Week 8 · 2021
Northern Illinois at Central Michigan
Sat 10/23/2021 12:00 PMKelly/Shorts StadiumCentral Michigan pregame66% — Pregame win probability: 66% for Central Michigan. Central Michigan favored, and lost — Northern Illinois won.Conference
46°3 mph WNW · 75% humidityRecorded at kickoff by College Football Data
Northern Illinois
39
9–5
Central Michigan
38
9–4
Attendance
15,232
reported
Each room is drawn against the one it plays: the away offensive line beside the home defensive front, and back again. Quarterbacks, kickers and punters have no opposing room and face their own. Players are ordered exactly as they are on a team's roster tab — by position, then by who has played this season, then production, then recruiting stars, then seasons on a roster — so an offensive line, for which no production is published, runs on stars and then experience. A player who has appeared this season shows that season's totals; everyone else shows career totals through 2021, marked career, at every school he has played for. Long snappers and returners are not drawn.
NIUQuarterbacksNo blue chips6
- —No recruiting profile foundQB12Rocky Lombardi ← Michigan State4yr2,597 Pass yds15 TD8 Int58.3 Cmp%472 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB5Ethan Hampton1yr23 Pass yds0 TD0 Int40.0 Cmp%-10 Rush yds
- —No recruiting profile foundQB7Anthony Thompson5yrcareer 127 Pass yds1 TD0 Int62.9 Cmp%6 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB1Dustin Fletcher2yrcareer 103 Rush yds
- —No recruiting profile foundQB6Jeffrey Lomax1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundQB16Ryan Yost1yr
CMUQuarterbacks1 blue chip4
- 33-star recruitQB10Daniel Richardson3yr2,633 Pass yds24 TD6 Int60.4 Cmp%-38 Rush yds
- 44-star recruitQB3Jacob Sirmon ← Washington3yr734 Pass yds6 TD4 Int61.3 Cmp%-53 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB12Tyler Pape1yr12 Pass yds0 TD0 Int100.0 Cmp%
- —No recruiting profile foundQB8John Keller2yr
NIUOffensive lineNo blue chips19
- 33-star recruitOL69Marques Cox3yr
- 33-star recruitOL75Leif Engstrand3yr
- 33-star recruitOL60Evan Buss2yr
- 33-star recruitOL76John Champe2yr
- 33-star recruitOL74Tyler Pitcel2yr
- 33-star recruitOL66Anthony Vacula2yr
- 33-star recruitOL71Drew Hoth1yr
- 33-star recruitOL70Brandon MacKinnon1yr
- 33-star recruitOL50Pete Nygra1yr
- 33-star recruitOL77Luke Pinnick1yr
- 22-star recruitOL79J.J. Lippe3yr
- 22-star recruitOL65Logan Zschernitz3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL58Brayden Patton5yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL69Nolan Potter3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL64Matt Schooley2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL62Seth Thompson2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL78Jack Wilty2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL72Brendan Carr1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL68Marko Gbedo1yr
CMUDefensive lineNo blue chips19
- —No recruiting profile foundDL13Troy Hairston5yr54 Tackles16.0 TFL8.0 Sacks
- 22-star recruitDL10Jacques Bristol3yr35 Tackles6.0 TFL3.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL1Amir Siddiq4yr33 Tackles9.5 TFL4.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL9Thomas Incoom1yr27 Tackles8.0 TFL3.5 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL56Tyrece Woods Jr.3yr19 Tackles4.5 TFL3.5 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL59Tico Brown3yr18 Tackles3.0 TFL2.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL11LaQuan Johnson Jr.4yr13 Tackles4.0 TFL1.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL94Jason Williams1yr11 Tackles2.0 TFL0.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL97Michael Heldman1yr3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL13John Wesley Whiteside1yr3 Tackles2.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL99Quindario Lee1yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 22-star recruitDL71Robi Stuart5yrcareer 75 Tackles12.5 TFL4.5 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL26Mohamed Diallo5yrcareer 58 Tackles18.5 TFL7.0 Sacks
- 22-star recruitDL97Max Saylor3yrcareer 4 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL70Johnathan Berghorst4yrcareer 2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 22-star recruitDL98Fred Stokes3yrcareer 1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 22-star recruitDL98Jonathan Decker1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL90Evan Plate3yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedDL51Cade Cote2yr
NIUDefensive lineNo blue chips22
- —No recruiting profile foundDE5Michael Kennedy4yr44 Tackles4.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDE8Pierce Oppong2yr15 Tackles3.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDE52Ivan Davis2yr5 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDE57Trevon Jordan1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDE90Tony Agyapong1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDE11Jalonnie Williams1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDE55Jaden Wilson1yr
