Indiana University Athletics
Hoosier History as Yet Unwritten
7/25/2018 9:31:00 PM | Football
By Andy Graham
IUHoosiers.com
CHICAGO – One of the first things Tom Allen did in Chicago over the weekend was check out an athlete who wore red and did historic deeds.
Allen sat directly behind the Wrigley Field visitors' dugout to watch a player post five extra-base hits by the sixth inning for the first time in Major League Baseball history – specifically three homers and two doubles by the Cardinals' Matt Carpenter.
The Indiana football coach, a lifelong Cincinnati Reds adherent, couldn't help but applaud.
"I'm not a Cardinals fan, but you had to cheer for the guy," Allen recalled Tuesday during Big Ten Media Days sessions. "I mean, that's pretty cool. Three home runs and two doubles in five at-bats. It was unreal. I was in awe. It was history."
And if college football history hasn't always treated crimson-clad IU well,
Allen is determined to alter that. He wants players eager to make their own history, write their own story, in his program.
"I've put it out there pretty clearly what our history has been," Allen said. "A year ago, I stated how many years it'd been since we'd done certain things in our program. So, I don't run from that history. We attack it head-on."
Last year, Allen made a point to note it had been 50 years since Indiana last won the Big Ten football title, 26 years since IU last won a bowl game and 10 years since Hoosier football had posted a season over .500.
All of that has become a clarion call for Allen's program, which he has also emphasized in recruiting.
"I've challenged the young men we're recruiting to come here and be a part of making our own history," Allen said. "Be the reason why we break through, be the team, the class, that group that comes here and is remembered as the ones (who changed history). Our guys have embraced that."
While at the podium Tuesday, Allen elaborated upon three ways he wants his current charges to embrace the change.
"First of all, spiritually," he said. "I want our players to find the purpose in life and live it with relentless passion. Number two, I want us to break through mentally. We have to change the way we think. I believe, with conviction, that before there's a reality there's a mentality. If we don't believe in ourselves, why should anyone else? Our minds are very, very powerful.
"And number three, we have to break through physically. We have to change the way we play. It's pretty simple. We have to finish. We (have to) play with unbelievable toughness. We've competed for 60 minutes. Now it's time to finish. In order to do that, I had to do some evaluation over the course of the offseason and evaluate our program from top to bottom."
An Old Oaken Bucket loss at Purdue that culminated a 5-7 campaign last fall became a catalyst, what Allen called "a setback that represented a battle lost, but one that might ultimately help us win the war."
With IU not bowling, Allen plunged into evaluating the season and his entire program, while also getting a head start on recruiting.
Significant subsequent developments included the arrival of new director of athletic performance David Ballou and "speed specialist" colleague Dr. Matt Rhea, and a recruiting class that emphasized speed.
"We went out and signed one of the top recruiting classes in the history of our program," Allen said of a group that represents IU's best showing in four years, and third best for the Hoosiers in Rivals.com recruiting rankings dating back 17 years.
Four of those 2018 signees – quarterback Michael Penix Jr., defensive end James Head Jr., running back Ronnie Walker Jr. and wideout Jacolby Hewitt – were January enrollees who participated in spring practice.
Allen also addressed needs with graduate transfers in Brandon Dawkins (quarterback, Arizona), Nick Linder (center, Miami) and Kayton Samuels (defensive tackle, Syracuse). "Three young men graduated," Allen said, "(who) bring tremendous experience and leadership to our program."
Then just this past week, Allen and IU received notification from the NCAA that linebacker T.D. Roof, who transferred following his freshman season at Georgia Tech last fall, has immediate eligibility via approval of a "legislative relief waiver."
The program metamorphosis continues apace with the pending late-August completion of the South End Zone facility housing the IU Excellence Academy that completes what IU director of athletics Fred Glass calls "The Circle of Excellence" at Memorial Stadium.
"Under Fred Glass's leadership, we're about to open up a South End Zone that's one of the most innovative and comprehensive student development facilities in the country," Allen said. "The Tobias Nutrition Center will be housed there where our players will be eating all their meals. Our new nutrition leader will be in that facility and doing a great job helping our players grow and develop physically.
"We're renovating our team room. Will be finished up here in a few weeks. And also, finally, we'll be adding a new locker room (before the start of next season). The Terry Tallen Football Complex will be completed a year from now with a new locker room, players' lounge, and football-only training room."
