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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Brady Quinn, Tom Zbikowski Semi-Finalists for O’Brien, Thorpe Awards
(UHND.com) – Notre Dame seniors Brady Quinn and Tom Zbikowski have both been named finalists for a couple of post season awards this week. Quinn, Notre Dame’s starting…
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Emeka Nwankwo Commits to Notre Dame
(UHND.com) – Notre Dame picked up its 10th commitment of the year on Wednesday morning when Emeka Nwankwo, an offensive linemen prospect out of Florida, picked the Irish…
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Final Review: Notre Dame v. North Carolina ’06
Quinn Will be Sorely Missed In watching Brady Quinn tear apart another defense this week without being overly impressed, it hit me just how much we will miss…
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Our Souls For a Heisman?
(UHND.com) – Like it or not, Brady Quinn’s Heisman hopes will be on the line next weekend, and it will most likely have little to do with what…
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Jeff Samardzija’s Record Day a Testament to Weis’s Offense
Notre Dame, IN (UHND.com) – Senior wide receiver Jeff Samardzija broke Derrick Mayes’s Notre Dame career receiver touchdown mark of 22 in Saturday’s 45-26 win over North Carolina.…
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Brady Quinn Adds to Heisman Resume Again
Notre Dame, IN (UHND.com) – Brady Quinn added to an already impressive Heisman resume with a 23 of 35, 346 yard, 4 touchdown performance this past weekend in…
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Special Teams Special at Times, Not So Much at Others
Notre Dame, IN (UHND.com) – The special teams units for Notre Dame were quite busy on Saturday and found themselves in the highlights a couple times – not…
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Quinn, Samardzija Lead Irish Over Carolina 45-26
Notre Dame, Ind (UHND.com) – Brady Quinn threw four touchdown passes and 346 yards with 177 of those yards and one of the four touchdowns going to senior…
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Frankie V’s Preview: Notre Dame v. North Carolina ’06
(UHND.com) – Notre Dame and North Carolina are two programs at opposite ends of spectrum in the world of college football this year. The Irish enter this weekend’s…
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Charlie Weis, Notre Dame Need a Signature Win
(UHND.com) – Despite a 7-1 record eight games into the 2006 season, the Irish find themselves sitting 9th in the BCS behind four other one loss teams. Unlike…
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Final Review: Notre Dame v. Navy ’06
Running game is still broken Darius Walker topped 100 yards on Saturday, but the running game wasn’t very consistent for the Irish. Walker ripped off 18 yards on…
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Charlie Weis 60 Minutes: Much More Good than Bad
(UHND.com) – While watching my beloved Birds fall again this week I was privileged enough to hear Greg Gumble promote the Charlie Weis interview on 60 Minutes roughly…
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Did USC’s Loss Kill Notre Dame’s Already Slim Title Hopes?
(UHND.com) – Notre Dame’s loss to Michigan back on September 16th knocked Notre Dame to the back of the national title race, but after ripping off five straight…
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Jason Whitlock Shouldn’t have an AP Vote
Last week I posted that Mel Kiper loves Notre Dame after looking at his draft rankings. Well this week I’m looking at the opposite end of the spectrum…
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Notre Dame Makes it 43 in Row over Navy
Baltimore, Md (UHND.com) – During the era affectionately referred to as the Davieham Era, close calls against Navy threatened to end Notre Dame’s impressive winning streak over the…
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David Grimes’ Breakout Game A Good Sign for the Irish Offense
Notre Dame, IN (UHND.com) – All season long the Irish passing game has been looking for a third option at wide receiver. On Saturday, they found one with…
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Mel Kiper LOVES Notre Dame
Take a look at Mel Kiper’s latest Big Board (link) and you will see five Notre Dame players in his top 15 prospects for next April’s draft. While…
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Why Is Notre Dame Dropping in the Polls?
