Georgia Bulldogs: Blake Tibbs
Editor’s note: Over the next two weeks, we’ll take a closer look at each of Georgia’s position groups at the end of spring practice. Today we examine the wide receivers:
Returning players/stats: Malcolm Mitchell, Jr. (nine starts, 40 catches, 572 yards, 4 TDs); Michael Bennett, Jr. (three starts, 24-345, 4 TDs); Chris Conley, Jr. (three starts, 20-342, 6 TDs); Rantavious Wooten, Sr. (15-187, 2 TDs); Rhett McGowan, Sr. (one start, 12-150, 1 TD); Justin Scott-Wesley, So. (6-135, 1 TD); Blake Tibbs, RFr. (redshirted in 2012)
Newcomers: Tramel Terry, Fr. (ESPN No. 89 overall prospect, No. 9 athlete, enrolled in January); Jonathon Rumph, Jr. (ESPN No. 7 junior college prospect, No. 1 juco wide receiver, enrolled in January); Reggie Davis, Fr. (ESPN No. 294 overall prospect, No. 45 wide receiver, expected to enroll this summer); Uriah LeMay, Fr. (No. 48 wide receiver, expected to enroll this summer); Rico Johnson, Fr. (No. 122 wide receiver, expected to enroll this summer)
Returning players/stats: Malcolm Mitchell, Jr. (nine starts, 40 catches, 572 yards, 4 TDs); Michael Bennett, Jr. (three starts, 24-345, 4 TDs); Chris Conley, Jr. (three starts, 20-342, 6 TDs); Rantavious Wooten, Sr. (15-187, 2 TDs); Rhett McGowan, Sr. (one start, 12-150, 1 TD); Justin Scott-Wesley, So. (6-135, 1 TD); Blake Tibbs, RFr. (redshirted in 2012)
Newcomers: Tramel Terry, Fr. (ESPN No. 89 overall prospect, No. 9 athlete, enrolled in January); Jonathon Rumph, Jr. (ESPN No. 7 junior college prospect, No. 1 juco wide receiver, enrolled in January); Reggie Davis, Fr. (ESPN No. 294 overall prospect, No. 45 wide receiver, expected to enroll this summer); Uriah LeMay, Fr. (No. 48 wide receiver, expected to enroll this summer); Rico Johnson, Fr. (No. 122 wide receiver, expected to enroll this summer)
DawgNation Mailbag: Spring break edition 
March, 15, 2013
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ATHENS, Ga. -- The Georgia Bulldogs are enjoying spring break after having their first three practices of spring camp last week. As we wait for the players to return to Athens and resume camp life, we will take a moment to answer the questions from our readers in our weekly DawgNation mailbag.
Cappy_88: Radi, give me a 2012 roster player (outside of Jordan Jenkins, Ray Drew, and Josh Harvey-Clemons) who you think will have a breakout year in 2013 and why?
Cappy_88: Radi, give me a 2012 roster player (outside of Jordan Jenkins, Ray Drew, and Josh Harvey-Clemons) who you think will have a breakout year in 2013 and why?
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Editor’s note: In the next several weeks, we’ll take a look at each position on Georgia’s depth chart and project how it might look in the future. Today we examine Georgia’s wide receivers:
" 2012 two-deep depth chart:
Tavarres King (Sr.), Chris Conley (So.)
Malcolm Mitchell (So.), Rhett McGowan (Jr.)
" 2012 two-deep depth chart:
Tavarres King (Sr.), Chris Conley (So.)
Malcolm Mitchell (So.), Rhett McGowan (Jr.)
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Tibbs says redshirt year was beneficial
December, 20, 2012
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ATHENS, Ga. -- After sitting out his first season in college, Blake Tibbs can easily recall the receiver who arrived at Georgia a few months ago and point out what he was doing wrong.
“In high school, I got away with a lot of things. When I got up here and I tried to do them things I did in high school, the DBs were all over me,” laughed Tibbs, a redshirting freshman who starred at Martin Luther King High School in Lithonia, Ga. “Really, you’ve got to tighten up your form and your technique. And when you do that, Coach [Tony] Ball teaches you technique and if you use it, if they don’t throw you the ball, at least you’re going to be open.”