All the changes and additions contribute to the new course Allen wants to chart for the program.
"There are layers to breakthrough," Allen said. "There are layers that are going to be knocked down, step by step. So, I'm looking for that special kid who wants to come in here and build, to help write some history.
"I want guys who have the courage and confidence to come in here and do things that haven't been done in their lifetimes."
RAISE THE ROOF
Indiana entered the offseason needing to replenish its linebacking corps in the wake of graduating starters Tegray Scales and Chris Covington.
Allen got good news in the spring when linebacker rotation regular Dameon Willis Jr. -- who had gone through Senior Day ceremonies last fall and missed spring practice while considering his college career concluded – returned to the program for his final season of eligibility this fall.
Then redshirt junior Reakwon Jones had a splendid spring and several other young linebackers also showed well.
And then came news of Roof's immediate eligibility for this fall.
"I got to admit I was jumping up and down and screaming," Allen said about the Roof news. "So happy for the young man. He's a good player. A really good player. He really was engaged and fully invested in the spring, and that was before he knew he'd be playing.
"We made an appeal. With transfers, there is an appeals process you go through. And we felt like we had a good case for him, so we made the appeal. Our compliance office did a tremendous job, being thorough, and one thing I will say is that Georgia Tech cooperated, as well. They did what was best for a young man. It was a great decision for him, a great decision for us. I got the news a couple of days ago and, boy, I was pumped."
It was just another reason why Allen – who coached linebackers at Drake, Arkansas State and Ole Miss before his arrival in Bloomington – now feels better about his 2018 unit at IU.
Willis and Roof add experience where, before, there was precious little.
Willis played in 10 games and started the Michigan and Michigan State contests for IU last fall, posting 27 tackles along the way. Roof played in 11 games as a true freshman for the Yellow Jackets last fall, shining on all four special teams in addition to his linebacking duties.
"Those two individuals have dramatically changed that (linebacker) room in a positive way," Allen said. "Coming out of spring football, I stated it was one of our biggest areas of need and concern just because of lack of experience. We've got a lot of good young players that competed really well this spring, but they just haven't played.
"Dameon is our most experienced linebacker coming back from 2017. Getting him back was huge. And now having T.D., since he was already here in practice in the spring, we know what he can do. I just think it's significant and any time you bring young men back that have played. You can't put a price tag on that experience."
Allen elaborated as to other specific qualities Willis and Roof lend to a linebacker corps that already harbored some talent.
"I watch Dameon as he interacts with our players … you can just tell, he has that personality," Allen said. "They follow him. He' a tremendous leader and he's played.
"(Roof is a) talented young man. We recruited him extremely hard a year ago when he made a decision to go to another school. Know him well and his family well. And know the toughness and the fight and the ability to make plays in space that he brings to our linebacker corps.
"Then Reakwon Jones had a great spring. He was our most improved player, most improved in the weight room. Changed his body. He bought into everything that we've really challenged him to do leadership-wise and I was really, really impressed with him. I just think Mike McGinnis and Thomas Allen competed (strongly) throughout the spring at the Mike (middle-linebacker) position.
"…And there's a whole bunch of other guys that are young, that are waiting to play, as well. And they're going to have to fight and compete, fight and claw and scratch to get playing time. I know, as the head coach of the program, I feel a whole lot better."
DEPTH CHARGE
Indiana's 2018 recruiting class featured four linebackers, not counting Roof, and all of them might see the field now that the NCAA has changed its redshirt rule. Newcomers can play in as many as four games this fall and still retain redshirt status, with four full years of eligibility remaining.
That is a boon for building programs such as Indiana's, which is trying to amass quality depth after an injury-ravaged 2017 season. Allen saw some IU starters play 80 or more snaps in games last fall (not counting special teams duties), but he'd optimally like to keep that in the 50 to 60 range.
"As many have said, it's a great rule," Allen said of the change. "Great for young men, great for our programs to be able to allow us to maximize our rosters … really thankful and really excited about the new rule. I just think it's great for the game itself and for player safety.
"We have to do a great job, though, of evaluating guys throughout fall camp to decide who is going to fit in that window to be able to maximize their skill set on special teams and offense and defense throughout the season.
