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in Pony-Like Screenshots Wed Aug 14, 2019 10:13 amby corse178 • 1.660 Posts
The stage is set in Toronto, Canada. The fans have converged on the Air Canada Center and the famous arena is decked out in League of Legends garb. At last, the two finalists, Team SoloMid and Cloud9, are ready to play for the North American League Championship Series (NA LCS) championship. Nine weeks of regular-season play and two playoff weekends have led us to this moment.Historically, TSM has bested C9 twice in the NA LCS Finals before, and C9 in turn has taken two finals against TSM as well. Sundays final in front of the electric Canadian crowd will be the tiebreak in the three year rivalry between the two most successful teams in NA LCS history.Before they open the curtains, however, the arena must be reset after a third-place match that will be remembered as one of the longest best-of-fives in League of Legends history. In a five-match classic, Immortals repeated its successful bid for third place from the spring with a gutsy 3-2 victory over back-to-back domestic champion Counter Logic Gaming.After the marathon best-of-five, all eyes have turned to TSM and C9. ESPN sat down with two of the biggest superstars in the NA LCS, Immortals Kim Reignover Yeu-jin and CLGs Zaqueri Aphromoo Black, to hear who they thought would exit Toronto Sunday as the new kings of North America.I thought TSM was going to win, but recently weve been practicing [against] both teams, said Reignover. And both teams are really good, but I think C9 seems really strong, so I think itll [go to a] fifth game. I think C9 is going to win.I think its going to go 3-2 TSM, stated Aphromoo, agreeing with Reignovers five-game prediction but not the projected winner. We didnt really get to scrim TSM that much before we played them, so obviously I thought C9 was pretty damn good, and even after I played them I thought C9 was a little better. But TSM has picked it up the last week when weve been scrimming them and stuff like that, so theyre just on top of their game. I really hope it goes five games because I think both teams definitely have [been pushing] the envelope a lot, especially with [Head Coach Bok Reapered Han-gyu] coming in for C9 and TSM having [coach Weldon Green] full-time this split, too. So both of those teams are definitely looking good.An added extra wrinkle to the finals is how it affects fourth-place team CLGs eligibility for the World Championship for a second straight year. If TSM were to win the finals, CLG would automatically qualify for Worlds and avoid the gauntlet-style tournament that is the NA Regional Qualifiers next week; however, if Cloud9 is able to pull off the upset, it would grab CLGs assured spot to Worlds. Then CLG would most likely need to face Immortals again in the Regionals to qualify.We asked if Aphromoo had any words of encouragement hed like to offer TSM before Sundays final.Good luck, TSM, he said. If [you] win, thank you. If not, thank you again. Mike Evans Jersey . Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the Carolina Hurricanes, announced Wednesday that the team would assign Swedish forward Elias Lindholm to his nations team for the upcoming tournament. Gerald McCoy Jersey . -- The proud fathers huddled near the Dallas Stars dressing room, smiling, laughing and telling stories while wearing replica green sweaters of their sons team. http://www.authenticbuccaneerspro.com/O-j-howard-buccaneers-jersey/ . MORITZ, Switzerland -- Fog prevented downhill racers from getting their Olympic dress rehearsal. Gerald McCoy Buccaneers Jersey . -- Mike Smith never saw his first NHL goal go in. Jameis Winston Youth Jersey . Deulofeu injured a muscle in his right leg in Evertons 4-1 win over Fulham in the English Premier League on Saturday. Barcelona says that its team doctors will "co-ordinate" with Evertons medical staff as Deulofeu recovers. The path has become clear for No. 15 Boise State.Simply win out the rest of the way and Boise State will have a chance to find a spot in one of the major New Years bowl games and cash a rather large check.Sounds easy, but its far from it as the Broncos entertain Colorado State on Saturday night, the first of two home games in five days for Boise State that stand as one of the remaining speedbumps between now and January.The Broncos (5-0, 2-0 Mountain West) face the Rams, then turn around and host BYU next Thursday. If Boise State can get through this two-game stretch unscathed, the remaining regular-season challenges will all come on the road -- Oct. 29 at Wyoming, Nov. 12 at Hawaii and Nov. 25 at Air Force.Nobody has really stopped these guys, Colorado State coach Mike Bobo said. Theyre very, very successful and theyre very successful early in games. They jump on people.The reason there is so much looking forward now when it comes to the Broncos is because Houston lost at Navy last week. Houston seemed destined to be the Group of Five member to land in one of the New Years Six bowl games, but the loss to Navy cleared the path for Boise State to step in should the Broncos stay unbeaten through the regular season and win the Mountain West title game.Boise States ranking is its highest since finishing the 2011 season ranked No. 8.Our opponents didnt rank us so were focused on them, Boise State coach Bryan Harsin said. How its all been laid out up to this point it really doesnt matter. What matters is we go out each week and play each and every week like we have been.Colorado State (3-3, 1-1) may have turned around its season with a comeback victory over Utah State last Saturday despite the loss of freshman quarterback Collin Hill to a torn ACL that ended his year. With three of the next four on the road, the Rams needed the win over Utah State to keep their hopes for a fourth straight bowl game on track.This football team has improved from last season, Harsin said. Theyre tougher..dddddddddddd Theyre physical. They play four quarters and that showed up against Utah State.Other things to watch as Boise State looks to remain unbeaten against Colorado State:QB CHANGE: The loss of Hill for the season means Nick Stevens moves back under center as the Rams starting quarterback. A year ago, Stevens was a second-team all-Mountain West selection after leading the Rams to a 7-6 season and throwing for 2,679 yards and 21 touchdowns.But he lost the starting job this season after a poor performance in the opener against Colorado and has played sparingly since.I think he hit the reset when he went from first team to second team, Bobo said. He went back to work on some things we wanted him to improve on.MULTIPLE TARGETS: Thomas Sperbeck remains the favored pass-catching target for Boise State quarterback Brett Rypien.Cedrick Wilson is quickly becoming a favorite of Rypiens as well.After a quiet few weeks, Wilson broke out with nine catches for 167 yards and three touchdowns last week against New Mexico.Rypien threw for 391 yards and five touchdowns against the Lobos on just 21 completions.TURNOVER MARGIN: Turnovers have helped define Colorado States season thus far. In two of their three victories, the Rams avoided turning the ball over. In their three losses, Colorado State has eight combined turnovers.Forcing turnovers is one aspect lacking from Boise States defense. Through five games, the Broncos have forced just three turnovers.THROWBACK SATURDAY: Boise State is honoring the 10th anniversary of its Fiesta Bowl victory over Oklahoma on Saturday night with a reunion of players from that team. The Broncos will also wear the same uniform combination from that famous victory -- white jerseys, orange pants and blue helmets. Its the first time Boise State has worn white jerseys at home since the 2005 MPC Computers Bowl against Boston College. ' ' '
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