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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Boston College Crushes Notre Dame… On the Field
Notre Dame may have won Friday night’s hockey matchup with Boston College, but the Eagles got the last laugh on the football field Saturday night. Notre Dame looked…
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Wood Also Banged Up in Friday Loss
In doing a little more research on Cierre Wood’s performance last night I cam across this blurb from the Ventura Coutnry Star. What hurt the most was Santa…
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Wood Finally Held in Check by Clausen’s Old Team
Running back commit Cierre Wood was finally held in check Friday night by Jimmy Clausen’s high school alma mater Oaks Christian. There was a thought Oaks Christian High…
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Irish Crush Boston College… On the Ice
The warmup for tomorrow night’s matchup with Boston College was a hockey match between the #12 Irish and #2 ranked Eagles. Notre Dame beat BC on the ice…
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IBG: The “Saying A Lot By Asking Obtuse Questions” Edition
Here is my take on this week’s Irish Blog Gathering. I missed last week’s in post World Series Championship bliss, but I’m back at it this week. This…
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“I’m a Playmaker, I Can Change the Game”
Here’s some mid-season highlights from Notre Dame’s latest verbal commitment including a brief interview on ESPN where he shares the screen with fellow Notre Dame verbal Cierre Wood.…
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Shaquelle Evans Commits to Notre Dame!
Notre Dame picked up a huge verbal commitment on Friday when five star wide receiver Shaquelle Evans committed to the Irish giving Notre Dame 17 verbal commitments on…
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Irish Finalist for DL Chris Bonds
Notre Dame recruit Chris Bonds trimmed his list of schools to 3 this week and the Irish are among his finalists according to Gamecocks.com From a list of…
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Irish Hoops Picks up Commit
While we wait to hear where Shaquelle Evans is headed on Friday, the Notre Dame basketball team picked up a commitment Thursday in Maine center Tom Knight according…
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Notre Dame at Boston College – Statistically Speaking
Here is a statistical comparison of Notre Dame and Boston College with some comments below. Notre Dame Statistical Comparison Boston College Stat Rank Category Rank State 27.38 51st…
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Quinn Still Doesn’t Have a Defense
During the last two years of Brady Quinn’s Notre Dame career, the only chance the Irish had to win big games was to simply outscore teams because the…
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Corwin Brown Wants Irish to Kick BC’s Teeth In
Corwin Brown was pretty fired up at his press conference yesterday according to Michael Rothstein’s Irish Insights blog. When asked about Notre Dame’s lack of tackles for loss…
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Seantrel Henderson Visiting Minn Unofficially This Weekend
One of the biggest names to keep an eye on for next season on the recruiting trail for Notre Dame is offensive lineman Seantrel Henderson. Henderson is almost…
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Shaquelle Evans Announcing Tomorrow
One of the biggest recruits left on the board for Notre Dame this year is 5 star WR Shaquelle Evans and the Inglewood, California native will be announcing…
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Brady Quinn Era in Cleveland Kicks Off Thursday
Brady Quinn’s long wait on the Cleveland Browns’ bench appears to finally be over amid reports that Quinn will start on Thursday against the Denver Broncos and their…
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Blanton To See More Playing Time?
Freshman Robert Blanton was on the field for almost the entire overtime on Saturday in place of 3 year starter Terrail Lambert and the move could become more…
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Brad Lidge, World Series Hero
Some of you may have noticed that updates were a little sparse last week and if you have read this website for a while it probably shouldn’t have…
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Pitt Post Game Injury Update
Yesterday’s loss wasn’t just painful for Irish fans – a couple Notre Dame offensive linemen got banged up during the game. Chris Stewart, Trevor Robinson, and Eric Olsen…
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Pitt at Notre Dame – Overtime Notes
Well that’s a first. Game is being delayed slightly while the sprinklers in the opposite end zone go off with Pitt on the opposite end of the field.…
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Pitt at Notre Dame – 4th Quarter Notes
Three straight plays out of the “wildcat” formation and we have no answer for it. The way Bostic is throwing the ball today why even line him up…
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Pitt at Notre Dame – 3rd Quarter Notes
Irish defense forced a would be three and out to start the half, but a personal foul on Harrison Smith gives Pitt a first down at mid field. …
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Pitt at Notre Dame – 2nd Quarter Notes
You have to love that every time they show Kyle Rudolph his helmet is all scuffed up. After a couple nice plays to start this drive, the Irish…
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Pitt at Notre Dame – 1st Quarter Notes
James Aldridge returning kicks? That’s new. Looks like Weis is trying to find more ways to get the ball n Aldridge’s hands while keeping Armando Allen fresher as…
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Brian Smith Limited in Practice
Brian Smtih suffered what Charlie Weis referred to as a “very, very mild concussion” in Saturday’s win over and will be limited in practice this week. Q. And…
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Would a Win Over Pitt Put Irish in the Top 25?