"Obviously, you have four games to work with, which gives you some flexibility. If a guy is ready early on, fine. Some guys are not. Those might be ready later on."
IU will also approach the key quarterback position strategically. Adding Dawkins as a grad transfer already provided the potential of allowing redshirt sophomore Peyton Ramsey and true freshman Penix more developmental time. Now a player such as Penix can get some field time and still redshirt. But count on IU banking some of Penix's four games till later in the season in case of injuries to the other quarterbacks.
"I think at a position like that, where those are season-defining situations that could occur, you don't want to burn a guy's (four) opportunities and you get late in the year and you've got nothing left," Allen acknowledged. "So, to me, that's absolutely true for that spot. It's maybe not the case for every position, but definitely quarterback.
"I think that it's like any new rules. Time will tell how it all plays out, but I will say this, I think it so good for the players. I notice in the way they approach it. They're fired up. They realize that they're going to have an opportunity to play (as freshmen) … so now, they're going to stay engaged, which is huge for us."
WIDEOUTS NOT OUT
Whomever is quarterbacking IU this fall will doubtlessly welcome a pair of tall, talented receivers who have regained health in 6-foot-3 junior Nick Westbrook and 6-4 classmate Donavan Hale.
Westbrook led the Hoosiers in receiving with 995 yards on 54 catches in 2016, but he sustained a knee injury on the opening kickoff in 2017.
"It's big for us," Allen said of Westbrook's return. "I love him as a person. His work ethic has been off the charts and I am just so happy for him to see him run and cut and plant.
"You still have to get out there and trust it in fall camp. He was out there in the spring with the blue jersey on so he wasn't being touched but he was planting and cutting during the spring. From everything I have seen he is 100%. Now he just has to go play and do what God's gifted him to do, and that's catch footballs."
Hale's injury issues lingered throughout last fall. The cousin of Hoosier senior safety Jon Crawford was a star quarterback at Largo (Fla.) High School but, once shifted to wideout, showed real potential there before afflicted by injury.
"Donavan Hale has really progressed," Allen reported. "We had a great plan for him this offseason to get him right and he has followed the plan and he looks as good as I've seen him look since I have been around him with regards to the health of his knee. We are excited by his progress and he will continue to grow with that."
Allen said he expected both Hale and Westbrook to be "full-bore" this fall. "I just think those are two big receivers," he said, "that we definitely need."
CH-CH-CHANGES
Isaac James, who stood out as a quarterback at in-state power Carmel, began his IU career as a slot receiver but shifted to defense last year and, after spending the spring at husky back is now listed as a cornerback on the preseason depth chart.
"To me, he's still going be that guy at the husky position in situations (backing up Marcelino Ball)," Allen said of James, "so we had to train him, because there are so many different components to playing that position. We used the spring to really get his feet wet with that, get him grounded as a husky.
"Now we are going to move him to corner which I think is probably his natural position but in situations, he will be a situational husky. That gives us tremendous flexibility with his coverage skills and it gives us a bigger and stronger (player) and one of our faster players, one of our best athletes on the team top to bottom, at corner. For me, you can never have enough corners. I'm excited about his move there."
Allen also noted that senior linebacker Kiante Walton will conclude his career, after surgeries, and that sophomore cornerback LaDamion Hunt had opted to leave the program for personal reasons.
CONDITIONING VS. CANDY
While requiring his players to take their physical conditioning seriously, Tom Allen isn't asking them to do what he isn't willing to do himself.
He runs three miles a day, without fail, either outside or on the treadmill. He lifts weights three times a week. He adds 100 pullups to each workout routine. He runs post-practice sprints with his players.
But he can't always keep himself away from the jars of M&M's wife Tracy keeps in the basement at home.
"That's why I run so much," Allen told Mike Hall of BTN's "Sports Lite" show. "I have a sweet tooth. I love chocolate. I love doughnuts. I love ice cream. And my wife is killing me because we have our players over as much as we legally can and she keeps these jars of M&M's (for them) in the basement.
"Regular M&M's. Peanut M&M's. Peanut butter M&M's. And I'm there all the time. She's a really good cook, too, and she does this layered dessert – like you have in ice cream sandwiches – and she puts peanut butter in it. And chocolate in it. And another layer of ice cream sandwich. Then whipped cream on top. And sprinkles. Reese's Cups around it. Low-calorie."