- 33-star recruitDL25Raishein Thomas2yr48 Tackles2.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL54Jalen Pinkney5yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 22-star recruitDL99Weston Kramer5yrcareer 124 Tackles16.0 TFL5.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL96Jack Heflin5yrcareer 81 Tackles17.5 TFL7.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL43Matt Lorbeck5yrcareer 62 Tackles12.0 TFL6.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL87Liam Rempel1yr
- 22-star recruitDT10Demond Taylor Jr.3yr28 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 22-star recruitDT1James Ester3yr25 Tackles3.5 TFL2.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDT8Devonte O'Malley2yr17 Tackles4.0 TFL4.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDT51Cade Haberman1yr15 Tackles2.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDT8Jeffrey Griffin Jr.3yr7 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDT96Jacob Waskow2yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDT42Jack Hugunin2yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDT53James Ongtengco1yr
- 33-star recruitEDGE34George Gumbs Jr.1yr
CMUOffensive lineNo blue chips15
- 33-star recruitOL78Vashon Bailey3yr
- 33-star recruitOL69Danny Motowski3yr
- 33-star recruitOL55Braden Doyle1yr
- 33-star recruitOL74Davis Heinzen1yr
- 33-star recruitOL70Trevor Jones1yr
- 33-star recruitOL77Keegan Smith1yr
- 22-star recruitOL65Deiyantei Powell-Woods3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL56Derek Smith5yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedOL67Luke Goedeke4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL50Jamezz Kimbrough4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL76Bernhard Raimann4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL60Tyden Ferris3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL61Albert Jespersen3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL72Cade Klimczak3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL57Aarion Harvey2yr
NIUBacks & tight endsNo blue chips21
- —No recruiting profile foundFB49Brock Lampe1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundFB43Brett Bostad3yrcareer 1 Rec5 Rec yds5.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB20Jay Ducker2yr218 Car1,184 Rush yds3 TD5.4 Rush avg1 Rec15 Rec yds15.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB21Harrison Waylee2yr101 Car574 Rush yds4 TD5.7 Rush avg1 Rec6 Rec yds6.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB1Antario Brown1yr81 Car538 Rush yds5 TD6.6 Rush avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB25Clint Ratkovich4yr104 Car461 Rush yds13 TD4.4 Rush avg15 Rec124 Rec yds8.3 Rec avg
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedRB0Mason King1yr17 Car67 Rush yds1 TD3.9 Rush avg1 Rec-4 Rec yds-4.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB20Erin Collins2yr6 Car10 Rush yds0 TD1.7 Rush avg
- 33-star recruitRB5Julius Bolden1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB23Braxton Chapman1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB22Tre Harbison5yrcareer 554 Car2,625 Rush yds19 TD4.7 Rush avg17 Rec161 Rec yds9.5 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB28Jordan Nettles4yrcareer 128 Car491 Rush yds0 TD3.8 Rush avg9 Rec18 Rec yds2.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB22Tajheem Lawson1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE80Miles Joiner2yr16 Rec133 Rec yds2 TD8.3 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE82Tristen Tewes3yr10 Rec101 Rec yds0 TD10.1 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE83Liam Soraghan4yr4 Rec24 Rec yds0 TD6.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE89Drew Cassens2yr
- 22-star recruitTE89Mitchell Brinkman6yrcareer 74 Rec909 Rec yds7 TD12.3 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE81Jake Novotny2yr
- 22-star recruitTE87Blake Kosin1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE89Luke Mallette2yr
CMULinebackersNo blue chips18
- —No recruiting profile foundLB8Troy Brown4yr65 Tackles7.0 TFL1.0 Sacks1 Int
- 33-star recruitLB44Kyle Moretti1yr48 Tackles4.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB20George Douglas IV4yr41 Tackles2.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 22-star recruitLB6Justin Whiteside3yr28 Tackles7.5 TFL3.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB33Kumehnnu Gwilly6yr21 Tackles2.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB14Fernando Sanchez III1yr7 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB2Nick Apsey3yr6 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB1Dakota Cochran1yr5 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB41Cory Gildersleeve Jr.3yr4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB20Ke'Shon Parker3yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB49Brendan Barker3yr
