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2D SUNDAY, NOV. 5, 1995 PORT HURON, MICHIGAN 2D COLLEGE FOOTBALL I JJ5d (tea fiw tip) tesiinnis Estops Lions twice moved inside the 10 and threatened to come back from a 14-0 deficit. Autry gained 139 yards on 36 carries and broke North western's single-season mark of 1,291 yards set by Bobby Christian in 1989. No. 8 NOTRENaS NAVY Notre Dame ba lrterback Tom Krug came thrl Ahe Irish after Ron Powius bl I left arm.

Krug threw for two hdowns as the Irish rallied to bey the Midshipmen for the 32nd straight time. No. 9 KANSAS STATE 49 No. 25 OKLAHOMA 10 Matt Miller passed for three TDs and ran for two as Kansas State handed Oklahoma its worst loss in 50 years. The Wildcats blocked Oklahoma's first punt and returned it for a touchdown.

Miller broke Chad May's school record with his 19th scoring pass of the season, a 16-yarder to Brian Lojka. No. 10 COLORADO 45 OKLAHOMA STATE 32 John Hessler had touchdown passes of 52, 6, 5, 77 and 7 yards, tying the record he set earlier this season against Oklahoma. His longest touchdown pass, to Rae Carruth, came midway through the fourth quarter Deshea Townsend. Riddle capped the drive with a 2-yard run.

No. 18 ARKANSAS 26 MISSISSIPPI STATE 21 The Razorbacks earned a spot in the Southeastern Conference championship game by holding off Mississippi State. Madre Hill's 1-yard TD run put the Razorbacks ahead 24-14 midway through the third period. The Bulldogs closed to 24-21 on Derrick Taite's 5-yard TD pass to Keffer McGee. Steven Conley later sacked Taite in the end zone.

VIRGINIA TECH 31 No. 20 SYRACUSE 7 Jim Dnickenmiller threw for three touchdowns and Ken Oxendine ran for 113 yards as Virginia Tech (7-2) won its seventh straight and gained the inside track to the Big East title. Tech can clinch a tie for the league championship by beating Temple next week. No. 21 AUBURN 38 NE LOUISIANA 14 Stephen Davis, who left the game with a strained left knee after his fourth carry, shook off the injury and rushed for 111 yards and two touchdowns.

He returned midway through the third quarter and scored on runs of 17 and 21 yards. The Associated Press Top-ranked Nebraska and No. 3 Florida got rmrd -breaking performances from former reserves Saturday. Ahman Green, who became a starter after Lawrence Phillips was suspended for attacking his former girlfriend, stole the spotlight in Nebraska's 73-14 win over Iowa State. Phillips returned following a six-game suspension and gained 68 yards, but Green was the star, with 176 rushing yards and four touchdowns.

Green increased his season total to 997 yards, breaking Nebraska's freshman record of 900 set by Calvin Jones in 1991. Eric Kresser, starting in place of Heisman Trophy contender Danny WuerffeL passed for a school-record 458 yards and six touchdowns' as Florida routed Northern Illinois 68-20. Wuerffel was given the day off igainst the 49-point underdog Huskies, and Kresser took advantage by going 26-42 and breaking Wuerflel's mark of 449 passing yards in a gairn. No. 1 NEBRASKA 73 I IOWA STATE 14 The Comhuskers gained 6, their 776 yards on the grouf second-highest rushing tf school history.

Iowa tatej and finally gave the Buffaloes some breathing room. No. 11 KANSAS 42 MISSOURI 23 Mark Williams threw a 49-yard TD pass to Isaac Byrd and Chris Jones returned an interception 32 yards for a totchdown in the third quarter. Missouri (2-7) led 17-14 at halftime. No.

14 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 31, STANFORD 30 shawn Johnson caught an 8- touchdown pass from Kyle Vaoltz with 39 seconds remain- uting Southern Cat within one of a Rose Bowl berth. The rallied from a 16-0 deficit HO. 19 OREGON 24 15 WASHINGTON 22 Huskies' John Wales missed twi leld goal attempts in the final is Oregon held on. The Ducks took! 24-0 halftime lead, sparked by Pat I ohnson's 89-yard TD return of the Aening kickoff. No.

