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Marirose Roach, center, of the Philadelphia Passion, reaches for a pass between Stephanie Psick, left, and Kayla Teenor of the Los Angeles Temptation during the Lingerie Bowl VIII at the Thomas & Mack Center Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011. The event was a pay-per-view show that could be ordered at halftime of Super Bowl XLV. The Las Vegas Sin, an expansion team, will join the Lingerie Football League this fall.
Monday, Feb. 7, 2011 | 4:51 p.m.
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The gorgeous gridiron girls of the L.A. Temptation held on to their undefeated record yesterday and won the prized Lingerie Bowl trophy for the second consecutive year -- by 1 point. The narrow victory, 26-25, over the rival Philadelphia Passion, the Eastern Conference champions, came from a 1-point conversion, one of only three in eight touchdowns scored in the game.
While victory champagne gushed at the centerline for Los Angeles, there were emotional tears along the Philadelphia sideline. Both teams won congratulations for living up to the hype of a tough and tight match-up.
Hundreds used Twitter to ask why Lingerie Bowl VIII, played for the first time at the Thomas & Mack Arena at UNLV, wasn’t the official half-time show instead of The Black Eyed Peas, Slash and Usher at Super Bowl XLV. Whereas those stars were lowered on chains and wires onto the stage at Cowboys Stadium, the players here were smashing one another into the barriers at full strength.
It was a nonstop, take no prisoners, all-action battle with nearly instantaneous back-and-forth scoring by each team until the Temptation ran out the clock to earn their second consecutive Lingerie Bowl victory. “It was one of the most exciting games in our history,” LFL founder Mitchell Mortaza said.
Former Fantasy and Baywatch star Angelica Bridges, who served as the sideline color commentator during the telecast and will lead the new expansion team Las Vegas Sin this September when the new season begins, told me: “This was pure excitement and adrenaline. These girls really fight for glory. They don’t hesitate for a minute to get right in there.
“They were very tough competition for each other, and our new team is going to have to be prepared for battle royals when we start play this fall. It will be very exciting for Las Vegas.”
While Lingerie Football League officials were on The Strip at host New York-New York last week, they announced the Las Vegas Sin and unveiled the uniforms. Final members of the team will be announced during spring training here.
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Are we sure Angelica Bridges wants to play in the LFL? Has she thought about what may happen if she gets hurt?! She may want to watch this first!
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Only 6 months till next football season, can't wait to see the Sin.
All in all this was a good event. While some of the stuff was over the top (like the women helping each other with leg stretches in the pre-game workout--not that we're complaining), the athletic action on the field was quite good.
These ladies are both sexy and athletic and some have some real catch/throw/run talent.
And if you think it was powder puff football think again. These girls smacked each other hard with some jarring hits both into the artificial turf and also into the sideline pads.
And the game was exciting with LA beating Philly 26-25 on a last minute long-bomb (45, 50 yards in the air).
A couple of things on the negative side:
--I know it was just announced but you would think the LFL would have had gear for the new Las Vegas Sin team. The vendors said people kept asking for it but none had been provided. That wasn't coordinated very well. Many of us would have gobbled that stuff up.
--The T&M needs a new video system, a much larger one. I remember when they didn't even have one at T&M and when they added it we all thought it was cool. But it's so small now compared to other venues and watching the Super Bowl on it wasn't all that pleasant of an experience (except that I had Green Bay & the over).