Because of the loaded depth chart when he arrived on campus -- seniors Tavarres King and Marlon Brown led the receivers, with sophomores Michael Bennett, Malcolm Mitchell and Chris Conley already having gained considerable experience in 2011 -- Tibbs was a strong candidate to redshirt from the get-go. He admittedly was unhappy with that status at the beginning of the season, but said he came to realize it was beneficial as time progressed.
“In high school, I got away with a lot of things. When I got up here and I tried to do them things I did in high school, the DBs were all over me,” laughed Tibbs, a redshirting freshman who starred at Martin Luther King High School in Lithonia, Ga. “Really, you’ve got to tighten up your form and your technique. And when you do that, Coach [Tony] Ball teaches you technique and if you use it, if they don’t throw you the ball, at least you’re going to be open.”
Because of the loaded depth chart when he arrived on campus -- seniors Tavarres King and Marlon Brown led the receivers, with sophomores Michael Bennett, Malcolm Mitchell and Chris Conley already having gained considerable experience in 2011 -- Tibbs was a strong candidate to redshirt from the get-go. He admittedly was unhappy with that status at the beginning of the season, but said he came to realize it was beneficial as time progressed.
ATHENS, Ga. -- By the time Michael Bennett returns to active competition, his role within Georgia’s receiving corps will be extremely different.
He’ll no longer be the up-and-comer within a group that has veteran leaders at the top of the depth chart. He’ll be the veteran leader.
Bennett was the Bulldogs’ leading receiver when he suffered a season-ending knee injury on the final play of the team’s Tuesday practice preceding its Oct. 6 visit to South Carolina. Led by seniors Tavarres King and Marlon Brown, other receivers produced adequately in Bennett’s absence -- five different Bulldogs totaled at least 68 receiving yards in a game after Bennett’s injury -- but the redshirt sophomore wideout admitted it was painful for himself and other injured players to watch as the Bulldogs pushed toward their second straight SEC East title without them.
“We wish we could be out there, but we’re just glad our team’s doing great without us,” Bennett said recently while speaking to reporters for the first time in two months. “That just shows the depth at receiver and at those other positions, too. That’s really great. So yeah, it’s real frustrating.”
He’ll no longer be the up-and-comer within a group that has veteran leaders at the top of the depth chart. He’ll be the veteran leader.
Bennett was the Bulldogs’ leading receiver when he suffered a season-ending knee injury on the final play of the team’s Tuesday practice preceding its Oct. 6 visit to South Carolina. Led by seniors Tavarres King and Marlon Brown, other receivers produced adequately in Bennett’s absence -- five different Bulldogs totaled at least 68 receiving yards in a game after Bennett’s injury -- but the redshirt sophomore wideout admitted it was painful for himself and other injured players to watch as the Bulldogs pushed toward their second straight SEC East title without them.
“We wish we could be out there, but we’re just glad our team’s doing great without us,” Bennett said recently while speaking to reporters for the first time in two months. “That just shows the depth at receiver and at those other positions, too. That’s really great. So yeah, it’s real frustrating.”
Editor’s note: Georgia’s football season is halfway over and the Bulldogs will take this weekend off before resuming SEC play next Saturday at Kentucky. We’ll take a look at a different position group each day this week and evaluate how it performed in the first half of the season in our DawgNation midseason report cards.
ATHENS, Ga. -- One of the highlights of Georgia’s first five games was the production the Bulldogs were getting out of so many different players in the passing game. They enter the second half of the season in a slightly less certain position.
After the Tennessee game, Michael Bennett, Tavarres King and Marlon Brown all ranked among the SEC’s receiving leaders, plus tight end Arthur Lynch had enjoyed big games here and there. However, Bennett -- who was leading the team in catches, receiving yards and touchdown catches at the time -- suffered a season-ending knee injury last week, altering the dynamic within the group.
ATHENS, Ga. -- One of the highlights of Georgia’s first five games was the production the Bulldogs were getting out of so many different players in the passing game. They enter the second half of the season in a slightly less certain position.
