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To be fair, I do remember reading a spring practice article where he'd been passed up before his incident. However, it's still a tough blow to lose your at worst backup swing tackle, or at best guy who would have won back a starting spot. This is a thin depth chart, and they haven't suffered the first year coach attrition yet. Maybe that's starting now.

How would you feel if a better version of Elijah Rodriguez decided to transfer?

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8 hours ago, Johnny Sack said:

I prefer Abilene.  Have family from there and the surrounding area.  Have a ranch near College Station so can judge both.  Nice people.  Better weather (CS is humid as fuck).  No aggy.  Close to good and cheap hunting.  Close enough to Taos for skiing.  Nice downtown area.  Hot chicks at the local colleges, especially ACU.  No maroon everywhere.  2 hours from Ft. Worth.  Perini Ranch.  The Beehive.  I prefer the people in West Texas than those in East Texas or Brazos Valley.

you forgot an hour from mary's cafe.

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7 hours ago, Fud said:

To be fair, I do remember reading a spring practice article where he'd been passed up before his incident. However, it's still a tough blow to lose your at worst backup swing tackle, or at best guy who would have won back a starting spot. This is a thin depth chart, and they haven't suffered the first year coach attrition yet. Maybe that's starting now.

How would you feel if a better version of Elijah Rodriguez decided to transfer?

They've already lost two pretty important pieces in Koda Martin and Nick Harvey. Both were going to be starters or at worst Martin was going to be the 3rd tackle option. 

Also, Koda Martin was starting in practices before his heat stroke. https://www.secrant.com/rant/texas-a-m-sports/2018-texas-aandm-football-spring-camp---year-of-jimbo/75950345/page-3/

First unit 
LT – Koda Martin 
LG – Keaton Sutherland 
C – Erik McCoy 
RG – Jared Hocker 
RT – Carson Green 

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8 hours ago, golfclap said:

I like the number of Ags that are responding about how crappy Koda Martin was and how he wasn't even on the depth chart etc ... despite this article today from the Houston Chronicle highlighting Martin as the starting LT.  Also note that he started 10 games last year and they don't have anyone to replace him. 

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/texas-sports-nation/college/article/Breaking-down-2018-Texas-A-M-football-Offensive-12848293.php

 

Koda Martin is bad but A&M doesn't have better options. Their offensive line is going to be a shit show. 

Shocked A&M didn't hit the grad transfer market. 

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The funniest thing about aggys is after the spring game they said a big reason their OL looked like crap is because guys like Martin were out with "injuries".

Amazing how their narratives shift. 

A&M's 3 tackles that will be getting most of the reps are Carson Green (So/no starts), Jared Hocker (So/1 start against ULL), and Grayson Reed (RS FR/never played a college game). Good luck with that. What makes this even crazier, is based on what I've read A&M has even bigger issues at guard right now. 

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9 hours ago, Lobwedgephil said:

In the most shocking news ever Koda Martin heading to Syracuse. 

Oh, and Chin Pubes. 

 

 

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On Wednesday, Jimbo Fisher and the Aggies secured a commitment from one of the most coveted defensive linemen in the country and the top-rated front-seven defender in the state. More importantly, Fisher, Mike Elko and Co. celebrated the addition of Converse Judson game-changer DeMarvin Leal because the 6-4, 280-pound has long been considered a 'must-get' and one of the top priorities in the 2019 recruiting cycle by the Aggie staff.  

-So why exactly is Leal considered a national top-50 prospect by most, a state top-5 talent and why was the San Antonio-area standout one of the highest-rated players on Fisher's Big Board?  Where to begin?

At nearly 6-4 and almost 280 lean pounds, DeMarvin blends incredible quickness, raw athleticism and explosive power into a frame that will probably carry around 300 before all is said and done. Leal's skill set combined with the type of relentless effort you just don't typically see from blue-chip defensive line prospects north of 260 pounds should translate into a very quick transition to the college game and rapid ascension into the starting lineup. From there, it probably won't take long for Leal to develop into an All-SEC talent in Mike Elko's scheme.

"He's a 275-280 pounder who can play like a 300-pounder or a 240-pound outside linebacker. A rare breed, indeed."

