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In a poem, people with this profession sleep “in the plastering slime” before “the jolly old rain” arrives. One of these people “escapes down some profound dull tunnel” to see an “encumbered sleeper” in the poem “Strange Meeting.” (10[1])The speaker of a poem about these people describes “white eyes writhing” on “his hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin.” (10[1])These (10[1])people “saw sunset glow” before ending up where “poppies blow.” (10[1])A poem about these people (10[1])titled for a Horace quote describes “guttering” and “choking” after cries of “Gas! Gas!” (10[2])For (10[1])10 (10[1])points, name these people memorialized in John McCrae’s (10[3])“In Flanders Fields” (10[1])and Wilfred Owen’s (10[1])“Dulce et Decorum Est.” ■END■

ANSWER: WWI soldiers [accept anything involving a member of the military; accept specific ranks like general or captain; accept American, British, or Canadian soldiers; prompt on fighters or warriors or combatants] (The first line is “Counter-Attack” by Siegfried Sassoon.)
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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY9100%0%0%80.00
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY9100%0%11%74.67
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY7100%0%0%81.71
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY14100%0%0%83.14
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%11%89.00
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY1100%0%0%70.00
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY7100%0%14%82.14
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%11%77.89

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Henry BylinowskiAuburn AGeorgia Tech D3710
Yuxuan LuVanderbilt AGeorgia Tech B5910
Towery McNeilMississippi State AEmory A6010
Parker McCoigTennessee AGeorgia Tech A7010
Gannon RiceClemson ASouthern7510
Claire Leuthner-BarrineauFurmanClemson B8910
Kabir ZamanSouth Carolina AGeorgia Tech E8910
Brady PinterBelmontVanderbilt B9010
Mac DixonEmory OxfordSouth Carolina B9110
Dylan MissalAlabama AGeorgia Tech C9910
Dylan MissalAlabama AGeorgia Tech C9910
Dylan MissalAlabama AGeorgia Tech C9910
Jack OgletreeAuburn BGeorgia A10210
Zach MillerAuburn CTennessee B10510