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The Historian ™

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When determining National historical reality. If fifty people, Champions with computers today rate Michigan number one in 1901, Historical Reality is they can give the impression that Michigan was the consensus What Counts national champion that year, but this still has nothing to do with By Bob Kirlin historical reality and objective research. Using the story, Three Actual Polls from the 1901 season , from We need to know what the page 4 of The College Football football followers who were there Historian , Vol. 2, number 4 (May at the time were thinking. For 2009) the following is presented. example, Caspar Whitney really was there at the time. If the AP Observation: Is it really a poll poll existed in 1901, given the when the rankings are done by mindset of the voters then, who just one person? Perhaps the would have finished first? It New York Sun took a poll in doesn’t even matter who you or I 1901 or maybe they assigned think would win if Michigan just one person to rank the played Harvard in 1901. teams. What would the contemporary Also, perhaps Charles Patterson consensus say? Nothing else and the New York Sun were only represents historical reality. ranking eastern teams the way the Lambert Trophy voters do Bottom line: Of course, Harvard, today. Or perhaps they thought and not Michigan, is the that the top teams in the east historically accurate national were the top teams in the nation. champion of 1901. That’s because Harvard, not Michigan, Retroactive ratings by such was considered the contemporary sources as Helms, or anyone consensus national leading team today with a computer, have of 1901. Retroratings only muddy nothing to do with the search for the waters of historical research. The College Football Historian-2- 1877 Princeton 1907 1878 Princeton 1908 1879 Princeton 1909 1880 Princeton 1910 To give an idea of how Yale 1911 retroratings with computers have 1881 Yale 1912 nothing to do with how people 1882 Yale 1913 thought at the time consider 1883 Yale 1914 these rankings. 1884 Yale 1915 1885 Princeton 1916 Six well know selectors: Herman 1886 Yale 1917 Matthews, David Wilson, Ray 1887 Yale 1918 1888 Yale 1919 Waits, Jon Dokter, Kenneth 1889 Princeton 1920 Massey and Clyde Berryman, all 1890 Harvard 1921 rated Iowa as their No. 1 team in 1891 Yale 1922 1960, retroactively. 1892 Yale 1923 1893 Princeton 1924 But, the problem is that Iowa 1894 Yale 1925 was not considered national 1895 Pennsylvania 1926 champion by the people who 1896 Princeton 1927 1897 Pennsylvania 1928 lived in that year, nor did Iowa 1898 Harvard 1929 consider themselves national 1899 Princeton 1930 champions in 1960. It’s the 1900 Yale 1931 retroratings of this computer age 1901 Harvard 1932 that put them number one, not 1902 Yale 1933 historical reality. 1903 Princeton 1934 1904 Pennsylvania 1935

This was all in the Pre-Bowl poll * * * era; and because of such, Minnesota, despite losing in the Rose Bowl was named National THE ROSE BOWL – Champion by AP, UPI and THE GRANDADDY OF NFFHF; while Mississippi was selected by FWAA as its top THEM ALL!! team. Part II of IV Noted college football historian, Alexander Weyand, a former By Patrick M. Premo Army lineman, was the foremost authority on Historical Reality This article picks up where the National Champions —here’s his last one left off as we continue #1 teams. our chronological single game elimination tournament of Rose Historical Reality National Bowl champions. Season Champions 1905 Yale 1876 Yale 1906 Yale The College Football Historian-3- 1971 Stanford 24 1972 Stanford 17 1961 Washington 28 1962 Minnesota 31 In another battle of same schools, 1971 Stanford beat its The points continue to pile up 1972 counterpart by a with the Golden Gophers topping touchdown. the Huskies! 1973 USC 23 1963 USC 24 1974 St. 24 1964 Illinois 31 These two teams split in the Some might call this a minor 1973 and 1974 Rose Bowls, so upset as Illinois scored the go this was the “rubber match,” so ahead touchdown late in the to speak. It was a very close fourth quarter and time ran out game, but the Buckeyes on the Trojans. squeaked out a win. Some would call this an upset, but Ohio State 1965 Michigan 35 was a very good team in the 1973 1966 UCLA 28 season – and proved it.

