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=09Brown vs. Bellotti in San Diego  Dec. 7, 2000 =20
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=09[IMAGE]Chip Brown, who covers Texas football for The Dallas Morning News=
,=20
answers your questions about the Holiday Bowl, UT's quarterback situation, =
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probable NFL draft picks, Mack Brown and more. Inside UT Football appears o=
n=20
Thursdays.=20
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=09 E-mail questions to Chip: chipbrown@dallasnews.com=20
=09
=09 Listen to Chip Brown talk about the Longhorns on
=09DallasNews.com's Colleges site=20
=09
=09 Buy all your UT team gear at our E-Fanshop.com=20
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=09Chip Shot=20
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=09
=09One of the most intriguing matchups to watch in this year's Culligan Hol=
iday=20
Bowl at San Diego will take place on the sidelines with Texas coach Mack=20
Brown going up against Oregon's Mike Bellotti.=20
=09
=09 You may not know much about Bellotti, but know this about his tenure at=
=20
Oregon - in six years, he has a 48-22 record, and those 48 wins are more th=
an=20
any other Pac-10 school during that time period. And over the last four=20
seasons, Oregon is 33-13 with four consecutive bowl game appearances. The=
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Ducks' two losses this season were by a combined total of 14 points (37-34=
=20
vs. Wisconsin and 23-13 at Oregon State). =20
=09
=09 Brown certainly is impressed by Bellotti's success at Oregon.=20
=09
=09 "Mike Bellotti is a personal friend," Brown said in a news release from=
 UT's=20
sports information office. "He took over for Rich Brooks at Oregon a number=
=20
of years ago when they were representing the Pac-10 in the Rose Bowl for th=
e=20
first time in a long time. He has done a great job building on that success=
=20
each of his years as head coach. It will be fun to be around him and his te=
am=20
throughout the week." =20
=09
=09 Added Holiday Bowl president Jim Philion: "Coach Bellotti has built the=
=20
Ducks into one of the premiere football programs in the country. The game=
=20
this Dec. 29 against Texas will increase an already exciting rivalry betwee=
n=20
the Pac-10 and the Big 12." =20
=09
=09 Longhorn fans can purchase tickets to the Culligan Holiday Bowl by=20
contacting the UT ticket office (512-471-3333/1-800-982-BEVO) or by logging=
=20
on to the athletics department Web site (www.TexasSports.com). =20
=09
=09
=09
=09 Longhorn Q & A  Q: Longhorn officials will probably not say which bowl =
they=20
would prefer to play in, but were any of their options less desirable becau=
se=20
of dates, travel, ticket sales or impressing recruits?=20
=09 ?? Todd Davis=20
=09
=09 BROWN:  The Longhorn team and coaching staff really wanted to go to the=
=20
Holiday Bowl. I know that sounds like, "Well, of course, that's what they=
=20
would say." But the coaches were trying to motivate the team before the=20
Kansas game by saying if UT won out, they would go to the Holiday Bowl, a=
=20
fun, sunny destination against a top 10 team. Aside from the beach balls an=
d=20
surfing, the UT players wanted to go to San Diego because they are paid=20
mileage by the NCAA from their hometowns to get to the bowl game. For=20
instance, Chris Simms was paid $1,500 by the NCAA to get from New Jersey to=
=20
the Cotton Bowl last year. So he'll really clean up this year. Not that he=
=20
needs it. But you get the picture. It's a way for some of the players to ma=
ke=20
a nice little chunk of change because what many of them will do is take the=
=20
mileage money from the NCAA and then try to buy a cheaper airline ticket an=
d=20
pocket the rest. The players are responsible for getting to San Diego on=20
their own. The team will not charter a flight. (All players have to be=20
checked into the team hotel in San Diego by 10 p.m. on Dec. 22). Mack Brown=
=20
wanted to go to the Holiday Bowl from the time it appeared Oklahoma would w=
in=20
the Big 12 South because he knew it would give Texas a chance to play a top=
=20
10 team. And he wants his team excited and pumped up to play a surging team=
.=20
Last year, Texas and its fans couldn't seem to get fired up for an unranked=
=20
7-4 Arkansas team in the Cotton Bowl, one year after having played in the=
=20
same game. So believe it when UT says the Holiday Bowl is where it wanted t=
o=20
be.=20
=09?
