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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Scott Martin Transferring to Notre Dame
The basketball team picked up a transfer at the end of last week in Scott Martin. Martin told the SBT: “It was just a good combination of things,…
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Aaron Nagel Officially Transferring, Yeatman Back
Sophomore to be linebacker Aaron Nagel is officially transferring from Notre Dame. There was some wide spread speculation over the weekend that Nagel was transferring and confirmation came…
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Irish Looking for Some Middle Ground In 2008
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) – In writing last week’s column on expectations for the upcoming season something dawned on me – since 1999 it’s been feast or famine…
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Irish Add Carlo Calabrese
(UHND.com) – Notre Dame picked up its 5th commitment of the year on Thursday when four star New Jersey linebacker Carlo Calabrese picked the Irish over Boston College.…
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Carlo Calabrese Commits to Notre Dame
New Jersey linebacker Carlo Calabrese committed to Notre Dame on Thursday, the fifth commit of the year for the Irish. For now, here’s a highlight reel from YouTube.…
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What Are the Realistic Expectations for ’08?
Notre Dame, IN (UHND.com) – This time of year most college football fans will sit back and let themselves imagine elaborate scenarios in which their teams can challenge…
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Jon Budmayr Commits to Wisconsin
Most recruiting experts expected the quarterback in this year’s Notre Dame recruiting class to be Jon Budmayr. Well, on Tuesday, the Illinois native committed to Wisconsin according to…
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Weis Heading Out for Middle Eastern Vacation
Notre Dame, IN (UHND.com) – Charlie Weis will be leaving the country on Tuesday as part of a group of college football coaches headed over to the Middle…
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Who Does Asaph Schwapp Know at EA Sports?
Found this image of the Notre Dame player ratings from this year’s NCAA Football 2009 on the message board today. It was inevitable that the Irish wouldn’t get…
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Steve Young Questions Weis In Relation to Spygate
Steve Young questioned Charlie Weis in relation to Spygate on Monday’s Dan Patrick Show. From ProFootballTalk.com: But one person who seems to think Weis should talk is Hall…
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Notre Dame vs. Alabama? Make it Happen
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) – Last summer Alabama head coach Nick Saban created a little buzz when he told local reporters that he would love to get the…
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Shrive Talks about Growing Up a Notre Dame Fan
Eric Shrive was thought to be right at the top of Notre Dame’s recruiting board this year and most considered him a lock for the Irish. Shrive unexpectedly…
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A Notre Dame – Alabama Matchup Still a Possibility?
Last summer Alabama head coach Nick Saban mentioned that he would love to get Notre Dame on the ‘Bama schedule only to have John Heisler comment a few…
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Eric Shrive to Penn State
Notre Dame received the first blow to its 2009 recruiting class Thursday when Eric Shrive made a surprise commitment to Penn State. West Scranton offensive lineman Eric Shrive,…
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Anthony Fasano front-runner to start for Dolphins
The Sun Sentinel says that former Notre Dame tight end is the front runner to start at TE for the Dolphins this year. Tight end Anthony Fasano –…
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Notre Dame to the 2009 Gator Bowl?
College Football News produced a list of very early bowl predictions for the 2008 season recently, and they have the Irish matched up against Miami. I must say…
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Lou Holtz To Be Inducted in College HOF
Former head coach Lou Holtz was named an inductee into the College Football Hall of Fame on Thursday headling this year’s class along with former UCLA quarterback Troy…
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2007 Opponents Draft Results
Here is a quick look at how Notre Dame’s opponents in 2007 fared in sending their players to the NFL this past weekend. 2007 Notre Dame Opponent Draft…
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JJ Jansen, Travis Thomas Sign FA Deals
The first two undrafted Notre Dame players to sign free agent deals are long snapper JJ Jansen and running back/special teamer Travis Thomas. Jansen signed with Green Bay…
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Vikings Select John Sullivan #187
The Minnesota Vikings were the 4th team to select a Notre Dame player in this year’s draft when they took John Sullivan #187 overall in the 6th round.…
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Trevor Laws on Getting Picked by Philly
The Eagles have posted some quotes from Trevor from his conference call with the local media last night. Here are some highlights – you can read the full release here.…
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Trevor Laws Picked #47 by the Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles selected former Notre Dame defensive end/tackle Trevor Laws with the 47th pick of Saturday’s NFL draft. Laws was the 4th DT drafted after LSU’s GLen…
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John Carlson Picked #38 by Seattle Seahawks
Earlier this off-season the Seattle Seahawks signed former Notre Dame running back Julius Jones and Saturday they picked former tight end John Carlson #38 overall. Carlson is the…
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Potential Notre Dame – Rutgers Series Nixed
According to ESPN, a potential 6 game series with Rutgers has been called off because the Scarlet Knights did not want to play home pages at the new…
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NFL Scouts Leery of USC Players?
