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ESPN 'scoop' on new Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly not news to IrishCentral readers

I made the forecast on Ocotober 18 and have been telling you ever since!

SEAN O' SHEA,

IrishCentral.com Sports Writer

Published Thursday, December 10, 2009, 6:46 PM

Updated Thursday, December 10, 2009, 9:57 PM

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ESPN's 'scoop' on new Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly not news to IrishCentral readers

Not to lbeabor the point, but earlier this week I wrote:

Brian Kelly will be Notre Dame coach by Friday of this week, sources tell IrishCentral.

It appears that the Cincinnati coach will not coach his Bearcats in the Sugar Bowl against Florida.

Though Kelly did not meet with Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick today in New York, he did not need to.

The deal was done last week before the Bearcats mauled Pittsburgh with a last-second victory to win the Big East.

Kelly has made it clear to Notre Dame that he wanted to wait until after Thursday night's annual banquet for the Bearcat players before publicly announcing the Notre Dame job.

Back on Dec. 8 I wrote:

Brian Kelly was one of three top names on the original list drawn up by the University of Notre Dame. The others were Bob Stoops, coach of Oklahoma, and Urban Meyer of Florida.

Meyer took himself right out of consideration and Stoops, after brief consideration, also withdrew. That left Kelly as the clear front-runner.

So if you need the news first, find it with us.

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semperfidelis | Dec 11, 2009, 04:01 PM EST

Tip of the hat to you boyo, you sure called this one right on the money.Job well done. Hopefully, Kelly will lead the Irish back to the promised land. College football is much more interesting when ND is in the national title mix. By the way, I think you are right about Jimmy Clausen making a big mistake coming out early. I just don't him having much success in the NFL.

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cchseal2 | Dec 11, 2009, 05:50 AM EST

HOW QUICK THE UC FANS AND TEAM FORGOT THAT UC DID THE SAME THING TO CMU WHEN BK CAME TO CINCINNATI.BUT THE NCAA SHOULD MAKE A RULE AGAINST SCHOOLS CONTACTING COACHS BEFORE THEIR SEASON IS COMPLETE,INCLUDING BOWL GAMES.

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McNabb1966 | Dec 11, 2009, 12:13 AM EST

Congratulations Sean, you definitely scooped everybody else and took plenty of abuse for it. Who's laughing now? lol Brian Kelly has been a winner everywhere he's been and I see no reason at all why he can't turn things around at Notre Dame.

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Rebelforce | Dec 10, 2009, 11:52 PM EST

Good intelligence work Sean. You had this scoop weeks ago. I remember.

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cchseal2 | Dec 10, 2009, 11:34 PM EST

O'SHEA U SUCK JUST AS ND DOES FOR GOING AFTER A COACH WHO HAD A BIG BOWL GAME TO STILL PLAY IN.1 MORE GAME WOULD NOT HAVE MADE THAT MUCH DIFF.TO ND'S PROGRAM

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