- 22-star recruitLB31Chuck Jones5yrcareer 50 Tackles6.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 22-star recruitLB43Carlton Cleophat4yrcareer 4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB47Nick Masztak4yrcareer 1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB12Marcel Lewis ← Michigan State3yr
- 22-star recruitLB35Logan Guthrie3yr
- 22-star recruitLB46Cole Riddle1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB40Lawai'a Brown1yr
NIULinebackersNo blue chips18
- 22-star recruitLB2Lance Deveaux Jr.7yr74 Tackles9.0 TFL1.5 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB38Nick Rattin3yr70 Tackles6.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB26Jaden Dolphin2yr35 Tackles5.0 TFL2.5 Sacks1 Int
- 33-star recruitLB7Daveren Rayner2yr30 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB45Makhi Nelson-Douglas1yr30 Tackles3.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB36Dayven Shinhoster1yr7 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB11Kyle Pugh6yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB34Anthony Hernandez1yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB50Vinny Labus4yrcareer 74 Tackles5.5 TFL2.0 Sacks1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundLB12Jordan Cole4yrcareer 58 Tackles7.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB23Eddie Jackson2yrcareer 11 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB57Rayshawn Gay4yrcareer 7 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB—Akanimo Asuquo1yr
- 33-star recruitLB18Elijah Hamm1yr
- 33-star recruitLB35Brian Whitsey1yr
- 33-star recruitLB48Ronde Worrels1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB44Ryan King1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB43Ryan Mann1yr
CMUBacks & tight endsNo blue chips16
- 33-star recruitRB7Lew Nichols III3yr341 Car1,848 Rush yds16 TD5.4 Rush avg40 Rec338 Rec yds8.5 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB24Darius Bracy4yr36 Car212 Rush yds0 TD5.9 Rush avg4 Rec37 Rec yds9.3 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB26Myles Bailey1yr30 Car114 Rush yds0 TD3.8 Rush avg5 Rec46 Rec yds9.2 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB9Marion Lukes1yr22 Car94 Rush yds0 TD4.3 Rush avg9 Rec64 Rec yds7.1 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB26Jake Tafelski1yr1 Car5 Rush yds0 TD5.0 Rush avg1 Rec5 Rec yds5.0 Rec avg
- 22-star recruitRB5Kobe Lewis4yrcareer 287 Car1,550 Rush yds17 TD5.4 Rush avg40 Rec270 Rec yds6.8 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB5Nahree Biggins1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB36Christian Brown2yr
- 22-star recruitTE83Joel Wilson4yr31 Rec367 Rec yds6 TD11.8 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE44Hunter Buczkowski5yr4 Rec36 Rec yds1 TD9.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE85Keegan Cossou4yr
- 33-star recruitTE82Austin Hergott6yr
- 22-star recruitTE82Mitchel Collier1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE46Michael Hegewald2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE48Hunter Adams1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE86Marcus Young1yr
NIUReceiversNo blue chips13
- 33-star recruitWR9Trayvon Rudolph2yr51 Rec892 Rec yds7 TD17.5 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR15Cole Tucker4yr41 Rec575 Rec yds3 TD14.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR3Tyrice Richie5yr44 Rec540 Rec yds1 TD12.3 Rec avg
- 22-star recruitWR11Messiah Travis3yr13 Rec165 Rec yds0 TD12.7 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR9Mohamed Toure3yr4 Rec34 Rec yds0 TD8.5 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR9Fabian McCray3yr2 Rec14 Rec yds0 TD7.0 Rec avg
- 22-star recruitWR10Billy Dozier2yr2 Rec4 Rec yds0 TD2.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR20Tyler Brueckner1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR86Trey Urwiler1yr
- 22-star recruitWR1Fotis Kokosioulis3yrcareer 11 Rec133 Rec yds2 TD12.1 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR2Michael Love3yrcareer 13 Rec107 Rec yds0 TD8.2 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR14Mason Pierre-Antoine1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR17Alex Crawford1yr
CMUDefensive backsNo blue chips18
- —No recruiting profile foundCB4Montrae Braswell3yrcareer 40 Tackles10 PD2 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundDB4Gage Kreski5yr80 Tackles1 PD1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundDB3Devonni Reed4yr72 Tackles6 PD2 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundDB3Alonzo McCoy5yr57 Tackles7 PD
- 33-star recruitDB4Donte Kent2yr55 Tackles14 PD1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundDB37Rolliann Sturkey4yr36 Tackles3 PD
- 33-star recruitDB6Daedae Hill2yr23 Tackles3 PD
- 22-star recruitDB9Trey Jones III3yr22 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB25Dishon McNary5yr15 Tackles4 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB7Richard Bowens III4yr8 Tackles1 PD
- 33-star recruitDB15Caleb Spann1yr3 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB3Demetrius Hill1yr0 Tackles1 PD
