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@MichaelWBratton
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Post-Spring SEC Power Rankings
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Nick Saban announces defensive back Tony Mitchell has been suspended following the freshman’s recent arrest. Mitchell was a 5-star prospect in the 2023 class. “There’s no such thing as the wrong place at the wrong time.” 👀
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This man may not have been sober
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Sam Pittman is a national treasure
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Look at that SEC Network caption
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Love this response from Sam Pittman on his positive reinforcing coaching style: “I don’t think you can reach your full potential out of fear. I think you can out of want to.”
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Alabama fans after Kalen DeBoer loses his first SEC game
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Josh Heupel, Nick Saban & Ryan Day should compete in the Dr. Pepper halftime football toss for the final Playoff spot
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Pretty cool way for Eli Wolf to find out he had landed a scholarship
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Ole Miss started the season 7-0 They finish the regular season 8-4 Fair to call them the biggest frauds in the SEC
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Week 1 in the SEC was nearly perfect
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Week 0 SEC Power Rankings
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The refs just robbed Arkansas of a win at Auburn...
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SEC WEEK 3 POWER RANKINGS #1 Georgia #2 Alabama #3 Mississippi State #4 Texas A&M #5 Kentucky #6 Auburn #7 LSU #8 Vanderbilt #9 Missouri #10 South Carolina #11 Florida #12 Ole Miss #13 Tennessee #14 Arkansas
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Tennessee beat an 11-win Clemson by three scores without these players even suiting up QB Hendon Hooker (5th-place Heisman voting) WR Jalin Hyatt (Biletnikoff Award winner) WR Cedric Tillman (likely NFL draft pick) LB Jeremy Banks (3rd leading tackler) S Trevon Flowers (starter)
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Tennessee’s 52 points against Alabama are the most points scored against the Crimson Tide since 1907
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TCU would have finished 5th in the SEC East this season
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Everything is fine at Auburn... Gus Malzahn appears to be saying, "They better not fire me" during his latest loss to Georgia
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Week 7 SEC Power Rankings
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Lane Kiffin says he called Jaxson Dart’s mom to apologize for her son’s treatment vs Bama: “She mentioned it’s a shame her son gets treated different based on what SEC program that he’s at on game day and protected different.” “You can’t fine me for what someone else says.” 😂
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Alabama fans suggesting college football is unfair What a time to be alive
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This BS “new era” of college football has become completely laughable. Players should be able to gain from their NIL, but not like this. Until there are some sort or rules that will actually be enforced, college football as we know it is dead. #RollTide #NILandPortalKilledCFB
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Based on what I just witnessed against #1 Auburn, I’d say Arkansas has the best combined homefield advantage in the SEC for football and basketball. No more 11am kickoffs next season, Razorback fans deserve that after last season
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Turns out Dabo Swinney and Clemson will also be at home flipping burgers and watching the College Football Playoff from the couch
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Great answer from Eli Drinkwitz when asked about transfer portal. "We are such a instant gratification era, myself included -- I'm not putting this on anybody, it's the entire world we live in. "We are trying to skip the step of adversity -- you can never skip that in life."
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Florida beat the Pac-12 Champions but couldn’t beat Vanderbilt The SEC is a strong league
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Nick Saban’s latest midweek rant “Did any of you play sports? I mean, the coach is supposed to play the best players, right?!” 😂
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Texas State Senator Lois Kolkhorst with savage comments for Texas President Jay Hartzell after he said the school’s “been winning but not like we like to win.” “3-7 versus the Horned Frogs. Maybe your fan base would rather lose to Alabama than TCU.” 💀
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Texas A&M screwed by another selection committee
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LSU fans should appreciate this one. Nick Saban somber postgame presser with audible, “L-S-U!” chants in the background
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Lane Kiffin with the best line of 2023 SEC Media Days. Reporter says people think he looks like Kiffin: "What's your mom's name?" 😂😂
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Tim Tebow calling out the officials after Tennessee’s loss in Music City Bowl, notes officiating has been so inconsistent this season. Called it “the most frustrating year covering college football” due to poor officiating.
