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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Ian Williams Named 1st Team All Freshman
True freshman nose tackle Ian Williams was named to the All Freshman Team by the Football Writer’s Association of America. Williams finished his first season with 45 tackles,…
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Munir Prince Transferring to Mizzou
Munir Prince, who Charlie Weis once said possessed “whoosh” type speed, has decided to transfer from Notre Dame according to the St. Louis Dispatch. DeSmet coach Pat Mahoney…
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Impressions for the Army All American Game
Notre Dame had more than 1/2 of this year’s recruiting class on display in San Antonio this weekend for the Army All American Bowl and here are some…
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Notre Dame Adds Walker, Misses out on Robinson
Two of Notre Dame’s top remaining prospects made their college decisions known during the two All Star games on Saturday afternoon. Gerrell Robinson, who was playing safety for…
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Irish lose NT Omar Hunter, Target Mike Martin
As reported by ESPN on Sunday, Omar Hunter has officially decommited from Notre Dame and it appears as though the Irish are now completely out of the picture…
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2007, A Seaon to Remember… Sort of
Oldie hasn’t had much reason to make videos this year, but he released his 2007 season video this past weekend and despite not having a whole lot of…
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Stanford Win a Fresh Start for Irish
PALO ALTO (UHND.com) – Notre Dame’s disastrous 2007 season came a close Saturday evening and much like the entire season, nothing was easy for the Irish in a…
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Initial Thoughts from the Stanford Game
Offense Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuughes. Robert Hughes is going to be a heck of a running back for the next couple of years. Hughes doesn’t go down on first contact and…
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Charlie Weis Gets Vote of Confidence from Notre Dame AD
Today’s Chicago Tribune has an excellent article of an interview with Notre Dame AD Kevin White in which White comes to the defense of third year head coach…
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Robert Hughes Establishing Himself
NOTRE DAME, IN (UHND.com ) – Robert Hughes’s freshman year at Notre Dame certainly hasn’t been an easy one for the talented Chicago native running back. For most…
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Brady vs. Jimmy By the Numbers – Part 2
Here’s an update from last week’s statistical comparison between Brady Quinn and Jimmy Clausen after this weekend’s Duke game. One more game will give us a nice statistical…
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Thoughts on the Duke Game
Offense Clausen looked sharp again. His passing percentage was just 50%, but when you factor in the drops, it would have been much higher so that doesn’t bother…
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Come On Knock on My Door… We’ve Been Waiting For You
NOTRE DAME, IN (UHND.com) – At Tuesday’s press conference, head coach Charlie Weis told the media about one of his players coming to his office Monday morning at…
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Knute Rockne Won 6 National Titles
Whoever is in charge of the Greatest College Coach of all Time must be an Alabama alum, because in Knute Rockne’s credentials for the ESPN poll, they list…
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Dan McCarthy Suffers Neck Injury
Notre Dame commit Dan McCarthy suffered a neck injury last week and while be sidelined for about 6 months. Dan McCarthy, a Mr. Football front-runner and two-way starter…
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Clausen Starting to Emerge
NOTRE DAME, IN (UHND.com) – Because of the hype surrounding freshman quarterback Jimmy Clausen, most casual Notre Dame fans expected the “Lebron James of football” to step right…
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Highlights from Weis’s Tuesday Presser
On what practices will be like this spring I think the practices will be physical, and I think that the head coach will be vocal. On winning one…
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Brady vs. Jimmy By the Numbers – Part 1
Fair or not, Jimmy Clausen will be compared to Brady Quinn for as long as he is at Notre Dame due to Brady’s phenomenal success playing QB for…
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Irish Fall to Falcons 41-24
NOTRE DAME, IN (UHND.com) – Notre Dame continued its losing ways Saturday with a 41-24 at the hands of the Air Falcons giving the Irish back to back…
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Initial Thoughts from the Air Force Game
Offense Clausen’s passes looked much better today than it has all season. He had a zip on the ball that wasn’t there early in the season. I also…
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Quarterback Spot Up For Grabs… Again
NOTRE DAME, IN (UHND.com) – Charlie Weis has changed his starting quarterback twice already this season after starting the year with Demetrius Jones under center and the position…
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Notes From Weis’s Presser: 11/06/07
On the team responding to Saturday’s loss: Well, obviously they were — on Sunday, the spirits were lifted up the way they always are. Yesterday was amazing about…
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Forgettable Season Continues With Historic Loss
NOTRE DAME, IN (UHND.com) – They say all good things must come to an end and that was never evident than it was Saturday night when Notre Dame’s…
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Final Thoughts on the Navy Game
Offense It was great seeing Robert Hughes get in the end zone and even better seeing all of his teammates mob him on the sideline afterwards. If Clausen…
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Lowlights from Weis’s Navy Post Mortem Presser
Charlie Weis met with the media Sunday and gave answered some questions about Saturday’s embarrassing triple overtime loss to Navy. And by answered some questions I mean he…
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Irish Look to Turn Season Around against Navy
NOTRE DAME, IN (UHND.com) – For the past 43 seasons, Notre Dame has come out victorious in its annual matchup with the Midshipmen of Navy and if there…
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Hughes Returns to Practice
Robert Hughes returned to practice today after being excused from the team to return home and be with his family in the wake of the shooting death of…
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Thoughts and Prayers go out to the Hughes Family
Charlie Weis told the media on Tuesday that he gave Robert Hughes a indefinite leave of absence from the team after learning his brother had unexpectedly passed away.…
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Maurice Crum Coming Back for a 5th Year
According to a report in yesterday’s Observer, Maurice Crum will be coming back for a 5th year at least as far as Maurice Crum Sr. knows. Maurice Crum…
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Michael Floyd Commitment Huge for Notre Dame
(UHND.com) – Notre Dame picked up its 20th commitment of the year Sunday when five star wide receiver Michael Floyd picked the Irish over Florida, USC, Ohio State,…
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Michael Floyd Commits to Notre Dame!