Deadlocked at the end of 1975 USC 35 regulation, Michigan scored in 1976 UCLA 58 overtime but UCLA was unable to put points on the board. This was a monumental upset – not so much that UCLA won, but 1967 Purdue 35 that they put up 58 points 1968 USC 34 against the Trojan defense!!

USC seemed to have the game 1977 USC 30 won when Purdue threw up a 1978 Washington 24 Hail Mary pass as time expired-- it connected to tie the game. The USC was favored to win, but extra point was good and the trailed until late in the fourth Boilermakers won in a thriller! quarter when they drove for the winning touchdown. Washington 1969 Ohio St. 24 could not respond. 1970 USC 21 1979 USC 35 In one of the greatest comebacks 1980 USC 42 ever, Ohio St. came from 11 points down late in the fourth Another match-up of teams from quarter and scored two the same school – and what a touchdowns to pull out a victory. match-up it was. The two teams kept trading touchdowns – and it went right down to the wire with The College Football Historian-4- 1991 Washington 24 1992 Washington 23 each team scoring two touchdowns in the fourth Still another same school quarter. And the game ended up meeting resulted in a very close tied at 35 each. In the overtime, game, but 1991 Washington gave only the 1980 Trojans scored to up a safety as time ran out pull out the win. rather than take a chance on a deep in its own territory. 1981 Michigan 24 1982 Washington 18 1993 Michigan 18 1994 Wisconsin 21 Michigan held on the defeat Washington in one of the lower One of the few meetings of two scoring games! Big 10 teams saw another close game, but the Badgers pulled it 1983 UCLA 30 out. 1984 UCLA 20 1995 Penn St. 30 Once again two teams from the 1996 USC 15 same schools clashed – the 1983 Bruins won easier than the score Heavily favored Penn St. easily indicated. handled the Trojans.

1985 USC 17 1997 Ohio St. 3 1986 UCLA 34 1998 Michigan 27

UCLA easily defeated USC. Another Big 10 match-up saw favored Michigan win easily, to 1987 Arizona St. 20 the surprise of the Buckeye fans. 1988 Michigan St. 19 1999 Wisconsin 18 One of the lower scoring games 2000 Wisconsin 15 we’ve had saw newcomer Arizona St. pull this one out by the Yet another Big 10 meeting, this narrowest margin possible. time of same school teams. 1999 Wisconsin squeaked by the 2000 1989 Michigan 24 squad. 1990 USC 7 2001 Washington 20 Michigan out-defensed USC by 2002 Miami, FL 32 only allowing one touchdown while putting up three of their Heavily favored Miami had little own, plus a field goal. trouble with the Huskies.

The College Football Historian-5- 2007 USC 21 2008 USC 10 2003 Oklahoma 28 2004 USC 31 Some thought this would be a much closer game, but 2008 This clash of titans saw the (2007 season) USC had a couple Trojans manhandle the Sooners’ bad breaks go their way and they vaunted defense to pull off the could not recover. win. Because of the odd number of 2005 Texas 34 teams who have won the Rose 2006 Texas 32 Bowl to date, the 2009 winner, USC, will get a bye in this round. The 2006 Texas team (from the 2005 season) was favored by over 2009 USC - BYE a touchdown, and looked like they had the game won with a 12 The stage is now set for Round point lead late in the fourth 2. See you next issue when we quarter. But 2005 will continue in our quest to (from the 2004 season) worked crown the all-time Rose Bowl his magic by scoring two late champion! touchdowns, the second one with less than a minute to go. The 2006 Vince Young could not * * * answer in what was a surprising upset.

