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It wasnt easy for the odds-on favorite, but it got it done in the end. The ROX Tigers battled through a surprisingly difficult group to get out of it as the first-place seed. After losing in a stunning upset to CIS Albus Nox Luna earlier in the day, it was thrown into a do-or-die match against Counter Logic Gaming, with the loser being eliminated from the tournament. ROX survived, took care of the North Americans, and then upended ANX in a tiebreaker to get out of the group in first place.ESPN spoke to Song Smeb Kyung-ho after his advancement to the bracket stage.Obviously [ANX], said Smeb when asked what was the biggest surprise from the group. They play really well as a team and know what to accomplish [in terms of] objectives.When probed further on whether he believes ANX could be a contender or if it was a flukey performance, Smeb responded by saying he couldnt give an honest answer until seeing them play more throughout the tournament in the best-of-five format.No one, he said, answering which of the top laners in his group impressed him the most. Im not saying Im far ahead of them, but none of them stood out individually to me.But have any top laners have impressed him in the opening round? Cloud9s Impact, TSMs Hauntzer, and AHQs Ziv, Smeb said calmly. And although he mentioned those trio by name, he also noted that he wouldnt be able to gauge their talents earnestly until he was able to face them in lane to see how overwhelming they are to play against.One of the main storylines through ROXs journey in the group stages was Smebs illness that seemed to bring down the team through the first few days of the competition. Although sniffling a bit during the interview, he reaffirmed that he was feeling better and that he hoped to be fully recovered by the time plays in the quarterfinals next week in Chicago.To end the quick interview (it was midnight by the time ROX did its press interviews) I asked for his predictions on the remaining groups that will be played out through the next three days. For Fridays Group C, Smeb believes that outside of Brazils INTZ, any three of the teams can advance and itll be an interesting show to see which pair emerges to Chicago.Sundays Group B was the one he was most sure about, picking rival SK Telecom T1 to advance alongside Flash Wolves.Finally, picking Saturdays Group of Death between Samsung Galaxy, Royal Never Give Up, and Team SoloMid, he selected, with his heart, Samsung to see another South Korean squad go through, and after a bit of deliberation due to how close the group is, picked NAs champion Team SoloMid to also make the top eight.We will learn who Smeb and the Tigers will be facing in the quarterfinals come the end of Sundays Group B when the eight remaining teams do a live drawing of the bracket stage at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.Fake Custom Jerseys .J. -- Seven games into a disappointing season, New York Giants defensive catalyst Jason Pierre-Paul is getting the feeling hes back. China Custom Jerseys Store . 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In between is a seemingly harmless visit from a team from the Championship Subdivision.Except that the FCS team coming in for Saturdays game -- The Citadel -- is one of only two undefeated teams at that level, has already wrapped up the Southern Conference title and a year ago knocked off a Power 5 program.The Citadels not going to come in here and feel intimidated by any means, UNC coach Larry Fedora said. Theyll come in here expecting to win a football game.North Carolina (7-3) doesnt have any time to wallow after a 28-27 loss to Duke put its hopes for a second straight trip to the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game in serious jeopardy, though Virginia Techs loss to Georgia Tech two days later kept them alive. The Tar Heels need to beat North Carolina State next Friday and have Virginia upset the Hokies to earn a spot in the Orlando, Florida-based game.But thats next week. Right now the priority is avoiding a slip-up against a lower-level opponent that beat South Carolina last year and has already sewn up a spot in the FCS playoffs that begin next week.Weve got our work cut out for us, no doubt, first-year Citadel coach Brent Thompson said. Its always one of those things we look forward to, an FBS school on an FCS schedule.---Some other things to know about the Citadel-North Carolina game:RUNNING BULLDOGS: Its no secret how The Citadel is going to try to win --- by controlling the clock with its triple-option offense, which is similar to the one Georgia Tech uses.dddddddddddd North Carolina, which allows an ACC-worst 222 yards rushing per game, gave up 334 yards on the ground to the Yellow Jackets but won the game 48-20. You hope theres enough carryover with our guys that it will help because we only have a couple of days to get ready, Fedora said.UNDER THE HOOD: North Carolina RB Elijah Hoods streak of 100-yard games ended last week when Duke held him to 75 yards on 13 carries, though he led the team with 58 yards receiving. Fedora says there were too many very basic things that we didnt do throughout that game which kept us from being efficient and just didnt make the plays to put the ball in the end zone.NO PICKS: North Carolinas defense has one of the more bizarre streaks in college football: The Tar Heels are the only FBS team without an interception. They may not get one this week, either, because The Citadel throws fewer than 10 passes per game.KEEPING IT TIGHT: Both teams are used to playing close games. Seven of The Citadels 10 games have been decided by 10 or fewer points, while the Tar Heels have played four games decided by a total of 11 points. Their record is 3-1 in those games with the lone loss coming last week to Duke.---Follow Joedy McCreary at http://twitter.com/joedyap. His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/joedy-mccreary---More AP college football: http://www.collegefootball.ap.org. ' ' '