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=09
=09[IMAGE] Casey Hampton =20
=09
=09Q: How high do you think Casey Hampton will go in the NFL draft?  I woul=
d=20
think he's a cinch first rounder. Could he go in the top five?   ??=20
=09
=09 BROWN:  Hampton could go in the first or second round. The second round=
=20
might be more likely because there are so many highly touted defensive=20
linemen coming out this year. But Hampton has been really watching his weig=
ht=20
and trying to improve his speed. He promised me that scouts at the NFL=20
combine will be surprised when=20
=09
=09they see him work out. Hampton is a great story. The guy just works his =
tail=20
off and knows that his height (slightly more than 6-1) will probably play=
=20
against him. So he is going to try to blow scouts away in every other area.=
=20
But as he told me in a story that The Dallas Morning News and DallasNews.co=
m=20
ran before the Texas A=02?game, "The film don't lie. If you can show me whe=
re my=20
height has hurt me, it's on you." I would be surprised if Hampton fell to t=
he=20
third round.=20
=09?
=09
=09
=09 Q: Let's see now: Rose Bowl ... Cotton Bowl ... Sugar Bowl ... Orange B=
owl=20
...  Fiesta Bowl ... Galleryfurniture.com Bowl ...  Which one does NOT give=
=20
you cold chills just to think about? =20
=09?? R.R. =20
=09
=09 BROWN:  At least the galleryfurniture.com Bowl is not called the Poulan=
=20
Weedeater Bowl, a name that still haunts the now-Sanford Independence Bowl,=
=20
where Texas A=02?will meet up with former coach Jackie Sherrill this year. =
We=20
have to hope the furniture bowl, which will be played in the Houston=20
Astrodome, fairs better than the old Bluebonnet Bowl, which went bankrupt a=
nd=20
failed to pay Texas and Pittsburgh their purses for the 1987 game (won by U=
T,=20
32-27). That was the last bowl game ever played in Houston. =20
=09?
=09
=09
=09 Q: Texas' quarterback controversy early this year was an artificial thi=
ng =20
manufactured by the ill-fated rotation scheme. Now, however, the  quarterba=
ck=20
controversy is real. Texas now has two genuine starting  quarterbacks. Chri=
s=20
Simms is no longer the next boy wonder. He  has arrived. Does ANYONE in the=
=20
nation have a better quarterback  tandem than Texas? How in the world is Ma=
ck=20
Brown going to deal with this?  If they keep the simplified offensive schem=
e=20
next year, do you think the  QB rotation could resurface and actually work?=
 =20
=09?? Rowell Rogers, Denton, Texas=20
=09
=09 BROWN:  I said before this season that Mack Brown would earn every penn=
y of=20
his salary because of the quarterback situation. And he'll earn every penny=
=20
again next year. Unless unforseen circumstances, such as injuries, dictate=
=20
otherwise, I think it will be difficult for Chris Simms to redshirt next=20
year. And I think it will be difficult for the coaches not to start Simms=
=20
next year. He won the job because of an injury to Major Applewhite, just as=
=20
Major won the job because of an injury to Richard Walton. If Simms starts t=
he=20
bowl game, and Texas plays well and wins, Simms will have done nothing to=
=20
lose the job and would probably go into the spring and fall as the starter.=
=20
If Texas flounders under Simms in the bowl game and Applewhite needs to com=
e=20
in and relieve him, then we are back to square one, with both guys battling=
=20
it out in the spring and fall to see who is the starter. Texas coaches have=
=20
said they were more comfortable with Applewhite coming off the bench this=
=20
season because of his experience. So we'll see if their stance has changed.=
=20
=09?