After yesterday’s performance, many may have felt we blew our chance with the recruits on campus, but a day later Notre Dame has picked up a HUGE commitment…
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Evan Sharpley Starts, Struggles; Irish Routed 38-0
NOTRE DAME, IN (UHND.com) – A change under center was not enough to jump start the anemic Notre Dame offense on Saturday. In fact, the Irish failed to…
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Initial Thoughts: Notre Dame v. USC ’07
That was ugly to say the least, but I will attempt to stay somewhat positve. Offense I think we saw why Sharpley was #2 behind Clausen most of…
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USC’s Trip to South Bend Already a bit Bumpy
The USC team’s flight into South Bend last night became a bit scary for a few moments, when the plane had some trouble making the landing. From the…
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Duval Kamara, Robby Parris Now Starting at Wide Receiver
In the latest depth chart released by Notre Dame, freshman Duval Kamara and sophomore Robby Parris are list as the starting receivers. The two receivers have both seen…
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Evan Sharpley Named Starter for USC Game
NOTRE DAME, IN (UHND.com) – After sparking two Irish comeback bids in relief duty this season, Evan Sharpley will get the starting nod this weekend when USC travels…
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Notes from Charlie’s Tuesday Presser
On the starting quarterback and injuries for the USC game: First of all, a couple of our own personnel issues. Evan Sharpley will start at quarterback. Both Evan…
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6 Plays that Changed the Game: Notre Dame v. Boston College ’07
Charlie Weis spoke of six plays that really changed the Boston College game during his Sunday press conference. If these plays go the other way, maybe the score…
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Matt Carufel Transfers from Notre Dame
Matt Carufel decided to make his leave of absence from Notre Dame permanent on Sunday when he notified Charlie Weis that he would not be returning to campus…
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Thoughts from the Road: Notre Dame v.Boston College ’07
So while Jeff and I are sitting here watching the Patriots-Cowboys game while we are waiting for our flights, I figured I would post some comments on the…
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Thoughts from the Road: Notre Dame v. UCLA ’07
Greetings from beautiful sunny California. My vacation finds me in San Diego this evening with some reliable internet access for the first time in a couple of days…
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Irish End Skid, Beat UCLA 20-6
PASADENA, CA (UHND) – Notre Dame ended it’s five game losing streak and notched their first win of the season Saturday night thanks in large part to seven…
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Sharpley Shines in Relief, But Clausen Should Start
NOTRE DAME, IN (UHND.com) – Evan Sharpley stepped in admirably for Jimmy Clausen on Saturday when the talent freshman had to come out of the game with an…
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First Impressions from Purdue Game
Sorry for the late comments this week. I had a wedding to attend right after yesterday’s game so I didn’t have time to get anything posted till today.…
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Aldridge, Hughes Can Power Irish Ground Attack
NOTRE DAME, IN (UHND.com) – If there was one take away for Notre Dame fans from Saturday’s 31-14 loss at the hands of Michigan State, it was that…
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Konrad Reuland Transfering From Notre Dame
Internet rumors circulated last night that sophomore tight end Konrad Reuland was transferring from Notre Dame, and those rumors became reality Monday when Charlie Weis released a statement…
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Irish Offensive Line Improving, But Still a Work in Progress
NOTRE DAME, IN (UHND.com) – The Notre Dame offensive line has been the most maligned unit on the Irish’s disappointing now 0-4 squad this year, but against Michigan…
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Irish Improvements Not Enough, MSU Cruises to 31-14 Victory
NOTRE DAME, IN (UHND.com) – Charlie Weis took his team back to training camp this past week and for about thirty minutes, it appeared to be paying off…
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First Impressions on Michigan State
Here are my first impressions of the game without going back to watch it. If the Eagles win tomorrow I think I’ll have the heart to go back…
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It’s a James Aldridge Kind of Week
NOTRE DAME, IN (UHND.com) – Notre Dame’s struggling ground game could receive a shot in the arm this weekend if sophomore James Aldridge, whom Charlie Weis hinted would…