ProFootballTalk.com had a post on its rumor mill tonight about NFL Scouts getting a little leery of USC proscpects. The concern is that too many of the players…
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Irish Do Well on the Wonderlic
The Wonderlic scores for a number of the prospects at the NFL Combine have been released and Notre Dame prospects did very well. (Source) John Carlson: 40 John…
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The Book on Theo Riddick
Theo Riddick made it official earlier Wednesday and committed to Notre Dame – giving the Irish four verbal commitments on the season. Here’s some additional information on the…
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Irish to Add Theo Riddick?
According to the Courier News Online running back recruit Theo Riddick is going to pick Notre Dame as his college choice today. Immaculata High School star running back…
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The Book on Cierre Wood
After doing some research on Cierre Wood tonight, here is a collection of stats and quotes on Notre Dame’s latest five star running back commitment. 2007 Season Stats…
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Wood, Stockton Commit Over the Weekend
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) — The Blue Gold weekend is quickly becoming a great recruiting tool for Notre Dame and head coach Charlie Weis. A year ago Notre…
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Thoughts and Observations from the Blue-Gold Game
Here’s some thoughts from watching the Blue-Gold game. Offense Jimmy Clausen’s arm looks a lot stronger. He was throwing some bullets out there today. He only completed 10…
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Post Blue-Gold Game Injury Report
Matt Romine missed the game due to the same ankle injury that has slowed him all spring. He was in a walking cast Saturday. Robby Parris also missed…
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Cierre Wood Commits to Notre Dame
Notre Dame picked up a huge commitment early Saturday when five star running back Cierre Wood picked the Fighting Irish over UCLA. Wood is listed as a five…
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Smith, Hughes MVPs
Sophomores to be Robert Hughes (RB) and Harrison Smith (S) were named the MVPs for the 2008 Blue Gold Game on Saturday. Hughes ran the ball a game…
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Grimes, Crum, and Bruton ’08 Captains
Charlie Weis named 5th year senior Maurice Crum and seniors David Bruton and David Grimes captains for the 2007 season on Saturday. Crum will be a captain for…
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Notre Dame’s Defense Protects with Triple Action
Saw the following ad in this week’s ESPN The Magazine – it’s been floating around a couple of the ND sites the past couple of days so I…
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Notre Dame the “Wal-Mart” of College Football?
According to some state representative from Connecticut who is writing articles for the Hartford Courant, Note Dame is and will still be, the “Walmart” of college football. There…
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Running Back Position Battle – Your Thoughts
I asked from some opinions on the running back battle this spring after writing an article on the homepage about all those involved. Here are some of your…
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Paskorz Working at Fullback
Sophomore to be Steve Paskorz has been working at fullback after spending his freshman year at linebacker. From IE’s Weis Transcript: “For example, (Steve) Paskorz we moved over…
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Duval Kamara on Improving this Off-Season
Video of Kamara from yesterday’s player interviews with the media. [youtube]5Sq-ggA2rIM[/youtube]
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Irish’s Gene Cross Gets Toledo Job
CBS Sportsline is reporting tonight that Notre Dame assistant Gene Cross will take over the head coaching duties at Toledo. Notre Dame assistant Gene Cross has reached a…
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Irish Advance to Frozen Four Championship
The Notre Dame hockey team won an overtime thriller over the #1 ranked Michigan Wolverine late Thursday night to advance to the Championship game of the Frozen Four…
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Harrison Smith Getting Snaps at OLB
Corwin Brown mentioned on Tuesday that sophomore safety Harrison Smith is getting some looks at outside linebacker. From the Observer: “We’re trying to juggle some things around, put…
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Nwankwo on the Rise
Here’s some video of Emeka Nwankwo. Nwankwo has been getting some first team reps and really surprised me with his size when I saw the practice videos from…
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Spring Game Format Different for ’08
The annual Blue-Gold game will be a little bit different this year. Here is a quick overview of how the game will be played. Gameplay: There will be two…
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Weis, Polian Talk Special Teams with Frank Beamer
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) – Charlie Weis had planned to visit with Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer between Signing Day and the start of spring practice. A…
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Another Golic Gets Class of ’09 Rolling
(UHND) – For the second year in a row, a Golic was the first to commit to Notre Dame and Charlie Weis. Last year it was Mike Jr,…
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Weis After the Open Practice
Here’s some video of Weis talking to the media after Saturday’s open practice. [youtube]sqJW-B-Jdms[/youtube]
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Practice Report 4/5 – Wide Receivers vs Defensive Backs
Here are some observations on the WR vs. DB video posted on UND.com today. Rundown – here is a play by play on all of the one on…
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Jake Golic Commits to Notre Dame
Notre Dame picked up it’s first verbal commitment of the year on Saturday when Jake Golic, the second of Mike Golic’s kids, committed to Notre Dame. Jake, a…