Blaze QB Germaine opts for free agency
Deseret News
Utah Blaze record-setting quarterback Joe Germaine signed a five-year contract prior to the 2008 season, the longest in Arena Football League history. Yet, now he is a free agent.

Utah Blaze QB Jason Gesser a Coach, TV Commentator In The Offseason
KSL-TV
Gesser, a quarterback for the Utah Blaze, just completed his seventh season in professional football, and during the offseason he spends his time working camps and clinics, serving as the offensive coordinator at Franklin Pierce High School (Parkland, Wash.) and working as a college football analyst for Fox Sports Network.

Blaze: The habit of kicking
Salt Lake Tribune
Like the mythical phoenix, veteran Utah Blaze kicker Steve Videtich has revived his Arena Football League career after being released by the club after a disastrous start to the 2008 season.

Utah Blaze: How did they do it?
Deseret News
Damon Mason has been around the Arena Football League a long, long time. The veteran defensive back has played for Orlando, New Jersey, Las Vegas, Carolina, Orlando again, Grand Rapids, Austin and Orlando for a third time.

Blaze looking to run win streak to 3
Salt Lake Tribune
Fresh off two straight wins at EnergySolutions Arena, the Utah Blaze (2-9) have turned their attention to the division-leading San Jose SaberCats and, believe it or not, the Arena Football League playoff race.

Arena ball serves many purposes for old Cougs
Cougfan.com
For superstar Chris Jackson, it’s a lucrative living that finds him rubbing shoulders with the likes of Jon Bon Jovi. And for Jason Gesser, it’s a classroom experience helping prep him for a life in coaching.

Blaze: 'We just miss him'
Salt Lake Tribune
Jacob Skaggs, who turned 6 on Tuesday, was on his way to an indoor soccer game last fall when he got a stomachache. He asked his mother if they could go home, but before Tara Skaggs could get the car turned around, the son of deceased Utah Blaze receiver Justin Skaggs had a change of heart.

Blaze get veteran DB in deal with LA
Salt Lake Tribune
One of the top quarterbacks in the Arena Football League is coming to EnergySolutions Arena on Saturday night - Chris Griesen of the Georgia Force - and the Utah Blaze will be ready for him with three veteran defensive backs.

What's this? Blaze may actually try to run the ball, too
Deseret News
Arena football is a pass-happy game. Running the football just isn't usually an effective way of moving the football down the field in the AFL. The running back is really more of a fourth lineman protecting the quarterback than he is a ball-carrier.

Spotlight shines on Germaine
Salt Lake Tribune
Utah Blaze receiver Aaron Boone has a theory, which wouldn't seem like that big of a deal if it weren't coming from a player who catches passes for a living.

GETTING GESSER FROM HERE TO THERE
Cougfan.com
JASON GESSER, THE WINNINGEST quarterback in Washington State history, moonlights on weekends as a football analyst for Fox Sports Northwest.

Go 2 Guy: 'Legends' stirs soul of Cougars
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Gesser is all over the place these days. He's offensive coordinator for the unbeaten Franklin Pierce High School Cardinals. He's playing for the Utah Blaze of the Arena Football League -- training camp starts in February.