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Murray on your radio talking Mississippi State sports. Gene's page, 247sports. com. David,
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happy Monday, sir. How are you?
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It has been an entertaining couple of weeks here, obviously,
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especially with our live game thread and things such as that. But, well,
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let's go ahead and get to the top subject immediately.
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This morning Jeff Levy was asked what's going on with
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the quarterback situation. He said everybody in the room is practicing.
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And I let that go for a while, but at
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the very end I finally said, Just to be clarified, because, again,
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I respect the fact he doesn't like to talk about injuries,
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and I wasn't trying to push him or be a
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wise guy or anything. He just said, well, was A.J.–
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can you say, was A.J. in the room? And he
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said yes, and he understood what I was asking there,
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and I followed up with, here's something. Let's go ahead
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and address this as well, too. Mike Leach always said
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you can only get two quarterbacks ready for a season.
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And so I kind of followed up on that with Levy,
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and he said the reason, obviously, that Jaden Rashada and
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Brody McWhorter, they just haven't gotten the snaps. That includes preseason, besides,
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you know, scout team and things like that, because you
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can only get one or two ready at the time,
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and State was trying to get A.J. Swan back. So
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at this point, if A.J. cannot go, it will indeed
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be Billy Puckett after that. Who knows? But the indications are,
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we're told that he was not seen in a swing
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around startle yesterday. They're going to try to get Swan
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ready to go against his former Vanderbilt team this weekend.
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David Murray talking Mississippi state football Monday edition of the program.
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Make sure to get him at jeans page, two, four,
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seven sports.com. And David, you know, I just, I don't
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know that I can remember seeing a team that's decimated
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with injuries. I mean, you got to almost go to
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the 49ers and, and, uh, the NFL a couple of
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years ago, our last couple of years, they've had several injuries,
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pretty healthy now, but, um, Do you remember any time
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like this? I mean, I know that there's injuries that happen.
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I mean, you look at Ohio State, they're playing a
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backup quarterback that hasn't panned out for them. There's injuries. But,
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I mean, every critical position, it seems like State's, you know,
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down to the second guy and the third guy.
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Well, if you're talking about quarterback, it certainly would go
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back to 2013 when Tyler Russell got hurt, Dak Prescott
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got hurt, Damian Russell, Damian Williams able to finish up
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the Arkansas game and get you into the Egg Bowl.
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Dak comes back, not 100%, but is able to finish
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it off there. Really, the only thing I can compare
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it to is back in one of Rocky Felker's years
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when they were down to the fourth quarterback at one point.
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They only had five on the roster. I think I
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had a picture in the old dog's bite of three
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of them standing on the sidelines in slings or out
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of gear by halftime of a game, ironically enough, at
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Vanderbilt that year. So it happens, but when you lose
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your top middle linebacker, and by the way, getting Zachary
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Tillman back this past weekend was a big boost there.
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And Isaac Smith has not been healthy for weeks. I'm
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really curious if he'll be able to go this weekend
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as well. Now, Fluff Bothwell is iffy for the game.
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He was not asked directly about Fluff today, interestingly enough,
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because so much focus on the quarterback. But now you're
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going into a very winnable Vanderbilt game, just shorthanded on
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the offensive side, or you don't know how shorthanded is
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the problem. Because how much practice time do you invest
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in trying to get Swan ready if you think he can?
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but all of a sudden he can't. Then all of
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a sudden you've taken those snaps away from the guy
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who will play and two other guys who may have
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to play. It's not a situation any coach wants to
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be in, but you're going into pretty much a must-win
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game for the Bulldogs if they intend to get bowl
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eligible this year. So you've got to try everything you can.
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I thoroughly suggest the use of more wildcat formations. And
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when you do, block better. because the notorious play where
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Anthony Evans goes wildcat and gets sacked for a throwaway loss,
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if the center blocks the correct direction, that play works.
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But he went the wrong direction. So it was not
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a bad play. It's just the execution. I know coaches
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use that word too often sometimes, but that was the
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literal case against a Texas team that just did not
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play all that well.
