by Justin Trujillo
We are in the final week of the 2009-10 LFL season as playoffs begin and by the end of the week we will crown a new Lingerie Bowl champion. Over the course of the last five months 10 teams from across the country battled it out and we are down to the final four.
Representing the Western Conference is the Dallas Desire and the Los Angeles. Dallas comes in as the number one seed finishing the regular season with a record of (3-1). Los Angeles waited until the last week of the season to clinch playoffs and finished (3-1) and beat out the Seattle Mist in a tiebreaker on points scored to make the playoffs.
Dallas’ road to the playoffs started strong and they had a little slip at the end. The Desire opened the season with a home win versus the Denver Dream. Defense was the story in that game and they were able to contain a very talented team to 6 points and won 20-6. Dallas then travel to San Diego and put on a clinic as they ran all over the Seduction and won easily 40-6.
They had their last home game and beat the Temptation, who will have a shot at revenge Thursday, by a score of (28-12). Their season ended with a tough loss up in Seattle in front of a loud crowd and had their worst offense performance of the season (12-28). Dallas is capable of scoring and their defense showed at times that is could shut teams down. With a final record of (3-1), Dallas was at the start of the season and still is a favorite to win the Lingerie Bowl.
The Temptation season was not as easy going as the Desires. Los Angeles opened the season on the road in Denver where they trailed the entire game until the final minutes. Los Angles stole the game in Denver and won (26-19) in a nail biter. Los Angeles then traveled to Dallas and lost in a one sided match.
If the Temptation was going to make the playoffs they were going to need to win out and they did just that. Their final two games were at home and the won their home opener over Seattle (26-20) in a back and forth game. Then the playoff clincher came the last week of the season as they dominated the Seduction (53-0) and booked their ticket to Miami. The Temptation will be the team coming in with the most momentum and they should look to carry that into playoffs.
This championship week will have the teams busy. The teams will be in Miami where the NFL and LFL championships will be determined by weeks end. The teams are scheduled for media day on Wednesday and then we have the Conference games Thursday night. Friday is an off day for preparation, and then on Saturday there is a black tie affair where the LFL will hand out season awards. The accumulation of the season is Sunday, as the winner of the Conference games will face in the 7th Lingerie Bowl at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.