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Week 8 SEC Power Rankings
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Whether your school won, lost or was on a bye this weekend, we all win with Ohio State losing to 3-3 Purdue by 30
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Mark Stoops asked if the Florida game being a Noon kickoff will affect Kentucky's crowd from being a factor on Saturday: “I have great confidence in the people of Kentucky that can get up very early and pound some beers. "Why would you disrespect this great state & people?" 😂
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This is peak SEC Twitter
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@PennStateFball That’s a lot of wins...
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Been some dark days for Tennessee football in recent years but that hasn't stopped Jauan Jennings from leading Vols to wins over Florida, Georgia and South Carolina during his career. Remember, if not for Jeremy Pruitt and Philip Fulmer, Jennings would not even be on the roster.
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Trevor Lawrence has done more for college football this week by posting on Twitter than NCAA president Mark Emmert has done this entire year
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Trevor Lawrence needs a 2020 season less than anyone in college football, yet he’s fighting the hardest for one
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Great answer from Eli Drinkwitz when asked about current direction of college sports following realignment: "Did we count the cost for the student-athletes involved in this decision?" "What cost is it to those student-athletes?" "Did we consider the people we are entrusted?"
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BREAKING: 5-star Kennedy Chandler, the nation's #1 point guard prospect just announced his commitment to Tennessee over Kentucky, Duke, UNC and Memphis.
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Goodness, check out The Rock on Tennessee’s campus
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Paul Finebaum on Heupel’s debut: “Congratulations to Josh Heupel for winning 8 games (this season), even though I know (Tennessee’s official record) says 7. “This was a remarkable season, that blown officiating call does not take away from what he’s done from start to finish.”
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Has the SEC issued an apology for last night's poor officiating yet?
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Hands down the dumbest targeting call ever in the Liberty Bowl
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You don’t have to imagine it, Chris
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Jeremy Pruitt on Jauan Jennings when he first came to Tennessee: "I asked a lot of people in the building what they thought, most of them that said I wouldn't let him back don't work here anymore. The people that said let him back all work here."
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This sign marks the first time the Gamecocks have been represented at the Orange Bowl in the program's 115-year history
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Just arrived at Tennessee-Clemson to the sight of a plane carrying this message. Well done, Gamecocks. I respect it lol
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Nick Saban gave KJ Jefferson the ultimate compliment “When a QB can make a major college football player and sling him off like a gnat on a cow’s ass. “That’s one of the most impressive plays I’ve seen.”
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Week 0 SEC Power Rankings
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Lane Kiffin says Ole Miss noted 8 occurrences of questionable injuries from Texas A&M's defense last weekend. "7 of 8 returned, many after one play." That's still short of Ole Miss' record last season against Tennessee 😂
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SEC WEEK 5 POWER RANKINGS #1 Alabama #2 Georgia #3 Florida #4 Arkansas 🔼 #5 Texas A&M #6 Ole Miss #7 Kentucky ⏫ #8 Tennessee ⏬ #9 South Carolina 🔼 #10 Missouri #11 Auburn ⏬ #12 LSU #13 Mississippi State #14 Vanderbilt
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Josh Heupel saved himself a fine from the SEC when asked about the officials in the Alabama game
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I love that Mizzou showed up for one quarter and still beat the hell out of Ohio State
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This comment on @GatorsReddit sums up the current state of NIL quite well
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Greg McElroy comments on Tennessee being #10 in Playoff poll, thinks they should be rated higher for bowl selection's sake. Kirk Herbstreit: "After Vandy beats Tennessee this weekend, you won't have to worry about that." 👀
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Kirby Smart speaking the truth about the depth of the SEC: "I personally think every SEC team should be ranked. "I can guarantee you there are some teams that don't want to play them that are ranked. He also added, "every team we play in the SEC is good enough to beat us."
