Charlie Weis said Sunday at his press conference, it sounds like he might be resuming play calling duties after handing them over to offensive coordinator…