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**Udog** · 03-22-2018, 08:20 AM

Armadillo: Thursday's six-pack

Over/under win totals for baseball season

— Philadelphia Phillies, 77.5

— Texas Rangers 76.5

— San Diego Padres 73.5

— Tampa Bay Rays 73.5

— Cincinnati Reds 73.5

— Kansas City Royals 67.5

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Armadillo: Thursday's List of 13: Doing some thinking out loud……

13) It is likely that three NFL teams will start their 6th different Opening Day QB in six years when they open the season in September.

Vikings will be starting newly-signed Kirk Cousins; Houston and Cleveland have dealt away their Week 1 starting QB from last year, so Deshaun Watson will go for Houston if healthy and who knows what the Browns will do at QB, but it’ll be someone new.

It is really hard to win when you have no continuity; Vikings are strong at every other position, but their decision to let Case Keenum walk after he played so well LY will be highly scrutinized. Houston seems set at QB for the next decade if they can keep Watson healthy.

12) Dodgers won 40 more games than the Giants last year, which is eye-opening. San Francisco adds Longoria/McCutchen this year, but neither one of them pitches, although Bumgarner was not healthy last year, and now he is, so that’ll help.

Once your nucleus of talent gets old, it is tough to re-boot and stay a contender without a total rebuild. Will be interesting to follow the Giants this season.

11) Damn, the Red Sox hit only 168 homers last year, least in the AL. My A’s hit 234 and they were a bad baseball team. Will JD Martinez help that correct their power shortage?

10) Speaking of Boston, they’ve got $30M of dead money on their payroll this year, most in the major leagues— Rusney Castillo and Pablo Sandoval account for all of that.

9) Three NFL teams proposed a rule that would limit the amount of early games a western team can play during the regular season. Under the proposal, no team would be scheduled “to play more than three away games with a scheduled kickoff time prior to 1:00 p.m. in the time zone of their home stadium (without consent).”

For instance, during the 2017 season, the 49ers played five road games that kicked off at 1pm ET, which feels like a 10am game to them. Couple years ago, the Rams played a 9:30am game in England, which is a 6:30am start if you’re on West Coast time.

8) Cubs’ 1B Anthony Rizzo has been hit with 70 pitches the last three years, seven more than anyone else in the major leagues during that time.

7) Graceland 83, LSU-Alexandria 80— NAIA national title game drew 6,377 fans in Kansas City, as Graceland, from Lamoni, IA won the championship. Tough loss for Alexandria, which lost in the national semifinals by a basket last year.

6) Louisville sent interim basketball coach David Padgett packing; he’ll be fine eventually, but where do the Cardinals go from here?

If you’re Chris Mack, do you really leave your alma mater (Xavier) for a job where the team is likely to go on probation? Louisville might be a lucrative job, but the fanbase is spoiled and the chances of winning right away are almost nil, which won’t please the fanbase.

5) Western Kentucky 92, Oklahoma State 84– Hilltoppers are headed to New York City for the NIT semifinals next week- they won at USC, then 46 hours later, won in Stillwater, OK. Not an easy thing to do.

4) This made me feel old; Bobby Orr turned 70 this week.

For my 9th birthday, friend of my parents gave me a subscription to Sports Illustrated; the first issue that came in the mail had Bobby Orr on the cover and I became a huge Bruins fan- their loss in OT in Game 7 of the ’79 Stanley Cup semifinals remains one of my saddest moments as a sports fan.

Got to meet Bobby Orr at a minor league baseball game in the mid-80’s; nice man with really bad knees. He was playing in a celebrity softball game and he purposely hit fly balls so he didn’t have to run.

Do a search on Bobby Orr rushing the puck and you’ll see a guy who revolutionized the sport; he was so exciting to watch. Hard to believe he is 70 years old; to me, he’ll always be the guy flying thru the air after scoring the game-winning goal in the 1970 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Happy birthday!!!!

3) There are no instant replays in spring training baseball games; I’m pretty sure the umpires have adopted a “When in doubt, call him out!!” mentality.

2) Since 2004, the defending national champ is 8-19 vs spread in NCAA tournament, and Florida went 4-2 when they repeated in 2007, so it is 4-17 without the ’07 Gators.

