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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Wood, Riddick Have Huge Weekends
Both of Notre Dame’s current running back commitments had big weekends for their respective high schools. Riddick racked up over 300 all purpose yards and Riddick ran for…
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Finding Some Positives From the UNC Game
Today’s loss was very tough to watch because for the first time in a while the Irish lost a game that they could have and most likely should…
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Butch Davis Classy in Post Game Comments
Last week Jim Harbaugh didn’t do much other than whine and complain in his post game comments following Stanford’s loss to Notre Dame. This week Butch Davis was…
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Notre Dame at UNC – 4th Quarter Notes
Great drive for the offense ends with no points. On 3rd down Clausen had Tate for the touchdown, but Tate stopped running too soon and jumped. Had Tate…
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Notre Dame at UNC – 3rd Quarter Thoughts
Well…. that was just about the absolute worst thing that could have possibly happened on that play. The UNC defense couldn’t stop the Irish offense at all in…
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Notre Dame at UNC – 2nd Quarter Thoughts
First big decision of the game for Weis. 4th and 2 or a 42 yard field goal for Brandon Walker. I would have went for it. Weis calls…
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Notre Dame at UNC – 1st Quarter Notes
Great start for the Irish defense forcing a three and out on the road. The UNC offense hasn’t been able to sustain offense this year and getting them…
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A Little Oldie Video Goodness To Kickoff Gameday
Here’s the highlight video produced by “Oldie” for the 2006 Notre Dame-North Carolina game. If you haven’t ever watched one of Oldies videos and have an hour or…
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Laws, Abiamiri To See More Playing Time
Former Notre Dame defensive linemen Trevor Laws and Victor Abiamiri should both see more playing time this weekend for the Philadelphia Eagles. Abiamiri will be seeing his first…
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Irish Finalist for FB Tyler Gaffney
The fullback position has not been much of a threat in the Notre Dame running game since Raeshon Powers-Neal was suspsended after the Purdue game in 2005, but…
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BC, Northwestern Lead for DE Davon Custis
One of the more intriguing prospects left on the board for the Irish this recruiting season is Ohio DE Davon Custis. The talented DE hasn’t visited Notre Dame…
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Notre Dame WR Commit Shaquelle Evans Highlight Video
Here’s a nice highlight reel from TAKKLE.com of Shaquelle Evans. In cast you missed it earlier this week, Evans is now favoring Notre Dame after previously being a…
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Video From Kicking Competition
Here’s a great YouTube video from the “kicking competition” this week courtesty of the Notre Dame Club of Indianapolis. Great stuff guys. [youtube]_a7yG4rKXPg[/youtube] Hat tip to IBB for…
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Notre Dame-UNC Video Preview CBS Style
Pretty fair analysis from CBS. They picked North Carolina to win the game, but most of what Spencer Tillman had to say was pretty accurate. This is going…
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Michael Floyd Dancing With the 5 Stars
Michael Floyd was a five star wide receiver according to Scout.com last year and based on his fast start this year I decided to take a look at…
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Notre Dame at North Carolina: Statistically Speaking
Here is a look at how the Irish stack up with this weekend’s opponent – North Carolina. Below the table you will find some comments on what these…
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Zeke Motta Commits to Notre Dame
Zeke Motta, who ESPN says attacks the line of scrimmage like a torpedo, committed to Notre Dame on Thursday giving the Irish 16 commitments so far this year. …
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Looking For Some Help From Our Regulars
I want to make some improvements over here on the blog in terms of the formatting and the features (not content related) offered here. As you probably have…
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Coverage Map Released, Get Ready for OSU-Purdue Californians
The offical coverage maps for this weekend’s ABC games have been released, and if live west of the Mississippi, you are pretty much screwed. ABC/ESPN has decided to…
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Hey Tiller, Get Better… Not Bitter
There was an interesting tid bit from Joe Tiller in today’s South Bend Tribune. Purdue’s head coach was lamenting about two of their losses this year – one…
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Walker Still Kicking For Irish
Charlie Weis held another kicking competition in practice this week and once again Brandon Walker won running away. According the South Bend Tribune… Walker will retain his job…
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Weis on “Punt-Gate”, Allen Didn’t Touch the Ball
Ok, this is my last post last Saturday’s most controversial play. As well all know by now, Stanford fans and beat writters and head coach Jim Harbaugh are…
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Answers Coming Wednesday on Kicking Situation
Charlie Weis talked quite a bit Tuesday about the place kicking situation now that Brandon Walker is just 1 of 7 kicking field goals this year. It sounds…
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Irish Blogger Gathering: Heart of Darkness Edition
This week’s Irish Blog Gathering is hosted by OC Domer. In case you missed last week’s inagural Gathering Post, Subway Domer came up with the idea of doing…
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Flashback: Joe Montana Rallies Notre Dame over UNC in 1975
Saturday will be 23 years to the day since Notre Dame’s last trip to Chapel Hill to face the Tar Heels. In that game a sophomore quarterback came…
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Notre Dame Leading for Shaquelle Evans?
