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Broadcaster. Woodcarver. Al Kaline fan. Connoisseur of toll house cookies.

Huntington, W.Va.
Joined February 2011
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Steve Cotton
6 years
The Tournament MVP trophy and the net are definitely better than the Player of the Year award.
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6 years
I’ve never been a big memorabilia guy, but when I did my postseason basketball cleanup, it just didn’t seem right to throw away the scoresheets from the C-USA title game and Marshall’s first-ever NCAA Tournament victory.
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2 years
First stop of the day. Now it’s time to try our very best to do a broadcast that Mr. Morehouse would approve of.
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3 years
I hope Mr. Morehouse would enjoy our broadcast today.
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4 years
A detour on my walk to the stadium this morning. I hope Mr. Morehouse would approve of the way we attack the radio broadcasts.
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Steve Cotton
5 years
It’s no fun to lose, but I did want to say that I don’t remember the last time I received more friendly greetings and kind words from opposing fans before and after a road game than this one at Boise State.
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3 years
50 years.
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Steve Cotton
6 years
Remember back in ‘18 when the Herd won the league championship and then the NCAA Tournament game? That was great fun!
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Steve Cotton
4 years
The Luke Zban to Amir Richardson scoring strike marked the first pair of native West Virginians to connect on a touchdown pass since Mark Zban's 80-yard toss to Randy Moss at Central Michigan in 1997.
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Steve Cotton
5 years
The UTSA radio crew asked if I’d take them by the Memorial Fountain this morning.
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Steve Cotton
2 years
Our radio crew was treated as well today by the Notre Dame folks as we have ever been, anywhere. They repeatedly checked with us to see if we needed anything. Before, during, and after the game.
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Steve Cotton
9 years
7:38 p.m. the families of the 1970 team are on the field.
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Steve Cotton
5 years
Pardon the departure from Herd sports content and also the bragging, but my hobby is woodcarving and my Santa ornament won first place in its category at the Caricature Carvers of America national competition, so I’m fired up. We now return to your regularly scheduled program.
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Steve Cotton
6 years
Jon Elmore scored a lot of points. So did C.J. Burks. Most points in a season in Marshall history: 1) 816, Jon Elmore 2017-18 2) 804, Skip Henderson 1987-88 3) 764, John Taft 1990-91 4) 704, Leo Byrd 1958-59 5) 702, C.J. Burks 2017-18 6) 701, John Taft 1988-89
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Steve Cotton
3 years
Sweet dreams, Herd Fans.
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Steve Cotton
5 years
Well, that ties the ribbon on another broadcast season. I had a blast and hope you did, too. I don’t take it for granted that I’m blessed to do what I do - thank you for tuning in and making it possible.
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4 years
So it’s our best gameday weather since ... forever?
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4 years
The Herd’s back home. Thanks for tuning again in this season.
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Steve Cotton
4 years
Wow - thanks so much for all the kind words today ... and thanks to everyone who tunes in and allows me to have so much fun doing what I love. So many people work hard to make our broadcasts go and I get way too much of the credit. Now it’s on to 1,001.
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Steve Cotton
3 years
Little things that make me smile in 2020.
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Steve Cotton
6 years
Same breakfast, at the same table, for the third day in a row - because you don’t mess with a streak.
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3 years
His name is JoJo Walnuts. He’s just a freshman. Big things ahead.
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1 year
I call this piece “Rise and Shine at Edwards Stadium.” It’s time for you to do the same - ⁦ @MarkMartinWCHS ⁩, ⁦ @DaveWilsonMN ⁩, and I are on the air at 10 am with a noon kickoff for Marshall vs. Georgia State. Then it’s hoops against Morehead State at 7 this evening.
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Steve Cotton
3 years
The Herd plays for a championship on this field tonight.
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3 years
Well, I was hoping that Year 25 at the Marshall microphone would last longer. I’m thankful we got to do as much as we did this year, but sure hope that next year is much different for all of us. Thank you for tuning in.
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6 years
Thanks for tuning in this season, folks. I had a blast and hope you did, too.
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8 months
Touchdown Herd! At HTS. Never taken for granted.
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5 years
Happy Thanksgiving to all who run with the Herd.
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5 years
Touchdown Herd! Marshall’s first in Boise in a quarter century.
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3 years
The final “Touchdown Herd” of 2020 - at HTS. Thank you for tuning in.
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Steve Cotton
5 years
Merry Christmas to all who run with the Herd. What the heck - Merry Christmas to everybody else, too. Even the Paladins.
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Steve Cotton
5 years
I sure wish I had to stay up half the night getting ready for another game tomorrow, but it’s not to be. Thanks so much for the support again all year. It’s been a blast.
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Steve Cotton
6 years
With my man Milan.
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Steve Cotton
5 years
A Presidents Day salute to the Herd’s George Washington, who scored 1,593 points at Marshall from 1978-82. He finished his career as the school’s fifth leading scorer and is still No. 13 on the Herd’s all-time list.
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Steve Cotton
3 years
Touchdown Herd! The first of the year - at Baltimore/Washington International. We’re on the air at 1:30 tomorrow from Annapolis for Marshall vs. Navy in Coach Charles Huff’s Thundering Herd debut.
