IN A GAME THAT RESEMBLED THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES VS. DALLAS COWBOYS GAME MANY YEARS AGO DUBBED THE 'BODY-BAG GAME', THE TAMPA BREEZE AND CHICAGO BLISS WENT TOE-TO-TOE AND SOMETIMES FIST-TO-FIST ON FRIDAY NIGHT. BY THE END OF THE THE GAME THE INJURY LIST WAS RATHER LENGTHY WITH TWO CONCUSSIONS, A BROKEN WRIST, BROKEN NOSE AND MULTIPLE OTHER INJURIES. IF THERE WAS EVER ANY DOUBT ABOUT THE INTENSITY OR TOUGHNESS OF LFL ATHLETES, IT WAS CERTAINLY ANSWERED BY THESE TWO TEAMS.
EVEN ONE OF TAMPA'S MOST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FLOODING COULD NOT KEEP FANS FROM WELCOMING LFL FOOTBALL TO AND THE DEBUT OF THEIR TAMPA BREEZE. GYLAND MANNING WHO'S FIRST FRIENDS SURPRISED HIM WITH LFL TICKETS FOR HIS BACHELOR PARTY CELEBRATED WITH 60 FRIENDS EXCLAIMING "MY BUDDIES AND I ARE SHOCKED AT THE CALIBER OF FOOTBALL BEING PLAYED TONIGHT AND WE LOVE THIS PARTY ATMOSPHERE, GO BREEZE!".
TAMPA CERTAINLY IMPRESSED EARLY JUMPING AHEAD OF THE LFL'S NO. 2 RANKED TEAM OFTEN DRIVING THE BALL AT WILL WHILE IT'S DEFENSE SHUT DOWN THE CHICAGO POWER RUN GAME. THE BREEZE DEFENSE SPECIFICALLY HAD ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCES OF THE SEASON NOT BACKING DOWN AND OFTEN TACKLING CHICAGO PLAYERS FOR A LOSS. OFFENSIVELY, THE BREEZE SHOWCASED A WELL-BALANCED ATTACK OF MIS-DIRECTION RUNNING AND AN IMPRESSIVE PASSING GAME LED BY ALL-FANTASY QUARTERBACK JENN MYERS.
HAVING NOT PLAYED SINCE OPENING NIGHT, CHICAGO SHOWED SOME RUST IN THE 1ST HALF STRUGGLING TO FIND ANY MOMENTUM ON OFFENSE. EVEN THE BLISS' POWER RUNNING GAME OF TASHA 'THE TANK' PRYOR AND SARAN DUNMORE WERE SHUT DOWN BY AN AGGRESSIVE TAMPA FRONT LINE. DEFENSIVELY, THE BLISS' SUSPECT SECONDARY WAS ONCE AGAIN EXPOSED BY THE BREEZE AIR ATTACK THAT INCLUDED TWO 1ST HALF TOUCHDOWN PASSES.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE BREEZE, LFL FOOTBALL IS 34 MINUTES AND NOT 17 MINUTES LONG. IN THE 2ND HALF, THE BLISS STARTED PLAYING LIKE A CHAMPION CAUGHT AGAINST THE ROPES. CHICAGO HEAD COACH KEITH HAC SIMPLY WENT BACK TO HIS CORE STRENGTH, TASHA 'THE TANK' PRYOR RUNNING WHO CHEWED THROUGH THE BREEZE DEFENSE IN A CONTROL-THE-CLOCK TYPE OFFENSIVE SCHEME. PRYOR WAS COMPLIMENTED BY THE QUICK-FOOTED SARAN DUNMORE WHO TOKE HOME GAME MVP HONORS BEHIND THREE KEY TOUCHDOWNS. "WHILE WE DID A LOT OF GREAT THINGS TO FINISH THE GAME, OUR FIRST HALF WAS A LITTLE SUSPECT AND CERTAINLY SHOWED THAT THERE IS A LOT MORE TO WORK ON. WE WILL NOW FOCUS ON FINISHING THE SEASON AT HOME WITH A WIN AND A PLAYOFF BERTH", SAID BLISS HEAD COACH KEITH HAC.
CHICAGO WILL SIMPLY NEED A WIN AT HOME AGAINST PHILADELPHIA TO CLINCH A PLAYOFF BERTH. EVEN WITH A LOSS CHICAGO COULD SNEAK INTO THE PLAYOFFS WITH HEAD-TO-HEAD ADVANTAGES OVER BOTH MIAMI AND TAMPA.
DESPITE THE LOSS, TAMPA HAD PERHAPS THE MOST IMPRESSIVE SEASON-OPENER OF ANY LFL TEAM. "THIS IS MERELY ONE OUT OF FOUR GAMES, WE WILL BACK AND READY TO COMPETE IN PHILLY. THESE LADIES SHOWED SIGNS OF GREATNESS TONIGHT AND COMPETED WITH PERHAPS THE BEST TEAM IN THE LEAGUE", ADDED BREEZE HEAD COACH YOU MURPHY.
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