1— Combined seeds for the teams in the Sweet 16 this year is 85, the highest total since 2000.

**Udog** · 03-22-2018, 08:41 AM

NHL

Thursday, March 22

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Trend Report
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ARIZONA @ CAROLINA
Arizona is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Carolina
Arizona is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Carolina's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Carolina's last 5 games when playing at home against Arizona

FLORIDA @ COLUMBUS
Florida is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Florida's last 5 games when playing on the road against Columbus
Columbus is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Columbus is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

TAMPA BAY @ NY ISLANDERS
Tampa Bay is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games when playing NY Islanders
Tampa Bay is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing NY Islanders
The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Islanders's last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Islanders's last 5 games

NY RANGERS @ PHILADELPHIA
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Rangers's last 5 games
NY Rangers is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games when playing NY Rangers
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games

WASHINGTON @ DETROIT
Washington is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Washington's last 5 games when playing on the road against Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Detroit's last 9 games at home
Detroit is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Washington

EDMONTON @ OTTAWA
Edmonton is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Edmonton's last 5 games when playing on the road against Ottawa
Ottawa is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Edmonton
Ottawa is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games

TORONTO @ NASHVILLE
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Toronto's last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto's last 6 games on the road
Nashville is 14-1 SU in its last 15 games
Nashville is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games at home

VANCOUVER @ CHICAGO
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Vancouver's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Vancouver's last 5 games when playing Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago's last 5 games when playing Vancouver
The total has gone UNDER in 19 of Chicago's last 25 games at home

LOS ANGELES @ COLORADO
Los Angeles is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
Los Angeles is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games when playing Colorado
Colorado is 11-1 ATS in its last 12 games
Colorado is 16-2 ATS in its last 18 games at home

VEGAS @ SAN JOSE
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Vegas's last 5 games on the road
Vegas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
San Jose is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Jose's last 5 games

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**Udog** · 03-22-2018, 10:29 AM

NHL
Long Sheet

Thursday, March 22

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ARIZONA (25-37-0-11, 61 pts.) at CAROLINA (31-31-0-11, 73 pts.) - 3/22/2018, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ARIZONA is 25-49 ATS (+91.8 Units) in all games this season.
ARIZONA is 27-65 ATS (+124.0 Units) after a non-conference game over the last 3 seasons.
ARIZONA is 35-43 ATS (+98.5 Units) second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
ARIZONA is 19-14 ATS (+36.8 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
CAROLINA is 31-42 ATS (+73.2 Units) in all games this season.
CAROLINA is 13-22 ATS (-18.1 Units) second half of the season this season.
CAROLINA is 11-17 ATS (-8.0 Units) after a non-conference game this season.
CAROLINA is 11-18 ATS (-10.4 Units) in non-conference games this season.
CAROLINA is 1-7 ATS (-8.5 Units) in home games after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game this season.
CAROLINA is 13-20 ATS (-11.8 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
CAROLINA is 14-21 ATS (-11.8 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
ARIZONA is 2-3 (+0.7 Units) against the spread versus CAROLINA over the last 3 seasons
CAROLINA is 3-2-0 straight up against ARIZONA over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.9 Units)

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NY RANGERS (32-33-0-8, 72 pts.) at PHILADELPHIA (37-25-0-12, 86 pts.) - 3/22/2018, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NY RANGERS are 11-22 ATS (+34.8 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
NY RANGERS are 2-13 ATS (+21.3 Units) in road games after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game this season.
NY RANGERS are 128-122 ATS (+265.0 Units) in road games after allowing 4 goals or more since 1996.
PHILADELPHIA is 51-61 ATS (-15.3 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
NY RANGERS is 7-4 (+1.6 Units) against the spread versus PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons
NY RANGERS is 7-4-0 straight up against PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons
4 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.7 Units, Under=-0.7 Units)

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FLORIDA (37-27-0-7, 81 pts.) at COLUMBUS (41-28-0-5, 87 pts.) - 3/22/2018, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
COLUMBUS is 17-4 ATS (+11.5 Units) in home games after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.
COLUMBUS is 25-7 ATS (+17.3 Units) after a 3 game unbeaten streak over the last 2 seasons.
FLORIDA is 23-16 ATS (+6.8 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
FLORIDA is 4-4 (+0.3 Units) against the spread versus COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons
COLUMBUS is 4-4-0 straight up against FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
5 of 8 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.6 Units)

