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The best four teams in North America collided this weekend at the ESL studios in Burbank, CA for their share of $150,000 and the bragging rights that come with the title of Halo Championship Series Fall Season winners. Team EnVyUs, originally formed with the intent of dethroning OpTic Gaming, ended the regular season as the best team in the standings with a 13-1 record while juggernauts OpTic Gaming finished the season in second place. With their original intentions in mind, nV managed to dethrone OpTic from their stronghold, taking the crown and the share of the prize pool. Lets retrace their journey.Str8 Rippin vs. Team EnVyUsStr8 Rippin looked to continue their Cinderella run against the top seeded Team EnVyUs in the first round of the tournament and showed that they were not a pushover in Game 1. Str8 Rippin challenged the number one team in a classic Halo gametype, but fell short with a final score of 3-2. Game 2 was not nearly as competitive as nV pulled away late on Coliseum Slayer 50-39, led by The Wizard Justin Pistola Deese with a 15-8 statline. The rest of the series followed suit with a 100-21 win on Eden Strongholds and a clean 3-0 win on Coliseum Capture The Flag.Team Liquid vs. OpTic GamingTeam Liquid drew Halo juggernauts OpTic Gaming in Round 1 of the winners bracket and although their first encounter of the season went to Game 5, this meeting told a different story. OpTic flew out of the gates in Game 1 and won 3-0 in a staggering 2:43. Game 2 saw an equally impressive performance out of The Green Wall. OpTic won Plaza Slayer 50-38 behind the 21/5/10 statline from Snakebite. The rest of the series was filled with more calm methodical play from OpTic which led to a 100-29 win on Eden Strongholds, a 2-0 win on Fathom Capture The Flag, and ultimately, a 4-0 sweep.Team Liquid vs. Str8 RippinBoth sweeps set the stage for an elimination match between Team Liquid and Str8 Rippin. Both teams had fallen victim to sweeps and were looking for their first win of the tournament. Str8 outslayed Team Liquid on their way to a 100-12 win on Plaza Strongholds. Str8 won Game 2, Regret Slayer with a terrorizing run by Brad APG Laws 50-36. Str8 also won Coliseum Capture The Flag 3-2 to put Liquid against the ropes. Team Liquid showed signs of life on Empire Strongholds by winning 100-44 and a 50-45 win on Coliseum Slayer. Another win, this time 3-1 on Truth Capture The Flag, forced a winner-take-all Game 7. Team Liquid pulled off the seemingly impossible, not only extending the series to Game 7, but completing the reverse sweep to eliminate Str8 Rippin and advance to the losers bracket finals.OpTic vs nVThe two best teams in North America and likely the world. OpTic is undefeated on LAN; nV is undefeated against OpTic in Pro League matches. OpTic dominated Game 1, and Team EnVyUs put together a sniper highlight reel to tie the series 1-1. OpTic broke the tie on one of their best gametypes, Coliseum Capture The Flag and ran away with the series after that, sending Team EnVyUs to the losers bracket to play Team Liquid. Team EnVyUs jumped to a quick 2-0 lead with wins on Fathom Capture The Flag and Plaza Slayer and finished off the series with a win on Eden Strongholds and Truth CTF to earn a rematch with OpTic Gaming.For Team EnVyUs to be crowned Fall Season Champs, they would have to win two Best of 7s after losing to OpTic in the winners bracket finals. nV started off on the right foot with a close win on Fathom Capture The Flag in overtime, and another win on Plaza Slayer for a 2-0 lead. Refusing to go quietly, OpTic won Game 3, The Rig Strongholds, 100-18 but nV quickly responded with another win. OpTic forced the series to go to Game 6 but fell, which meant that nV won the series 4-2 and were one series away from being crowned the champions.OpTic Gaming opened the second series with a win on Plaza Strongholds and nV answered right back with a win on Regret Slayer to tie the series. In fitting fashion, nV and OpTic traded games all the way to a winner-take-all Game 7 on Truth. The game remained close until the halfway point when the young up-and-comer, Cuyler Huke Garland, made a play that swung momentum towards Team EnVyUs. The team never looked back. nV cruised to a 50-36 victory and were crowned the Fall Season Champions. Bill Baumgartner Jersey Store . "It doesnt get any better than that," Giambi said. "Im speechless." The Indians are roaring toward October. 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Safety Chris Prosinski got turned around on the play, the first of many mistakes for the rebuilding Jaguars. "He protected the ball well, but lets face it, the offence wasnt all that clean," Dolphins coach Joe Philbin said. "It wasnt until the fourth possession that they started playing better. But early on, it was a little dicey." Jacksonville finished with four turnovers: two interceptions and two fumbled punt returns. Maybe more unsettling for first-year coach Gus Bradley was what happened on the sideline in the second quarter. Receiver Justin Blackmon, sitting out the game while recovering from groin surgery, got into an argument with Dolphins cornerback Nolan Carroll. The verbal tiff escalated and included several teammates, getting so heated that it got Bradleys attention. "It was a war of words," Carroll said. "I dont know him. They started talking trash, so I talked trash back to them. He kept doing it and kept doing. It was more than one play and he kept talking. I decided to be the bigger man and just let it go. I saw Maurice Jones-Drew get into it also, so they all tried to join up and gang me. "But thats just the spirit of the game. Thats all it is. Its competition. I didnt talk to him afterward. I dont know him. No hard feelings as far as Im concerned." Jones-Drew eventually stepped in and escorted Blackmon to the locker room. Blackmon returned for the start of the season half and apologized to Bradley. Nonetheless, he was in Bradleys office after the game. Regardless of the circumstances, its certainly not an ideal situation for Blackmon. The receiver is suspended for the first four games of the regular season for violating the leagues substance-abuse policy. The suspension stems from two alcohol-related arrrests in the past three years.dddddddddddd Blackmon has spent the past two months trying to prove hes changed and more mature. "I just told him, I said, spend your time encouraging our guys and dont get caught up in that," Bradley said. "Why add that to the game already. Youre falling into that. Thats not what we want on the sideline. He understands, but it still happened. Well talk about it as a team and say thats not who we are or what we want to become, so lets take it out of our game." Gabbert, meanwhile, was hoping to make a strong impression in the teams preseason opener. Bradley selected Gabbert as the starter Thursday, saying he earned it after showing poise and progress in training camp. But Gabberts 2013 debut looked a lot like his first two regular seasons. He completed 5 of 10 passes for 19 yards, with an interception. He didnt get much help, though. Rookie receiver Ace Sanders and fullback Will Taufoou dropped passes, and rookie right tackle Luke Joeckel had his hands full with Cameron Wake. The ball off Taufoous hands landed in cornerback Nolan Carrolls arms for an interception. 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