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2020 National Signing Day rankings Winners: #1 Georgia #2 Tennessee #3 Arkansas #4 South Carolina #5 Texas A&M & Missouri Losers: #1 Ole Miss #2 Florida #3 LSU
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2023 SEC QB Rankings Discussed in full on today's @thatSECpodcast Link:
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The passion of the Tennessee fan base never ceases to amaze. The sports world has mocked them all week long but all it took was an AD hire to rally them. Fan support is what’s keeping the program relevant and if Danny White lands the right guy, Tennessee will be back very soon
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Mizzou is 6-1 against Arkansas the last seven seasons. Arkansas fans may be right, this isn't a rivalry. Rivalires are supposed to be competitive.
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SEC WEEK 3 POWER RANKINGS #1 Alabama #2 Florida #3 Georgia 🔼 #4 Tennessee 🔼 #5 LSU #6 Auburn 🔽 #7 Arkansas ⏫ #8 Mississippi State ⏬ #9 Ole Miss 🔼 #10 South Carolina #11 Kentucky ⏬ #12 Missouri #13 Texas A&M #14 Vanderbilt
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Tennessee was averaging 46.8 points per game heading into the Alabama game. The Tide had the #2 scoring defense in the SEC. Tennessee is now averaging 47.7 points per game after beating Alabama.
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BREAKING: Four-star All-American Bowl lineman Omari Thomas commits to Tennessee. The 6’5” 300-pound Thomas now the second-highest rated commit in UT’s 2020 class, #8 DT in the nation. Tennessee’s 2020 class jumps up to #18 nationally with this news.
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BREAKING: 5-star QB Nicholaus Iamaleava commits to Tennessee. Iamaleava is the #7 overall prospect in the country, #4 QB in the 2023 class. Tennessee now has the #10 recruiting class in the country, up from #18 , following this commitment
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Ole Miss drops undoubtedly the best transfer portal video made to date
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Tennessee has got to lead the country in “injuries” caused this season
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Vanderbilt has twice as many SEC wins as Texas A&M
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Lane Kiffin calls out SEC policy, credit the Ole Miss coach for sticking up for his team. “I really wish for our players, for our fans, that they could hear what I was just told. I think they deserve to.”
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Week 6 SEC Power Rankings
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Top 10 SEC Regular Season Receiving Numbers Tennessee’s Jalin Hyatt takes the receiving crown for 2022
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BREAKING: 4-star athlete Dee Beckwith announces he has signed with Tennessee over Florida. He's the #18 athlete prospect in the nation. The 6'4" 215-pound Alabama native projects as a hybrid tight end/receiver in college.
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“Smile if LSU dropped 50 on you.” 😳
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SEC WEEK 5 POWER RANKINGS #1 Alabama #2 Georgia #3 Kentucky #4 Texas A&M #5 LSU #6 Mississippi State #7 Missouri #8 South Carolina #9 Auburn #10 Vanderbilt #11 Florida #12 Ole Miss #13 Tennessee #14 Arkansas
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Will Levis has now thrown 3 interceptions tonight against Tennessee. That's the same number Hendon Hooker has since he took over the starting job at Tennessee back on Sept. 18, 2021
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With Philadelphia winning Super Bowl LII, a former Tennessee player has now won the Super Bowl for 9 consecutive seasons. That’s the longest streak of any school in the nation
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10 SEC programs are averaging at least 96% stadium capacity after the first month of the season. Ole Miss (93%), Miss State (85%), Mizzou (81%) & Vandy (55%) are the outliers Florida, Georgia & South Carolina are the only three programs with 100% attendance so far this season
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Clemson loses again (as Dabo Swinney wanted to lighten the bandwagon), which led to this quote from NC State’s coach: “Tell Steve Smith in the studio this ain’t a basketball school. “He can kiss my ass.”