=09
=09
=09 Q: The 70-yard pump-and-go TD play from Chris Simms  to B.J. Johnson is=
 both=20
a validation of Simms' abilities AND an indictment  of the quarterback=20
rotation. Chris Simms made that play happen because he had played  every=20
offensive down in the game to that point and knew the tendencies of the=20
defensive  player responsible. To my mind, that is a strong argument agains=
t=20
any kind of QB rotation  scheme. But, on the other hand, how can one NOT wa=
nt=20
to play both of these  immensely talented quarterbacks as much as possible?=
=20
Can we get a rule change to allow  two footballs on the field at once (ha=
=20
ha)?   ??=20
=09
=09 BROWN:  The only argument I could make in favor of the quarterback rota=
tion=20
next year is that Simms should have more confidence and thus should flouris=
h=20
whenever he is on the field. But his comments all season have directly and=
=20
indirectly indicated that he hated the rotation and that his confidence=20
didn't come around until he was taking all the snaps. So I don't know if th=
e=20
coaches are willing to put him through that again and risk losing his=20
confidence.=20
=09?
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=09
=09
=09
=09
=09
=09[IMAGE] Mack Brown =20
=09
=09Q: What is your opinion of Mack Brown as a gameday coach? I noticed earl=
ier=20
in the season that you picked Texas Tech for the upset over the Longhorns,=
=20
which seemed to be an indictment on Mack Brown's ability to fire up the tea=
m,=20
assuming that Texas has more talented players. I think that he has proven=
=20
that he can win big games, but he has also had some surprising slipups. Bro=
wn=20
is unquestionably a great recruiter, but do you question his leadership=20
ability on gameday? =20
=09 ?? Andrew Wootton=20
=09
=09 BROWN:  Up until the Texas Tech game, Mack Brown was saying things like=
 "We=20
could lose any game we play. I just don't know which team is going to show=
=20
up. We could go 6-5 or 9-2." Those kinds of=20
=09
=09comments factored into my thinking when picking Texas Tech to beat the=
=20
Longhorns. Brown is as adept at public relations and communication as any=
=20
coach I've been around. So when he was saying things like that, it made you=
=20
wonder if this team was ever going to develop an identity. Clearly, this ye=
ar=20
was a tough year in terms of leadership on the field on offense. The defens=
e=20
was fine with Casey Hampton leading the charge. But the offense really=20
struggled to find an identity. Part of that was the quarterback rotation.=
=20
Part of it was having young receivers, and part of it was having a bunch of=
=20
guys with low-key personalities (i.e. Hodges Mitchell, Leonard Davis, Antwa=
n=20
Kirk-Hughes, Derrick Dockery, Mike Williams etc.). Mack Brown even said it=
=20
was the quietest bunch of offensive players he'd been around. Once Mack Bro=
wn=20
and Co. decided to simplify the offense and designate Major Applewhite as t=
he=20
starter, Brown was making a plea to the offense for leadership as much as=
=20
anything else.=20
=09
=09I think Mack Brown is a great coach. Let me say that again. He is a grea=
t=20
coach. I think this year was a test of his finding and developing leadershi=
p=20
on the field. The more he rotated the QBs, the less chance the offense had =
to=20
develop an identity because the young receivers were clearly struggling wit=
h=20
learning their responsibilities in four-wide as well as trying to adjust to=
=20
having two QBs coming in and out of the huddle. The offensive linemen, earl=
y=20
on, also struggled with gap schemes and just hitting the guy in front of hi=
m.=20
I'm sure the coaches thought the offense would come together more quickly=
=20
than it did. Mack Brown has already gone back and said that he wished he=20
played Simms more in the Stanford game - an outing in which Applewhite real=
ly=20
struggled until the fourth quarter. Against Oklahoma, the Sooners executed=
=20
flawlessly early and Texas got hit with a punch it couldn't get up from. It=
=20
was the first inexcusable loss of the Mack Brown era and ended his honeymoo=
n=20
in Austin, according to many.=20
=09
=09But Mack Brown is smart enough and charming enough to have the fans eati=
ng=20
out of his hand any time he wants. All he has to do is tune out the negativ=
e=20
comments he hears reported in the media or on the Internet and simply say,=
=20
"We are doing the best we can. We learn. We make mistakes. We're going to=
=20
keep trying harder." Those are comments no negative fan can argue with.=20
Instead, Brown became upset with the negative voices and let it taint=20
everything about this season. Each press conference was filled with a comme=
nt=20
about how the media and fans had beat up this year's team. It was=20
contentious. Mack Brown uses Joe Paterno as his role model often times.=20
Paterno hates the media, rarely gives out interviews, etc. So if Mack Brown=
