Jeremy’s Journal
September 16, 2027
Coach Nickle hasn't let up at practice much this week. Still, I’m excited that we are going to my uncle’s home nation to play a game. I didn’t realize this before, but my uncle lives a four-hour drive away from Seoul. Still, he’s a big football fan, and his favorite team is the Seoul Reapers, who we play this week. Hopefully, for a day, anyway, he’ll be rooting for his nephew.
About Seoul . . . ouch! This team is good! They have been EHFC champions for the last three years, winning one of the Power Bowls over Baton Rouge. In the 20’s, they have had only one losing record, and that year they were only 7-8-1.
Their QB is a good one, and a recent Power Bowl MVP, Norbert Torrence. Unlike our speculation against Vancouver, we know Torrence doesn’t run much. He passes for a lot of yards every year, and he likes to spread things around, too. Bad news for my playing time, I suppose. Torrence’s favorite WR is David Forsberg, who averages over 100 catches a year. Our DBs are going to have to double him a lot in the game, but Torrence will spread the ball around. When they run the ball, they like the 1-2 punch of Corey Kernbach and Eric Wiggins.
On the bright side, Seoul was in bigger cap hell than we were, so they lost a lot of good veterans. Also, they’re first-round pick, Kirk Crawford (OG out of Minnesota) is still holding out. He was supposed to be a day one starter for the OG they lost in free agency, and instead the Reapers are a bit weak along the OL.
I think we have a good shot to shut down their offense. If we can win the turnover battle, I can see us coming away with a victory and a 2-1 record going into the off week.
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By the way, we made another roster move I forgot to mention. Another of our original undrafted rookies is gone to make room for more bodies. Burt Laney, the military boy, doesn’t have an excuse not to serve now. He was cut for CB Wes Buckley, a pretty good veteran who will probably jump in as a starter right away.