16 ALABAMA 10 LSU 3 DVis Riddle rushed for 174 yardl and the winning touchdown in a dJ Visive struggle. The Crimson Tideljok over at the LSU 22 with 13:05 lift following an interception by FIFTH QUARTER ico i SATUAY'S SCaS MIDWEST Aoran iO, Kaamaan 7 Aan38. Aim 28 BaMr 33. Md Am Nazarene 32 BaKMvt-WaMc 40. Grw Nonham 22 Bal St 28.

Kert 13 Be 31. taka Forest 20 Benedict Am. 56. Gracetand 28 BaOvany. Kan.

41. Ottawa, Kan. 6 Bowig Green 33. Oho 7 Case Western 21, Damson 6 Cert, towa 68. Wam Perm 0 Cent Missouri 28.

SW Baptist 7 Cncago 4a Ky. Wesleyan 24 Concord. Moor. 14, St John'. Mm 14 Concordia.

Meo. 28. Hastings 27 Concordia. Wo. 28.

Concordia. H. 7 Cornea. Iowa 40. Coe 28 Crown 26.

Pmdpia 20 Curver-Stodrton 31. WAam Jewel 9 Dayton 36. fcvansv 10 OePauw 45, Anderson 13 Detent 17, BluOton 13 Ockreon SL 17. Carrol, Wis. 14 E.

Hmoa 20. W. IUmo 17 Earlrtam 49, OberWi 14 Eknhurst 28, MitWiin 21 Emporia St 36. ME Missouri 19 Eureka 47, Lakeland 45 Evangel 28. Cent Methodist 14 Ferns SL 43, SL Joseph's.

Ind. 26 Fort Hays SL 47. Chadron SL Frank! SO, Mac Murray 18 GnrmeH 26, Wmois CoL 15 Hamline 21, Gustav Adolphus 14 Hanover 41, Manchester 19 Hillsdale 44, Northwd. Men. 30 Hope 33.

Olivet 28 Illinois 26. Iowa 7 Illinois SL 31, N. Iowa 29 Illinois Weslyn 61. North Park 10 John Carroll 33, Hiram CoL 7 Kansas 42, Missouri 23 Kansas SL 49, Oklahoma 10 Kansas Weslyn 36. Sterlmg 0 Knox 28.

Monmouth, III. 14 Lmoenwood 21, Tri-State 20 Lor as 38, Upper Iowa 14 Malone 31. Thiel 10 Marantha Baptist 29, Blackburn 23 Marietta 50, Heidelberg 34 McPherson 21, Tabor 14 Miami, Ohio 39, E. Michigan 23 Michigan SL 28, Michigan 25 Michigan Tech 43, Wayne, Mich. 3 Midland Lutheran 14, Nebraska Weslyn 6 Mma-Crookston 33, Minot SL 27 28.

Northern St O. 7 Mo. Western 43, Mo. Southern 7 Moorhead SL 46, Winona SL 25 Mount Union 62, Capital 7 N. Michigan 20, Ashland 8 NW Missouri SL 42.

Washburn 21 Nebraska 73. Iowa St. 14 Nebraska-Kearney 44, W. New Mexico 28 Nebraska-Omaha 44, S. Dakota SL 28 North Central 7, Carthage 7, tie North Oakota 21, N.

Dakota SL 7 Northwestern 21, Penn SL 10 Northwestern, Iowa 31, Dana 0 Notre Dame 35, Navy 17 Ohio St 49, Minnesota 21 Olrvet Nazarene 21, St. Xavier 20 Otterbein 9, Muskingum 6 Pittsburg St. 60, Missoun-Rolla 10 Purdue 38, Wisconsin 27 Ripon 49, Lawrence 35 Rose-Hulman 41, Wabash 29 S. Illinois 30, W. Kentucky 28 SE Missouri 21, Morehead SL 12 SW Minnesota 13.

6 Saginaw Val. St. 24, Grand Valley SL 21 Simpson, Iowa 41, Dubuque 6 South Dakota 28. Mankalo SL 7 Southwestern. Kan.

31, Bethel, Kan. 20 St. Ambrose 35, Iowa Weslyn 6 St. Francis, III. 27, Indianapolis 0 St.