A Backward Glance at Possibly, Christopher Columbus, looking for Calcutta, did fall upon the : America. Giving Credit Where Credit is DU! This kind of legend keeps going on. In "The Birth of the Modern © Anthony J. Lisska Passing Game, "the reader Denison University discovers that" the win Granville Historical Society revolutionized college football as the forward pass, a legal weapon Used by permission since 1906, gained popularity as a legitimate offensive tool." Perhaps General Abner Doubleday, putting aside his The Pigskin Post this fall noted battle plans, did invent baseball. the following: Notre Dame did not Maybe Benjamin Franklin, silly invent the forward pass but . . . man, did fly a kite in the rain. they perfected it. Up to this point, the forward pass was more The College Football Historian-6- and later eminent attorney, George Roudebush, gimmick play and had never been passed with a high degree of used as a regular part of a team’s accuracy, especially in an offense. awesome 68-0 victory over the Wittenberg Tigers. A newspaper The Athlon sports writer suggests account of the day reports that that "The cadets found Roudebush threw passes "for all themselves in the cross hairs of a sorts of distance with wonderful ground breaking aerial assault accuracy." that would change the game of football in America." Roudebush himself noted that he came to Denison "off the farm But and Knute where I had practiced throwing Rockne and Notre Dame did not stones and corncobs at hogs and invent the forward pass. It's a chickens." swell legend! Legendary Denison coach Walter Fenlon goes on to write that it is Livingston, "Livy" to generations a fact that "Dorais and the Rock of Denison athletes, realized worked out all summer on the young Roudebush could throw a beach at Cedar Point perfecting football as well as corncobs on the weapon that they unveiled in the farm, so he teamed him up the 35-13 upset of Army. "But, with another Denison sports Fenlon notes emphatically, "What legend and Roudebush's isn't a fact is that the Irish were fraternity brother and roommate, the first to turn the pass into a Dave Reese. Reese, who some killer weapon." suggest may have been Denison's all-time greatest athlete, was a The Granville Connection with stellar player. Livy Modern Football concluded that if Reese could catch a basketball, he could Indeed, the primary contender in catch a pigskin. So developed the the historical debate regarding famous and successful passing the origin of the fabled forward combination of Roudebush to pass strategy is Granville's own Reese, which exercised the Denison University. In his history forward pass with precision in of athletics at Denison, The Big the autumn of 1912. Thus, by Red: One Hundred Years and the start of the 1913 football More of Athletics at Denison, by season, in his junior year as a Richard Blackburn devotes some Big Red football player, attention to the claim that a full Roudebush himself had spent year before the Dorais-Rockne more than half a season passing passing combination that the football with great verve and devastated the Army football success. team, famous Denison gridder The College Football Historian-7- Yet the rules prohibited much activity in what today we would call a passing game. The Big Red gridders, under the watchful eye of Livy and the Late nineteenth and early talented arm of Roudebush, had twentieth century football developed a mighty passing game contests often were brutal and a full year before Notre Dame's bloody encounters. Greatly Fighting Irish pulled the upset of disturbed by this gridiron the Army Cadets along the violence, in 1905 Theodore Hudson River that beginning day Roosevelt summoned to the in November 1913. White House a blue ribbon committee of university The Change in the Rulebook administrators with the charge to either clean up football or see it The claim here is not that the banned in the . One first forward pass in modern item that arose from these football originated in either 1912 discussions, which Carl Mattison or 1913. Chapin called "The Great Reformation of 1906,"6” was the What is at issue is when did a implementation of a modified team first develop and use the version of the forward pass. The forward pass as a phenomenally rule permitting the forward pass successful strategic method to was adopted for the 1906 season. win football games. The pass was thought to be an Several historical sources avenue for eliminating some of suggest that as early as 1906, a the more violent situations in the kind of forward pass was nearly barbarous line play of the permitted on the gridiron. day. Yet there were severe restrictions. That year Coach Eddie Cochems The football then had an of St. Louis University unwieldy shape that made experimented with the forward throwing a forward pass difficult. pass. An underhand forward lateral Legendary coaches Pop Warner was the common forward pass of and Amos Alonzo Stagg had a the day. Furthermore, the passer couple pass plays in their needed to execute the pass repertoire but used them within a five-yard area on either sparingly and often only in side of the center who snapped desperation last minute the ball. Within a few years, this situations. rule was changed to five yards behind the .