As for Elko, he's probably literally counting the days until he can get DeMarvin on campus and suited up. The state's most disruptive defender - and a player that one high school coach told TexAgs was the most difficult he's ever had to game-plan against - has the potential to be a dominant force lining up outside at end or sliding inside. He's a ferocious pass-rusher who possesses a lethal combination of size and speed and his quickness, leverage and natural ability to extend and use his hands to keep would-be blockers at bay make Leal an immovable, disruptive force against the run. DeMarvin's frame, ability to explode into the backfield and regularly blow things up before they start and the way he uses his speed to track down backside cuts are part of what set him apart from a very good crop of Texas-bred defensive linemen in the Class of 2019. He's a 275-280 pounder who can play like a 300-pounder or a 240-pound outside linebacker. A rare breed, indeed. If you're looking for a player comparison, I think recent Alabama All-American and NFL First-Rounder Jonathan Allen is a good place to start.

-As you might expect when chasing the pledge of a national top-100 defender and a state top-5 talent, Fisher and the Ags were forced to outlast some pretty stiff competition. Leal's notable offers included the likes of last year's playoff participants - Bama, Georgia, Clemson and OU - plus Florida, Michigan, Penn State, USC and Florida State, among others, but the Aggies' primary competition here were Tom Herman and the Texas Longhorns. There will be a few very high-profile, headline-grabbing and particularly pivotal head-to-heads between the Maroon & White and Burnt Orange in the '19 race but I'm not sure the battle over an instant-impact defensive lineman won't sit at the very top of the list. That's especially true when the spin machine out of Austin had been hyping Leal up as a Longhorn lock for the better part of two months. What the Aggies did in being able to reel in the biggest of fish was not only add a difference-maker in the trenches but also send a pretty emphatic message that the balance of power is in the process of shifting in the Texas recruiting landscape and it's doing so quite quickly. The bottom line here is that the A&M coaching staff flat out-recruited Herman's social-media blitzing bunch. Then again, all the Ags really did was let DeMarvin and his family know all they needed to know about Aggieland, the coaching staff, the University and where the program was heading with a national championship head coach at the helm. Leal carefully considered his options and probably set off a pretty wild celebration in the Bright Complex when he informed the A&M coaches that he was ready to be an Aggie.

-Getting back to the head-to-head stuff with Texas for a moment, I think it's important to point out that the current staff views things a little differently than most of the media and, especially, the A&M fan base does when it comes to the recruiting scoreboard. Fisher and his staff are far more concerned with simply going out and getting the players that they prioritize than worrying about the head-to-head ledger versus a former on-field rival. Truth be told, I don't sense a great deal of concern over what's going on down in Austin out of this staff outside of a desire to win key head-to-heads like the one for Leal. Trust me, this new bunch is much more focused on building a team that can compete with the likes of Alabama and Georgia for SEC supremacy to spend much (if any) time worrying about Herman and the Horns. The only aspect of taking down Texas in this particular battle that probably resonated with Fisher and his staff was the fact that landing a player of DeMarvin's profile, stature and ranking has the potential to lead to a significant spike in momentum as the spring recruiting season kicks into high gear. Other than that, the Ags are more focused on what programs like Bama and LSU are adding to their rosters in 2019. Understanding that the head-to-heads with Texas are always going to matter, maybe it's time we all start doing the same and stop believing every ounce of spin that comes out of a group that spends more time scrambling to alter public perception via misinformation than Vladimir Putin himself.

 

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With another head-to-head recruiting win over Tom Herman, Jimbo Fisher is quickly changing the recruiting landscape in the Lone Star State. 

-Along those lines, let's take a moment to consider the high-profile battles Fisher and his staff have won in a very short period of time since fielding a full staff just four months ago.

Bobby Brown (Alabama)

Vernon Jackson (Alabama)

Leon O'Neal (Clemson)

James Foster (LSU, FSU)

Glenn Beal (Alabama, Florida)

Jeremiah Martin (Oklahoma)

Brian Williams (Nation's No. 1 ranked safety)

Demani Richardson (Texas)

Braedon Mowry (OU)

Baylor Cupp (offers from every power program in the country)

DeMarvin Leal (Texas/state's No. 1-ranked DL)

There are others, including Kam Brown, Tank Jenkins and hanging on to Jalen Preston, but you get the picture. This is a staff that can flat out close and one that will not blink when standing toe-to-toe with either the top programs and head coaches or 'local' recruiting rivals such as Oklahoma or Texas in the fight for elite-level, playoff-contending talent. They've wasted no time in proving as much.

-What we've seen from Jimbo Fisher's staff thus far is that virtually every member of the group is able to carry a recruitment on their own if necessary but that they'll also lean on teamwork to get the job done if need be. That was the case with Bobby Brown's recruitment and we saw it again in the Ags' dogged pursuit of Leal's pledge. Tim Brewster, Terry Price and Elijah Robinson (who recruited DeMarvin while at Baylor) were all actively involved and the prospect's connection with all three played a role. Oh, and in case anyone in Austin was wondering whether or not Tim Brewster was still one of the premier recruiters in college football, look no further than the Ags' last two pledges, Leal and Baylor Cupp. The dude is still a card-carrying Ace.