Thomas, Minn. 48, Macalester 0 Taylor 31 Tiffin 20 Toledo 19, Cent Michigan 7 Trinity, III. 56, III. Benedictine 14 Valparaiso 20, Aurora 15 Wartburg 50, Luther 28 Washington, Mo. 42, Colorado Col.

0 Wayne, Neb. 55, Bemidji St. 14 Westmar 15, Doane 0 Wheaton 35, Augustana.lll. 27 Wilmington, Ohio 21, Urbana 10 30, Claire 13 16, 9 Falls 28, PL 18 48, 14 Wooster 23, Kenyon 14 Youngstown St. 24, Akron 10 EAST American Intl.

1 9, Towson St. 1 7 Boston College 10, Temple 9 Brown 47, Harvard 8 Bucknell 21, Holy Cross 7 Canisius 21, lona 14 Cent. Ohio 33, Buffalo 7 Connecticut 28, Boston U. 17 Cornell 38, Yale 10 Dartmouth 43, Columbia 27 Delaware 23. William Mary 20 Ouquesne 48, St.

John's, NY 22 East Carolina 31, Army 25 Georgetown, C. 33, Siena 19 James Madison 27, Northeastern 13 Lafayette 35, Colgate 9 Lehigh 1 7, Fordham 0 Maine 24, Massachusetts 21, OT Manst 38, St. Peter's 0 Princeton 22, Penn 9 Rhode Island 27, Villanova 10 Robert Morris 32, Bethany.W.Va. 7 S. Connecticut 14, Cent.

Connecticut SL 3 Wagner 21, Monmouth, N.J. 20 Wpt Virginia 59, Rutgers 26 i POvVlUS OUT: Notre Dame quarterback Ron Powlus broke his arm in the Fighting Irish's 35-17 win against Navy Saturday and will miss the rest of the season. Powlus broke his left humerus, the bone between the shoulder and elbow. With Notre Dame trailing 17-14 with approximately 11 minutes left in the third quarter, Navy's Harris grabbed a scrambling Powlus around the collar fend tossed him to the ground. Powlus fell on his left shoulder and was on the ground for five minutes before being taken to the room.

Powlus was replaced by junior Tom Krug, who had hot completed a pass all season. Before he was injured, Powlus Was 4-of-8 for 64 yards and had rushed for one touchdown. For if year, Powlus was 120-of-209 for 1,789 yards and 11 touch-Wwns. He also threw seven interceptions. DBD HURRICANES STORM SOUTHWEST: Danyell Ferguson scored iree touchdowns to lead slow-starting Miami to a 35-14 victory 6ver Baylor, the Hurricanes' fourth consecutive victory as they iontinued their domination of the Southwest Conference.

Ferguson nad touchdown runs of 1, 10 and 39 yards and rushed for a career-high 143 yards on 18 carries. The 13th straight victory over a SWC opponent kept bowl hopes alive for Miami (5-3) in front of an announced 32,655 at a near-empty Orange Bowl. BOB ROUGH LANDING FOR GLENN: Ohio State flanker Terry Glenn left Saturday night's game against Minnesota with a slight separation to his right shoulder after landing hard while making a spectacular catch. Glenn was escorted off the field late in the first quarter after grabbing a 45-yard pass from Bobby Hoying at the Minnesota 16. He leaped high in the air to make the catch and was clearly in pain after hitting the ground.

The fourth-ranked Buckeyes Davis, the nation's leading rusher, gained 121 on 28 carries. No. 3 FLORIDA 58 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 20 Kresser connected on a 96 yard pass play with Jacques Green and threw a 43-yard TD pass to Tremayne Allen before sitting out the fourth Florida is 8-0 for only the second time in school history. No. 5 TENNESSEE 42 S.

MISSISSIPPI The Volunteers forced five turnovers and Ray Austin blocked a punt that was returned for a touchdown. Peyton Manning passed for 230 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a score. Southern Mississippi gained only 142 yards and never passed the Tennessee 38-yard line. No. 6 NORTHWESTERN 21 No.

12 PENN ST. 10 Darnell Autry gained 100 yards for the 10th straight game and scored three TDs as Northwestern (8-1) matched its highest victory total ince 1948. The Wildcats had five ks and held Penn State to three nd-half points after the Nittany a bowl bid. "This is the best," Mason said. "I'm going to sleep on this and have dreams about this." Carr scored in the third quarter and Biakabutuka early in the fourth to give Michigan an 18-14 lead, the Wolverines' first since early in the first quarter.

