((ht: espn.com))
For all the SEC fans out there who won't hear of their beloved league not being dominant, a new reality may be here. The vaunted college football league is 1-4 this bowl season vs. the ACC.
One reason for that, Friday nights Orange Bowl. A game between Georgia Tech and Mississippi State that was very close at the half 21-20.
The Bulldogs had momentum after Dak Prescott threw a 42-yard TD pass to Fred Ross at the halftime buzzer to get his team within one.
It would be as close as they got.
Tech, behind sophomore QB Justin Thomas ran through, around and past the Miss. State defense in the 2nd half leading his team to a 49-34 win.
Thomas ran for 121 yards and 3 TD's and threw for another to lead Tech to an 11-3 record this season and likely Top 10 finish.
As for Mississippi State, Prescott threw for 453 yards and 3 scores, but it was not nearly enough. His Bulldogs finished the year 10-3.
Your highlights from ESPN.com:
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Thursday, January 1, 2015
Saturday, January 4, 2014
ICYMI: Tajh Boyd and Sammy Watkins Run Past Ohio State
So, Ohio State…what was this talk about you being a title contender?
The Clemson Tigers rode the arm…and legs of quarterback Tajh Boyd and the fast feet and good hands of receiver Sammy Watkins to a 40-35 win over Ohio State in Friday night's Orange Bowl.
For the first time in a long, long time, the Orange Bowl game was actually pretty exciting.
Boyd threw for 378 yards and 5 TD's and ran for 128 yards along with another score. Watkins caught 16 of those passes for 218 yards and 2 scores.
And it almost wasn't enough.
After getting out to a 20-9 lead, the Tigers gave it back. tOSU quarterback Braxton Miller's 2-yard TD run with 12 seconds left in the first half, gave the Buckeye's a 22-20 lead.
The game went back and forth before Boyd sealed it with a 5 yard TD pass to Stanton Seckinger with 6 minutes left. That's when the leaky Tiger defense stepped up and kept Ohio State out of the end zone and sealing the win.
Your highlights from ESPN:
The Clemson Tigers rode the arm…and legs of quarterback Tajh Boyd and the fast feet and good hands of receiver Sammy Watkins to a 40-35 win over Ohio State in Friday night's Orange Bowl.
For the first time in a long, long time, the Orange Bowl game was actually pretty exciting.
Boyd threw for 378 yards and 5 TD's and ran for 128 yards along with another score. Watkins caught 16 of those passes for 218 yards and 2 scores.
And it almost wasn't enough.
After getting out to a 20-9 lead, the Tigers gave it back. tOSU quarterback Braxton Miller's 2-yard TD run with 12 seconds left in the first half, gave the Buckeye's a 22-20 lead.
The game went back and forth before Boyd sealed it with a 5 yard TD pass to Stanton Seckinger with 6 minutes left. That's when the leaky Tiger defense stepped up and kept Ohio State out of the end zone and sealing the win.
Your highlights from ESPN:
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Attention: The College Football Playoff Will Be Called The College Football Playoff
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Yes, that's right, the geniuses who run college football (not the NCAA--the former BCS) has decided to re-brand itself. Hundreds of thousands of dollars of research and consultant fees went into this research and they came up with a title that, well, wasn't called the BCS.
It is now called the College Football Playoff.
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And, best of all College Football Fan, you can have a say in what the new logo will look like. Plus you can find out everything you ever wanted to know about the playoff.
Read the press release RIGHT HERE
Check out CollegeFootballPlayoff.com RIGHT HERE
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The finals, well, those will be played, at least in year one, at JerryWorld in Dallas (Cowboys Stadium). It's expected to rotate to other cities and sites, much like College's version of a "Super Bowl".
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Teams from all conferences are supposed to be eligible for this, including conferences such as the Sun Belt, Conference USA, The Mountain West or The American Athletic Conference (former Big East comprised of former Conference USA teams).
All kidding aside, we are very intrigued to see how this works, it certainly is an improvement over the old system. And if it is the beginning of change to the anachronistic bowl system that rewards only the people who run them, then by god, we are all for it.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Orange Bowl To NIU: We Didn't Want You Here...
