Just like a flying miniature car accelerating towards the opponents goal posts, we are once again rapidly nearing the premier event of the Rocket League Championship Series. The Season 2 Grand Finals wrap up on December 3 and 4 in Amsterdam, and going into it every one of the eight teams will be hoping to outshine the others for the $75,000 prize. Heres how Europe and North Americas finest stack up.Finalist contenders: FlipSid3, Northern, NRGFlipSid3 TacticsI said it last time, and even at the risk of jinxing it: FlipSid3 is the best team in the world. The EU squad scores more goals and lets fewer goals in than anyone else in the world. FlipSid3 will be a top contender in the world again, and should do one better than last season this time.Northern GamingEuropes Northern underperformed at the last RLCS; a third place finish is not enough for a team of this caliber, and with the new look lineup it will be ready for a push at the championship. FlipSid3 will stand in its way, but thats always been the story for Northern. Now is the chance to surpass its longtime rival.NRG EsportsNRG come in as the surprise number-one seed from North America taking down Orbit in the NA Regionals to secure that coveted slot. If NRG cannot do better than the Season 1 Grand Finals where it finished dead last, there will have to be a lot of questions asked about its LAN performances.Great potential: Orbit, Mockit, GenesisOrbit EsportsOrbit was expected to be the number one team from North America for most of the season yet it fell at the last hurdle, dropping to NRG. If Orbit can play the way it played for most of the regular season, expect a deep run in the Grand Finals.Mockit AcesMockit Aces is an odd team. On its best day, the guys from Mockit are comfortably in the top three teams in the world; on its worst day, they lose to teams that didnt even make it this far. Mockit is one of the most volatile teams in the world; it would be equally unsurprising to see it win the whole thing as it would be to see it lose in the first round.GenesisGenesis is North Americas third seed and also the third-best team from the region. Barring a truly biblical performance, Genesis will likely struggle to make a deep run, but the potential is there. If a really great vein of form strikes them, Genesis will be competing in the later rounds.The underdogs: Precision Z, Take 3Precision ZPrecision Z is a very good team... sometimes. On a good day, Precision Z beats Mockit Aces and takes Flipsid3 to five games; on a bad day, Precision Z will not manage to win a game in the entire tournament. A performance in the middle still leaves them somewhere down here.Take 3Take 3 is an interesting conundrum, North Americas fourth seed lacks almost all consistency; truly, this team could show up as world-beaters or look totally incompetent. The middle ground is again generally expected, but Take 3 on its middle ground simply isnt good enough to compete with the best in the world.Grossiste Chaussures Chinois . Philadelphia is 2-0 against the Senators this season and scored five goals in each victory. The Flyers recorded a 5-0 win in Ottawa on Nov. 12 and then earned a 5-2 home decision on Nov. 19. The Flyers have claimed three straight and four of the last five encounters with the Sens overall and Philly has won two in a row and three of its past four tests in Canadas capital city. Grossiste Nike Air Max . According to a report from the Winnipeg Free Press, the Bombers will name Acting GM Kyle Walters to the post full time. https://www.grossistechaussurepascher.fr/nike-air-max-pas-cher-52a.html . -- The St. Johns IceCaps weathered a wild first period with the help of goaltender Jussi Olkinuora, before finding offensive inroads in the second. Air Max 90 Pas Cher Chine . 8 Kansas to a 64-63 win over Texas Tech on Tuesday night. The freshman from Vaughan, Ont. Air Max 720 Pas Cher .C. -- Charlotte Bobcats coach Steve Clifford said after all of these years in the NBA hes still amazed at some of the things LeBron James does.TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida State has its hands full going up against Louisville dual-threat quarterback Lamar Jackson, and that was before the second-ranked Seminoles lost one of their most versatile defensive players.Coach Jimbo Fisher said during Mondays press conference that defensive back Derwin James was having surgery to repair torn cartilage in his left knee. The injury occurred during the second half of last Saturdays win over Charleston Southern .The 6-foot-3, 211-pound sophomore has emerged as one of the nations top defensive players due to his versatility. Besides playing safety, James can be a corner in nickel packages and an edge rusher in certain passing situations.Fisher said there was no structural damage to James knee but the timetable for his return is anywhere from 4-10 weeks. The absence leaves a huge void as the 2-0 Seminoles hit the road to face the No. 10 Cardinals (2-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference).James has been very effective against mobile quarterbacks. He led the defense with eight tackles and an interception in the Sept. 5 win against then-No. 11 Mississippi.I think on the field theyll miss him with his physical abilities and leadership, Fisher said. But I think his presence on the sideline hell have those guys mentally ready to play too.Sophomore A.J. Westbrook or senior Nate Andrews are in the mix to start in place of James.Louisville coach Bobby Petrino said James is as good a player as there is in the country. James first career start came in last years game against Louisville as he had six tackles, a sack and forced fumble in a 20-point win.Petrino also noted that James got better as last season went along. The same thing can be said about Jackson.Jackson comes into this weeks game leading the nation in total offense, averaging 507 yards per game. In last Fridays win at Syracuse , the sophomore became the first player in Football Bowl Subdivision history to pass for over 400 yards and rush for over 175 in a game.dddddddddddd His 610 yards from scrimmage set a conference single-game record.In last years game in Tallahassee, Jackson had his first 300-yard passing game with 307 yards and three touchdowns. On designed runs, he had 59 yards on 14 carries, including six runs of 6 yards or more.In my opinion hes the fastest quarterback Ive ever played against. Even at ACC media day, I told him, `Dont do all that scrambling, defensive end DeMarcus Walker said. His throwing motion has gotten better since we faced him. I can see hes worked on that. For us preparation is going to be key.In the 27 drives that Jackson has played in the first two games, he has led the Cardinals to points on 18. Eight of those possessions have been three plays or fewer.The Seminoles were effective last year against Jackson in getting pressure. They had five sacks and also had an interception.This season Florida State already has nine sacks, which is tied for third in the nation. The one area where they have struggled though is limiting big plays. The Seminoles have already allowed 11 pass plays of 20 yards or more, which is tied for third most in the nation.Were going to have to do a good job in our pass protection, were going to have to good job being exactly where were supposed to be on our routes, and then we have to be accurate throwing the ball, Petrino said. Theres going to be tight, close coverage, and weve got to be able to run and pass.---AP Sports Writer Gary B. Graves in Louisville, Kentucky, contributed to this report.---Online: AP College Football website: www.collegefootball.ap.org---Follow Joe Reedy on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/joereedy ' ' '