=20
is following in Paterno's footsteps on that issue, it would be a shame.=20
Paterno doesn't have one-quillionth the public relations savvy of Mack Brow=
n.=20
=09
=09Brown got tough questions during his radio call-in show this season. Som=
e=20
weeks he hid his contempt for them better than others. But a guy like Brown=
=20
is good enough and smart enough that he should just let this stuff roll off=
=20
of his back, use that self-deprecating laugh of his and then take his=20
frustration out in the meeting and film rooms while finding ways to turn hi=
s=20
team into a juggernaut. Mack Brown should know his team's personality going=
=20
into next year because so many players will be back. And he'll have this ye=
ar=20
as a blueprint of how not to do things, in many instances. And he's where h=
e=20
wants to be - at a major college football power and always being in the=20
position of favorite. At North Carolina, as well as he recruited and coache=
d,=20
Florida State was always going to be the bully in the neighborhood. At Texa=
s,=20
he had beaten Nebraska the first two times he played them and showed that=
=20
Texas was going to be the new bully in the Big 12. Now, Oklahoma has come=
=20
charging past the Longhorns and Bob Stoops has done everything without=20
excuses. If you notice, Stoops didn't gripe about having to play the Big 12=
=20
title game and possibly ruin his team's national title chances. He didn't=
=20
gripe about the cold weather that everyone said would do in the Sooners in=
=20
Kansas City. He has a tough attitude, and his team has adopted his attitude=
.=20
Brown has a tough attitude, too. And against Oregon in the Holiday Bowl and=
=20
all of next season will be the truest test of Brown's coaching and dealing=
=20
with expectations. Brown said, fairly and accurately, that Texas couldn't b=
e=20
expected to win the national title this year because the Longhorns hadn't=
=20
finished a season in the top 10 since 1983. "How do you jump to No. 1 witho=
ut=20
having first been in the top 10?" Brown said before the season. Does this=
=20
kind of talk trickle into the ears of players? I don't know. Most of the=20
Longhorns before the season (Applewhite and Hampton included) felt like Tex=
as=20
could win the national title. That's one of the biggest reasons Hampton cam=
e=20
back to Texas this season. When UT lost to Stanford, Brown emerged from an=
=20
emotionally blasted locker room and said, "I didn't think this was a nation=
al=20
title team." He went on to say the team was too young. Are these excuses fo=
r=20
his team? If Texas beats Oregon in the Holiday Bowl, the Longhorns will hav=
e=20
their top 10 finish and will once again be ranked in the top 10 heading int=
o=20
next season.=20
=09
=09On defense, the big question mark will be at defensive tackle because Ca=
sey=20
Hampton and Shaun Rogers will be moving on. But Marcus Tubbs, Adam Doiron a=
nd=20
Stevie Lee provide an ample foundation to rebuild at the position. Cory=20
Redding and Kalen Thornton should only get better, and there is a wealth of=
=20
talent in the seven guys behind them. On offense, the big question mark is =
at=20
running back, where Hodges Mitchell is moving on. He's a guy some Texas fan=
s=20
still think is worthless. But let me tell you, he isn't. He's got guts and=
=20
gave everything he had. It may take some time to see another back who can=
=20
catch and run the way he does. UT will have several backs to pick from,=20
including freshman-to-be Cedric Benson. The rest of the team is proven and=
=20
will pick up Bo Scaife at tight end.=20
=09
=09I don't see any excuses for this team next year. National championship t=
alk=20
will be all over this team like sunshine in Bermuda. Here's hoping that Mac=
k=20
Brown doesn't let the nitpickers bog him down. And I include myself in that=
=20
group of nitpickers because reporters are paid to point out all of the fact=
s=20
- positive or negative. Here's to hoping Mack Brown will spend less time=20
getting reports fed to him about negative Internet postings and any possibl=
e=20
negative angles in a newspaper story. Here's to hoping that he'll take on=
=20
critical questions with the ease and charm he shows publicly on a daily=20
basis. Places like Texas, Alabama and Ohio State have fans who are seemingl=
y=20
never satisfied. Until Brown wins a national championship, UT fans will=20
second-guess and doubt and wonder why something else wasn't tried. That cou=
ld=20
continue even if he wins a national title. But that's sports. It's worse no=
w=20
because there is more coverage of sports than ever before with the Internet=
=20
and all-day talk radio. Mack Brown lives under a microscope. Fans think the=
y=20
are as smart as coaches because they manage a fantasy football team. Brown=
=20
just has to shrug off the naysayers and focus on the reasons he loves=20
coaching.=20
=09?
