By Aidan Wohl The stage is set for the 76th annual Rice Bowl, featuring the two No.1 regular season teams, the Panasonic Impulse, and the reigning champion Fujitsu Frontiers. These two teams have history, having faced each other in last year’s Rice Bowl with the Frontiers edging the Impulse 24-18 to win their sixth championship […]
By Aidan Wohl The Fujitsu Frontiers and the Panasonic Impulse will face for the second year in a row in Japan’s championship game, the Rice Bowl, Tuesday, January 3 A year ago, the Frontiers defeated Panasonic 24-18 behind the excellent quarterbacking of Tsubasa Takagi who completed 17 of 26 passes for 220 yards and two […]
By Aidan Wohl Japan’s X-League semifinals offered one expected result and another surprise. The Fujitsu Frontiers remained unbeaten in 2022 after thrashing the Elecom Kobe Finies while the Panasonic Impulse put on an unexpected display of offensive power in manhandling the Obic Seagulls. Fujitsu Frontiers 39 – Elecom Kobe Finies 21 The reigning champion Fujitsu […]
By Aidan Wohl The Fujitsu Frontiers have been the powerhouse of Japan’s X-League for the past decade and today are looking to continue that trend as they take on the Elecom Kobe Finies in the second semifinal. Both teams will be looking for something to prove. After being routed 38-7 by Fujitsu during the regular […]
By Aidan Wohl The XLeague quarterfinals saw both expected blowouts and stunning thrillers this last weekend as three of the top four seeds advanced. The defending champion Fujitsu Frontiers did as expected as did the Obic Seagulls and Panasonic Impulse. However, there was one key upset as Elecom Kobe Finies were too much to handle […]