((HT: CBSSports/Feldman))
Florida State alums around the country were already cringing at the idea of the no-win situation that is the Orange Bowl against Northern Illinois...
Big win over Northern Illinois: No love since "it shoulda happened anyway..."
Escaping Northern Illinois game with a win: No love bordering on laughter for barely beating a #MACtion squad...
Loss To Northern Illinois: Laughter amongst the universe and lighted pitchforks heading to Tallahassee to demand the head of Jimbo Fisher...
And here was the discussion from the beginning...
((HT: ESPN))
Then, this week preparing for the Orange Bowl according to Feldman, a bowl rep told an NIU staffer: "You guys [NIU] don't even deserve to be here,” the Orange Bowl rep said to the NIU staffer. “We didn't even want you here.”
Really...???
Now, despite Huskies QB Jordan Lynch's running his mouth, and Herbstreit contradicting himself on multiple programs across the four-letter saying that (first) Florida State will be coming in unmotivated to (now) being ready to take some skulls...???
Their reaction on Bee-Cee-Ess selection day...???
((HT: PrideInThePack))
To the conversation that Feldman is now reporting...???
Let's just throw grease on the fire, shall we...???
Florida State alums around the country were already cringing at the idea of the no-win situation that is the Orange Bowl against Northern Illinois...
Big win over Northern Illinois: No love since "it shoulda happened anyway..."
Escaping Northern Illinois game with a win: No love bordering on laughter for barely beating a #MACtion squad...
Loss To Northern Illinois: Laughter amongst the universe and lighted pitchforks heading to Tallahassee to demand the head of Jimbo Fisher...
And here was the discussion from the beginning...
((HT: ESPN))
Then, this week preparing for the Orange Bowl according to Feldman, a bowl rep told an NIU staffer: "You guys [NIU] don't even deserve to be here,” the Orange Bowl rep said to the NIU staffer. “We didn't even want you here.”
Really...???
Now, despite Huskies QB Jordan Lynch's running his mouth, and Herbstreit contradicting himself on multiple programs across the four-letter saying that (first) Florida State will be coming in unmotivated to (now) being ready to take some skulls...???
Their reaction on Bee-Cee-Ess selection day...???
((HT: PrideInThePack))
To the conversation that Feldman is now reporting...???
Let's just throw grease on the fire, shall we...???
Friday, December 7, 2012
Your Ticket Oak Update: Want To Go Bowling...???
The HQ figured, with the holidays approaching, that we would give you a quick update on ticket prices for your favorite upcoming bowl game...
We'll do this alphabetically... and, remember, this does not include the idea of getting tickets through the schools themselves...
((HT: Stubhub))
The title game: Surprisingly enough, you can still get in the door for $1,195...parking passes are $30 and FanZone tickets are $20
Fiesta Bowl: $155 to get in the door...
Orange: The Northern Illinois-FSU game is $5 upper deck and the HQ is debating getting tickets- just to say we got tickets for the Huskies Bee-Cee-Ess appearance
Rose: $150 in the upper sections
Sugar: Terrace Level for $62, but it is Florida-Louisville
Alamo: $50 in the upper level endzone
Armed Forces: There are $19 endzone seats, but $45 from there...
BBVA Compass: Strangely enough, there aren't any tickets... the HQ guesses it's Ole Miss speaking there...
Beef O'Brady's: $43 gets upper deck
Belk: A lot of $19 upper deck tickets
Buffalo Wild Wings: $21 upper deck
Cap One: Upper-level corner for $24
Chick-fil-A: $38 upper level
Cotton: Standing Room for $101, if you want to sit it's 3x that...
Idaho Potato: $45 can get you in, but you can go lower level for another $20
Gator: Upper corners at the Gator Bowl are $3 and $4, but it is Miss State and Northwestern
GoDaddy: Very few tickets remain and parking passes are even more expensive than getting in the door...
Heart of Dallas: $62 gets you, actually, in the lower corner...
Holiday: $53 and $54 for the corners...
Independence: Lower endzones are $23, but I would think the Louisiana-Monroe folks will snap those up pretty quickly...