Notre Dame, IN (UHND.com) – Charlie Weis was a little confused why Notre Dame has dropped in the rankings for the fourth time this year after either winning…
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Notre Dame Rushing Game Grounded Again
Notre Dame, IN – (UHND.com) – For the third time this year the Notre Dame offense was held to under 100 yards rushing with a 41 yard effort…
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Notre Dame Looking for Answers in 2nd Half of ’06 Season
Notre Dame, Ind (UHND.com) – Tomorrow afternoon the Irish will kickoff the second half of their 2006 season – a season with some high expectations that has raised…
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Frankie V’s Preview: Notre Dame v. UCLA ’06
Notre Dame, Ind (UHND.com) – The UCLA Bruins will travel to South Bend for just the third time this weekend to face the 8th ranked Irish. UCLA comes…
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I Don’t Like You Like That: Charlie Weis Dismissed NFL Rumors
About a year ago, rumors started circulating that NFL clubs were interested in enticing Charlie Weis to leave the sidelines in South Bend for the “greener” pastures of…
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What the First ’06 BCS Standings Mean for Notre Dame
(UHND.com) – With the release of the first BCS standings yesterday, the Irish find themselves ranked 8th and right in the thick of things of a BCS bid…
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DE Ronald Talley Leaves Football Team
Notre Dame, IN (UHND.com) – Junior defensive end Ronald Talley has left the Notre Dame football team according to a statement released Thursday by the University. The statement…
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Scoreboard Watching: Week 7
With Notre Dame on the bye this week, here’s a look at who the teams ranked ahead of and around the Irish are playing this weekend. With the…
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Notre Dame Back in Top 10, Projected 6th in BCS
(UHND.com) – Notre Dame returned to the top 10 in both the Associated Press and USA Today Polls for the first time since the Michigan loss September 9th. …
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James Aldridge Makes Highly Anticipated Notre Dame Debut
Notre Dame, IN (UHND.com) – Saturday not only marked the fifth win of the season for Notre Dame, but it also marked the debut of highly touted freshman…
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Notre Dame Solid, Unspectacular in Win Over Stanford
(UHND.com) – If anyone needs any proof of just how far the Notre Dame program has come in the 18 games of the Charlie Weis era, all they…
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Final Review: Notre Dame v. Purdue ’06
This week’s final review comes a little late after taking in last night’s Monday Night Football game from Lincoln Financial Field where my Birds beat the crap out…
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Post Game Report Card: Notre Dame v. Purdue ’06
Quarterback Brady Quinn had a fairly average game stats-wise. 318 yards and two touchdowns is about what is expected of the senior quarterback these days even though a…
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James Aldridge’s Debut Will Have to Wait Another Week, At Least
Notre Dame, IN (UHND.com) – While highly touted freshman running back James Aldridge was cleared to play medically, head coach Charlie Weis decided against using the talented back…
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Rhema McKnight Continues Comeback Tour
Notre Dame, IN (UHND.com) – After watching Maurice Stovall and Jeff Samardzija have breakout seasons a year ago from the sidelines a year ago, Rhema McKnight was champing…
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Darius Walker Paces Improved Irish Ground Game
Notre Dame, IN (UHND.com) – After seven 100 yard performances in 2005, Darius Walker had yet to eclipse the century mark through four contests in 2006 – until…
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Notre Dame Handles Purdue, Wins 35-21
Notre Dame, IN (UHND.com) – Notre Dame marched down the field behind a six run/one pass drive to start off Saturday’s contest with Purdue and never looked back.…
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Frankie V’s Preview: Notre Dame v. Purdue ’06
The emotional roller coaster that is the Notre Dame 2006 season continues this week with the Irish returning home to take on in-state rival Purdue. The undefeated Boilermakers…
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Notre Dame to Offer Additional 5000 Season Tickets in 2007
(UHND.com) – Notre Dame announced Thursday that they would be selling an additional 5000 season tickets for the 2007 season, the first time they have offered season tickets…
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Charlie Weis Talks Purdue, And Not Much Else
(UHND.com) – At his weekly Tuesday press conference Charlie Weis talked about the Purdue personnel, areas his team needs to work on, and injuries, but the Notre Dame…
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Final Review: Notre Dame v. Michigan State ’06
Late hit on N’Dukwe was borderline The late hit on N’Dukwe caused a whole lot of controversy after the fracas that ensued, but I think the penalty was…
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Notre Dame Shows The Heart of a Champion in Michigan State Comeback
(UHND.com) – Whether or not the Irish have the talent or depth of a championship caliber team is very debateable this year, but one thing is clear after…
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Comeback Aside, Plenty of Problems Face Notre Dame
(UHND.com) – The euphoria from Saturday’s unbelievable comeback is starting to die down a bit and now that the dust has settled, it’s easy to see there are…
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Post Game Report Card: Michigan State
Based on some feedback from last week, we’ll try doing the post game report card a little different this week. Instead of assigning alphabetical grades to each unit,…
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Brady Quinn 2005 vs. Brady Quinn 2006
The play of Brady Quinn has been greatly discussed at great length so far this year. The general consensus is that Quinn is not the same player as…
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Frankie V’s Preview: Notre Dame v. Michigan State ’06
(UHND.com) – I had hoped to write about how the Irish were one game away from completing a perfect September and ready to go on cruise control on…
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Highlights from Wednesday’s Presser – Brady Quinn
Here are some highlights from Wednesday’s press conference with offensive captain Brady Quinn. For the full transcript or to watch the archived video visit und.com. On Saturday’s performance…
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Highlights from Wednesday’s Presser – Tommy Zbikowski
Here are some highlights from Wednesday’s press conference with defensive captain Tommy Zbikowski. For the full transcript or to watch the archived video visit und.com. On the mental…
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Highlights from Tuesday’s Presser
Here are some highlights from Charlie Weis’s Tuesday press conference. For the full transcript or to watch the archived video visit und.com. On the 40th anniversary of the…
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A Funny Thing Happened in South Bend Today
(UHND.com) – A funny thing happened in South Bend today… the sun came up, the players returned to the practice field, and Charlie Weis was talking to the…
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Notre Dame Scoreboard Watching ’06
With the early season loss to Michigan, the national title hopes for Notre Dame took a serious beating. The Irish’s title hopes aren’t dead, but with a loss…
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Final Review: Notre Dame v. Michigan ’06
Michigan Wanted it More The Michigan players played this game with a fire that the Irish player’s were lacking. Whether it was the business like approach or whether…
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Gray Commit Huge for Notre Dame Defensive Backfield
(UHND.com) – With the blowout loss to Michigan this past weekend, comparisons to Willingham’s second year were bound to come up. People will point out that Weis, like…