The Gridiron Japan crew sits down with the new IBM Big Blue TE Tommy Auger. Tommy is an LFA and FCF (Fan Controlled Football) All-Pro, as well as an AFCA All-American. While playing in the LFA he set league records for single season reception, yards and touchdowns. A feat we hope he repeats here in Japan.

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On the eve of week one in X-League play in Japan, IBM Big Blue coach Mike Phair returns to the show to talk to the crew about the upcoming season and how his team is shaping up going into his second season as head coach.

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With Aaron back in Japan, Greg finds out how he is settling in and how things are going with the savior of his new team, the Ibaraki Saviors. Greg and Aaron give a quick fan and player look and thoughts of the upcoming week 1 games in 2025 X League Super competition. After which they give their thoughts about the topic we covered in last week's show, the 2026 X League restructuring.

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Gridiron football is back in Japan as we look ahead to the 2025 autumn season. In this episode we look ahead to X League 2026 which has asking all of us here at the show, WTF? We then are joined by Fujitsu Frontier's defense line coach and former Gridiron Japan cohost and take a look at the new players on the roster on Fujitsu. After which we talk about the former and current players of the X League who made big impacts and led to their teams to indoor and outdoor league championship runs in America and Mexico.

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From the archives. In summer 2024, Greg and John welcomed back quarterback and co-host ⁠Aaron Ellis⁠, then of ⁠Japan's X-League's⁠ ⁠Dentsu Caterpillars⁠, to talk about his experiences in playing in Japan, Europe, and Mexico. He compares the X-League with the ⁠European League of Football⁠ and ⁠Mexico's Liga-de Fútbol Americano⁠, where has played, and in doing so holds the distinction of being the only professional football player to have played in all three major international leagues outside of Canada and the United States.

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From August 2024, on the eve of week one in 2024 X League play in Japan, Greg and John sit down with Mike Phair, the head coach of IBM Big Blue to talk about his team and the upcoming season. Coach Phair talks about his coaching philosophy and the lessons he learned from coaching in the NFL and CFL. In addition we learn how John almost was a movie star!

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With the release yesterday of the 2025 X League Super schedule, John and Greg take a look at the games for the six week autumn schedule for the top 12 teams of Japan's top tier gridiron division. The also talk about some of the new names coming to Japan and also not returning to Japan, and also talk a little about why vuvuzelas are frowned upon in sports.

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The boys are back and live from Japan and Austria (where Aaron is presently playing for the Vienna Vikings of the AFC). In this episode, Aaron reveals his plans for the upcoming fall season, and we review the Rice Bowl upset of the Panasonic Impulse over the Fujitsu Frontiers. We also look at some of the moves being made by teams in the X League and the current state of the gridiron game in Japan.

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The crew takes a look at look back at all the games played during the X League Super quarterfinals on the road to the Rice Bowl!

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John and Greg are joined by Obic Seagulls starting QB, Tyler Kulka, to talk about his team's win over the Nojima Rise today in the opening game of the X League Super quarterfinals. We talk about his the season and his journey to Japan, and also talk about the differences of playing football in Japan versus playing the game in America. You can follow Tyler on Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/tylerkulka17/, as well as on X(Twitter)- https://x.com/tkulk17.