-We've talked a lot since Braedon Mowry's commitment about the Aggies loading the hell up on the defensive line for the second straight class and the addition of Leal represents a giant step towards ensuring that happens. 

The Ags now have DeMarvin, Braedon and A&M Consol 290-pounder Josh Ellison in the fold and are the overwhelming favorite to add Mayde Creek's Ross Stripling to the mix. Seven Lakes DE David Ogwoebu and Florida stud Jacqueze Sorrells are also leaning hard A&M's way. Fisher and the Ags inking a six pack up front after signing five studs last February is likely to happen, with this year's D-line haul ranking as one of the nation's best.

"Fisher and the Ags are nowhere close to being finished on defense, either, so this year's haul has the potential to be the best A&M signed in quite some time."

-Leal and safeties Demani Richardson and Brian Williams are all national top-100 caliber defenders, each of whom is an elite-level talent. We're talking instant-impact players for Mike Elko's future Wrecking Crew units. Williams is the nation's top-ranked safety, Leal is the No. 1 ranked d-lineman in the state and Richardson has drawn comparisons to outgoing Florida State star and first-rounder Derwin James. Fisher and the Ags are nowhere close to being finished on defense, either, so this year's haul has the potential to be the best A&M signed in quite some time. We've seen entire classes that don't feature talent at the top like these three, and the Ags are only going to add more. 

-Baylor Cupp and Braedon Mowry are also 1 or 1A when talking about the best pure DE and TE in Texas, so the Ags' last three additions have been big-time gets, with A&M besting OU and Georgia for Mowry and virtually every power player in the country for Cupp. The three guys the Ags have added over the past two weeks also happen to have the potential to develop into pretty dominant point-of-attack, hand-in-the-dirt dudes. Combine that with what the Ags did at tight end and on the offensive and defensive lines last year and you can see A&M's roster overhaul and a true SEC transition happening in real time.

-Leal is the type of pledge that is going to REALLY get the attention of other big-time prospects who are close to jumping on board with Texas A&M...guys like Erick Young, Bobby Wolfe, Marcus Stripling, Kenyon Green, Jeffery Carter, Marcus Banks and a few others.

-The bottom line:  DeMarvin Leal is a potential game-changer in the SEC West and the type of talent absolutely necessary to win in the battle in the trenches in the Southeastern Conference.  One of Coach Fisher's biggest catches of his short tenure in College Station.

 

 

Haha. That whole article is Texas penis envy. Jimbo isn't even thinking about Texas. He's worried about the big programs. He hasn't even thought about Texas since he got here. He honestly doesn't even talk about Texas while he is recruiting  (Not recruiting against Texas either). Jimbo gets what recruiting against the big boys is about, which Texas isn't. Did I mention that we have left Texas in the review mirror, and we no longer even think about Texas here at Texags? 

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21 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said:

The funniest thing about aggys is after the spring game they said a big reason their OL looked like crap is because guys like Martin were out with "injuries".

Amazing how their narratives shift. 

A&M's 3 tackles that will be getting most of the reps are Carson Green (So/no starts), Jared Hocker (So/1 start against ULL), and Grayson Reed (RS FR/never played a college game). Good luck with that. What makes this even crazier, is based on what I've read A&M has even bigger issues at guard right now. 

Aren't they giving Dan Moore a look at Tackle?  I thought Sutherland started some at Tackle last year.  Either way that OL is trash.  The best one may be McCoy and he has issues snapping the ball.

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8 minutes ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

Aren't they giving Dan Moore a look at Tackle?  I thought Sutherland started some at Tackle last year.  Either way that OL is trash.  The best one may be McCoy and he has issues snapping the ball.

Ooops actually meant Moore not Reed. 

So the tackle options are Moore (So/1 start vs FL), Green (So/no starts), and Hockner (So/1 start vs ULL). 

Pretty sure they are playing Sutherland at guard. 

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Koda Martin was always starting before his heat stroke.