=09
=09
=09 Q: Among UT's current commitments, who do you see as the freshmen most=
=20
likely to see  significant playing time next year?   ??=20
=09
=09 BROWN:  The more I see and hear about Midland Lee running back Cedric=
=20
Benson, the more I think he has the best chance to have an impact next year=
.=20
He appears to have the kind of vision that makes running backs special.=20
=09?
=09
=09
=09 Q: Only two teams had a strength of schedule rating above 3.0 in the BC=
S=20
rankings and all the top five teams had a sub 0.6 rating. Given that UT has=
 a=20
decent chance in the national championship race next year, what - if anythi=
ng=20
- can UT do to help raise its strength of schedule rating? Seems like the=
=20
Longhorns could go undefeated and still be on the outside looking in. =20
=09 ?? Andrew Bowen=20
=09
=09 BROWN:  Well, gauging by how some of the BCS polls had Florida State hi=
gher=20
than Oklahoma, I think it's fair to say that strength of schedule is a=20
concern for Texas next year. I think Texas has to win all its games next=20
season to make sure that it is not in the position of Miami, which beat=20
Florida State but is not in the national championship picture. If Texas goe=
s=20
10-1 next season, the Longhorns could very well not be in control of their=
=20
own destiny. With their schedule, as crazy and inflated-expectation-riddled=
=20
as this sounds, the Longhorns would probably need to win all the games to=
=20
ensure getting a shot at the national championship next season.=20
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=09
=09
=09
=09
=09
=09[IMAGE] Leonard Davis =20
=09
=09Q: Who will be drafted off this team? Any first rounders? Will the draft=
=20
distract the seniors from the bowl game? Will any juniors declare early? Is=
=20
the NFL looking at any underclassmen on the team? =20
=09 ?? Lance, Grand Prairie =20
=09
=09 BROWN:  The obvious draft picks are OT Leonard Davis, DT Casey Hampton =
and=20
DT Shaun Rogers. SS Greg Brown may also get a look from an NFL team after t=
he=20
year he has had. I think Davis is a first-round pick for sure. Hampton and=
=20
Rogers shouldn't fall past the second round,
=09
=09although they could simply because there are a number of top defensive=
=20
lineman in next year's NFL draft. NFL scouts are intrigued by junior Quenti=
n=20
Jammer because of his size and physical play at cornerback. NFL scouts like=
=20
junior De'Andre Lewis' speed and size at linebacker. But UT officials seem=
=20
confident that no underclassmen will jump from this year's team. =20
=09?
=09
=09
=09 Q: Please discuss the coaching staff's approach to bowl games. Did we=
=20
approach the Mississippi State Cotton Bowl with a different philosophy or=
=20
attitude than the Arkansas Cotton Bowl? What is our attitude about Oregon a=
nd=20
the Holiday Bowl? =20
=09?? Keith Heugatter=20
=09
=09 BROWN:  The Cotton Bowl after the 1998 season was the final chapter to =
a=20
storybook season. That team was riding the euphoria of Ricky Williams'=20
Heisman Trophy and felt like it was on top of the world. The team that face=
d=20
Arkansas in last January's Cotton Bowl had lost two straight and then found=
=20
itself back in Dallas, feeling a little unsure about itself against an=20
Arkansas team looking for its first bowl victory since 1985. This season,=
=20
Texas is riding a six-game winning streak, finally got the breakout game it=
=20
was looking for from Chris Simms and really wants to win its bowl game to=
=20
finish in the top 10 for the first time in 17 years. I would be surprised -=
=20
very surprised - if Texas comes out flat and doesn't make a good showing in=
=20
the Holiday Bowl. Even though they don't know much about Oregon, the=20
Longhorns know the Ducks are ranked higher than they are. That's all they=
=20
need to know. If the players can avoid the trouble they ran into before las=
t=20
year's Cotton Bowl (suspensions to two team leaders, Aaron Humphrey and Kwa=
me=20
Cavil, as well as J.J. Kelly and Jamal Joyner), I think Texas will be stron=
g=20
and focused.=20
=09?
