It's fair to say that college football fans have long been intrigued by Mike Leach and his offense, but that intrigue isn't limited within U.S. borders. A group of American football players and coaches from Keio University in Tokyo visited Washington State football practices spring last week to take in the Air Raid in person.
Former Hawaii defensive lineman David Stant, who coaches at Keio, brought his assistant and three quarterbacks to Pullman, wrote the Spokesman Review's Jacob Thorpe.
With college and NFL games more available than ever on Japanese TV, the sport is growing and so too is the desire to learn new strategies to gain an advantage (enter: The Air Raid).