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TAMPA BAY (50-19-0-4, 104 pts.) at NY ISLANDERS (31-32-0-10, 72 pts.) - 3/22/2018, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
TAMPA BAY is 11-13 ATS (-13.5 Units) after a division game this season.
TAMPA BAY is 383-420 ATS (-128.0 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record since 1996.
NY ISLANDERS are 33-21 ATS (+54.6 Units) after a division game over the last 2 seasons.
TAMPA BAY is 51-23 ATS (+11.8 Units) in all games this season.
TAMPA BAY is 6-1 ATS (+4.9 Units) in road games in March games over the last 2 seasons.
NY ISLANDERS are 9-15 ATS (+24.1 Units) in a home game where where the total is 6 or more this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
TAMPA BAY is 9-4 (+3.4 Units) against the spread versus NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons
TAMPA BAY is 9-4-0 straight up against NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons
7 of 11 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+3.1 Units)

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WASHINGTON (42-24-0-7, 91 pts.) at DETROIT (27-35-0-11, 65 pts.) - 3/22/2018, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
WASHINGTON is 3-12 ATS (+15.6 Units) in road games after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game this season.
WASHINGTON is 167-96 ATS (+19.7 Units) in all games over the last 3 seasons.
WASHINGTON is 18-8 ATS (+7.4 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
DETROIT is 19-43 ATS (+70.8 Units) after allowing 4 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 5-3 (+0.0 Units) against the spread versus DETROIT over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 5-3-0 straight up against DETROIT over the last 3 seasons
3 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.2 Units, Under=-0.4 Units)

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EDMONTON (32-36-0-5, 69 pts.) at OTTAWA (26-35-0-11, 63 pts.) - 3/22/2018, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
EDMONTON is 33-41 ATS (-13.2 Units) in all games this season.
EDMONTON is 15-25 ATS (-11.0 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
EDMONTON is 3-13 ATS (-12.6 Units) after a win by 2 goals or more this season.
EDMONTON is 6-17 ATS (-12.7 Units) after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game this season.
OTTAWA is 49-51 ATS (-8.0 Units) second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
OTTAWA is 32-27 ATS (+64.9 Units) after a division game over the last 2 seasons.
OTTAWA is 26-46 ATS (-33.6 Units) in all games this season.
OTTAWA is 97-78 ATS (-5.3 Units) in a home game where where the total is 6 or more since 1996.
OTTAWA is 100-109 ATS (-79.3 Units) in home games in non-conference games since 1996.
OTTAWA is 5-16 ATS (+24.9 Units) after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game this season.
OTTAWA is 7-16 ATS (+26.9 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
OTTAWA is 4-1 (+3.9 Units) against the spread versus EDMONTON over the last 3 seasons
OTTAWA is 4-1-0 straight up against EDMONTON over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.2 Units)

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TORONTO (43-23-0-7, 93 pts.) at NASHVILLE (48-14-0-10, 106 pts.) - 3/22/2018, 8:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
TORONTO is 4-1 (+4.4 Units) against the spread versus NASHVILLE over the last 3 seasons
TORONTO is 4-1-0 straight up against NASHVILLE over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.0 Units)

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VANCOUVER (25-39-0-9, 59 pts.) at CHICAGO (30-35-0-9, 69 pts.) - 3/22/2018, 8:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
VANCOUVER is 25-48 ATS (+90.4 Units) in all games this season.
VANCOUVER is 22-56 ATS (+104.7 Units) second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
VANCOUVER is 4-19 ATS (+31.6 Units) after a division game this season.
VANCOUVER is 39-66 ATS (+112.6 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 3 seasons.
VANCOUVER is 14-33 ATS (+52.7 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season over the last 3 seasons.
CHICAGO is 30-45 ATS (+81.8 Units) in all games this season.
CHICAGO is 12-25 ATS (-23.2 Units) second half of the season this season.
CHICAGO is 4-16 ATS (+24.3 Units) after a division game this season.
CHICAGO is 13-25 ATS (-13.3 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
CHICAGO is 356-357 ATS (+788.1 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record since 1996.
CHICAGO is 2-10 ATS (-10.5 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
VANCOUVER is 4-4 (+1.6 Units) against the spread versus CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
CHICAGO is 4-4-0 straight up against VANCOUVER over the last 3 seasons
6 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+4.7 Units)