Hall's response: "When am I coming over?"
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CHICAGO – One of the first things Tom Allen did in Chicago over the weekend was check out an athlete who wore red and did historic deeds.
Allen sat directly behind the Wrigley Field visitors' dugout to watch a player post five extra-base hits by the sixth inning for the first time in Major League Baseball history – specifically three homers and two doubles by the Cardinals' Matt Carpenter.
The Indiana football coach, a lifelong Cincinnati Reds adherent, couldn't help but applaud.
"I'm not a Cardinals fan, but you had to cheer for the guy," Allen recalled Tuesday during Big Ten Media Days sessions. "I mean, that's pretty cool. Three home runs and two doubles in five at-bats. It was unreal. I was in awe. It was history."
And if college football history hasn't always treated crimson-clad IU well,
Allen is determined to alter that. He wants players eager to make their own history, write their own story, in his program.
"I've put it out there pretty clearly what our history has been," Allen said. "A year ago, I stated how many years it'd been since we'd done certain things in our program. So, I don't run from that history. We attack it head-on."
Last year, Allen made a point to note it had been 50 years since Indiana last won the Big Ten football title, 26 years since IU last won a bowl game and 10 years since Hoosier football had posted a season over .500.
All of that has become a clarion call for Allen's program, which he has also emphasized in recruiting.
"I've challenged the young men we're recruiting to come here and be a part of making our own history," Allen said. "Be the reason why we break through, be the team, the class, that group that comes here and is remembered as the ones (who changed history). Our guys have embraced that."
While at the podium Tuesday, Allen elaborated upon three ways he wants his current charges to embrace the change.
"First of all, spiritually," he said. "I want our players to find the purpose in life and live it with relentless passion. Number two, I want us to break through mentally. We have to change the way we think. I believe, with conviction, that before there's a reality there's a mentality. If we don't believe in ourselves, why should anyone else? Our minds are very, very powerful.
"And number three, we have to break through physically. We have to change the way we play. It's pretty simple. We have to finish. We (have to) play with unbelievable toughness. We've competed for 60 minutes. Now it's time to finish. In order to do that, I had to do some evaluation over the course of the offseason and evaluate our program from top to bottom."
An Old Oaken Bucket loss at Purdue that culminated a 5-7 campaign last fall became a catalyst, what Allen called "a setback that represented a battle lost, but one that might ultimately help us win the war."
With IU not bowling, Allen plunged into evaluating the season and his entire program, while also getting a head start on recruiting.
Significant subsequent developments included the arrival of new director of athletic performance David Ballou and "speed specialist" colleague Dr. Matt Rhea, and a recruiting class that emphasized speed.
"We went out and signed one of the top recruiting classes in the history of our program," Allen said of a group that represents IU's best showing in four years, and third best for the Hoosiers in Rivals.com recruiting rankings dating back 17 years.
Four of those 2018 signees – quarterback Michael Penix Jr., defensive end James Head Jr., running back Ronnie Walker Jr. and wideout Jacolby Hewitt – were January enrollees who participated in spring practice.
Allen also addressed needs with graduate transfers in Brandon Dawkins (quarterback, Arizona), Nick Linder (center, Miami) and Kayton Samuels (defensive tackle, Syracuse). "Three young men graduated," Allen said, "(who) bring tremendous experience and leadership to our program."
Then just this past week, Allen and IU received notification from the NCAA that linebacker T.D. Roof, who transferred following his freshman season at Georgia Tech last fall, has immediate eligibility via approval of a "legislative relief waiver."
The program metamorphosis continues apace with the pending late-August completion of the South End Zone facility housing the IU Excellence Academy that completes what IU director of athletics Fred Glass calls "The Circle of Excellence" at Memorial Stadium.
"Under Fred Glass's leadership, we're about to open up a South End Zone that's one of the most innovative and comprehensive student development facilities in the country," Allen said. "The Tobias Nutrition Center will be housed there where our players will be eating all their meals. Our new nutrition leader will be in that facility and doing a great job helping our players grow and develop physically.
"We're renovating our team room. Will be finished up here in a few weeks. And also, finally, we'll be adding a new locker room (before the start of next season). The Terry Tallen Football Complex will be completed a year from now with a new locker room, players' lounge, and football-only training room."