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So, David, when you turn your attention to Vanderbilt, I mean,
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as you said, this is a team that It's not
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last year's Vanderbilt. They're averaging 23 a game. They're giving
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up 30 a game. It's been a tough stretch for
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them at 3-5. They're looking at this, too. I mean,
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their last win was against NC State on pretty much
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a fluke play. I mean, NC State gift-wrapped at the
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game back on the 19th of September. They're looking at
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this as a winnable game as well. But, you know,
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for Jeff Levy and the fan base, I mean, look,
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I personally don't think Jeff Levy's going anywhere. That's just
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my thoughts. I mean, nobody's telling me that. I'm just
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looking at this thing, trying to be objective about it.
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because of all of the things that have happened on
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this field this year and then the players being injured, injured,
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but man, boy, I tell you what this, I think
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this would really help his case. If he could get
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to six and six, a win here and then a
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win in two weeks.
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Well, as Anthony Evans said this morning, they're still playing
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to get bowl eligible and they see this game as
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a must in that regard. Now they have three straight
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home games. Auburn's been no great shakes offensively, but they
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got good athletes and put on a good first half
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fight against Ole Miss as well. So, you've really got
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to focus your efforts on the Vanderbilt game and just
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somehow have enough pieces put together. I know that they
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will come up with more different package stuff. You saw
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the use of Sam West as a wildcat at times
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or other options there. There are other players you can use.
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That's not going to work well against Texas defense, but
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it has a chance to work against a Vanderbilt defense. But, again,
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it comes down to the fact that you have a
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limited practice time and you've got– I honestly believe that
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Jeff Levy and the offensive staff have to commit very
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early this week into who the quarterback is going to
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be and not sit around and wait and hope. They've
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got to go ahead and make the call and prepare
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as best possible. Then if another guy is available, you've
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got him a chance to use him in things he
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does well there. Puckett does bring some advantages because he's
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a better runner, especially if he starts the play intending
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to run instead of scramble than Swan is. But Swan
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is a far, far, far better passer, as you saw
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in his first series or two against Texas as well.
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So I don't
understand the temptation, but I think they've
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got to really make the call fast because there's only
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so much practice time in the week, and that clock
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is already ticking after today.
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David, basketball is about to tip up. What's your read
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on this year's basketball team?
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I watched the exhibition with Memphis and Dallas. Chris Jans
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admitted that he would have called timeout in the real
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game many times to let guys tell him what to do.
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He tried to let them figure it out for themselves,
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and as he said the other day, it didn't work, obviously.
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But it's going to be fascinating. Other than Josh Hubbard,
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I honestly cannot say who's going to start tonight. Will
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it be R.J. Johnson out there as a point guard?
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Which of the young post or maybe the transfer post
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does he pick? It may, in fact, be, okay, this
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is tonight's lineup, but come Thursday night against Northwestern State
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and next Monday against Jackson State. It could be totally
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different lineups. I think it's going to be a lot
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of experimenting, these first three home games, as to what
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combinations work and, frankly, how much stress do you want
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to put on Hubbard, who still is not entirely back
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from the head injury as far as getting his condition
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and timing back there, too. So it's going to be
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fascinating to see how they handle it tonight. I probably
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expect kind of an awkward game in a lot of
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aspects because the chemistry is going to take time to develop.
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So this is going to be where Jans would say
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he's going to let guys just make individual plays and
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just out-athlete the visiting team. Easier said than done, but
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this is a team that's moved conferences to Southern Conference,
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got a new coach, 13 new players of their own,
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so scouting them is going to be a pain as well.
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So this is going to be a very interesting test
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for the Bulldogs to open their season up.
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David, we appreciate your time. Make sure to get him
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at jeanspage247sports. com. Get him on X and more. Have a
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great week, sir, and we'll see what the week unfolds with.
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And you knew I had to throw in one baseball
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note at the end. Of course, they had the final
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exhibition this weekend. I'm just going to throw out a
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name for you all to keep in mind. Denton Lord.
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That kid threw some gas the other night in the exhibition.
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He's got a slider that absolutely looks like a fastball.
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He's got movement on it. I think this kid is
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going to be a valuable addition. He may even make
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a push at a rotation job. There, I said it.
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Very well.
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We'll be keeping an eye on that as well. David,
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thank you so much.
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Thank you, guys.
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