Week 2 Game Preview: CHICAGO ENFORCERS (0-1) @ LOS ANGELES XTREME (0-1)

CHICAGO ENFORCERS (0-1) @ LOS ANGELES XTREME (0-1)
Saturday, February 10, 2001 – 8:00 p.m. (ET)
L.A. Coliseum
TV: NBC

CHICAGO ENFORCERS NOTES

- The Enforcers head into LA looking to even their record at 1-1 after a tough 33-29 loss at Orlando last Saturday night.

- Two words: John Avery. The versatile RB will look to shine again after he lit up the Citrus Bowl with 157 yards on 25 carries, also catching three balls for 93 yards. Avery has big-play potential on every play, as he proved by breaking off a 64 with 157 yards on 25 carries, also catching three balls for 93 yards.

- While pre-season questions swirled around the Chicago QB situation, Tim Lester turned in a solid performance in his first professional football game last Saturday in Orlando. The 23-year-old Wheaton, Ill. native connected on 13-21 passes for 139 yards and two touchdowns, but also had two interceptions. During the week, coach Ron Meyer moved Kevin McDougal up to #2 in the depth chart, leapfrogging Paul Failla.

- Chicago is the home of the road warriors, as the Enforcers open the season with three games on the road. In fact, Ron Meyer’s team is the only team to even open the season with two straight away from home. Chicago won’t open at Soldier Field until February 24.

- While they won’t play at home this weekend, at least Chicago won’t be in Florida. After 39 straight days in Orlando, the Enforcers finally get to see another state as they travel to LA for Saturday’s game. Chicago started training camp in Orlando on January 1. The Enforcers will fly back to Orlando on Sunday and practice next week in Florida. The team will not actually arrive in Chicago until February 19.

- When Tommy Maddox goes to the air for LA Saturday night, keep an eye on Chicago cornerback Corey Ivy, who had one interception, three tackles and also picked off an extra-point conversion attempt on Saturday in Orlando.

LOS ANGELES XTREME NOTES

- Professional football comes back to Los Angeles Saturday night when the Xtreme hosts the Chicago Enforcers at the LA Coliseum. LA must bounce back after a last-second heartbreaker to San Francisco, which won 15-13 on a field goal as time expired.

- “We have a rule on this team. You have 24 hours to feel sorry for yourself then you are back at it.” --Al Luginbill, Xtreme Head Coach.

- “If we lose another game all season I will be very surprised.” --Darnell McDonald, Xtreme wide receiver.

- QB Scott Milanovich’s wife, Jaime, is due to have the couple’s first child on Saturday, the day of the game. – Milanovich says he will not miss the birth, which will take place in Southern California.

- The Xtreme had several chances to score against the Demons, but managed only 13 points despite being in the red zone six times. Twice, the Xtreme forced and recovered fumbles inside the twenty, but were able to only convert for three points.

- The MVP for the Xtreme this week may be the athletic trainer, as 13 players were injured in last Saturday’s game.

- Despite four injuries to the defensive line, the Xtreme defensive unit showed it can bring it, putting good pressure on Demon quarterback Mike Pawlawski and sacking him four times. The Xtreme allowed just 77 yards on the ground for the game.

- Armed with two quarterbacks who can punt, the Xtreme took advantage of that situation in the third quarter, putting Scott Milanovich in the shotgun on third down and long. Instead of running a play, Milanovich let go a 40-yard punt. With no one back to receive it, the Xtreme’s Josh Wilcox recovered the free ball first on the Demons 20 yard-line, but the play was wiped out when Wilcox was called for being offsides.

- Starting QB Tommy Maddox will need to rebound from a tough day in which on his first play from scrimmage as the first quarterback in Xtreme history, he fumbled on his own 40. The ball was quickly recovered by the Demons’ Eric England, and the Demons promptly went 39 yards on 11 plays to score the game’s first touchdown.

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