Kraft Fight Hunger: Endzone bleachers are $63
Liberty: A lot of tickets between the 20's are in the $50 for Iowa State and Tulsa
Little Caesars: Lower level endzone is $59
MAACO Las Vegas: Corners for $32
Meineke/Texas: Loge in the 500-levels are $24, but parking passes for Reliant are more...
Military: Nothing left for San Jose State and Bowling Green (good for them...)
Music City: Upper level in the 300's are $6,7 and $8... and there are over 5,000 tickets left
New Mexico: Upper level tickets at the 50 are in the neighborhood of $20
Outback: Mid-level corner seats are $90 and $100 and there are less than 2,000 seats left...
Pinstripe: Bleacher seats are $93 and then there are $97 seats that are actual seats...
Poinsettia: Upper levels are $50 and endzones are $65
Russell Athletics: Upper-level corner seats are $6 and there are, apparently, a lot of them...
Sheraton Hawai'i: Lower-level sideline are available for $41
Sun: Endzone seats for $21 and sideline seats start at $25
Happy shopping... we'll keep you posted...
We'll do this alphabetically... and, remember, this does not include the idea of getting tickets through the schools themselves...
((HT: Stubhub))
The title game: Surprisingly enough, you can still get in the door for $1,195...parking passes are $30 and FanZone tickets are $20
Fiesta Bowl: $155 to get in the door...
Orange: The Northern Illinois-FSU game is $5 upper deck and the HQ is debating getting tickets- just to say we got tickets for the Huskies Bee-Cee-Ess appearance
Rose: $150 in the upper sections
Sugar: Terrace Level for $62, but it is Florida-Louisville
Alamo: $50 in the upper level endzone
Armed Forces: There are $19 endzone seats, but $45 from there...
BBVA Compass: Strangely enough, there aren't any tickets... the HQ guesses it's Ole Miss speaking there...
Beef O'Brady's: $43 gets upper deck
Belk: A lot of $19 upper deck tickets
Buffalo Wild Wings: $21 upper deck
Cap One: Upper-level corner for $24
Chick-fil-A: $38 upper level
Cotton: Standing Room for $101, if you want to sit it's 3x that...
Idaho Potato: $45 can get you in, but you can go lower level for another $20
Gator: Upper corners at the Gator Bowl are $3 and $4, but it is Miss State and Northwestern
GoDaddy: Very few tickets remain and parking passes are even more expensive than getting in the door...
Heart of Dallas: $62 gets you, actually, in the lower corner...
Holiday: $53 and $54 for the corners...
Independence: Lower endzones are $23, but I would think the Louisiana-Monroe folks will snap those up pretty quickly...
Kraft Fight Hunger: Endzone bleachers are $63
Liberty: A lot of tickets between the 20's are in the $50 for Iowa State and Tulsa
Little Caesars: Lower level endzone is $59
MAACO Las Vegas: Corners for $32
Meineke/Texas: Loge in the 500-levels are $24, but parking passes for Reliant are more...
Military: Nothing left for San Jose State and Bowling Green (good for them...)
Music City: Upper level in the 300's are $6,7 and $8... and there are over 5,000 tickets left
New Mexico: Upper level tickets at the 50 are in the neighborhood of $20
Outback: Mid-level corner seats are $90 and $100 and there are less than 2,000 seats left...
Pinstripe: Bleacher seats are $93 and then there are $97 seats that are actual seats...
Poinsettia: Upper levels are $50 and endzones are $65
Russell Athletics: Upper-level corner seats are $6 and there are, apparently, a lot of them...
Sheraton Hawai'i: Lower-level sideline are available for $41
Sun: Endzone seats for $21 and sideline seats start at $25
Happy shopping... we'll keep you posted...
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Your 2012 Bowl Rundown
Gildan New Mexico
Nevada vs. Arizona Albuquerque, N.M.
University Stadium Dec. 15
1 p.m. ESPN
Famous Idaho Potato
Toledo vs. Utah State Boise, Idaho
Bronco Stadium Dec. 15
4:30 p.m. ESPN
S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia
BYU vs. San Diego State San Diego
Qualcomm Stadium Dec. 20
8 p.m. ESPN
Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg
UCF vs. Ball State St. Petersburg, Fla.