After this weekend’s 33-7 win over Washington, the Irish sit at 5-2 and just outside the Top 25. In a normal year, it would seem like a forgone…
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Notre Dame at Washington – 4th Quarter Notes
Aldridge scores his second touchdown of the game and with a 33-0 lead, I think the starters will be done for the day. If he is done running…
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Notre Dame at Washington – 3rd Quarter Notes
I like Notre Dame coming out in the five wide formation with an empty backfield. Clausen struggled in the first quarter and can use some work to get…
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Notre Dame at Washington – 2nd Quarter Notes
4th and 18 and the Irish go for it. They were in no man’s land so its not too shocking, but it shows the confidence that Weis has…
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Notre Dame at Washingon – 1st Quarter Notes
How fitting is it that one failed Notre Dame head coach is coaching on the opposite sideline while another failed Notre Dame head coach is calling the game…
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Remaining Freshmen Likely to Retain Eligibility
Charlie Weis has played a number of freshmen this year already – Robert Blanton, Ethan Johnson, Steve Filer, Darius Fleming, Jonas Gray, Michael Floyd, Trevor Robinson, Kyle Rudolph…
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Paul Duncan Out for Season, Could Be Back in ’09
Senior offensive tackle/guard Paul Duncan will miss the remainder of the 2008 season after having some cartilage repaired in his hip this morning. Paul Duncan this morning had…
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Luke Schmidt Out Indefinitely
Charlie Weis reiterated on Tuesday that junior h-back/tight end Luke Schmidt is out indefinitely as he deals with chronic head ache problems. “And then Luke Schmidt is still…
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Notre Dame WR David Grimes Doubtful for Washington Game
Notre Dame will likely be without one of the top three wide receivers this weekend when the Irish travel to Seattle to take on Tyrone Willingham’s Washington Huskies. …
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UHND Opponent Poll – Week 8
2008 UHND Opponent Poll – Week 6 Opponent Last Game Next Comments 1. Southern Cal Trojans (5-1) W, 69-0 – Washington State @ Arizona (10/25) Frank : USC…
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Random Thoughts Coming Out of the Bye
Here’s some random thoughts coming off the bye week. Looking back at the UNC game for a minute… Was the first half of that game the best coached…
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Brady Quinn in Purple?
The Pioneer Press reported on its website Sunday that the Minnesota Vikings offered the Cleveland Browns two first round picks for former Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn and…
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Shaquelle Evans – 3 Touchdowns, 1 Ejection
Notre Dame recruit Shaquelle Evans put on a show on the field for Inglewood High School this weekend by scoring three touchdowns. Unfortunately, that show also produced two…
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Irish Make Initial Cut for Jelani Jenkins
Linebacker recruit Jelani Jenkins narrowed his list of schools down earlier this week and the good news is the Irish were among those to make the cut. The…
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Cierre Wood Shows Big Play Ability
Running back commitment Cierre Wood flashed his big play potential this weekend in Santa Clara’s last minute win over Nordhoff with a 70 yard touchdown reception with just…
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Notre Dame Trying To Get Back in with Bryce McNeal?
The Pioneer Press had a little blurb about Notre Dame recruiting a couple Minneapolis area prospects this week and it sounds like Notre Dame might be trying to…
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Weis Attends Manti Te’o’s Game Friday
With Notre Dame on the bye this weekend, Charlie Weis was in attendance on Friday night to see Manti Te’o put on a show in a 49-7 win…
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20 Years Ago Today… 1988 Notre Dame vs. Miami Highlights
Exactly 20 years ago today, the college football world was treated to one of the single greatest college football games ever played. Only two games in Notre Dame…
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Yeatman Suspended for the Season
We finally found out the fate of Will Yeatman following his underage drinking arrest back in September on Tuesday, and the news wasn’t good. The SBT is reporting…
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Irish Blog Gathering – Bye Week Edition
Well, it’s my turn to host the Irish Blog Gathering this week. Since its a bye week, I decided to make my questions speculative and not based too…
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Speaking of First Career TD’s… Congrats James Aldridge
One of the lesser publicized stories to come out of Satuday’s loss to North Carolina was the first career touchdown for junior James Aldridge. The former 5 star…
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Carlson Grabs First Career Touchdown
Former Notre Dame TE John Carlson hauled in his first career professional touchdown yesterday in the Seahawks 27-10 loss to the Green Bay Packers. Carlson has been a…
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Turnovers Kill Irish Comeback Attempt
(UHND) – Notre Dame’s last offensive play on Saturday turned out to be a pretty fitting ending to a game in which the Irish turned the ball over…
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Weis on Saturday’s Last Play
When asked about the last play in Saturday’s loss to North Carolina in which replay officials ruled Michael Floyd fumbled with UNC recovering, here is what Charlie Weis…
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Notre Dame DT Commit Tyler Stockton High School Highlights
After watching yesterday’s defensive performance I thought we could all use a little video of Notre Dame’s lone defensive line commitment so far – Tyler Stockton – so…
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Goodman and Walker to Redshirt?
Yes, I know Notre Dame technically doens’t “redshirt”, but it sounds like that could be the plan with them right now according to what Weis said during his…