After the Tennessee game, Michael Bennett, Tavarres King and Marlon Brown all ranked among the SEC’s receiving leaders, plus tight end Arthur Lynch had enjoyed big games here and there. However, Bennett -- who was leading the team in catches, receiving yards and touchdown catches at the time -- suffered a season-ending knee injury last week, altering the dynamic within the group.
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Notebook: WRs move on without Bennett
October, 3, 2012
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ATHENS, Ga. -- Such is life in football that when a player is injured, his teammates can’t afford to dwell on his absence for too long and the next man in line must step in to take his place.
For the first time this season, Georgia’s players dealt with such a scenario on Wednesday when they learned that Michael Bennett -- the team’s leading receiver with 24 catches for 345 yards and four touchdowns -- will miss the rest of the fall after tearing his right ACL at the end of Tuesday’s practice.
“Michael getting hurt was just a very sad thing,” said Georgia coach Mark Richt, whose fifth-ranked Bulldogs face No. 6 South Carolina on Saturday. “We were having quite a good practice yesterday. It was the very last play and I was thinking what a good day it was, what a good practice it was and then that happened.”
Bennett was blocking cornerback Devin Bowman when his knee buckled and popped audibly. Although he was able to walk off the practice field as coaches and teammates gathered for the end of practice, a post-practice MRI confirmed the UGA training staff’s fears that Bennett would miss the rest of the season after already surpassing his 2011 production in the first five games of 2012.
“I saw him go down, but then he got up and started walking and everybody thought it was going to be all right,” senior receiver Marlon Brown said. “I told him to call me that night and he called me and told me what happened. It just [stinks] for him.”
Although Richt said Bennett’s absence will be costly because of the toughness and work ethic he helped instill in the team, he and the Bulldogs can take solace that receiver is one of the deeper positions on the roster. Brown (68) and Tavarres King (61.4) both rank in the top to in the SEC in receiving yards per game. And other wideouts like Malcolm Mitchell, Rantavious Wooten and Chris Conley have performed well in big games.
Richt said Mitchell -- who spent most of his time at cornerback this season prior to Saturday’s win against Tennessee after totaling 665 receiving yards last season -- will continue to be available on defense. And he is not ready to burn freshman Blake Tibbs’ redshirt yet, either.
“I think we’re still going to be fine,” Richt said.
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Daniel Shirey/US PresswireDespite his productivity during the first five games, Georgia feels it can replace the production of injured wide receiver Michael Bennett.
Daniel Shirey/US PresswireDespite his productivity during the first five games, Georgia feels it can replace the production of injured wide receiver Michael Bennett.“Michael getting hurt was just a very sad thing,” said Georgia coach Mark Richt, whose fifth-ranked Bulldogs face No. 6 South Carolina on Saturday. “We were having quite a good practice yesterday. It was the very last play and I was thinking what a good day it was, what a good practice it was and then that happened.”
Bennett was blocking cornerback Devin Bowman when his knee buckled and popped audibly. Although he was able to walk off the practice field as coaches and teammates gathered for the end of practice, a post-practice MRI confirmed the UGA training staff’s fears that Bennett would miss the rest of the season after already surpassing his 2011 production in the first five games of 2012.
“I saw him go down, but then he got up and started walking and everybody thought it was going to be all right,” senior receiver Marlon Brown said. “I told him to call me that night and he called me and told me what happened. It just [stinks] for him.”
Although Richt said Bennett’s absence will be costly because of the toughness and work ethic he helped instill in the team, he and the Bulldogs can take solace that receiver is one of the deeper positions on the roster. Brown (68) and Tavarres King (61.4) both rank in the top to in the SEC in receiving yards per game. And other wideouts like Malcolm Mitchell, Rantavious Wooten and Chris Conley have performed well in big games.
Richt said Mitchell -- who spent most of his time at cornerback this season prior to Saturday’s win against Tennessee after totaling 665 receiving yards last season -- will continue to be available on defense. And he is not ready to burn freshman Blake Tibbs’ redshirt yet, either.