Tropicana Field Dec. 21
7:30 p.m. ESPN
R+L Carriers New Orleans
East Carolina vs. Louisiana-Lafayette New Orleans
Mercedes-Benz Superdome Dec. 22
Noon ESPN
MAACO Las Vegas
Washington vs. Boise State Las Vegas
Sam Boyd Stadium Dec. 22
3:30 p.m. ESPN
Sheraton Hawaii
Fresno State vs. SMU Honolulu
Aloha Stadium Dec. 24
8 p.m. ESPN
Little Caesars Pizza
Western Kentucky vs. Central Michigan Detroit
Ford Field Dec. 26
7:30 p.m. ESPN
Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman
San Jose State vs. Bowling Green Washington, D.C.
RFK Stadium Dec. 27
3 p.m. ESPN
Belk
Cincinnati vs. Duke Charlotte, N.C.
Bank of America Stadium Dec. 27
6:30 p.m. ESPN
Bridgepoint Education Holiday
Baylor vs. UCLA San Diego
Qualcomm Stadium Dec. 27
9:45 p.m. ESPN
AdvoCare V100 Independence
Ohio vs. Louisiana-Monroe Shreveport, La.
Independence Stadium Dec. 28
2 p.m. ESPN
Russell Athletic
Rutgers vs. Virginia Tech Orlando, Fla.
Florida Citrus Bowl Dec. 28
5:30 p.m. ESPN
Meineke Car Care of Texas
Minnesota vs. Texas Tech Houston
Reliant Stadium Dec. 28
9 p.m. ESPN
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
Rice vs. Air Force Fort Worth
Amon G. Carter Stadium Dec. 29
11:45 a.m. ESPN
New Era Pinstripe
West Virginia vs. Syracuse Bronx, N.Y.
Yankee Stadium Dec. 29
3:15 p.m. ESPN
Kraft Fight Hunger
Navy vs. Arizona State San Francisco
AT&T Park Dec. 29
4 p.m. ESPN2
Valero Alamo
Texas vs. Oregon State San Antonio
Alamodome Dec. 29
6:45 p.m. ESPN
Buffalo Wild Wings
TCU vs. Michigan State Tempe, Ariz.
Sun Devil Stadium Dec. 29
10:15 p.m. ESPN
Franklin American Mortgage Music City
NC State vs. Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn.
LP Field Dec. 31
Noon ESPN
Hyundai Sun
USC vs. Georgia Tech El Paso, Texas
Sun Bowl Dec. 31
2 p.m. CBS
AutoZone Liberty
Iowa State vs. Tulsa Memphis, Tenn.
Liberty Bowl Dec. 31
3:30 p.m. ESPN
Chick-fil-A
LSU vs. Clemson Atlanta
Georgia Dome Dec. 31
7:30 p.m. ESPN
TaxSlayer.com Gator
Mississippi State vs. Northwestern Jacksonville, Fla.
Everbank Field Jan. 1
Noon ESPN2
Heart of Dallas
Purdue vs. Oklahoma State Dallas
Cotton Bowl Jan. 1
Noon ESPNU
Outback
South Carolina vs. Michigan Tampa, Fla.
Raymond James Stadium Jan. 1
1 p.m. ESPN
Capital One
Georgia vs. Nebraska Orlando, Fla.
Florida Citrus Bowl Jan. 1
1 p.m. ABC
Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio
Wisconsin vs. Stanford Pasadena, Calif.
Rose Bowl Jan. 1
5 p.m. ESPN
Discover Orange
Northern Illinois vs. Florida State Miami
Sun Life Stadium Jan. 1
8:30 p.m. ESPN
Allstate Sugar
Louisville vs. Florida New Orleans
Louisiana Superdome Jan. 2
8:30 p.m. ESPN
Tostitos Fiesta
Oregon vs. Kansas State Glendale, Ariz.