All the changes and additions contribute to the new course Allen wants to chart for the program.
"There are layers to breakthrough," Allen said. "There are layers that are going to be knocked down, step by step. So, I'm looking for that special kid who wants to come in here and build, to help write some history.
"I want guys who have the courage and confidence to come in here and do things that haven't been done in their lifetimes."
RAISE THE ROOF
Indiana entered the offseason needing to replenish its linebacking corps in the wake of graduating starters Tegray Scales and Chris Covington.
Allen got good news in the spring when linebacker rotation regular Dameon Willis Jr. -- who had gone through Senior Day ceremonies last fall and missed spring practice while considering his college career concluded – returned to the program for his final season of eligibility this fall.
Then redshirt junior Reakwon Jones had a splendid spring and several other young linebackers also showed well.
And then came news of Roof's immediate eligibility for this fall.
"I got to admit I was jumping up and down and screaming," Allen said about the Roof news. "So happy for the young man. He's a good player. A really good player. He really was engaged and fully invested in the spring, and that was before he knew he'd be playing.
"We made an appeal. With transfers, there is an appeals process you go through. And we felt like we had a good case for him, so we made the appeal. Our compliance office did a tremendous job, being thorough, and one thing I will say is that Georgia Tech cooperated, as well. They did what was best for a young man. It was a great decision for him, a great decision for us. I got the news a couple of days ago and, boy, I was pumped."
It was just another reason why Allen – who coached linebackers at Drake, Arkansas State and Ole Miss before his arrival in Bloomington – now feels better about his 2018 unit at IU.
Willis and Roof add experience where, before, there was precious little.
Willis played in 10 games and started the Michigan and Michigan State contests for IU last fall, posting 27 tackles along the way. Roof played in 11 games as a true freshman for the Yellow Jackets last fall, shining on all four special teams in addition to his linebacking duties.
"Those two individuals have dramatically changed that (linebacker) room in a positive way," Allen said. "Coming out of spring football, I stated it was one of our biggest areas of need and concern just because of lack of experience. We've got a lot of good young players that competed really well this spring, but they just haven't played.
"Dameon is our most experienced linebacker coming back from 2017. Getting him back was huge. And now having T.D., since he was already here in practice in the spring, we know what he can do. I just think it's significant and any time you bring young men back that have played. You can't put a price tag on that experience."
Allen elaborated as to other specific qualities Willis and Roof lend to a linebacker corps that already harbored some talent.
"I watch Dameon as he interacts with our players … you can just tell, he has that personality," Allen said. "They follow him. He' a tremendous leader and he's played.
"(Roof is a) talented young man. We recruited him extremely hard a year ago when he made a decision to go to another school. Know him well and his family well. And know the toughness and the fight and the ability to make plays in space that he brings to our linebacker corps.
"Then Reakwon Jones had a great spring. He was our most improved player, most improved in the weight room. Changed his body. He bought into everything that we've really challenged him to do leadership-wise and I was really, really impressed with him. I just think Mike McGinnis and Thomas Allen competed (strongly) throughout the spring at the Mike (middle-linebacker) position.
"…And there's a whole bunch of other guys that are young, that are waiting to play, as well. And they're going to have to fight and compete, fight and claw and scratch to get playing time. I know, as the head coach of the program, I feel a whole lot better."
DEPTH CHARGE
Indiana's 2018 recruiting class featured four linebackers, not counting Roof, and all of them might see the field now that the NCAA has changed its redshirt rule. Newcomers can play in as many as four games this fall and still retain redshirt status, with four full years of eligibility remaining.
That is a boon for building programs such as Indiana's, which is trying to amass quality depth after an injury-ravaged 2017 season. Allen saw some IU starters play 80 or more snaps in games last fall (not counting special teams duties), but he'd optimally like to keep that in the 50 to 60 range.
"As many have said, it's a great rule," Allen said of the change. "Great for young men, great for our programs to be able to allow us to maximize our rosters … really thankful and really excited about the new rule. I just think it's great for the game itself and for player safety.
"We have to do a great job, though, of evaluating guys throughout fall camp to decide who is going to fit in that window to be able to maximize their skill set on special teams and offense and defense throughout the season.
"Obviously, you have four games to work with, which gives you some flexibility. If a guy is ready early on, fine. Some guys are not. Those might be ready later on."
