James Brooks wears an affable smile and never loses his polite attitude off the field.
But once the 195-cm, 123-kg defensive lineman gets on the field, he becomes a guy who forces offensive coordinators to shape their game plan around combating him.
The IBM BigBlue will need to see the warrior side of Brooks on Monday if they are to defend their Pearl Bowl title against the Obic Seagulls at Tokyo Dome in the final of the Eastern Japan spring tournament.
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