“I think we’re still going to be fine,” Richt said.
ATHENS, Ga. -- Michael Bennett’s season-ending knee injury comes at the worst possible time for No. 5 Georgia, which faces No. 6 South Carolina and its powerful defense on Saturday.
Bennett had come into his own as a sophomore, leading the team with 24 catches, 345 receiving yards and four touchdowns. Those totals stood fifth in the SEC in receiving yards, tied for sixth in receptions and tied for second in touchdown catches, so the Bulldogs coaches clearly must readjust their passing attack without one of their most important pieces.
Offensive coordinator Mike Bobo can at least take comfort in the knowledge that Bennett plays one of the deeper positions on the team. The redshirt sophomore wideout and seniors Marlon Brown (17 catches for 272 yards and three touchdowns) and Tavarres King (16-307, 3 TDs) all had similar receiving numbers. Bennett is seventh in the SEC with an average of 69 receiving yards per game, while Brown (68 ypg) is eighth and King (61.4) is 10th.
With King and Brown still available as the top receivers, the question now becomes which receivers will play increased roles in Bennett’s absence.
Junior Rantavious Wooten (six catches, 99 yards, 1 TD) and sophomore Malcolm Mitchell (6-74) already figured to play a great deal. Chris Conley (4-46) would probably be the next player in receivers coach Tony Ball’s pecking order, while Rhett McGowan (2-26) and Justin Scott-Wesley (1-43) could also contribute more significantly.
True freshman Blake Tibbs might also have a chance to play with Bennett unavailable. Tibbs has not played yet and seemed bound for a redshirt, but injuries to Brown and Wooten allowed Conley to play after sitting out the first several games of last season.
Georgia is first in the SEC in total offense (536 yards per game), second in scoring (48.2 points per game) and fourth in passing offense (287.2 ypg), so losing Bennett is a significant blow entering Saturday’s game against a strong South Carolina defense that has been somewhat vulnerable against the pass. The Gamecocks are seventh in the SEC in pass defense, allowing 211.2 yards per game.
The Bulldogs have the pieces in their receiving corps to absorb losing Bennett for the rest of the season, but this is an inconvenient time for Bobo, Ball and the offensive personnel to have to reshuffle a lineup that has been so productive thus far.
Bennett had come into his own as a sophomore, leading the team with 24 catches, 345 receiving yards and four touchdowns. Those totals stood fifth in the SEC in receiving yards, tied for sixth in receptions and tied for second in touchdown catches, so the Bulldogs coaches clearly must readjust their passing attack without one of their most important pieces.
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Daniel Shirey/US PresswireSophomore Michael Bennett led the Bulldogs with 24 catches, 345 receiving yards and four touchdowns.
Daniel Shirey/US PresswireSophomore Michael Bennett led the Bulldogs with 24 catches, 345 receiving yards and four touchdowns.With King and Brown still available as the top receivers, the question now becomes which receivers will play increased roles in Bennett’s absence.
Junior Rantavious Wooten (six catches, 99 yards, 1 TD) and sophomore Malcolm Mitchell (6-74) already figured to play a great deal. Chris Conley (4-46) would probably be the next player in receivers coach Tony Ball’s pecking order, while Rhett McGowan (2-26) and Justin Scott-Wesley (1-43) could also contribute more significantly.
True freshman Blake Tibbs might also have a chance to play with Bennett unavailable. Tibbs has not played yet and seemed bound for a redshirt, but injuries to Brown and Wooten allowed Conley to play after sitting out the first several games of last season.
Georgia is first in the SEC in total offense (536 yards per game), second in scoring (48.2 points per game) and fourth in passing offense (287.2 ypg), so losing Bennett is a significant blow entering Saturday’s game against a strong South Carolina defense that has been somewhat vulnerable against the pass. The Gamecocks are seventh in the SEC in pass defense, allowing 211.2 yards per game.
The Bulldogs have the pieces in their receiving corps to absorb losing Bennett for the rest of the season, but this is an inconvenient time for Bobo, Ball and the offensive personnel to have to reshuffle a lineup that has been so productive thus far.
