Reader comments: Utah Blaze: How did they do it?

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Anonymous | 1:05 a.m. June 20, 2008
SUPER!
Kyle | 8:25 a.m. June 20, 2008
Is this a church football team? I did not know the Blaze were playing this year.
Fedor | 10:04 a.m. June 20, 2008
Wake up guys.....This team is blaze-tastic. I'll tell you how they did it Mr. Loren Jorgenson, with old fashioned hard work and a little yankee ingenuity. Plus, we Germaine'd the competition and my main man Damon Mason is a brick house. IT'S OUR YEAR!!!! Arena Bowl here we come!
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Not Kyle | 11:13 a.m. June 20, 2008
Hey Kyle, if you didn't know the Blaze were playing this year, why do you read the articles and respond to them? The Blaze are on FIRE! I'm hoping for a home playoff game next weekend. It's been a crazy season.
Blaze = snooze.... | 2:41 p.m. June 20, 2008
...wake me up with this fake football is over.
I agree with Kyle | 2:42 p.m. June 20, 2008
This silly little league will be gone in 5 years.
Sports Fan | 3:15 p.m. June 20, 2008
I simply cannot believe someone would conceive of a football game being contested on a surface not much larger than a basketball court. This is just crazy. I know it is a matter of economics for the cost of it all. The noise level must be horrendous. Basketball noise is over the top. But, Utah cannot afford major sports franchises, so let it be. Good luck Blaze, and Danny White.
Blaze fan | 5:06 p.m. June 20, 2008
To all the rs. You were the guy no one wanted to pick to be on the team. And you call a sports fan. Pretty pathetic! Oh yeah you probably think your a better coach than Bill Walsh.
Anonymous | 5:07 p.m. June 20, 2008
Silly league? It's only been around for more than two decades, and it will continue to gain steam. The Blaze are peaking at the right time. Keep and eye on them.
Anonymous | 8:33 p.m. June 20, 2008
The league will be around for a very long time. if you followed it at all you would know this.
b igdondoo | 9:55 a.m. June 21, 2008
The fact is the AFL is a different kind of football then the NFL or college. But you can't talk about which one is better, each is different and have their good points. AFL is great entertainment. It's loud, up close and so fan friendly. The AFL has survived for over twenty years because of it's great treatment of fans. You get to know the players and be on the field at the end of every game. It's refreshing for a league to try to care for the fan, and again it's so much fun.

When the Blaze win today and win the home playoff game, just you come to the ESA and see what a "yawner" arena football is. Just you try to leave without realizing how much fun that is! Go Blaze! Let's get to New Orleans and the Arena Bowl!
Go Blaze | 9:26 a.m. June 23, 2008
All you nay-sayers of the Blaze and the AFL need to take your comments elsewhere. None of these newspaper articles talk about the demise of the AFL and how terrible of a league it is. They all talk about the good the Blaze is doing in the sports scene here in the state of Utah. None of your comments should be allowed, because they're all offensive, and off-topic. So stop being whiners and take your talk elsewhere.

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Blaze defenders Damon Mason, left, and Eddie Canonico helped Utah cut down on points allowed by nearly two TDs per game. (Mike Terry, Deseret News)
Mike Terry, Deseret News
Blaze defenders Damon Mason, left, and Eddie Canonico helped Utah cut down on points allowed by nearly two TDs per game.