- 33-star recruitDB24De'Javion Stepney1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB2Willie Reid3yrcareer 68 Tackles1 PD3 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundDB9Brandon Brown4yrcareer 26 Tackles7 PD1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundDB—Brian Edwards6yrcareer 9 Tackles5 PD
- 33-star recruitDB18Ormondell Dingle3yrcareer 1 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB20Tyrese Wynn2yr
NIUDefensive backsNo blue chips23
- —No recruiting profile foundCB14Jordan Gandy2yr53 Tackles10 PD
- 33-star recruitCB2JaVaughn Byrd1yr40 Tackles3 PD
- 33-star recruitCB13Myles McGee2yr9 Tackles2 PD
- 33-star recruitCB20Zhamaine March4yr7 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitCB18Jeremiah Howard2yr
- 33-star recruitCB27Wetu Kalomo1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundCB21Emmanuel Harris1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundCB32David Watson Jr.1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB24CJ Brown2yr107 Tackles1 PD1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundDB9Dillon Thomas4yr59 Tackles1 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitDB1Jashon Prophete2yr26 Tackles1 PD
- 33-star recruitDB—Eric Rogers2yr26 Tackles1 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB5Joshua Earl3yr1 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB1Isaiah Bragg1yr
- 22-star recruitS7Jordan Hansen2yr57 Tackles5 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundS14Louis Frye1yr9 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitS4Muhammed Jammeh1yr8 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitS3Devin Lafayette2yr6 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundS9Nate Valcarcel1yr5 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitS1Ty Myles1yr2 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitS2Cyrus McGarrell1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundS31Trevor Laffin2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundS19Nate Valcarel1yr
CMUReceiversNo blue chips18
- —No recruiting profile foundWR88Kalil Pimpleton5yr62 Rec960 Rec yds4 TD15.5 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR6Dallas Dixon2yr45 Rec701 Rec yds8 TD15.6 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR11JaCorey Sullivan5yr49 Rec687 Rec yds10 TD14.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR—Remi Simmons4yr16 Rec163 Rec yds0 TD10.2 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR27Levar Gumms ← Northwestern State2yr4 Rec32 Rec yds0 TD8.0 Rec avg
- 22-star recruitWR81Ke'Andre Collins1yr1 Rec7 Rec yds0 TD7.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR84Kenny Brewer III2yr1 Rec6 Rec yds0 TD6.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR13Chris Parker1yr
- 22-star recruitWR19Tyrone Scott4yrcareer 44 Rec721 Rec yds6 TD16.4 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR80Drayton Law4yrcareer 21 Rec224 Rec yds1 TD10.7 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR20Zahir Swann2yr
- 33-star recruitWR89Javon Gantt3yr
- 22-star recruitWR18Alec Ward2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR16Norman Anderson4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR42Tyler Barkeley4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR31Matt Miller1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR87Keagan Monroe1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR44Chase Peddie1yr
NIUKickersNo blue chips2
- —No recruiting profile foundPK39John Richardson3yr22 FG27 FGA47 Long108 Pts
- —No recruiting profile foundPK92Kanon Woodill1yr3 FG3 FGA26 Long13 Pts
CMUKickersNo blue chips1
- —No recruiting profile foundPK92Marshall Meeder2yr17 FG26 FGA52 Long100 Pts
NIUPuntersNo blue chips2
- 22-star recruitP36Matt Ference5yr45 Punts44.4 Avg7 In 20
- —No recruiting profile foundP98Tom Foley3yr
CMUPuntersNo blue chips2
- 22-star recruitP48Luke Elzinga3yr57 Punts41.3 Avg26 In 20
- —No recruiting profile foundP88Brady Buell4yrcareer 64 Punts43.2 Avg6 In 20
Previous 10 meetings vs. Team
Central Michigan 7–3 vs Northern Illinois
- 2020 · wk 11Central Michigan 40 @ Northern Illinois 10
- 2019 · wk 10Northern Illinois 10 @ Central Michigan 48
- 2018 · wk 3Central Michigan 16 @ Northern Illinois 24
- 2017 · wk 13Northern Illinois 24 @ Central Michigan 31
- 2016 · wk 7Central Michigan 34 @ Northern Illinois 28
- 2015 · wk 5Northern Illinois 19 @ Central Michigan 29
- 2014 · wk 7Central Michigan 34 @ Northern Illinois 17
- 2013 · wk 8Northern Illinois 38 @ Central Michigan 17
- 2012 · wk 5Central Michigan 24 @ Northern Illinois 55
- 2011 · wk 5Northern Illinois 41 @ Central Michigan 48
Previous 2 meetings vs. Jim McElwain
Northern Illinois 0–2 vs Jim McElwain
- 2020 · wk 11Central Michigan 40 @ Northern Illinois 10
- 2019 · wk 10Northern Illinois 10 @ Central Michigan 48
Previous 2 meetings vs. Thomas Hammock
Central Michigan 2–0 vs Thomas Hammock
- 2020 · wk 11Central Michigan 40 @ Northern Illinois 10
- 2019 · wk 10Northern Illinois 10 @ Central Michigan 48
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