U. of Phoenix Stadium Jan. 3
8:30 p.m. ESPN
AT&T Cotton
Texas A&M vs. Oklahoma Arlington, Texas
Cowboys Stadium Jan. 4
8 p.m. FOX
BBVA Compass
Pittsburgh vs. Ole Miss Birmingham, Ala.
Legion Field Jan. 5
1 p.m. ESPN
GoDaddy.com
Kent State vs. Arkansas State Mobile, Ala.
Ladd-Peebles Stadium Jan. 6
9 p.m. ESPN
Discover BCS National Championship
Notre Dame vs. Alabama Miami
Sun Life Stadium Jan. 7
8:30 p.m. ESPN
What say you, college football fan...???
Nevada vs. Arizona Albuquerque, N.M.
University Stadium Dec. 15
1 p.m. ESPN
Famous Idaho Potato
Toledo vs. Utah State Boise, Idaho
Bronco Stadium Dec. 15
4:30 p.m. ESPN
S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia
BYU vs. San Diego State San Diego
Qualcomm Stadium Dec. 20
8 p.m. ESPN
Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg
UCF vs. Ball State St. Petersburg, Fla.
Tropicana Field Dec. 21
7:30 p.m. ESPN
R+L Carriers New Orleans
East Carolina vs. Louisiana-Lafayette New Orleans
Mercedes-Benz Superdome Dec. 22
Noon ESPN
MAACO Las Vegas
Washington vs. Boise State Las Vegas
Sam Boyd Stadium Dec. 22
3:30 p.m. ESPN
Sheraton Hawaii
Fresno State vs. SMU Honolulu
Aloha Stadium Dec. 24
8 p.m. ESPN
Little Caesars Pizza
Western Kentucky vs. Central Michigan Detroit
Ford Field Dec. 26
7:30 p.m. ESPN
Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman
San Jose State vs. Bowling Green Washington, D.C.
RFK Stadium Dec. 27
3 p.m. ESPN
Belk
Cincinnati vs. Duke Charlotte, N.C.
Bank of America Stadium Dec. 27
6:30 p.m. ESPN
Bridgepoint Education Holiday
Baylor vs. UCLA San Diego
Qualcomm Stadium Dec. 27
9:45 p.m. ESPN
AdvoCare V100 Independence
Ohio vs. Louisiana-Monroe Shreveport, La.
Independence Stadium Dec. 28
2 p.m. ESPN
Russell Athletic
Rutgers vs. Virginia Tech Orlando, Fla.
Florida Citrus Bowl Dec. 28
5:30 p.m. ESPN
Meineke Car Care of Texas
Minnesota vs. Texas Tech Houston
Reliant Stadium Dec. 28
9 p.m. ESPN
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
Rice vs. Air Force Fort Worth
Amon G. Carter Stadium Dec. 29
11:45 a.m. ESPN
New Era Pinstripe
West Virginia vs. Syracuse Bronx, N.Y.
Yankee Stadium Dec. 29
3:15 p.m. ESPN
Kraft Fight Hunger
Navy vs. Arizona State San Francisco
AT&T Park Dec. 29
4 p.m. ESPN2
Valero Alamo
Texas vs. Oregon State San Antonio
Alamodome Dec. 29
6:45 p.m. ESPN
Buffalo Wild Wings
TCU vs. Michigan State Tempe, Ariz.
Sun Devil Stadium Dec. 29
10:15 p.m. ESPN
Franklin American Mortgage Music City
NC State vs. Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn.
LP Field Dec. 31
Noon ESPN
Hyundai Sun
USC vs. Georgia Tech El Paso, Texas
Sun Bowl Dec. 31
2 p.m. CBS
AutoZone Liberty
Iowa State vs. Tulsa Memphis, Tenn.
Liberty Bowl Dec. 31
3:30 p.m. ESPN
Chick-fil-A
LSU vs. Clemson Atlanta
Georgia Dome Dec. 31
7:30 p.m. ESPN
TaxSlayer.com Gator
Mississippi State vs. Northwestern Jacksonville, Fla.
Everbank Field Jan. 1
Noon ESPN2
Heart of Dallas
Purdue vs. Oklahoma State Dallas
Cotton Bowl Jan. 1
Noon ESPNU
Outback
South Carolina vs. Michigan Tampa, Fla.