Notebook: Injured Dogs still need work
September, 12, 2012
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ATHENS, Ga. -- Although five of Georgia’s defensive starters were limited by injuries in Wednesday’s practice and two more -- Bacarri Rambo and Alec Ogletree -- might still be suspended, Bulldogs coach Mark Richt said Saturday’s game against Florida Atlantic is no time to sit the regulars.
“In the NFL, you get paid. In college, you get to play,” Richt said after Wednesday’s practice. “I think they all want to play. We want to be careful, no matter who we’re playing, with these guys. But I think they all want to play.”
Richt said he believes all five starters -- outside linebacker Jarvis Jones (groin/shoulder), nose guard John Jenkins (shoulder), defensive end Cornelius Washington (hamstring) and cornerbacks Malcolm Mitchell (ankle/shoulder) and Damian Swann (knee) -- should be physically able to play Saturday against the Owls (1-1).
Florida Atlantic, by the way, is rated No. 122 out of 124 teams in the Massey Rankings -- one of the components in the BCS computer ranking formula. Georgia (2-0) is No. 8 according to Massey, but defensive coordinator Todd Grantham was even more adamant that the Bulldogs can’t expect to take it easy on Saturday. Especially after watching a fellow highly ranked SEC team, Arkansas, fall as a heavy favorite against Louisiana-Monroe last weekend.
“In the NFL, you get paid. In college, you get to play,” Richt said after Wednesday’s practice. “I think they all want to play. We want to be careful, no matter who we’re playing, with these guys. But I think they all want to play.”
Richt said he believes all five starters -- outside linebacker Jarvis Jones (groin/shoulder), nose guard John Jenkins (shoulder), defensive end Cornelius Washington (hamstring) and cornerbacks Malcolm Mitchell (ankle/shoulder) and Damian Swann (knee) -- should be physically able to play Saturday against the Owls (1-1).
Florida Atlantic, by the way, is rated No. 122 out of 124 teams in the Massey Rankings -- one of the components in the BCS computer ranking formula. Georgia (2-0) is No. 8 according to Massey, but defensive coordinator Todd Grantham was even more adamant that the Bulldogs can’t expect to take it easy on Saturday. Especially after watching a fellow highly ranked SEC team, Arkansas, fall as a heavy favorite against Louisiana-Monroe last weekend.
ATHENS, Ga. -- Keith Marshall didn't take long to get any freshman jitters out of his system.
The former five-star tailback prospect was on the field for the very first play of Georgia's season-opening win against Buffalo as a member of the Bulldogs' kickoff coverage team.
"It felt good. It was nerve racking because I was excited," Marshall said. "It was good to get the first hit out of the way."
The former five-star tailback prospect was on the field for the very first play of Georgia's season-opening win against Buffalo as a member of the Bulldogs' kickoff coverage team.
"It felt good. It was nerve racking because I was excited," Marshall said. "It was good to get the first hit out of the way."
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Notebook: Richt intrigued by kickers, TBs
August, 29, 2012
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ATHENS, Ga. -- Count Mark Richt among those who are curious about how Georgia’s kicking situation will shake out in Saturday’s opener against Buffalo.
The Bulldogs’ head coach said after Wednesday’s practice that freshman kicker Marshall Morgan and punter Collin Barber’s readiness to perform is what he will be most interested to evaluate this weekend.
“Kickers and punters,” Richt said, “I’m very interested to see how that goes.”
Richt added that he is intrigued to watch how the Bulldogs’ tailbacks -- including freshman newcomers Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall -- acquit themselves in their first college game.
“It’s going to be fun to watch our backs,” he said. “Those would probably be the top two right now for me.”
The Bulldogs’ head coach said after Wednesday’s practice that freshman kicker Marshall Morgan and punter Collin Barber’s readiness to perform is what he will be most interested to evaluate this weekend.
“Kickers and punters,” Richt said, “I’m very interested to see how that goes.”
Richt added that he is intrigued to watch how the Bulldogs’ tailbacks -- including freshman newcomers Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall -- acquit themselves in their first college game.