The College Football Historian-8- throw the ball into the line of scrimmage. a pass was declared illegal if it went more than twenty-yards in My first year eligible [as a the air. To assist the referee's Denison University sophomore], calls, the field was chalked off 1912, they [The football Rules into five-yard squares; this is Committee] changed it from 20 how the nickname "grid-iron" yards to any distance. came about. Moreover, if a pass were touched and then dropped Roudebush points out that what by a potential receiver, a free ball made possible the development of much like a fumble resulted. It is the passing game for modern no surprise that many football football was this relaxation of the coaches did not deploy this new rules governing the forward pass. option. This was particularly true for Eastern colleges and The rule makers did away with universities, where the coaches the five and twenty-yard accepted the forward pass only in restraints. The new rules also theory as a way to get Roosevelt prohibited deliberate interference off their backs. All of this is by the defense. These new rules important background material made possible a wide open in understanding the many passing game for college football. historical references to the 1913 Notre Dame/Army football game. But a problem arose early on, not with the institution of the rules In his thoughtful account of the change but with the forward pass and its Denison promulgation of the new set of connection, Dispatch sports rules regarding the forward pass. editor Fenlon interviewed George Roudebush on the front porch of In 1912, football was still what his northern Granville Township today would be called a "minor" farmhouse. "Roudy," who later sport on college campuses, and served as a football official for a not every institution bought a quarter century, gave this copy of the newly printed 1912 rendition of the football situation edition of the rulebook. Only a regarding the rules governing the few coaches knew about this rule forward pass during the early change. Roudebush noted that years of the twentieth century: not even Ohio State knew about it. Before adopting the forward But the whole thing was, Rules 6 pass as part of its game plan, through 12 provided that the Denison lost to the Buckeyes forward pass would be thrown that fall 34-0 in the second game five yards behind the line of of the season. scrimmage, but not to exceed 20 yards, and nobody wanted to 1912 Denison Team Discovers the Forward Pass The College Football Historian-9- that discussion, Livy was approached with the idea of playing Roudy at half regularly so Roudebush went on to tell that use could be made of his Fenlon that the Denison trip to prowess as a passer. Always engage the 's eager for anything that would Fighting Scots in the third game improve the team, Livy approved of the 1912 season produced the the idea and immediately devised passing game for the Big Red. new plays. The Wooster coach, L.C. Boles, had a copy of the new rulebook— Two seniors were our regular Roudebush guessed that it might ends, Chuck Mitchell was at left have been the only one in the end and at the end of the season, whole state! In the Wooster The Denisonian described him as game, Roudebush remarked that one "who can handle the forward the Fighting Scots "threw the pass to perfection. "At the other football all over the park, and we end was Red Brown, also a couldn't find out why. "The game senior, who was described by ended in a 3-3 tie. The Denisonian as "a sure man on the forward pass."

Reflecting on what the Denison End of Part 2 of 4 eleven talked about after the game, another member of the Ø If an IFRA member knows 1912 Denison team; tackle Lester of a site that post weekly Black, told how the Denison player and team stats once players developed a plan from all the games have been their newly found knowledge of played, fellow member the power and effectiveness of a Travis Normand would like forward pass strategy: Several of to hear from you. His us discussed the uncanny ability email is: of George Roudebush, our [email protected] substitute , in throwing a football. As a result of

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In Memory of…Robert "Cotton" 80...Former North Arizona athletics Letner , 72, Tennessee from 1958- director Norman B. Johansen , 60... Eddie Ayers , 54, UCLA... Norm 88...Former San Diego State punter Daniels , 102, who coached at Brian Simnjanovski , 27. Wesleyan (Conn.) from 1934-73... Former Fresno State assistant coach In Honor of… Colgate Director of Bill Stewart , 65...Southern Miss Athletic Communications Bob football standout Pat Ferlise , Cornell has announced his

The College Football Historian-10- allure for me. I grew up reading retirement at the end of the 2008-09 about the exploits of real and season. He is ending his tenure after fictional football heroes. Mr. Inside serving 33 years on the Raiders and Mr. Outside ( staff… West Virginia will induct Aaron Beasley, Fred Graham and and of Army), Roger the Jeff Merrow into its 19th annual Dodger (Staubach), Archie Who WVU Athletics Hall of Fame... (Manning), and other authentic Former Delaware RB Nate Beasley , the 2009 Delaware Afro-American campus heroes helped introduce me Sports Hall of Fame... Western to the sport. Michigan head coach Bill Cubit has been inducted into the 2009 Delaware County Hall of Fame in Similarly, there were whole series of Concordville, Pa Frank Merriwell tales and Matt

Christopher short novels to devour Patrick Tyrance , 1990, of Nebraska is one of 5 2009 inductees into the as a teenager, books extolling the College Sports Information Directors virtues of sportsmanship, of America Academic All-America Hall of Fame . selflessness, and courage. Great stuff. * * * The Greatest College Watching Tebow sludge through the Football Player mud and muck to lead Florida past FSU to close the regular season, By Bob Epling then seeing him will his Gators past a tough Alabama team in the SEC THE CAMPUS GAME Website/Blog title contest, and finally witnessing Is the greatest college the big QB dominate the second half football player of the post-World War of the National Championship game II era? against Oklahoma … well, Tebow seems cut from the same cloth as Not yet - at least by one assessment those gridiron greats real and method. fictional.