Raymond James Stadium Jan. 1
1 p.m. ESPN
Capital One
Georgia vs. Nebraska Orlando, Fla.
Florida Citrus Bowl Jan. 1
1 p.m. ABC
Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio
Wisconsin vs. Stanford Pasadena, Calif.
Rose Bowl Jan. 1
5 p.m. ESPN
Discover Orange
Northern Illinois vs. Florida State Miami
Sun Life Stadium Jan. 1
8:30 p.m. ESPN
Allstate Sugar
Louisville vs. Florida New Orleans
Louisiana Superdome Jan. 2
8:30 p.m. ESPN
Tostitos Fiesta
Oregon vs. Kansas State Glendale, Ariz.
U. of Phoenix Stadium Jan. 3
8:30 p.m. ESPN
AT&T Cotton
Texas A&M vs. Oklahoma Arlington, Texas
Cowboys Stadium Jan. 4
8 p.m. FOX
BBVA Compass
Pittsburgh vs. Ole Miss Birmingham, Ala.
Legion Field Jan. 5
1 p.m. ESPN
GoDaddy.com
Kent State vs. Arkansas State Mobile, Ala.
Ladd-Peebles Stadium Jan. 6
9 p.m. ESPN
Discover BCS National Championship
Notre Dame vs. Alabama Miami
Sun Life Stadium Jan. 7
8:30 p.m. ESPN
What say you, college football fan...???
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Mounties Put Up 70 On Clemson, Ends A Dismal Bowl Season For ACC
West Virginia put the ACC out of its bowl misery Wednesday night.
The Mountaineers defeated the ACC Champion Clemson Tigers 70-33 in the Orange Bowl.
"Obviously we're a better football team than how we played tonight, and you know, it is what it is." Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney said.
Swinney's Clemson defense had no answer for West Virginia's offense. WVU put up 35 points in the second quarter. It was 49-20 at halftime and the 70 points the Mountaineers put up on the Tigers was the most ever in a bowl game.
WVU quarterback Geno Smith threw for 401 yards and an Orange Bowl record six touchdowns.
Here's a report from FOSG and the voice of the Clemson Tigers Pete Yannity. (Thanks WSPA-TV Greenville, SC)
West Virginia's shallacking of Clemson puts the capper on a very, very disappointing bowl season for the ACC going 2-6. Only NC State and Florida State won their bowl games.
"We have not had a good year this year, and we certainly didn't do our part." Swinney said.
Just as bad is the ACC's record in the BCS bowl games. With Virginia Tech losing the Sugar Bowl to Michigan coupled with Clemson's loss in the Orange Bowl the ACC is now 2-13 in the BCS bowl era.
"We're going to enjoy this one. We did everything that we were supposed to do" West Virginia head coach Dana Holgersen said.
That you did Mounties.
The Mountaineers defeated the ACC Champion Clemson Tigers 70-33 in the Orange Bowl.
"Obviously we're a better football team than how we played tonight, and you know, it is what it is." Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney said.
Swinney's Clemson defense had no answer for West Virginia's offense. WVU put up 35 points in the second quarter. It was 49-20 at halftime and the 70 points the Mountaineers put up on the Tigers was the most ever in a bowl game.
WVU quarterback Geno Smith threw for 401 yards and an Orange Bowl record six touchdowns.
Here's a report from FOSG and the voice of the Clemson Tigers Pete Yannity. (Thanks WSPA-TV Greenville, SC)
West Virginia's shallacking of Clemson puts the capper on a very, very disappointing bowl season for the ACC going 2-6. Only NC State and Florida State won their bowl games.
"We have not had a good year this year, and we certainly didn't do our part." Swinney said.
Just as bad is the ACC's record in the BCS bowl games. With Virginia Tech losing the Sugar Bowl to Michigan coupled with Clemson's loss in the Orange Bowl the ACC is now 2-13 in the BCS bowl era.
"We're going to enjoy this one. We did everything that we were supposed to do" West Virginia head coach Dana Holgersen said.
That you did Mounties.
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