First unit

LT – Koda Martin 
LG – Keaton Sutherland (4 Star) - highly rated
C – Erik McCoy (3 Star) - not highly rated
RG – Jared Hocker (3 Star) - Blumrick had a higher rating
RT – Carson Green  (3 Star) - Blumrick had a higher rating

Second unit

RT – Kellen Diesch (4 Star) - very highly rated. looks like tarzan, plays like jane. 
RG – Ryan McCollum (3 Star) - rated below the kicker
C – Colton Prater (3 Star) - rated a few tenths above the kicker
LG – Grayson Reed (4 Star) - decently rated
LT – Dan Moore  (3 Star) - Camron Horry was higher rated
 

Before the stroke, Perroni stated 

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So far this spring, Turner really hasn't tinkered at all with the OL other than flipping Reed and McCollum at the backup guard spots.

Usually, he's moving people all over the place but this spring has been devoid of such shenanigans. I wonder if someone simply said "No" because they needed to see what they had while teaching everyone a new offense.

 

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This is the same as in the first two days of camp. Given the fact that senior Connor Lanfear is still missing (reportedly with an ankle injury that shouldn’t affect him for the fall), this explains why Hocker is with the first unit.

Coming this Summer

OT - Colten Blanton (4 Star) - probably wanted to redshirt him, but he probably starts now. 

OG - Tank Jenkins (4 Star) - the guy that was a package deal with James Foster. I guess he's okay. 

OG - Luke Matthews (3 Star) - riding his name

OG - Barton Clement (3 Star) - likes food

 

Other notables: 

OT - Connor Lanfear (4 Star) - highly rated. Probably will start unless he's injured again...again.

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https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/college-sports/collegesports/2018/04/17/projecting-texas-ams-post-spring-two-deep-depth-chart-will-aggies-starting-quarterback

This was the projected 2 deep after the spring game. 

LT-Koda Martin, Dan Moore JR

LG-Keaton Sutherland, Grayson Reed

C-Erik Mccoy, Colton Prater

RG-Jared Hockner, Connor Lanfear

RT-Carson Green, Kellen Diesch

A couple more thoughts. 

1-It wouldn't be surprising if Diesch eventually transfers. aggys hyped him as the next Connor Williams but he can't get on the field. 

2-The aggys think their interior OL is going to drastically improve once Lanfear is healthy, but that guy is never healthy. Injury after injury. 

3-Almost all the writers/reporters that cover the aggys had Koda as the starting LT before he transferred. 

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1 hour ago, texasstrong12 said:

They've already lost two pretty important pieces in Koda Martin and Nick Harvey. Both were going to be starters or at worst Martin was going to be the 3rd tackle option. 

Also, Koda Martin was starting in practices before his heat stroke. https://www.secrant.com/rant/texas-a-m-sports/2018-texas-aandm-football-spring-camp---year-of-jimbo/75950345/page-3/

First unit 
LT – Koda Martin 
LG – Keaton Sutherland 
C – Erik McCoy 
RG – Jared Hocker 
RT – Carson Green 

I remember reading a practice post from one of their mods where Koda had been passed up, and it was before his heat stroke, not that it really matters

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Hamm Lite with a CB pick for 4* WR Kenyon Jackson the 6'5" WR teammate of Kenyatta Watson, Pappoe, etc ... who is 
https://247sports.com/Player/Kenyon-Jackson-46038330
 

My favorite quote from the post notifying of the CB pick ... 

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"I'm pretty sure he is a take for A&M and I think Kenyon Jackson could end up shutting things down this weekend."

 

 

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4 hours ago, texaslong said:

Haha. That whole article is Texas penis envy. Jimbo isn't even thinking about Texas. He's worried about the big programs. He hasn't even thought about Texas since he got here. He honestly doesn't even talk about Texas while he is recruiting  (Not recruiting against Texas either). Jimbo gets what recruiting against the big boys is about, which Texas isn't. Did I mention that we have left Texas in the review mirror, and we no longer even think about Texas here at Texags? 

It is pretty amazing. I also like how Chin Pubes continues to compare Texas' "spin machine" to Russian propaganda. This from an organization known to be an arm of the athletic department, who will ban any dissenting viewpoints from their website, and even made a feature length documentary about Brandon Jones to try and sway him to aggy. 

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16 minutes ago, Sejjr said:

It is pretty amazing. I also like how Chin Pubes continues to compare Texas' "spin machine" to Russian propaganda. This from an organization known to be an arm of the athletic department, who will ban any dissenting viewpoints from their website, and even made a feature length documentary about Brandon Jones to try and sway him to aggy. 

60 % off his drivel I believe is to help recruit for the coaching staff, and the other 40% I think he truly believes. I'm not sure what's worse. 

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5 hours ago, Neonmoon said:

Koda Martin was always starting before his heat stroke.

