The Toyama Grouses' 6-12 record is deceiving.
Opposing teams can't — and won't — take anything for granted when they suit up to play the third-year franchise.
The Tokyo Apache (12-6) play host to the Grouses on Saturday and Sunday and know full well the visiting team won't be a pushover, as Apache coach Joe Bryant acknowledged during a recent postgame interview at Ariake Colosseum.