IU will also approach the key quarterback position strategically. Adding Dawkins as a grad transfer already provided the potential of allowing redshirt sophomore Peyton Ramsey and true freshman Penix more developmental time. Now a player such as Penix can get some field time and still redshirt. But count on IU banking some of Penix's four games till later in the season in case of injuries to the other quarterbacks.
"I think at a position like that, where those are season-defining situations that could occur, you don't want to burn a guy's (four) opportunities and you get late in the year and you've got nothing left," Allen acknowledged. "So, to me, that's absolutely true for that spot. It's maybe not the case for every position, but definitely quarterback.
"I think that it's like any new rules. Time will tell how it all plays out, but I will say this, I think it so good for the players. I notice in the way they approach it. They're fired up. They realize that they're going to have an opportunity to play (as freshmen) … so now, they're going to stay engaged, which is huge for us."
WIDEOUTS NOT OUT
Whomever is quarterbacking IU this fall will doubtlessly welcome a pair of tall, talented receivers who have regained health in 6-foot-3 junior Nick Westbrook and 6-4 classmate Donavan Hale.
Westbrook led the Hoosiers in receiving with 995 yards on 54 catches in 2016, but he sustained a knee injury on the opening kickoff in 2017.
"It's big for us," Allen said of Westbrook's return. "I love him as a person. His work ethic has been off the charts and I am just so happy for him to see him run and cut and plant.
"You still have to get out there and trust it in fall camp. He was out there in the spring with the blue jersey on so he wasn't being touched but he was planting and cutting during the spring. From everything I have seen he is 100%. Now he just has to go play and do what God's gifted him to do, and that's catch footballs."
Hale's injury issues lingered throughout last fall. The cousin of Hoosier senior safety Jon Crawford was a star quarterback at Largo (Fla.) High School but, once shifted to wideout, showed real potential there before afflicted by injury.
"Donavan Hale has really progressed," Allen reported. "We had a great plan for him this offseason to get him right and he has followed the plan and he looks as good as I've seen him look since I have been around him with regards to the health of his knee. We are excited by his progress and he will continue to grow with that."
Allen said he expected both Hale and Westbrook to be "full-bore" this fall. "I just think those are two big receivers," he said, "that we definitely need."
CH-CH-CHANGES
Isaac James, who stood out as a quarterback at in-state power Carmel, began his IU career as a slot receiver but shifted to defense last year and, after spending the spring at husky back is now listed as a cornerback on the preseason depth chart.
"To me, he's still going be that guy at the husky position in situations (backing up Marcelino Ball)," Allen said of James, "so we had to train him, because there are so many different components to playing that position. We used the spring to really get his feet wet with that, get him grounded as a husky.
"Now we are going to move him to corner which I think is probably his natural position but in situations, he will be a situational husky. That gives us tremendous flexibility with his coverage skills and it gives us a bigger and stronger (player) and one of our faster players, one of our best athletes on the team top to bottom, at corner. For me, you can never have enough corners. I'm excited about his move there."
Allen also noted that senior linebacker Kiante Walton will conclude his career, after surgeries, and that sophomore cornerback LaDamion Hunt had opted to leave the program for personal reasons.
CONDITIONING VS. CANDY
While requiring his players to take their physical conditioning seriously, Tom Allen isn't asking them to do what he isn't willing to do himself.
He runs three miles a day, without fail, either outside or on the treadmill. He lifts weights three times a week. He adds 100 pullups to each workout routine. He runs post-practice sprints with his players.
But he can't always keep himself away from the jars of M&M's wife Tracy keeps in the basement at home.
"That's why I run so much," Allen told Mike Hall of BTN's "Sports Lite" show. "I have a sweet tooth. I love chocolate. I love doughnuts. I love ice cream. And my wife is killing me because we have our players over as much as we legally can and she keeps these jars of M&M's (for them) in the basement.
"Regular M&M's. Peanut M&M's. Peanut butter M&M's. And I'm there all the time. She's a really good cook, too, and she does this layered dessert – like you have in ice cream sandwiches – and she puts peanut butter in it. And chocolate in it. And another layer of ice cream sandwich. Then whipped cream on top. And sprinkles. Reese's Cups around it. Low-calorie."
Hall's response: "When am I coming over?"
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