BIGGEST GAMES OF THE DAY PREVIEWToronto Icegals (1-0) @ New York Hitmen (0-1)
Lindsey Visser (WR) (Toronto Icegals) @ Madison Beer (LB) (New York Hitmen)at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York
Kickoff Time:
12:03 PM EST (12:03 PM EST/Local Time)
Game Weather: 70 °F, sunny
Game Attendance: 54,251
TV Announcers
(ROD): Ian Eagle (play-by-play), Charles Davis (color commentator)
Game Preview: The unbelievably talented Icegals teams travels to New York to take on Gillian Shields and the New York Hitmen for New York's home opener. Toronto comes in at 1-0 and New York came off a devastating loss in their opener against Chicago. Toronto comes into every game with a slew of talent but they do have their share of problems even with all of that talent as they still don't have a star quarterback although French girl Ophelie Guillermand played very well last week against a non-talented Lake Erie Harmonies team but this game will present more of a challenge for them because New York's defense held a talented Chicago team to just 14 points so this will be a step up in class. Madison Beer leads that defensive attack for the Hitmen and they've got some talent as her studiomate Janie Aniston and Katherine Castelli plays with her on that side of the football along with New Yorker Jacquelyn Jablonski playing for her hometown. This defensive attack will take on the challenge of facing some gifted offensive talent on that Icegals side with Lindsey Visser, Penny Perchik, Audreyana Williams, Lisa Grantham, Theresa Bush, and Paris Jackson. It will be on hell of a show on that side of the football. Meanwhile, New York quarterback Gillian Shields will have to throw to a defense led by Jesse Anzalone and Ivy Herbert. There is some concern coming into this game because Rachel Hilbert who is overweight was bullied by many girls on that roster so she's seeing them for the first time in a few years so hopefully they don't taunt her all game and distract her. Then there's Lisa Grantham who comes into this game with a lot of emotion after her father came back to NITRO and she's been an emotional mess ever since but let's see if she can focus on the game at hand.
Favored to Win OddsToronto: 66% chanceNew York: 34% chance
Chicago Enforcers (1-0) @ London Invasion (1-0)
Mackenzie Foy (QB) (Chicago Enforcers) @ Megan May Williams (LB) (London Invasion)at Wembley Stadium in London, England
Kickoff Time:
12:03 PM EST (5:03 PM GMT/Local Time)
Game Weather: 55 °F, passing clouds
Game Attendance: 86,223
TV Announcers
(NBC): Greg Gumbel (play-by-play), Trent Green (color commentator), Rich Gannon (color commentator)
Game Preview: We have two undefeated teams facing off against each other overseas in England as the 1-0 Chicago Enforcers led by Gia Jolie take on the 1-0 London Invasion led by Farah Holt in the Invasion's home opener. Chicago comes off a thrilling victory over the New York Hitmen in their home opener last week where Gia Jolie's fumble return for a touchdown to give Chicago the lead with 3 minutes to go in the 4th quarter and New York couldn't recover despite an awesome day from their defense giving the Enforcers the 14-12 win. It's clear that the Enforcers defense is pretty intimidating but in this game they're going to need a lot more from their offense and their starting quarterback Mackenzie Foy who will need to keep up with the passing attack of the Invasion with Farah Holt throwing the football and Joanna Halpin receiving the football as she had an impressive performance beating the World Bowl favorites Paris Bulldogs last week. London also has a mean defense led by linebacker Megan May Williams who had 13 tackles last week, 3.5 tackles for losses, and a sack on Paris QB Jenna McConnell in that game. This game can go one or two ways either this is going to be a defensive struggle or a shootout because both teams have plenty of talent on both sides of the football to counter each other so this might be one of the closer matchups of the day. It feels like though London should be able to pickup this victory though being at home in front of their wild and loud fans but either way it goes both teams had a win last week so there's no huge pressure to win this week. Both teams had good tests last week so both teams are expected to be in the playoff race all season long.
