THE EARLY SEASON MARQUIS MATCH UP TRULY LIVED UP TO IT’S HYPE WITH AN EPIC BATTLE THAT INCLUDED FIGHTS, INTENSE COMPETITION AND A PLAYOFF-LIKE ATMOSPHERE IN THE MILE HIGH CITY. LOS ANGELES RALLIED WITH 20 UNANSWERED POINTS IN THE SECOND HALF LED BY THE STEADY PLAY OF QUARTERBACK JOEY DAVENPORT AND THE TEAM’S ALL-FANTASY WIDE RECEIVER BRITTANIE DeGARBOTT WHO SEALED THE WIN WITH A 37 YD RUN THAT END WITH DeGARBOTT HIGH-STEPPING INTO THE ENDZONE.

DENVER OPENED THE GAME WITH AN IMPRESSIVE 40YD DRIVE THAT WAS CAPPED BY A 15 YD RUN BY ALL-FANTASY RUNNING BACK SHANNON MARTIN. HEAD COACH ALLEN WATKINS EXECUTED AN IMPRESSIVE FIRST-HALF GAME PLAN THAT HAD THE LOS ANGELES DEFENSE ON THEIR HEELS THROUGHOUT. WATKINS’ ATTACK INCLUDED THE STEADY RUNNING OF #12 SHANNON MARTIN AND AN IMPRESSIVE AIR ASSAULT BY QUARTERBACK #4 ERIKA TRUJILLO. MEANWHILE, LOS ANGELES’ OFFENSE COULD NOT MANAGE ANY MOMENTUM AND AT TIMES LACKED FOCUS WITH MULITPLE FALSE STARTS AS WELL AS RUNNING FOUR CONSECUTIVE RUN PLAYS WHICH IS A RULE VIOLATION AND ULTIMATELY COST THEM A TOUCHDOWN THAT WAS CALLED BACK.

THE SECOND HALF INCLUDED A LOS ANGELES RESURGENCE WHICH DEMONSTRATED WHY THEY COULD BE THE WESTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS THIS SEASON. LOS ANGELES’ COMEBACK INCLUDED KEY CONTRIBUTIONS BY ALL-FANTASY RUNNING BACK BRIDGETTE DeGARBOTT AND ALL-FANTASY LINEBACKER MICHELLE JACOT.

IN A GAME THAT WAS DOMINATED BY AN IMPRESSIVE DENVER TEAM, LOS ANGELES ULTIMATELY STOLE A WIN IN A KEY CONFERENCE MATCH-UP. LOS ANGELES HEAD COACH DAVID BIZUB REMARKED AFTER THE GAME ‘I WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE THIS TEAM AGAIN’. DENVER QUARTERBACK AND CAPTAIN ERIKA TRUJILLO ADDED AFTER THE GAME ‘THIS GAME WILL NOT DEFINE OUR SEASON, THIS TEAM IS TOO TALENTED AND WILL WIN-OUT OUR REMANING GAMES”.

DENVER WILL HAVE THEIR SEASON ON THE LINE WHEN THEY VISIT THE NO. 1 RANKED DALLAS DESIRE THIS WEEK.