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LOS ANGELES (40-27-0-7, 87 pts.) at COLORADO (40-25-0-8, 88 pts.) - 3/22/2018, 9:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
LOS ANGELES is 38-43 ATS (-24.1 Units) second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 13-23 ATS (-10.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
COLORADO is 41-33 ATS (+75.2 Units) in all games this season.
COLORADO is 22-14 ATS (+6.7 Units) second half of the season this season.
COLORADO is 25-21 ATS (+48.4 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
COLORADO is 17-12 ATS (+32.1 Units) after a win by 2 goals or more this season.
COLORADO is 19-12 ATS (+34.3 Units) after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game this season.
COLORADO is 19-18 ATS (+40.0 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
COLORADO is 3-4 (+0.1 Units) against the spread versus LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons
LOS ANGELES is 4-3-0 straight up against COLORADO over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.1 Units)

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VEGAS (47-21-0-5, 99 pts.) at SAN JOSE (41-23-0-9, 91 pts.) - 3/22/2018, 10:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
VEGAS is 2-0 (+2.0 Units) against the spread versus SAN JOSE over the last 3 seasons
VEGAS is 2-0-0 straight up against SAN JOSE over the last 3 seasons
2 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.0 Units)

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**Udog** · 03-22-2018, 10:31 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Thursday, March 22

Arizona @ Carolina

Game 51-52
March 22, 2018 @ 7:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Arizona
9.626
Carolina
11.127
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Carolina
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Carolina
-170
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Carolina
(-170); Under

NY Rangers @ Philadelphia

Game 53-54
March 22, 2018 @ 7:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
NY Rangers
12.224
Philadelphia
10.867
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
NY Rangers
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Philadelphia
-220
6
Dunkel Pick:
NY Rangers
(+180); Under

Florida @ Columbus

Game 55-56
March 22, 2018 @ 7:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Florida
12.915
Columbus
11.566
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Florida
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Columbus
-140
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Florida
(+120); Under

Tampa Bay @ NY Islanders

Game 57-58
March 22, 2018 @ 7:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Tampa Bay
12.197
NY Islanders
10.780
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Tampa Bay
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Tampa Bay
-180
6 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Tampa Bay
(-180); Under

Washington @ Detroit

Game 59-60
March 22, 2018 @ 7:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Washington
9.824
Detroit
11.268
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Detroit
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Washington
-170
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Detroit
(+150); Over

Edmonton @ Ottawa

Game 61-62
March 22, 2018 @ 7:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Edmonton
9.955
Ottawa
11.378
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Ottawa
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Edmonton
-120
6
Dunkel Pick:
Ottawa
(+100); Under

Toronto @ Nashville

Game 63-64
March 22, 2018 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Toronto
00.000
Nashville
00.000
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Toronto

Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Toronto

Dunkel Pick:
Toronto
( );

Vancouver @ Chicago

Game 65-66
March 22, 2018 @ 8:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Vancouver
8.652
Chicago
10.606
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Chicago
by 2
8
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Chicago
-185
6
Dunkel Pick:
Chicago
(-185); Over

Los Angeles @ Colorado

Game 67-68
March 22, 2018 @ 9:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Los Angeles
11.900
Colorado
10.544
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Los Angeles
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Colorado
-120
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Los Angeles
(+100); Over

Vegas @ San Jose

Game 69-70
March 22, 2018 @ 10:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Vegas
00.000
San Jose
00.000
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Vegas

Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Vegas

Dunkel Pick:
Vegas
( );

**Udog** · 03-22-2018, 01:45 PM

NHL
Dunkel

Thursday, March 22

Toronto @ Nashville

Game 63-64
March 22, 2018 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Toronto
10.231
Nashville
13.445
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Nashville
by 3
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Nashville
-180
6
Dunkel Pick:
Nashville
(-180); Under

Vegas @ San Jose

Game 69-70
March 22, 2018 @ 10:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Vegas
10.324
San Jose
12.875
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
San Jose
by 2 1/2
8
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
San Jose
-130
6
Dunkel Pick:
San Jose
(-130); Over

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