Favored to Win OddsLondon: 51% chanceChicago: 49% chance
Paris Bulldogs (0-1) @ Detroit Fury (1-0)
Allison Shields (WR) (Paris Bulldogs) @ Janet Moore (QB) (Detroit Fury)at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan
Game Time:
2:40 PM EST (2:40 PM EST/Local Time)
Game Weather: Indoors
Game Attendance: 66,325
TV Announcers
(NBC): Mike Tirico (play-by-play), Tony Dungy (color commentator)
Game Preview: Allison Shields returns home to Detroit with her Paris Bulldogs against Janet Moore and the Detroit Fury in their home opener. The Fury come off a wild 40-34 win against Talia Scoggins and the Boston Hoods on the road last week to open the season. Janet Moore was a beast in that game throwing for 373 yards and 4 touchdowns as she was able to escape Fenway Park by throwing the game winning touchdown to her favorite receiver Nancy Kimmell who caught the pass in overtime to help the Fury win the game 40-34. Nancy caught 2 of the Janet's 4 touchdown passes in this shootout. Detroit's offense will look to outpace Paris in this game who has a pretty good offensive attack of their own led by wide receiver Allison Shields who returns to Detroit for the first time since her sister Gabby put her on blast in her hometown during the New Girls in Town Pageant auditions on Friday night. Allison is looked at as a trader going overseas to Paris so she will likely not get a warm welcome in her hometown. With that being said though Allison can certainly get back at the fans by helping her team win. Running back Topanga Jamora will have to deal with an angry bully like Jezebel James and that rugged Detroit defense featuring Margarita Zalejska, Stephie Argelich, Patrick Westbrook, Teena Schneider, Marissa Robertson, and Alisa Amos. The headlines this week centered around Vika Bronova coming in as Paris' new quarterback in a few weeks after the trade if official so that's become a bit of a distraction for the Bulldogs especially their current starting QB Jenna McConnell who knows her she's on borrowed time but she will still need to play well as she's auditioning for other teams. This is an important game for the Bulldogs who have championship aspirations and being 0-2 to start the season isn't the way to do it but it won't be easy on Janet Moore's field in a loud indoor building like Ford Field in the team's home opener to boot.
Favored to Win OddsDetroit: 53% chanceParis: 47% chance
Los Angeles Stars (0-1) @ Nashville Ladies (0-1)
Hailee Steinfeld (QB) (Los Angeles Stars) @ Jenna Kelly (QB) (Nashville Ladies)at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee
Game Time:
2:40 PM EST (1:40 PM CST/Local Time)
Game Weather: 85 °F, sunny
Game Attendance: 69,143
TV Announcers
(ROD): Gus Johnson (play-by-play), Solomon Wilcots (color commentator)
Game Preview: Hailee Steinfeld steps into this game as the new starting quarterback of the Los Angeles Stars as she replaces Gigi Hadid who is now getting traded to NBC in a few weeks. Hailee Steinfeld will look to take care of business this week winning her first game as the starting QB and get the team's first win of the season as the Stars are favored to be one of the top teams in the NFC this season. Both teams come into this week winless after losing their openers last week as the Stars choked a 28-3 lead last week going into the early part of the fourth quarter until their opponent Strawberry Shields led a comeback for her Seattle Jewel scoring 28 unanswered points to ultimately win the game in the last minute of the game 31-28 on the road. A lot has changed for LA since that game as their team leader coming into this season Kya Summers announced her retirement from professional football so that she can take the extra CEO position at ICE the studio that drafted her back in 2010. A number of players on the team including Gigi and Bella Hadid are getting traded as well and some others so a lot of girls are playing their last games for the team so this team is going to look a lot different in the next three weeks. The good thing for the Stars is that they found out that one of their better defensive players Juliane Landers is staying with ROD so that means she's staying with the team as well so they won't lose much there from their best defensive back on the team. If Hailee is an upgrade from Gigi then the Stars can quickly get back on track here in the win column. The LA Stars come into this game as the much talented team as Nashville's talent is non-existent for the most part as they only have Lisa Wood, the Stella Sisters, Jenny Kelly, and Olivia Ross on the team. Nashville did hold their own last week against New Orleans who's not an overly talented team themselves but they still lost to them 17-13 on the road last week. The Ladies come home this week for their home opener and they will look to not get embarrassed by a much talented team. The LA Stars carry about 14 rookies on their team from this most recent draft in Gigi Hadid, Mackinley Summers, Hailee Steinfeld, Juliane Landers, Bella Hadid, Kyra Santoro, Charlotte McKinney, Langley Fox Hemingway, Nastassia Lindes, Amy Brewster, Sistine Stallone, Maya Stepper, Cristal Serrano, and their first male to play on the team in Sean Thompson. It's safe to say that the Stars are expected to win.