The Spartans regained the lead 21-18 on Greene's 1-yard run with 6:20 left. The Spartans took a 7-3 lead on Mason's punt return in the second quarter. Greene's 7-yard run gave them a 14-3 lead with 30 seconds left in the half. Mason gathered the ball in at the Spartans' 30 and found a lane through the Michigan defense. Rob Swett had the last at Mason about 20 yards from the goal line, but Mason easily won that footrace up the sideline.

"I always have dreams about running a punt back for a touchdown," Mason said. "I knew if I could contribute to special teams, we would have a good chance to win." It was the first punt the Spartans returned for a TD since 1984, when Bobby Morse returned orte 87 yards in a 19-7 victory against the Wolverines at Ann Arbor. Greene's 13th touchdown of the season capped a 79-yard, 11 -play drive following a fake field goal by the Wolverines. Mason, who had five catches for 71 yards, kept that drive alive with a nice reaching sideline grab for an 18-yard gain. With 4:50 left in the second quarter, the Wolverines faked a 38-yard field goal.

But the holder, tight end Jay Riemersma, a former quarterback, overthrew placekicker Hamilton, who was alone on the left sideline around the 10. The Wolverines finally went 57 yards in 11 plays. Carr, who is sometimes used at plowed into the end zone and Griese's pass to Mark Campbell for the 2-point con- TDs (4 and 3 yards) and Love threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Jim Kerr. 3 VICTORY RIDE: Michigan State payers give first-year coach Nick Saban an 28-25 upset victory against Michigan at Spartan Stadium. MSU: Piills stunner scored four plays later to make it 14-14.

iney lea 35-14 at nainime. JOHNNY ON THE SPOT: Johnny Johnson came off the bench to spark the Illinois offense, and the defense intercepted five passes four in the final period as the lllini beat Iowa 26-7 Saturday. The lllini, the worst rushing team in the Big Ten with a 94-yard per game average, ground out 244 yards against the Hawkeyes, who lost their third straight. Robert Holcombe rushed for 102 yards for Illinois, which snapped a two-game losing streak. The lllini held Iowa, the league's third-best rushing team, to just 20 yards on the ground.

Johnson, who lost his starting job to Scott Weaver four weeks ago, replaced Weaver in the second quarter and directed the lllini to 23 points. Johnson completed 5-10 passes for 60 yards, while Weaver was 0-6 and had one interception when he was taken out. flflfl PURDUE POUNDS BADGERS ON GROUND: Mike Alstott and Edwin Watson both rushed for career-high yardage and scored twice to lead Purdue over Wisconsin 38-27 Saturday. Alstott closed in on Purdue's career-rushing record with 204 yards on a career-high 36 carries. The senior fullback, who lined up at tailback with 6-foot-2, 350-pound Damon Lewis on several key plays, scored on runs of 40 and 2 yards and increased his career total on the ground to 3,281 yards.

Watson had Purdue's longest TD run since 1984 when he went 63 yards in the first quarter. He finished with 194 yards. TOLEDO ROLLS ON: Wasean Tait scored on a pair of 1-yard runs and Mark Spring kicked a pair of field goals as Toledo all but assured itself of a league title with a 19-7 victory against Central Michigan on Saturday. The Rockets (8-0-1, 5-0-1 Mid-American Conference) are a game ahead of second-place Miami of Ohio with Akron and Ohio University left to play. The Chips fell to 4-5 and 2-4.

