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UNDER THE DOME cornerback KeiVarae Rus- sell — will come right be- fore or shortly after Notre Dame's tilt with Stanford Oct. 4, whether declared innocent or guilty. Some would, and have, won- dered if missing a mini- mum of five games in a 12-game season serves as a guilty verdict in its own regard. Kelly insisted he did not have the appro- priate information to vali- date or argue that theory, but he did acknowledge the situation's breadth has entered upon a new realm. "It's a very complicated situation, obviously," he said. "There are NCAA implications, certainly. We're probably going down a path that has never gone before." As far as Kelly knows, or will admit to knowing, those NCAA implications remain hypothetical and preventive. During the Aug. 15 press conference, Jenkins said Notre Dame would voluntarily vacate wins if it deems any play- ers, past or present, in- eligible. Kelly has not yet heard of such becoming a reality. "I do not have any knowledge of vacating wins or NCAA implica- tions," Kelly said, unof- ficially setting a personal record for investigation questions answered in one media session. "I have not been informed of that, and whether that is impending, I think I would have been in- formed of all those things, if we were in that kind of immediacy, if you will. What I do know is that a committee of this fash- ion has not, in my un- derstanding, been set up before." A typical honor code committee holds the nec- essary hearing within a week of an investiga- The House That Rockne Built Exclusively marketed by: Jay O'Neil | Broker Associate | 317.848.0008 | jay.oneil@encoresir.com | encoresothebysrealty.com Immaculate and stately, this English Tudor home was commissioned by Knute Rockne in 1929 and rests in South Bend's highly sought Wayne Street historic district. Offered at $500,000. 1417 Wayne Street, South Bend, Indiana blueandgold-jay oneil-1014_Layout 1 9/22/14 10:18 AM Page 1