Favored to Win OddsLos Angeles: 87% chanceNashville: 13% chance
Boston Hoods (0-1) @ Quebec Nordiques (0-1)
Talia Scoggins (LB) (Boston Hoods) @ Vika Bronova (QB) (Quebec Nordiques)at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec
Game Time:
5:10 PM EST (5:10 PM EST/Local Time)
Game Weather: Indoors
Game Attendance: 66,308
TV Announcers
(ICE): Jennifer Garner (play-by-play), Jared Padalecki (color commentator), Olivia Munn (color commentator)
Game Preview: In the Game of the Week in the league we have two winless team needing a win to avoid an 0-2 start after heartbreaking losses in overtime last week on the final play of the game. Talia Scoggins leads her Boston Hoods on the road against Vika Bronova and the Quebec Nordiques for Montreal's home opener and it will also be the home debut of Nordiques starting quarterback Vika Bronova who has been in the headlines for all of the wrong reasons this past week. The Nordiques lost to Bridget Satterlee and the Milwaukee Millers on a game winning interception returned for a touchdown by Bridget in that game to lead her team to a 23-17 victory in overtime as we mentioned before. Vika and Bridget jawed at each other the whole game and it was Bridget who got the last laugh the two would go at it the entire week. Vika would later make a controversial move and sign with Jordache Jeans main rival in the fashion industry in Gucci Jeans and this move prompted NBC's new GM Tempestt Bledsoe to seek interest in bringing Vika to Paris to join NBC and that move would make Vika the new starting quarterback of the Paris Bulldogs in a few weeks. These trade rumors which are likely true have put the Nordiques in a difficult position as the franchise had to deal with moving on from their other start quarterback Elle Alexandra before this season as Elle took her talents down south to Dallas this season and Vika the hometown kid looked like she was going to be the chosen one to replace her but that doesn't look like it's happening as now the Nordiques will have to find a brand new starting QB. It will be a very awkward game for not only Vika and her team but the fans in attendance knowing Vika will be gone in a few short weeks. Boston needs to take advantage of the situation and jump on Boston early as Talia Scoggins is the leader of their defense like Bridget Satterlee for the Millers so expect Talia to be aggressive in this game and carry her sisters Hope and Demi Alfonso along with Darcy Barnes to a good defensive performance while Mila Gunz will need to get it done offensively for Boston.
Favored to Win OddsQuebec: 52% chanceBoston: 48% chance
Tampa Sol (1-0) @ Dallas Cowgirls (1-0)
Carmela Russo (LB) (Tampa Sol) @ Chase Carter (RB) (Dallas Cowgirls)at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas
Game Time:
8:30 PM EST (7:30 PM CST/Local Time)
Game Weather: 79 °F, partly cloudy (roof open)
Game Attendance: 104,080
TV Announcers
(NBC): Al Michaels (play-by-play), Cris Collinsworth (color commentator)
Game Preview: Malena Morgan and her high-powered Tampa Bay offense travels down to Big D to take on the Dallas Cowgirls in their home opener on Sunday Night Football. This game marks the first official game for Dallas' prized free agent acquisition "The Red Rifle" Elle Alexandra at home and rookies Chase Carter, Meredith Mickelson, Hannah Davis, Abby Champion, and Head Coach Audrey Krag. It's the classic Malena Morgan vs. Elle Alexandra star QB matchup as these are two of the best quarterbacks in the league right now. Dallas is loaded on offense and so is their opponents the Tampa Sol as the Sol posted 38 points on their in-state rivals the Jacksonville Stripes last week in the season opener in a thrilling emotional game winning drive for Malena Morgan. It's expected that in this particular game that both teams will light up the scoreboard. Tampa comes in with a more talented defense as they're led by Carmela Russo who had 12 tackles last week, 3 tackles for a loss, 1.5 sacks, and 1 forced fumble and Tammy Oldehoff as well who had an interception last week. Tampa also has Mia Lasanti at wide receiver catching passes from Malena. Mia had 7 catches for 210 yards and 2 touchdowns last week so she's definitely a threat that the Dallas defense will have to keep a close eye on. Overall we expect this to be a good ole exciting Sunday Night Shootout down in Dallas.
