I was the first writer on Bleacher Report to report that Notre Dame was going to fire head coach Charlie Weis, and now I'm the first to report who his replacement is: Brian Kelly.

Yes, Kelly, the Cincinnati head coach, will replace Weiss when all is said and done. And all will be said and done as early as next week.

Sure, coaches like Bob Stoops and Urban Meyer would be the first choice for the Irish. either of them would represent a major coup for the program. But neither of them are likely to come to Indiana.

Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick has been given complete authority and encouraged by key board of trustee members to be ambitious in his search for a replacement for Weis.

It is possible tha...

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