The Toledo defense forced three Central turnovers and held Central to 1 12 yards rushing and 102 yards passing. By CARLOS OSORIO The Associated Press escort off the field after the Spartans' MSU 28, U-M 25 Michigan 3 0 8 14 25 Michigan SL 0 14 0 14 28 Mich FG Hamilton 35 MSU Mason 70 punt return (Gardner kick) MSU Greene 7 run (Gardner kick) Mich W. Carr 3 run (Campbell pass from Griese) Mich Biakabutuka 5 run (Hamilton kick) MSU Greene 1 run (Gardner kick) Mich Hayes 22 pass from Griese (Hamilton kick) MSU Carter 25 pass from Banks (Gardner kick) A 74,667 Mich MSU First downs 24 21 Rushes-Yds 47-218 31-73 Passing Yds 140 318 Return Yds 18 106 Comp-Att-Int 16-28-0 26-34-0 Sacked-Yds Lost 2-10 1-4 Punts 4-39 4-41 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-0 Penalties-Yds 5-50 8-70 Possession 33:03 26:57 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Michigan, Biakabutuka 37-191, Howard 5-21, Floyd 1-4, W. Carr 1-3, Hayes 1-1, Griese 2-(minus 2). Michigan Renaud 19-59, Greene 6-25, Carter 1-1, Crenshaw 1 (minus 2), Banks 4-(minus 10).

PASSING Michigan, Griese 16-26-0-140, Riemersma 0-2-0-0. Michigan Banks 26-34-0-318. RECEIVING Michigan, Riemersma 9-70, Hayes 4-52, Toomer 2- 17, Williams 1-1. Michigan Muhammad 8-116, Greene 7-59, Mason 5-71, Carter 4-59, Keur 1-17, Renaud 1 -(minus 4). version cut the deficit to 14-11.

"We beat ourselves," Carr said. "When it came down to it, we just didn't get the job done. I feel there is no team in the country that would beat us when we play our best. But we didn't play our Michigan State' Gardner missed field goals I Id 37 yards in the opening half.y "I thought we CMd win this game," Michigan Stan Coach Nick Saban said. "I thought they had more, better players than we had.

But I thought if we played our best football game, we could win. "We never felt like we couldn't win. We never played like that." ninth win on Buggs' second TD, Jermaine Bell returned the ensuing kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown to make it 29-20. Love added two fourth-quarter TD passes, a 23-yarder to Ray Wilson and an 11-yarder to Kerr. Buggs rushed for 141 yards on 23 carries and Smith added 137 yards on 30 carries for the Pumas.

Continued from Page 1d of luck. "We have the best receiving corps in the Big Ten and maybe the country," Banks said. "I've been trying Jto prove that. Today, maybe people will believe us." I Banks completed 8-10 for 94 yards-on the winning drive. Two of the 8j yard drive's 11 plays could have gort either way.

The biggest was a dom- pletion to Derrick Mason from forlrth-and-11 at the Spartans' 32. Mason appeared to catch the tall and go out of bounds short of the first down. But when the officials spotted the ball, it was a first down by inches. "He spotted it where he saw it," Carr said. "An inch or two the other way and the game is over." A short time later, from second-and-8 at the Michigan 47, Banks threw a pass that Michigan corner-back Charles Woodson tipped but couldn't catch.

The ball fell into Mason's hands for a 22-yard gain to the Michigan 25. On the next snap, Banks found Nigea Carter all alone behind Clarence Thompson for the score. "I've got to give credit to my receivers," Banks said. "If Mason doesn't make that play, we don't get another chance." Tshimanga Biakabutuka, who rushed 37 times for 191 yards, scored on a 5-yard run, nose tackle William Carr had a 1-yard TD dive and Remy Hamilton kicked a 35-yard field goal for Michigan. "We know we have a pretty good team and good enough players to dominate the league, but we're not doing it," Biakabutuka said.

"Michigan State just made the great plays today." Mason, who finished with 176 all-purpose yards, had a 70-yard punt return and Scott Greene had touchdown runs of 7 and 1 yard for Michigan State, which kept hopes alive for ana. The Bulldogs (9-0 overall and MIFC) locked up the title with the SOUTH 40, Charleston Southern 14 Alabama 10, LSU 3 Alabama St. 37, Grambling St. 16 Alcorn St. 38, Miss.

Valley St 27 Appalachian St. 26, VMI 24 Auburn 38, NE 4 CenL Florida 38, Bethune-Cookman 7 Centre 21, Davidson 6 Clemson 17, North Carolina 10 Delaware St. 17, N. Carolina 10 Eton 20, Wofford 16 Florida 58, N. Illinois 20 Georgia Southern 27, Furman 20 Georgia Tech 24, Wake Forest 23 Liberty 28, Hampton U.

14 Louisville 34, Tulane 14 Marshall 52, E. Tennessee St. 0 Maryland 30, N. Carolina St. 13 Miami 35, Baylor 14 Middle Tenn.