Favored to Win OddsTampa Bay: 50% chance
Dallas: 50% chance
Arizona Desert (0-1) @ Vancouver Grizzlies (1-0)
Kalani Hilliker (WR) (Arizona Desert) @ Irene Ko Park (WR) (Vancouver Grizzlies)at BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia
Game Time:
11:07 PM (8:07 PM PST/Local Time)
Game Weather: Indoors
Game Attendance: 54,500
TV Announcers
(ICE): Rachel G. Fox (play-by-play), Briana Evigan (color commentator), Kourtney Kellar (color commentator)
Game Preview: This late night affair pins Kalani Hilliker and her Arizona Desert looking for their first win of the season after losing a close one to Dallas on Monday Night Football last week against Alina Kirchiu and the Vancouver Grizzlies in their home opener. Vancouver Grizzlies Head Coach Paloma Kwiatkowski leads a very talented team featuring Deborah Jo Wood, Alyssa Lynch, Alina Kirchiu, Irene Ko Park, Gia Radionova, Hin Lin Ly, Yara Khmidan, and Dasha Dereviankina. Vancouver is one of those teams right now that can come up hard in that NFC division as they have so much talent in great threats on both sides of the football like Irene Ko Park on that offense and Alina Kirchiu on that defense. The problem for the Grizzlies now and this is a new problem for them is the NITRO trade is coming up and hometown kid Dasha Dereviankina is likely leaving this team either for one of the ROD teams on the West Coast that's in this division or one of the NBC teams out on the East Coast in the other conference. Dasha's teammate Alina Kirchiu is reportedly furious at Dasha for forcing her way out of ICE and this could be a problem until the day Dasha is off this team in a few weeks from now. Alina and Dasha were the main reason why the Grizz won their season opener last week in New Zealand so this week could be a challenge with Arizona coming into town coming off a close loss to Dallas on Monday Night Football last week. It will be up to quarterback Sydney Roper and wide receiver Kalani Hilliker to put points on the board to compete against that Grizz defense. Sarah Simmons is a talented player on that defense with not much around her but she's a building block that the Desert can start to team build this team around. Back to the Grizz their starting quarterback is Deborah Jo Wood who is a veteran QB in this league who can hang some points up there with a talented receiving core. The Grizz should take care of business in their first game at home this season and win this game to go 2-0. Jessica Lowndes bought the franchise before this season started so she's looking for a good show on that field in the first home this season.
Favored to Win OddsVancouver: 76% chanceArizona: 24% chance
Las Vegas Dice (1-0) @ Anaheim Oranges (1-0)
Kelly Love (CB) (Las Vegas Dice) @ Xenia Deli (WR) (Anaheim Oranges)at Angel Stadium of Anaheim in Anaheim, California
Game Time:
11:07 PM (8:07 PM PST/Local Time)
Game Weather: 76 °F, clear
Game Attendance: 52,800
TV Announcers
(ROD): Spero Dedes (play-by-play), Adam Archuleta (color commentator)
Game Preview: In a late night showdown between two West Coast foes we have Aisha Williams and the Las Vegas Dice leading her team to Southern California to take on Xenia Deli and the Anaheim Oranges in the Oranges home opener. Both teams come into this game coming off very impressive season opening wins last week as they both blew out their opponents as the Dice blew away the Atlanta Legacies 41-9 who ended up winning their game on Saturday against the New Zealand Kiwis while the Oranges blew away the Houston Oilers 35-14 last week down in H-Town so that means that both teams come in red hot and somebody's gotta lose. It looks like both offenses are machines as there's plenty of talent on the field on both sides of the football so something's gotta give in this game. Both teams also have pretty good defenses so again something's gotta give here. A key player in this game might be Kelly Love for the Dice who plays corner and she had a really good game last week against the Van Der Beek sisters and if she can stop or at least slow down Anaheim's main receiving threat Xenia Deli then there's a chance that the Dice could go on the road this week and steal one away. Now for Anaheim and their big strong armed starting quarterback Anna Herrin she will need to figure out a way to apply that offensive pressure on the Dice in order to keep Anaheim ahead of their crosstown city rival Los Angeles Stars as both teams are fighting for the attention of everyone in LA this season. This is a very close contest but with Anaheim being at home they should be able to pull this one out but it is a very close game that can go either way.
Favored to Win OddsAnaheim: 53% chanceLas Vegas: 47% chance