=09
=09 Q: Is Leonard Davis up for any major awards this season?=20
=09?? Clark Routier=20
=09
=09 BROWN:  Longhorn OT Leonard Davis is one of three finalists for the Out=
land=20
Trophy. The award will be presented live on Thursday night (8-10 p.m.=20
Central) on the ESPN College Football Awards Show at Disney World. Davis ha=
s=20
been tabbed a first-team All-American by The Football Writers Association,=
=20
Walter Camp Football Foundation and Sporting News.=20
=09?
=09
=09
=09 Q: Can you give us an update on the men's basketball team?=20
=09?? Shirley Lively=20
=09
=09 BROWN:  The men's team is starting to come together and could get a hug=
e=20
boost in the next couple of weeks if senior Darren Kelly can regain his=20
eligibility. The semester ends Dec. 19, but coach Rick Barnes isn't sure wh=
en=20
he'll find out if Kelly has made his grades and regained his academic=20
standing for next semester. One thing is for sure: Barnes believes the 5-1=
=20
Longhorns will only get better with Kelly in the lineup. He said Kelly=20
dominates in practice with his dribble penetration and quickness. He said=
=20
Kelly would help players like junior transfer Maurice Evans. Evans, by the=
=20
way, has continued to look more comfortable in the Longhorns' offense. He w=
as=20
named the Phillips 66 Big 12 Conference Rookie of the Week, the league offi=
ce=20
announced Tuesday. The junior transfer earned the award by averaging 22=20
points per game while hitting 17-of-28 (.607) field goals, including 7-of-1=
3=20
three-pointers, during Texas' two victories over UT-San Antonio (70-51) and=
=20
Southwest Texas State (90-60) last week. The honor is chosen by a panel of=
=20
media observers who cover Big 12 men's basketball. Evans had a season-high =
23=20
points on 8-of-14 shooting (4-of-9 threes) vs. UT-San Antonio, before posti=
ng=20
21 points on 9-of-14 shooting (3-of-6 threes) against Southwest Texas. The=
=20
lone Longhorn to reach double-figure scoring in each of UT's first six=20
contests, he leads the team in scoring (17.3 ppg) and ranks third in=20
rebounding (5.8 rpg) and blocks (five). Texas returns to action when it=20
travels to Tampa, Fla., to face South Florida on Saturday, Dec. 9. Tip-off =
is=20
scheduled for 6 p.m. (Central) at the Sun Dome. The game will be televised=
=20
nationally by ESPN2.=20
=09?
=09
=09
=09 Q: Can you give us an update on the women's basketball team?=20
=09?? Dana Gooden=20
=09
=09 BROWN:  The UT women are 8-1 and off to their best start since the 1989=
-90=20
season. They moved into the top 25 (No. 25) this week and then backed it up=
=20
by traveling to Illinois and pounding the Fighting Illini, 70-54. The Illin=
i=20
were ranked No. 24 last week. UT extends its win streak to six games, marki=
ng=20
the first time since 1996-97 that the Horns have had a six-game win streak.=
=20
The leaders of this year's team are JoRuth Woods of Cedar Hill, Tai Dillard=
=20
of San Antonio, freshman Stacy Stephens of Winnsboro, sophomore Lindsey Rya=
n=20
of Austin Westlake and Tracy Cook of Cedar Hill. UT is also getting help at=
=20
point guard from junior college transfer Kenya Larkin of Duncanville.=20
Freshman forward Annissa Hastings will also be one to watch. UT plays Orego=
n=20
at home on Saturday and then won't have another test until Tennessee comes =
to=20
town on Dec. 22.=20
=09
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=09
=09
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