The Gridiron Japan crew sits down with Tokyo Gas Creators' star defensive lineman, St. Louis native Matt McClellan (https://www.instagram.com/sackmamba/ | https://x.com/sackmamba & https://www.youtube.com/@GlobalSackboy), to talk about his journey to Japan where he is leading his team on a quest for championship glory.

Gridiron Japan livestreams over at Gridiron Japan Television on YouTube at ⁠⁠www.gridironjapantv.net⁠⁠, on Facebook at ⁠⁠www.facebook.com/GridironJapan.jp⁠⁠, As well as on X, at ⁠www.x.com/GridironJapan⁠.

In conjunction with our good friends at The World of Football podcast (⁠www.theworldoffootball.com⁠), we present to you a new weekly (and sometimes bi-weekly or monthly depending upon the sports calendar) segment that gives a rundown of the scores for the top gridiron games played here in Japan, from the top level to the college ranks.

Gridiron Japan livestreams over at Gridiron Japan Television on YouTube at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.gridironjapantv.net⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, on Facebook at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.facebook.com/GridironJapan.jp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and on⁠ X at Gridiron Japan⁠.

The guys return to look back at the week that was in week one of X League Super and do a deep dive on why teams won, lost, regressed and took a step back from 2024. We also talk to Aaron's debut as QB of the Ibaraki Saviors.

Gridiron Japan livestreams over at Gridiron Japan Television on YouTube at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.gridironjapantv.net⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, on Facebook at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.facebook.com/GridironJapan.jp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and on⁠ X at Gridiron Japan⁠.

In conjunction with our good friends at The World of Football podcast (www.theworldoffootball.com), we present to you a new weekly (and sometimes bi-weekly or monthly depending upon the sports calendar) segment that gives a run down of all the scores we can track down for the gridiron games played here in Japan, from the top level to the college ranks, and hopefully even lower as Greg improves his sports research skills.

Gridiron Japan livestreams over at Gridiron Japan Television on YouTube at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.gridironjapantv.net⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, on Facebook at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.facebook.com/GridironJapan.jp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and on X at Gridiron Japan.

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.

Gridiron Japan livestreams over at Gridiron Japan Television on YouTube at ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.gridironjapantv.net⁠⁠⁠⁠, on Facebook at ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.facebook.com/GridironJapan.jp⁠⁠⁠⁠, and soon over on Twitch! Learn more at ⁠www.gridironjapan.jp⁠ or ⁠⁠www.gridironjapan.net⁠⁠.

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.

Gridiron Japan livestreams over at Gridiron Japan Television on YouTube at ⁠⁠⁠www.gridironjapantv.net⁠⁠⁠, on Facebook at ⁠⁠⁠www.facebook.com/GridironJapan.jp⁠⁠⁠, and soon over on Twitch! Learn more at ⁠www.gridironjapan.jp⁠ or ⁠www.gridironjapan.net⁠.

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.

Gridiron Japan livestreams over at Gridiron Japan Television on YouTube at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.gridironjapantv.net⁠⁠⁠⁠, on Facebook at ⁠https://⁠⁠⁠www.facebook.com/GridironJapan.jp⁠⁠⁠⁠, As well as on X, at ⁠https://⁠⁠www.x.com/GridironJapan⁠⁠⁠.

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.

Gridiron Japan livestreams over at Gridiron Japan Television on YouTube at ⁠⁠⁠https://www.gridironjapantv.net⁠⁠⁠, on Facebook at https://⁠⁠⁠www.facebook.com/GridironJapan.jp⁠⁠⁠, As well as on X, at https://⁠⁠www.x.com/GridironJapan⁠⁠.