“It’s going to be fun to watch our backs,” he said. “Those would probably be the top two right now for me.”
Around the Hedges in 80 Days: B. Tibbs
August, 25, 2012
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Seven days remain until Georgia kicks off its season opener against Buffalo on Sept. 1. In the days counting down to the opener, DawgNation will profile, with our “Around the Hedges in 80 Days” series, a Bulldogs player we expect to make an impact. We will review each player’s career thus far and project his long-term potential as we progress through our alphabetical list, from center David Andrews to receiver Rantavious Wooten.
7. Blake Tibbs
Fall forecast: Since he plays a position that enjoys a reasonable amount of depth, Georgia’s coaches might take their time in deciding whether to use Tibbs as a true freshman. The Bulldogs’ receiving corps was hit by injuries last season, causing them to call on true freshman Chris Conley several weeks into the season when he might otherwise have redshirted. Coach Mark Richt said recently that Tibbs is capable of playing this fall, but has not tipped his hand as to whether the freshman will see the field immediately.
7. Blake Tibbs
Freshman, Wide receiver
6-foot-2, 175 pounds
Fall forecast: Since he plays a position that enjoys a reasonable amount of depth, Georgia’s coaches might take their time in deciding whether to use Tibbs as a true freshman. The Bulldogs’ receiving corps was hit by injuries last season, causing them to call on true freshman Chris Conley several weeks into the season when he might otherwise have redshirted. Coach Mark Richt said recently that Tibbs is capable of playing this fall, but has not tipped his hand as to whether the freshman will see the field immediately.
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ATHENS, Ga. -- With roughly a week left before Georgia opens the season against Buffalo, the Bulldogs’ coaching staff is still sorting through its final starting personnel decisions.
Coach Mark Richt said Friday evening that the staff has essentially nailed down the lineup for the Sept. 1 Buffalo game, but that some positions on the special-teams units might still be up for grabs.
“I think we know who’s starting at every position. Some of that on defense just depends on what personnel group jumps out first. But I’m pretty sure," Richt said. "Now in the kicking [game], I wouldn’t say that’s etched in stone. I wouldn’t say even the return men. The names we’ve been talking about are the guys that are going to be doing it, but just to say who’s going to be the first one, I wouldn’t say we know that 100 percent.”
Coach Mark Richt said Friday evening that the staff has essentially nailed down the lineup for the Sept. 1 Buffalo game, but that some positions on the special-teams units might still be up for grabs.
“I think we know who’s starting at every position. Some of that on defense just depends on what personnel group jumps out first. But I’m pretty sure," Richt said. "Now in the kicking [game], I wouldn’t say that’s etched in stone. I wouldn’t say even the return men. The names we’ve been talking about are the guys that are going to be doing it, but just to say who’s going to be the first one, I wouldn’t say we know that 100 percent.”
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ATHENS, Ga. -- Nobody seemed too surprised by Mark Richt’s Wednesday supposition that Ken Malcome would be Georgia’s starting tailback in the Sept. 1 opener against Buffalo -- except perhaps Malcome himself.
“I’m surprised and happy he said that, but I’m not going to hold back because he said it,” Malcome said. “It’s a good thing. I kind of had the mindset that no matter what, I was going to be a starter. But it’s good to hear Coach Richt say that.”
As Malcome said, he expects to be a starter, having carried the No. 1 label throughout the summer and preseason. He was simply surprised that Richt said it after Wednesday’s team scrimmage, having shared carries with Todd Gurley, Keith Marshall and Richard Samuel throughout the month of August.
“I’m surprised and happy he said that, but I’m not going to hold back because he said it,” Malcome said. “It’s a good thing. I kind of had the mindset that no matter what, I was going to be a starter. But it’s good to hear Coach Richt say that.”
As Malcome said, he expects to be a starter, having carried the No. 1 label throughout the summer and preseason. He was simply surprised that Richt said it after Wednesday’s team scrimmage, having shared carries with Todd Gurley, Keith Marshall and Richard Samuel throughout the month of August.
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