45, 17 Mississippi 34, Memphis 3 Murray St. 17, E. Kentucky 7 Richmond 7, New Hampshire 3 S. Carolina St. 18, Howard U.

14 Samford 35, Morgan St. 24 Southern U. 52, Florida ASM 38 Tennessee 42, Southern Miss. 0 Tn. -Chattanooga 29, Citadel 24 Vanderbilt 14, Kentucky 10 Virginia Tech 31, Syracuse 7 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 26, Mississippi St.

21 Arkansas St. 21, San Jose SL 7 Colorado 45, Oklahoma St. 32 Jackson St. 13, Texas Southern 9 McNeese St. 28, SW Texas St.

7 Texas Christian 19. Southern Meth. 16 FAR WEST Arizona St. 37. UCLA 33 Boise St.

63, E. Washington 44 Brigham Young 45, Tulsa 35 Cal Poly-SLO 49, CS Northridge 7 California 27, Washington St. 1 1 Colorado St. 56, Texas El Paso 10 Montana 35, Idaho St. 21 Nevada 30, Utah St.

25 New Mexico St. 39, Pacific 37 Oregon 24, Washington 22 Southern Cal 31, Stanford 30 UC Davis 37, S. Utah 21 UNLV 34, North Texas 24 Utah 30, Wyoming 24 AP TOP 25: HOW THEY FARED Team (Record) This week Next week 1. Nebraska (9-0-0) beat Iowa State, 73-14 at Kansas 2. Florida State (7-1-0) lost to Virginia, 33-28 at North Carolina" 3.

Florida (8-0-0) beat Northern Illinois, 58-20 at South Carolina" 4. Ohio State (9-0-0) beat Minnesota, 49-21 vs. Illinois 5. Tennessee (8-1-0) beat So. Mississippi, 42-0 at Kentucky, Nov.

18 6. Northwestern (8-1-0) beat Penn State, 21-10 vs. Iowa 7. Michigan (7-2-0) lost to Michigan State 28-25 vs. Purdue 8.

Notre Dame (8-2-0) beat Navy 35-17 at Air Force, 9. Kansas State (8-1-0) beat Oklahoma 49-10 at Iowa State 10. Colorado (7-2-0) beat Oklahoma State 45-32 vs. Missouri 11. Kansas (8-1-0) beat Missouri 42-23 vs.

Nebraska 12. Penn State (6-3-0) lost to Northwestern 21-10 vs. Nov. 18 13. Texas (6-1-1) beat Texas Tech, 48-7 at Houston 1 4.

USC (7-1 -1 beat Stanford 31-30 at Oregon State 15. Washington (5-3-1) lost to Oregon 24-22 at UCLA 16. Alabama (7-2-0) beat Louisiana State 10-3 vs. Mississippi St. 1 7.

Texas (5-2-0) did not play at Rice, Thursday 18. Arkansas (7-2-0) beat Mississippi State 26-21 vs. SW Louisiana 19. Oregon (7-2-0) beat Washington, 24-22 at Arizona 20. Syracuse (6-2-0) lost to Virginia Tech 31-7 at Pittsburgh 21.

Auburn (6-3-0) beat NE Louisiana 38-14 at Georgia 22. UCLA (6-3-0) lost to Arizona State, 37-33 vs. Washington 23. Texas Tech (5-3-0) lost to Texas, 48-7 vs. Texas Christian 24.

Virginia (7-3-0) beat Florida State 33-28 at Maryland 25. Oklahoma (5-3-1) lost to Kansas State 49-10 vs. Oklahoma St. i Ferris locks up league title with The Associated Press RENSSELAER, Ind. Bill Love passed for 293 yards and three touchdowns Saturday as Ferris State won the Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference championship with a 43-26 win over St Joseph's of Indi win and a loss by Grand Valley Sta which lost to Saginaw Valley State nrjf Saturday.

'pj Ferris State led 22-13 at halftlr' as Chris Pulliams scored two rushi'rt i St Joseph's (1-8, 1-8) scored on a 28-yard run by Jamon Buggs and a 32-yard TD pass from Larry Smith to Brian After the Pumas closed to 22-20 hi, i.