Like many college football fans, the While calling any player the greatest history of the game holds great is a subjective venture, if Tebow The College Football Historian-11- 3. (Tie) , SMU and , Ohio State 11 Points wins the 2009 , he · Walker: 1st in 1948 and 3rd in 1947 and 1949 will join Glenn "Mr. Outside" Davis · Griffin: 1st in 1974 and 1975, 5th of Army atop the list of greatest in 1973 Heisman winners’ points using the 4. (Tie) , Michigan; points scale below. O.J. , Notre Dame; Simpson Two disclaimers: , USC; and , Oklahoma 9 Points · Ranking only Heisman winners excludes defensive standouts like · Harmon: 1st in 1940 and 2nd in Lawrence Taylor, , and 1939 · Bertelli: 1st in 1943 and 2nd in Deion Sanders. 1941 · Simpson: 1st in 1968 and 2nd in · Some terrific players (most notably Jim Brown) never won the award. 1967 · Sims: 1st in 1978 and 2nd in 1979 Here is the points formula used for

Heisman finishes: 1st Place= 5 points 5. Tebow is tied with several others 2nd Place = 4 points at 8 points: 3rd Place = 3 points · , Notre Dame 4th Place = 2 points 5th Place = 1 point · , LSU · , Boston College Based on that formula … here are the top Heisman Trophy finishers · , BYU Tebow can catch or surpass by · , Florida winning the 2009 award. · Jason White, Oklahoma

1. Glenn Davis , Army: 13 points · , USC · 1946: Winner · 1945: 2nd 6. Heisman winners tied with 7 · 1944: 2nd points: 2. , Georgia: 12 · , Georgia points · Doc Blanchard · 1982: Winner · 1981: 2nd · , UCLA · 1980: 3rd

The College Football Historian-12- 8. All other Heisman winners scored 5 points by virtue of winning · , Pitt the award. · Charles White, USC For additional reading visit: 7. Heisman winners tied with 6 THE CAMPUS GAME points: Bob Epling’s · Johnny Lattner, Notre Dame COLLEGE FOOTBALL · , Notre Dame WEBSITE: · , Miami FL http://thecampusgame.blogs pot.com/ · , Texas · , USC * * * considered the greatest football and base ball player Lafayette Sporting Life , 1909 College ever produced.

