Oklahoma RB hurt, Baylor gets healthy and Rutgers apologizes

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1. Kentucky ranks eighth in the SEC in total offense -- and averages 502.7 yards per game, good for 33rd in the FBS. Baylor leads all comers at 654.3 yards per game, which would smash the record (624.9) set by Houston a quarter-century ago. Through three weeks, 34 teams are gaining more than 500 yards per game. That's nearly three times as many as the 12 that reached that threshold over all of last season, which was double the six that did so in 2011. The number should go down as teams play tougher opponents -- that means you, SEC -- but offense continues to succeed unabated.

2. When Texas A&M freshman defensive lineman Myles Garrett arrived on campus earlier this year, players and coaches alike marveled at his work in the weight room. He looked nothing like a freshman to any of them. "Walking in the door, one of the strongest guys on the football team," Aggies head coach Kevin Sumlin said this summer. Three games in, Garrett is showing why he was No. 4 in the ESPN 300. His 5.5 sacks are second in the nation to Washington senior nose tackle Danny Shelton.

3. Until Oct. 18, when No. 9 Notre Dame matches up against No. 1 Florida State, there's always the battle of transferred quarterbacks. Former Irish players Gunner Kiel of Cincinnati and Andrew Hendrix of Miami (Ohio) have combined to throw for 1,260 yards, 11 touchdowns and a 131.79 rating; former Seminoles Clint Trickett of West Virginia and Jake Coker of Alabama have combined for 1,472 yards, eight scores and a 174.71 rating. For what it's worth, Kiel ranks ahead of Irish starter Everett Golson, and Trickett has better numbers than Jameis Winston of Florida State.

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Notre Dame completed its sixth Shamrock Series this past weekend. This year's stop for the Irish's home-away-from-home game series was Indianapolis.

There were several academic functions held in the area. There was the game morning Mass, at Saint John the Evangelist. There were three community service projects, including a restoration of a high school.

And, of course, there was a football game at Lucas Oil Stadium, where the Irish beat Purdue 30-14 to improve to 3-0.

They did this without four players who have been suspended from games and practices for a full month, since news of an internal academic investigation became public Aug. 15. (A fifth player was suspended 13 days later.)

The investigation was launched by the Office of the General Counsel on July 29, when the compliance office was given evidence. Coach Brian Kelly said Aug. 28 that the investigation was complete. He said Sunday that, as of this past Friday, the five players had not yet had honesty committee hearings to voice their responses to whatever the findings were.

Kelly has said he does not know much. Anyone with a Twitter account can tell that those being investigated are also in the dark. They are far from alone.

This is fine and all, assuming business is being taken care of in a proper, timely manner behind the scenes. And there is no reason to think that it is not.

But as the Irish enter their bye week with little clarity regarding if or when they will get any of those suspended players back -- and as those players continue to attend classes with their fate at the school still hanging in the balance -- it begs the question of how long is too long when it comes to dealing with this matter. At what point do these kids, however innocent or guilty they may be, deserve an answer that could have major implications for their academic and athletic futures?

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