That is why it is difficult to predict the outcome of these elections, and why when you talk to people in the streets, or go out in restaurants, or interview analysts, you will hear as many scenarios as there are people ready to talk.

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"It's a job interview so you've got to be ready to go when it's time to go, " Syracuse's Ryan Nassib he said.

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