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On rewatch, it appears Texas A&M may have been robbed 3 seconds at the very end of the game. Alabama penalty in the end zone occurred with 6 seconds left. On the final play, there was only 3 seconds on the clock for some reason.
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3-7 Mississippi State, starting a true freshman QB, just beat #24 Tulsa in a bowl game. Yeah, the SEC is definitely overrated! 😂
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Updated Kirby Smart-Mark Richt comparison: Smart after 60 games: 47-13 Richt after 60 games: 49-11
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Week 3 SEC Power Rankings
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First 2020 SEC POWER RANKINGS #1 LSU #2 Alabama #3 Florida #4 Texas A&M #5 Georgia #6 Tennessee #7 Kentucky #8 Auburn #9 South Carolina #10 Mississippi State #11 Ole Miss #12 Arkansas #13 Missouri #14 Vanderbilt
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According to @BruceFeldmanCFB , Mike Leach filmed this “Friday Night Lights” scene the day before a Texas Tech vs. Texas game The fact a sitting head coach did this the day before a big game makes this clip even better
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SEC WEEK 14 POWER RANKINGS #1 LSU #2 Georgia #3 Florida #4 Alabama #5 Auburn #6 Tennessee #7 Texas A&M #8 Kentucky #9 Ole Miss #10 South Carolina #11 Missouri #12 Mississippi State #13 Vanderbilt #14 Arkansas
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First SEC Power Rankings for 2022 season
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LSU announces return to 100 percent capacity effective immediately. Masks will no longer be required at LSU sporting events held outdoors. Normal tailgating activities can resume with no COVID-related restrictions.
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Sam Pittman just became more popular in Arkansas. “This statement is probably going to cost me some money one of these days, but this is it for me. I’m not interested in any other program, Arkansas is truly the greatest program in America to me... This will be my last job.”
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If Steve Sarkisian was still at Alabama, he would have kept Tua Tagovailoa on the bench. Georgia would have won the title, Falcons would have won this game. Sark is Atlanta’s biggest nightmare since Sherman
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SEC WEEK 8 POWER RANKINGS #1 LSU #2 Alabama #3 Florida ⬆️ #4 Auburn #5 Missouri #6 South Carolina ⏫ #7 Georgia ⏬ #8 Texas A&M #9 Tennessee ⏫ #10 Mississippi State #11 Kentucky #12 Ole Miss #13 Arkansas #14 Vanderbilt
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Imagine watching this video and thinking college football would be improved without field storming
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SEC Receiving Yard Leaders heading into Week 8
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Tennessee heads into the offseason on a 6-game winning streak. Only Clemson and LSU have longer active winning streaks among Power 5 conference teams.
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This was ruled not a touchdown
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SEC WEEK 4 POWER RANKINGS #1 Georgia 🔼 #2 Alabama #3 Florida 🔽 #4 Tennessee #5 Texas A&M ⏫ #6 Ole Miss 🔼 #7 Arkansas 🔼 #8 Auburn 🔽 #9 Missouri ⏫ #10 Kentucky #11 South Carolina #12 LSU ⏬ #13 Mississippi State ⏬ #14 Vanderbilt
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Week 2 SEC Power Rankings
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Debut 2024 SEC Power Rankings
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SEC Receiving Yard Leaders heading into Week 10
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Tennessee has beaten Kentucky in 34 of the last 37 in the annual series
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Trey Smith announces he will return to Tennessee. Vols could now potentially start this offensive line in 2020: Smith ( #14 recruit in 2017) Cade Mays ( #22 recruit in 2018) Darnell Wright ( #10 recruit in 2019) Wanya Morris ( #28 recruit in 2019) Brandon Kennedy (6-year player)
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Derek Barnett had more sacks than any of the four players listed here.
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Best college pass-rusher of the decade?
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What curse?
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