BARCLAY DEAD George O. Barclay made the greatest run of his career in the The Noted College Foot Ball game with the University of and Base Ball Star Called Away Pennsylvania in 1896. He was also a star member of the St. A.J. Reach Louis National League Club for several seasons and was known Special to " Sporting Life " all over the country as "Deerfoot" Barclay, owing to his great speed. Philadelphia, Pa., April 5. Dr. George O Barclay, at one time (George O. Barclay was born at coach of the Lafayette College Milton, Pa., May 16, 1875. He football team and base ball star first attracted attention while a in the National League, died in member of the Lafayette College the University of Pennsylvania base ball team, of which he was Hospital on April 2, following an catcher and captain. He was also operation for appendicitis. half back on the Lafayette foot ball team and a sprinter with a Doctor Barclay was 33 years old, record of 10 1-5 seconds for 100 and is survived by a widow. yards and acquired the soubriquet "Deerfoot." After leaving college Barclay played He became ill about a week ago, with the Atlantic City team, from and was being treated by Dr. which the Rochester (Eastern Cyrus W. Fridy. Dr. Barclay was League) Club secured him. The College Football Historian-13- work, but there is no doubt of its being among the causes. I have He helped that club win the always been of the opinion that pennant in 1899. He played with we overwork the football men and Rochester until 1902 when he it looks as if some of the trainers was purchased by the St. Louis are also beginning to feel that National League Club, for which way. On this line it will be he did phenomenal work that instructive to watch the result of season. the sane policy which head coach Crane has inaugurated at In 1903 illness made his record Harvard. Mr. Crane believes he poor. can increase the speed and ginger and endurance at no loss In the middle of 1904 St. Louis to the brute strength by working sold his release to the Boston men less like truck horses than National League Club. has been customary; and I believe he is right. He played with Boston part of 1905 and was then released to The new rules even so early Rochester, where he finished the continue the lessons of last year, season. and are bringing men together in a more sportsmanly spirit than So, he then retired from base ball football has seen in many a long to devote himself to his year. The forward pass, the ten profession and to act as coach of yards to gain, and separating the the Lafayette it ball and base ball rush lines, have opened the game teams. and relieved it of the foul play which formerly was possible and Editor " Sporting Lif e.” too often common when the opposing rush lines faced close * * * together. The View-Point , 1907 The outlook is indeed very pleasing from a sportsman's By Caspar Whitney point of view, while the indications are that for the first The football of the early season, time in several years there may when this is being written, has be a distinct advance in the play been of an unusually good of the game itself. quality and it is worth remembering that the colleges Yale gave a suggestion last year which had none of the of what the forward pass is compulsory preliminary training capable and it remains to be seen appear to be the ones showing how much Yale herself and the the best game. That, of course, is others have been able to make of not the only reason for the good The College Football Historian-14- ten-yard line with two yards to gain on the third down. the opportunities afforded by this new play. The field judge (the third official), believing quite naturally that From a mid-season view the most Trinity would make a line play, apparent effect of the new rules took a position close up instead is its leveling influence which of remaining at a distance down rightfully robs brute strength of the field, where he should have its former great advantage and been. places rather more of a premium on judgment and agility than Instead of making a line play, hitherto. Thus we see however, Trinity started a run Pennsylvania beaten by Carlisle; around Amherst's right end and Cornell beaten by Pennsylvania the latter player, in attempting to State; Princeton beaten by get the man with the ball, Cornell; Harvard held to a single collided with the field judge who score by the Navy, and Yale to a was close by. scoreless tie game by the Army. This is far more interesting to the As a result of the collision, both spectators, and more fun and the official and the Amherst football learning for the players. player were hurled to the ground under the feet of the rushing One of the most wholesome signs teams and the Trinity man of the season is the growing scored a touchdown. interest in Association football, one of the very best games The dispute that followed was played. one of the most picturesque incidents of the season. * * * Taussig, the referee in a recent Outing, 1909 Navy-Pennsylvania State game, was twice sucked into the tide of The Funny side of football scrimmage and buried in the mass of struggling players, and By George Jean Nathan the referee of a Washington and Jefferson contest two years ago THE REFEREE CARRIED A carried a black eye for several BLACK EYE FOR SEVERAL weeks as a result of having lost WEEKS AS A RESULT OF his balance on a slippery field HAVING LOST HIS BALANCE ON and having fallen into the vortex A SLIPPERY FIELD. of the fighting pile.

With the score a tie in the * * * Trinity-Amherst game last year, Trinity had the ball on Amherst's · Fred Dean - Louisiana Tech, DT The College Football Historian-15- (1971-74) · Sam Mills - Montclair State From a 1910 edition of Outing (N.J.), LB (1977-80) Magazine · Rod Smith - Missouri Southern Here are a few features of the State, WR (1988, 1990-93) new rules practically decided upon by the Intercollegiate COACHES: Football Rules Committee: · Volney Ashford - 197-55-12 1—Removal of the five-yard (.769); Missouri Valley (Mo.) restriction on man receiving the (1937-71) ball from the snapper-back. · Jim Donnan - 104-40-0 (.722); 2—Seven men on the line of Marshall (1990-95), Georgia scrimmage. (1996-2000)

3—Prohibition of flying tackles. * * *

4—Division of the game into four Sporting Life/1887 periods. Foot Ball Notes. 5—No pushing or pulling the man with the ball, and the same limitations as to use of the hands Pennsylvania is as yet the only by teammates as applies to the college which has responded opponents. to the call of President

6—Onside kicks not legal unless McCosh, of Princeton, for a the ball goes at least 20 yards college convention to reform beyond the line of scrimmage. foot ball. * * * * * * The Baseball Magazine

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