First unit

LT – Koda Martin 
LG – Keaton Sutherland (4 Star) - highly rated
C – Erik McCoy (3 Star) - not highly rated
RG – Jared Hocker (3 Star) - Blumrick had a higher rating
RT – Carson Green  (3 Star) - Blumrick had a higher rating

Second unit

RT – Kellen Diesch (4 Star) - very highly rated. looks like tarzan, plays like jane. 
RG – Ryan McCollum (3 Star) - rated below the kicker
C – Colton Prater (3 Star) - rated a few tenths above the kicker
LG – Grayson Reed (4 Star) - decently rated
LT – Dan Moore  (3 Star) - Camron Horry was higher rated
 

Before the stroke, Perroni stated 

Coming this Summer

OT - Colten Blanton (4 Star) - probably wanted to redshirt him, but he probably starts now. 

OG - Tank Jenkins (4 Star) - the guy that was a package deal with James Foster. I guess he's okay. 

OG - Luke Matthews (3 Star) - riding his name

OG - Barton Clement (3 Star) - likes food

 

Other notables: 

OT - Connor Lanfear (4 Star) - highly rated. Probably will start unless he's injured again...again.

In SEC, it just means Moore. Dan Moore. for LT.

Until Kenyon Green steps on campus, ready to be handed the starting position from Day 1. And the same for Javonne Shepherd. Of course.

 

 

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1 minute ago, PHLaggie said:

In SEC, it just means Moore. Dan Moore. for LT.

Until Kenyon Green steps on campus, ready to be handed the starting position from Day 1. And the same for Javonne Shepherd. Of course.

 

 

If Green has to play early, you don't want him at tackle 

Shepherd needs a redshirt and maybe another year as a backup 

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Lol Hammster now confident Aggy gets who they want when they want and it’s matter of whether or not this Aggy staff thinks these guys are takes.


I remember when Texas had this feeling.

Trying to figure out how to add Dylan, browning, Hines and I think some other LB in the class. Lulz
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23 minutes ago, LoneStarBiker said:

If Jimbo is truly promising starting positions to these high school kids and the current starters (Koda Martin) got wind of it, don't blame him at all for transferring.

 

Bold strategy Jimbo, how's that gonna work out for ya'?

i think Jimbo's strategy is to talk at 100 miles per hour to where the recruits are basically just nodding. As soon as he gets enough of the right sort of nods from them...that's the agreement.

it's Jimbo's version of the Jerry Seinfeld low talker, talking him into wearing the sailor puffy shirt on national tv.

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35 minutes ago, LoneStarBiker said:

If Jimbo is truly promising starting positions to these high school kids and the current starters (Koda Martin) got wind of it, don't blame him at all for transferring.

 

Bold strategy Jimbo, how's that gonna work out for ya'?

So you think a senior who hears that a guy who can’t play until 2019 will be given a starting spot gets so upset that he decides to transfer? 

Let me suggest an alternative, the aggy dumbass S&C coach almost killed this guy so he no longer wants to play there. 

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4 minutes ago, UT Lawnghorn said:

So you think a senior who hears that a guy who can’t play until 2019 will be given a starting spot gets so upset that he decides to transfer? 

Let me suggest an alternative, the aggy dumbass S&C coach almost killed this guy so he no longer wants to play there. 

probably some truth to that. also probably worth mentioning that his dad is the qb coach at syracuse and he's married to dino babers' daughter, so that may have had a little to do with it as well.

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7 minutes ago, mr. littlejeans said:

probably some truth to that. also probably worth mentioning that his dad is the qb coach at syracuse and he's married to dino babers' daughter, so that may have had a little to do with it as well.

Of course, but with Schmidt and Turner's histories, I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't have the most faith in them.

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3 hours ago, Enchubben said:

Lol Hammster now confident Aggy gets who they want when they want and it’s matter of whether or not this Aggy staff thinks these guys are takes.

The Clemson, Auburn and Bama beatdowns this year are going to taste particularly sweet.

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1 hour ago, Scholz said:

The Clemson, Auburn and Bama beatdowns this year are going to taste particularly sweet.

I just hope their offense stalls and everyone starts to criticize thin-skinned Jimbo's offensive philosophy. Sometimes transitions years give you Kliff and Manziel. Sometimes they give you  Ash and Espinosa retirements after the first game. I'm hoping A&M is dealt the latter. I don't think they'll handle it well.

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3 hours ago, LoneStarBiker said:

If Jimbo is truly promising starting positions to these high school kids and the current starters (Koda Martin) got wind of it, don't blame him at all for transferring.

 

Is there any source for this theory other than UT msg boards?

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