Yes, I thought it was one batch as well, though I just checked my email from last year, and my request then was Jan 28 -- not the 25th as yours (and many others according to last year's thread) was, Nescafe. The only two explanations I can think of are that I'm towards the end of the alphabet and that my field has a perpetual tardiness problem. (i.e. professors who read these things were late, but both years?) Though I bet it's neither.