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Steve Cotton
5 years
Always takes me back to 1997.
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Steve Cotton
6 years
Would it be weird to go to the Henderson Center at 10 am and just sit courtside all day just because I’m that excited for tonight’s game?
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5 years
North Texas hits a field goal on the final play of the game to beat Middle Tennessee 33-30 - and just like that @HerdFB is back in control of its destiny.
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Steve Cotton
3 years
Touchdown Herd! In Montgomery, Alabama, for some Christmas Day football.
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Steve Cotton
5 years
Another day at the office for the Herd. Here are the sounds of the finish of Marshall's 70-69 win over Western Kentucky:
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Steve Cotton
1 year
The Herd is 24-6. The only other Marshall teams that have ever won 24 or more games in the regular season were coached by Cam Henderson (25 wins twice, 27 wins twice).
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Steve Cotton
2 years
Some Marshall team ranks in NCAA stats: No. 3 in rushing offense - 299.5 yards/game. No. 10 in total defense - allowing 232.5 yards/game. No. 20 in pass defense - 152.5/game. No. 26 in run defense - 80.0/game. No. 24 in scoring defense - 12.0/game.
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Steve Cotton
8 years
With Oregon's loss last night, Marshall is now the only team in the nation to have won five straight bowl games.
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Steve Cotton
4 years
No issues on the drive to Bowling Green ... booth set up ... let’s roll!
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3 years
I'm not in any portals - transfer or otherwise.
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Steve Cotton
2 years
Owen Porter turned in one of the most dominant pass rush days of anyone in Marshall history - he was credited with 3.5 quarterback sacks at JMU - plus four more quarterback pressures - one of those sacks forced a fumble.
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Steve Cotton
2 years
I couldn’t remember what I said at all. I said a little prayer that I didn’t botch that one.
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2 years
As called by @HerdCotton & heard on the @varsity app:
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Steve Cotton
6 years
Touchdown Herd! At HTS. Today’s TDs covered 15, 68, 76 and 90 yards, and one of 1,500 miles, with a trophy aboard. Thanks for tuning in again this year.
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Steve Cotton
8 months
The 1970 memorial at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. For those who are coming to the game, it’s on a column outside Gate 10.
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Steve Cotton
5 months
Herd bowl game No. 11 for these two. We’re on the air from the Frisco Bowl at 7:00 Eastern time - kick at 9:00 - on the West Virginia Lottery Thundering Herd Sports Network from Learfield.
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Steve Cotton
6 years
Good morning, Herd. We all have a job to do today - be there and be loud. See you at the game.
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Steve Cotton
8 months
Good morning - the last time Herd fans awakened the day after a football win over Virginia Tech was nearly 83 years ago - when Cam Henderson's Herd beat the Hokies 13-7 at Fairfield Stadium on Sept. 28, 1940.
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Steve Cotton
1 year
New britches for the Herd tonight!
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Steve Cotton
3 years
The Marshall defense continues to shine. After the win over the Blue Raiders, the Herd ranks No. 1 in the nation in rush defense (64.3 yards per game), No. 4 in total defense (259.7 yards per game) and No. 2 in scoring defense (10.1 points per game).
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Steve Cotton
3 years
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your Herd.
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Steve Cotton
6 years
How many teams are getting ready for practice on June 6 with fans rolling in to watch and Sinatra playing in the gym?
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Steve Cotton
2 years
This week’s goal.
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Steve Cotton
3 years
Congrats @MaddenCain - from walk-on to All-American.
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6 years
Merry Christmas to all who run with the Herd.
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Steve Cotton
4 years
Marshall has played 240 minutes of football in 2020. The Herd has led for 204 minutes and three seconds of that time ... has been tied for 35:57 ... and has not yet trailed.
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1 year
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3 years
By the way - I forgot to mention in our rush to get on the road to the airport - Darius George is walking around in a boot - sore ankle, but a big smile on his face thanks to the win. He’ll get it checked out back in Huntington.
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Steve Cotton
6 months
It goes down on the stat sheet as a simple tackle for lost yardage - but my favorite play from Marshall's win over Ga. Southern was when Owen Porter got into the backfield so fast he just tackled both the QB and the RB as the Eagles were making/faking the RPO handoff.
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Steve Cotton
4 years
Marshall linebacker Tavante Beckett is putting together a monster year. Not only did his three fumble recoveries against the Hilltoppers tie the Marshall single-game record, but he now has five career fumble recoveries, in not much more than a year's worth of playing time.
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Steve Cotton
2 years
It seems as though we need a separate Khalan Laborn thread every week - and he deserves it. With his 30 carries for 151 yards and two touchdowns at JMU, Laborn has moved into some rare, and even uncharted, territory at Marshall ...
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Steve Cotton
1 year
Marshall’s last regular-season conference title was in 1988. The Herd tries to change that at 7:00 this evening in Old Dominion’s Chartway Arena. We hit the airwaves with the Par Mar Stores Courtside Show at 6:30.
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4 years
Touchdown Herd! At HTS. 4-0 and 2-0 and it’s Homecoming week.