According to Gerg Biggins of ESPN.com, not only did Shaquelle Evans remove the soft commitment to USC from his name, but he also now favors Notre Dame. “Right…
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UHND Opponent Poll – Week 6
Pitt moves up a couple notches after upsetting #10 South Florida and Michigan tumbles after getting embarrassed by Illinois. 2008 UHND Opponent Poll – Week 6 Opponent Last…
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Weis Thinks Irish on Cusp of Top 25, I Agree
When asked whether or not he thought his team should be ranked in the top 25 on Sunday, Charlie Weis said that his team was on the cusp…
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Harbaugh Reprimanded, Stanford Beat Writers Still Blind
The Pac 10 reprimanded Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh for criticizing the officials following Notre Dame’s 28-21 win over Harbaugh’s Cardinal. The Pac 10 also went so far as…
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Floyd Getting Some Props
Freshman wide receiver is starting to get noticed by some of the national media after posting back to back 100 yard receiving games just five games into his…
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Looking Back at What to Watch for Stanford
Here’s a look back at how I did with this week’s What to Watch – four out of five isn’t too bad. Armando Allen. Allen followed up his…
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The San Francisco Chronicle Needs a DVR
Apparently Jim Harbaugh isn’t the only person in the Bay Area complaining about a play that they seem to think happened. Harbaugh opened his press conference on Saturday…
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Kamara to Tight End?
Charlie Weis was asked about the possibility of moving Duval Kamara to tight end at some point this year considering the depth problems at tight end with Mike…
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No News on the Yeatman Front
There still is no resolution for Will Yeatman’s situation following last week’s news that the junior tight end will now face charges for his earlier DUI arrest. Q.…
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Sounds Like Changes Coming at Place Kicker
After Brandon Walker started the season just 1 for 7 on field goal attempts, it should come as no surprise that Charlie Weis and Brian Polian are considering…
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One More Turkovich Injury Update
Charlie Weis addressed the health of starting LT Michael Turkovich at his Sunday press conference and things sound a lot better than the report from NBC’s Alex Flanigan…
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Happy Birthday Victory March… Again
Here’s a video of the Notre Dame band performing at half time of this weekend’s game against Stanford. The Band of the Fighting Irish paid its tribute to…
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Harbaugh Snubbed Clausen After the Game?
After yesterday’s 28-21 win over Stanford, Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen went over to shake hands with Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh. Clausen extended his hand to Harbaugh and…
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Another Turkovich Injury Update
Don’t know how much it means, but the SBT had a little blurb on Michael Turkovich’s injury on Sunday. Senior left offensive tackle Mike Turkovich was carried from…
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Irish Survive Late Rally in 28-21 Victory
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) – For three quarters on Saturday it looked like Notre Dame was on its way to its first blowout win of the season, but…
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Turkovich Injury Update
Charlie Weis didn’t have much to say regarding the injury suffered by Michael Turkovich during the second half of today’s game against Stanford. Q. Any Turkovich update? COACH…
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Harbaugh Complaining About a “Fumble”
Jim Harbaugh opened his post game comments on Saturday night whinning and complaining about the interference call on the punt at the end of the first half. Here’s…
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Stanford at Notre Dame – 4th Quarter Thoughts
Absolutley LOVE seeing Olsen and Robinson getting in the face of Stanford’s #44 for his late shove on Clausen. That didn’t happen last year. Walker is now 1…
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Stanford at Notre Dame – 3rd Quarter Thoughts
Did Golden Tate and Michael Floyd both just drop passes which hit them squarely in the hands? I don’t remember either doing that at all at any point…
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Stanford at Notre Dame – 2nd Quarter Thoughts
Stanford’s offensive line is completely controlling the line of scrimmage against the Irish defense. The Cardinal is getting a great push up front and are running all over…
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Stanford at Notre Dame – 1st Quarter Thoughts
Great start for the Irish offense and opportunistic play by the defense, but Stanford is moving the ball much to easily for my liking at the end of…
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What to Watch For – Stanford at Notre Dame
Weighing in a little late this week, but here’s what to watch for later today when Stanford and Notre Dame kick off around 2:30 pm et. Armando Allen.…
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Anthony Barr Visiting Unofficially Today
Anthony Barr, the son of Tony Brooks and nephew of Reggie Brooks, will be visting unofficially today for the Stanford game. Barr will be one of the most…
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That’s What We Call a Sack Lunch
Despite blitzing with great frequency this year, the Notre Dame under has just one sack so far this season. With our relative lack of depth and playmaking ability…
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Stanford Apologizes for Bulletin Board Material
In an article published today on the Stanford Rivals site, Cardinal Report.com, Stanford right tackle Chris Marinelli made plenty of bulletin board worthy comments about Notre Dame, its…