It always nice to see old comrades. But not necessarily on occasions like this.
The Japan X Bowl, featuring the Kajima Deers and the Fujitsu Frontiers at Tokyo Dome on Monday night, will be more than just a championship game for many fans. It will also be a trip down memory lane.
Deers coach Kiyoyuki Mori and Frontiers boss Satoshi Fujita, former Kyoto University Gangsters teammates, were household names in Japanese college football back in the late-1980s and early '90s. They will make an emotional reunion on the gridiron as the head coaches of the two sides.
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