IF THERE WAS EVER A DOUBT ABOUT THE INTENSITY OR TOUGHNESS OF LFL FOOTBALL AND IT'S ATHLETES, IT WAS CERTAINLY ANSWERED FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN THE SEATTLE MIST AND DENVER DREAM BATTLED AMONGST SNOW FLURRIES AND FREEZING CONDITIONS AT DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PARK IN COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO. FROM THE OPENING KICKOFF IT WAS EVIDENT THAT THESE LADIES COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THE CONDITIONS AND JUST WANTED TO PLAY FOOTBALL. JIM McCOLLINS A DENVER RESIDENT WHO WAS PART OF THE THOUSANDS WHO ALSO BRAVED THE CONDITIONS TO SUPPORT LFL FOOTBALL REMARKED, "THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE, TO WATCH THESE LADIES COMPETE IN ONLY LINGERIE IN THIS WEATHER, WE AS FANS ARE BLOWN AWAY.'

THE FIRST HALF HAD A PLAYOFF-LIKE ATMOSPHERE WITH BOTH OFFENSES DRIVING DOWN THE FIELD WITH IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCES BY SEATTLE RUNNING BACKS KERRY WARREN AND KATIE 'SLASH' RYCKMAN. ON THE DENVER SIDE OF THE BALL ALL-FANTASY RUNNING BACK SHANNON MARTIN LED THE WAY WITH TWO TOUCHDOWNS. DESPITE IMPRESSIVE OFFENSIVE FIREWORKS, BOTH TEAMS LEFT POINTS ON THE FIELD WITH DROPPED FOOTBALLS, BATTLING TO A 13 - 13 HALFTIME TIE.

AS THE SECOND HALF KICKED-OFF, TEMPERATURES WENT FURTHER SOUTH TO A 12 DEGREE WIND CHILL WITH BLUSTERY SNOW FLURRIES AS THE CROWD CHEERED BOTH TEAM'S COMPETITIVE FIRE. ALONG THE SIDELINES STOOD A VERY PROUD LFL FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN, MITCHELL MORTAZA WHO REMARKED, "AS WE CONTINUE TO BATTLE THE PERCEPTION OF LFL FOOTBALL, TONIGHT'S GAME IS SENDING A LOUD MESSAGE THAT THESE LADIES ARE TRULY GLADIATORS AND COMPETITORS.'

THE TWO QUARTERBACKS SET THE TONE FOR THEIR TEAM'S IN THE SECOND HALF WITH STEADY PLAY FROM SEATTLE'S NATASHA LINDSEY WHO MANAGED THE GAME LIKE A PRO. WHILE LINDSEY THRIVED UNDER THE HARSH CONDITIONS, DENVER QUARTERBACK ERIKA TRUJILLO STRUGGLED OFTEN CONFUSED BY THE PLAY-CALLING. DENVER'S RECENT CHANGE IN OFFENSIVE PLAYBOOKS AND COORDINATORS LED TO CONFUSION ON THE FIELD WHICH ULTIMATELY CRIPPLED THEIR OFFENSE IN THE SECOND HALF. "I THINK IT WAS TOUGH FOR US AS AN OFFENSIVE UNIT TO ABSORB AN ENTIRELY NEW PLAYBOOK WITHIN A WEEK AND IT SHOWED TONIGHT", REMARKED TRUJILLO. ULTIMATELY, DENVER GOT AWAY FROM THEIR FIRST HALF SUCCESS OF A CONTROLLED AND BALANCED OFFENSIVE ATTACK LED BY SHANNON MARTIN WHILE SEATTLE USED THEIR WEAPONS EFFECTIVELY TO BLOW THE GAME WIDE OPEN OUTSCORING DENVER 15  - 6 IN THE SECOND IN ROUTE TO A 28 - 19 WIN. 

SEATTLE CONTINUES TO IMPRESS WITH AN 2 - 0 START HOWEVER THE MEAT OF THEIR SCHEDULE IS COMING UP WITH TWO ROUGH GAMES REMAINING ON THE ROAD AGAINST LOS ANGELES AND AT HOME AGAINST DALLAS. FOR DENVER, AN 0-3 RECORD MEANS THE END OF THEIR SEASON WITH ONY PRIDE LEFT TO PLAY FOR.