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6 years
Jon Elmore (22.7) and C.J. Burks (20.1) became the first pair of Herd teammates in 60 years to each average more than 20 points per game. It's only the third time that has happened in school history. The last pair to do so were Leo Byrd (25.0) and Hal Greer (23.6) in 1957-58.
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Steve Cotton
2 years
How big was Khalan Laborn's day, with 163 yards on 31 carries? After his 102 rush yards against Norfolk State in the season opener, Laborn becomes the first Marshall running back of all time to gain 100-plus rushing yards in the first two games of his Thundering Herd career.
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2 years
Merry Christmas to you and your Herd.
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Steve Cotton
4 years
Touchdown Herd!
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West Virginia International Yeager Airport
4 years
Today is a special day! 💚🎉 The @marshallu Bill Noe flight school had its first aircraft touch down this afternoon at #FlyCRW !
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Steve Cotton
5 years
So that was fun. How’s your Saturday?
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1 year
The Herd basketball team’s eight consecutive wins by 10+ points marches the longest such streak in school history and is the longest in a single season.
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Steve Cotton
3 years
Many buffaloes dance tonight.
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Steve Cotton
6 years
Thanks for all you did for the Herd @AjdinPenava . Go make your dreams come true.
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5 years
And that officially closes out another Herd broadcast season. Thanks for tuning in. Enjoy your summer and recharge your batteries so we can do it again in August.
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5 years
For the season, Marshall now ranks No. 4 in the nation in run defense (allowing an average of 91.5 yards/game) ... No. 17 in total defense (318) ... No. 9 in yards per play allowed (4.49) ... No. 20 in scoring defense (19.8 points/game) ... No. 8 in QB sacks (35).
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5 years
Ask and ye shall receive - the radio highlight of Justin Rohrwasser's 53-yard game winner to beat Western Kentucky 26-23.
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3 years
I can’t stay awake until midnight Eastern time, let alone in Ruston - so how about an early Happy New Year to you and your Herd!
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6 years
Let’s roll!
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Jeff Goodman
6 years
Marshall standout Jon Elmore told ESPN he will withdraw from the NBA Draft.
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4 years
Where were you on this day 20 years ago? I know where I was - and I know where Chad Pennington and Eric Pinkerton were, too:
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4 years
If you've been tuned in here for very long, you know I love the fact that we saw a third generation Marshall quarterback toss a TD pass.
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7 years
The Herd is in Birmingham, and I packed enough clothes to stay the whole week.
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3 years
Touchdown Herd! At HTS. 1-0, and we’ll see you at Edwards Stadium Saturday.
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8 months
Here’s the radio booth view for the Herd and Pirates. Marshall and East Carolina tee it up at 4:00, and we hit the airwaves at 2:00 with the Pepsi Tailgate Show.
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2 years
Henry Colombi completed 16-of-21 passes at Notre Dame, for 145 yards and the go-ahead TD to Devin Miller. Along with his 24-of-26 passing against Norfolk State, Colombi leads the nation in completion percentage - 40-of-47 on the year (.851).
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3 years
Touchdown Herd! At HTS. Marshall hauled home a fourth straight win, and now it’s UAB week.
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3 years
We’re on the air for Marshall against Buffalo in the Camellia Bowl.
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3 years
I wasn’t in Cary last night, but this was a good backup spot.
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Danielle Dindak
3 years
HAPPY TUESDAY! 🌟🏆 my MOOD for the rest of the week👏🏻
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5 years
Touchdown Herd! At HTS. We all fall back tonight, but Marshall is ready to spring forward through its bye week to a huge Friday night battle with Louisiana Tech on Nov. 15.
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Steve Cotton
2 years
Best College Gameday sign in Boone - “Furman Still Sucks.”
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6 years
Friday will be Day 11,327 since the Herd's last NCAA Tournament game. When you check my math, don't forget the eight leap years that have passed.
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5 years
That, boys and girls, is a good road trip,
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6 years
So about that Jaquan Yulee hit on the kickoff return - Holy Wow, I hope that NC State kid is okay (and their others, too). In general, when Yulee makes the tackle on kickoff returns, the opponent pays. He has forced three fumbles in his young career, all on kickoff coverage.
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2 years
I think the craziest number that came out of the game at JMU is that the Marshall defense held the Dukes to zero 3rd down conversions on 17 attempts (plus 0-for-2 on fourth downs). The previous biggest 0-fer was when Louisville was 0-for-13 on third downs in the 2002 GMAC Bowl.
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Steve Cotton
5 years
The sounds of Jon Elmore becoming Marshall's career scoring leader:
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Steve Cotton
5 years
Do not adjust your picture.
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1 year
Marshall’s last MBB conference player of the year was John Taft - 1989-90 in the Southern Conference. The last freshman of the year was DeAndre Kane, 2010-11 in Conference USA.
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5 years
A reunion of Herd radio personalities at the National Sports Media Association gathering in Winston-Salem - a Legacy Night dinner to honor ISP founder Ben Sutton - with Bill Roth, Jim Woodrum, Wes Durham and Stan Cotten.
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Merry Christmas to you and your Herd.
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